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Deformable Mirrors in Space: Key Technology toDirectly Image Earth Twins science.nasa.gov/science-resea… #NASA #Astrophysics #ScienceEnablingTechnology #TechnologyHighlights


What an elegant, clear way to look at the trends of the top 60 power producing countries' changing energy mix. A toggle lets you see the total amounts. Beautiful presentation, troubling trends. By Nadja Popovich nytimes.com/interactive/2023/1…


Our CEO, @mike just launched a new podcast series titled "Dot Social" to explore the evolution of the internet and how new open standards, like #ActivityPub, can forever change the web and the world of social media.

Guests include:
@mmasnick
@WMitchellBaker
@coachtony
@evan
@cubicgarden
@tchambers
@Jbat

More info & episode 1 at about.flipboard.com/inside-fli…

#Fediverse #SocialMedia



Fleming's Triangular Wisp apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231121.ht… #APOD
#APOD



Deformable Mirrors in Space: Key Technology toDirectly Image Earth Twins science.nasa.gov/science-resea… #NASA #Astrophysics #ScienceEnablingTechnology


Crowdfunding rent for a community lab :boost_requested: 🦠 :scihub:

Hello, so I'm coming to the end of my time as the main volunteer organizer for #Biotech Without Borders (a 501(c)(3) in the USA and an all-volunteer member-led #community biolab, aka #makerspace for molecular #biology). I'm reaching out to ask for #donations to keep our #lab running in 2024. We want to be entirely supported by memberships but its' taking time to find our people. opencollective.com/bwob2024

Please boost.

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in reply to Danny (he/they)

Crowdfunding for community lab: my story
Something that I learned in all this is that there is a whole career's worth of work embedded in articulating for folks what the value of shared lab space could be. A better job needs to be done in proactively reaching out to marginalized communities to help folks understand how low-cost lab access can help nurture opportunities for them and to have those voices represented in the design of programming in community biolab spaces.
in reply to Danny (he/they)

I still see the value of community labs as working with folks that are attracted to the lab to build the internal capacity to manage a third space. A space that has the equipment to do bioart, gather proof-of-concept data, explore low-cost/frugal methods, and experience how scientific benchwork is highly related to kitchen work. Being a part of such a space can expand our imagination of what is possible and challenge us to develop new models for using benchwork in service of our communities.


GOG Black Friday Sale live with UNCHARTED released, Styx: Shard of Darkness for free gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/gog-…

#PCGaming #GOG #Linux



Why Aren’t More People Marrying? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. “It seems that by the time men begin dating, they are relatively ‘limited in their ability and willingness to be fully emotionally present and available’”. nytimes.com/2023/11/11/opinion…
in reply to kottke.org

Be emotionally available... or think about ancient Rome? Hmm...

in reply to Eugen Rochko

I will someday get a Pentax 67!! That is a beautiful camera!! You will be hooked on medium format.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

you need a tlr in that collection, very fun to shoot with


NASA One Step Closer to Fueling Space Missions with Plutonium-238 nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #GlennResearchCenter


A New Whole New UI For Bottles #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/boyWPV6qNU8


If you're interested in Game Dev, Humble has another big bundle of game assets: humblebundle.com/software/ulti… (partner)


Regulación de IA: los derechos humanos primero ‼️

Compartimos este artículo de @derechosdigital que reflexiona acerca de las resoluciones emitidas por la ONU sobre los alcances, avances y regulación de la #InteligenciaArtificial.

➡️ derechosdigitales.org/22864/re…



Valve gives Steam a nice upgrade for controller-friendly games gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/valv…

#Steam #PCGaming

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

I am actually surprised they know how many times players used a controller to play games on Steam.

It does kind of make me wonder what other metrics they track... 😐

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in reply to Professor Code

@ProfessorCode Not sure why that's surprising, most games go through their API, they track tons about what players do


About 10 minutes earlier this morning, by the river.


For keeping up to date with my art and research, I update my website and Mastodon periodically.

I also send an email newsletter once every couple of months that summarises everything. You can subscribe here (long URL): 3ca72f65.sibforms.com/serve/MU…



How many #species are there on Earth? Projections have ranged from the millions to the trillions.

This Perspective looks at how a 2011 #PLOSBiology study transformed this field and what still needs to be done to find a definitive answer.

plos.io/3QRppvc

in reply to PLOS Biology

What needs to be done, clearly I am not biased, is to fund more studies in entomology, and to open and expand entire new undergraduate and graduate schools dedicated to invertebrates, with emphasis on insects.

Sadly, "Soon, we may not be estimating how many species there are on Earth. We will be estimating how many there were."

#EcosystemCollapse #biodiversity

in reply to Albert Cardona

clearly I am not biased, but I think we need to focus more on microbial diversity. Every time an animal or plant species goes extinct I wonder how many microbial symbionts went with it.


Open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider 1 'TR1X' gets Linux builds gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/open…

#TombRaider #Linux #FOSS



Intel Vulkan drivers on Linux should run more games with Mesa 24.0 gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/inte…

#Linux #Intel #Mesa



Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK hits Vulkan 1.0 conformance gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/open…

#NVIDIA #Vulkan #OpenSource

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Turing and later GPUs. Feels like I got the short end of the stick buying a 10x0 series nvidia card... Signed firmware required but no open source vulkan 🙁



Let’s meet the creators of the Nextcloud Polls app!

Meet Vinzenz and René who talk about their development experience and what they plan to introduce in the future.

Read about their journey in the blog post. #AppTuesday

nextcloud.com/blog/the-nextclo…



Nextcloud Groupware, consisting of Calendar, Mail, Contacts and Deck, is a completely integrated client and the cornerstone of productivity.

In our Hub 6 release, we’ve focused on automation of tasks with other clients like Talk to facilitate seamless collaboration.

Discover more of what Nextcloud Groupware has to offer:

youtu.be/EdwkwTWiy8Q



Fleming's Triangular Wisp

Image Credit & Copyright: Cristiano Gualco

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231121.ht… #APOD

#APOD


WELL! Dolly Parton recently dropped her version of Stairway to Heaven on YouTube.
AMAZING!
youtu.be/dL1pBDjVkpg?si=By6r2h…
in reply to Muse

I'm pretty into her cover of "nothing compares 2 u" as well.
in reply to Muse

She has been hitting home runs with all the rock covers of late!


Born in 1918, Gertrude Elion faced discrimination in #science, unable to get a job as a woman. So she volunteered as a lab dishwasher, earning enough $ for grad work at NYU, where she was the only woman in chemistry classes.

Eventually Elion helped revolutionize medicine w George Hitchings. They figured out how to interfere with cell growth, leading to effective drugs for treating leukemia, gout, malaria, herpes & more, earning a 1988 Nobel Prize. acs.org/education/whatischemis… #HistoryRemix #history

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Thanks for posting this Sheril, I started watching the Apple version of this story, Lessons in Chemistry but found it a bit too dark for me (Episode 2) so haven’t pushed through. Have you checked the series out?
in reply to Bruce Acton 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

@Bwacton I haven’t yet but a lot of people keep telling me to watch bc of my science/cooking show. So I will def need to check it out.

I’m currently making my way through S2 of Julia on Max which is just delightful.



Still diagnosing the shutter issue on my GS645, but in the meantime, look at these shots from my test roll. I have a higher keeper rate on this thing. All of these were shot in a walk of just 45 minutes!
#filmphotography #believeinfilm
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in reply to Eugen Rochko

@Gargron hey! Danke vielmals 🙏 this is @lomography Color Negative 400. It's my favorite film stock for 120, particularly great with green and orange, which is perfect for fall foliage.


Wild: Google confirms it *is* throttling YouTube load times for some viewers. Firefox users reported the issue today. Google says, instead, it’s supposed to tackle ad-blockers regardless of the browser used 404media.co/youtube-says-new-5…


Github Copilot Chat: A New Way Too Get Sued #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/Td2BUPsePew
in reply to Brodie Robertson

Woow I akways wanted to get sued, thank you Microsoft for making it easier




NASA to Talk Science Highlights of First Artemis Robotic Moon Landing nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-… #NASA #CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS #Artemis #CommercialSpace #HumansInSpace



Results from tracking 28,973 images across 1,698 instances from the mastodon.social federated timeline.

Then filtering down to the top 1000 instances by active user from instances.social who had posted at least 34 images (2x the average).



We are exploring the possibilities of mycelium using 3D printed moulds, and the technology of our fermenter lab to provide the ideal environment for the growth of this wonderful bio-material. We're thrilled with these initial results, let's keep on experimenting!


I loved Questlove’s review of André 3000’s “departure album” of instrumental music. “All you newbie meditators/microdosers/”time-out-for-me-before-I-hurt-someone” people who are trying to do better - THIS is good medicine music for you.” instagram.com/p/CzpWl4QOOdW/
in reply to kottke.org

I am SO glad you posted this. I am a huge fan and have been listening to this album since it was released. The song titles read as their own metrical composition. #andre3000 #NewMusic

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