like this
like this
"Noche estrellada sobre araucaria."
Vicente Fernández Rioja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"one study of people’s shoes found that 95% had faecal bacteria on the bottom and a third contain E coli. He says people are walking on dog droppings all the time and not realising."
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Shoes on or off indoors? Fear of germs settles the long-running debate
With everything from E coli to heavy metals and petrochemicals on the soles of our shoes, western etiquette is changingTess Reidy (The Guardian)
#catsofmastodon #Mastocats #Catsofthefediverse #Catcontent #Cats #Caturday #Saturday
Happy Caturday from Lucky!
Thin Section of the Calama 005 Meteorite in cross polarized light.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2dmPUTn
Calama 005 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel
CO3 Meteorite Nikon D810 Zerene Stacker Picture Window Pro GIMP Imagemagick digiCamControl krpano Gigapixel Panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/calama005/Mete... Post: blog.solaranamnesis.com/2018/12/06/calama-005-meteorite-t...Flickr
Solar Anamnesis reshared this.
An argument for why we need to turn how we think about tech and democracy inside-out.
Democracy On, Not Just around, the Internet
ash.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.har…
A new essay of mine from a Harvard Ash Center series on reimagining democracy.
what a line 🔥
"the trouble of living our lives in contexts where daily democratic practices are unavailable"
Nathan Schneider reshared this.
APOD: 2024 February 10 - The Shadow of Ingenuity s Damaged Rotor Blade
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Steam Deck SteamOS 3.5.15 Preview brings a HDR improvement, GPU crash improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/stea…
Steam Deck SteamOS 3.5.15 Preview brings a HDR improvement, GPU crash improvements
Valve released a new version of SteamOS in Preview for Steam Deck, along with a Steam Client Beta for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam also being released. So here's what you need to know.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Painted my first miniature. Got this Space Marine and the paints in Brussels the other day.
#WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer40K #Warhammer
Proton Hotfix updated to support HELLDIVERS 2 on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/prot…
#HELLDIVERS2 #SteamDeck #Linux
Proton Hotfix updated to support HELLDIVERS 2 on Steam Deck / Linux
HELLDIVERS 2 is currently doing really well on Steam with a ton of players, and initially it was quite a nuisance to get working on Steam Deck / Desktop Linux, but now it should run much better.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine 9.2 brings Mono updates, system tray fixes and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/wine…
#Wine #FOSS #OpenSource
Wine 9.2 brings Mono updates, system tray fixes and more
Another development release of the Windows compatibility layer is here with Wine 9.2, bringing with it some new features and fixes so here's what's changed.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#baking #bread #breadposting
'By then, Einstein was public enemy No 1 in Germany. In May 1933, a brochure entitled Jews Are Watching You accused Einstein of “lying atrocity propaganda against Adolf Hitler”. Under his picture, it stated: “Not yet hanged.”
theguardian.com/science/2024/f…
Einstein on the run: how the world’s greatest scientist hid from Nazis in a Norfolk hut
The physicist’s refuge from assassins on a British heath changed the course of history, as a new docudrama showsDonna Ferguson (The Guardian)
Counting citations hasn't been a reliable measure of scientific impact for a while, especially on platforms like Google Scholar that compile info from random documents. Hyper-authorship, predatory journals, etc have all contributed to the problem.
This preprint just drives home how important it is to measure scientific impact more carefully and without reliance on automated metrics
Google Scholar is manipulatable
#science #academia #publishing #citations
Google Scholar is manipulatable
Citations are widely considered in scientists' evaluation. As such, scientists may be incentivized to inflate their citation counts.arXiv.org
Frank Aylward reshared this.
Hey I like this! Where do I sign up to buy citations, you ask? Here you go:
" Intrigued by a citation-
boosting service that we unravelled during our investigation, we contacted the
service while undercover as a fictional author, and managed to purchase 50
citations."
Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications is absolute leaders in the field of scientometrics and Scientific Publications in Ukraine and other countries.Scientific Publications
Xfce 4.20 Aiming For Usable Wayland Support While Maintaining X11 Compatibility
Xfce developers have updated their Wayland roadmap this week to reflect their latest plans around the Xfce 4.20 release.www.phoronix.com
The Sting
"Intrigued by a citation-boosting service that we unravelled during our investigation, we contacted the service while undercover as a fictional author, and managed to purchase 50 citations."
Google Scholar is manipulatable
Citations are widely considered in scientists' evaluation. As such, scientists may be incentivized to inflate their citation counts.arXiv.org
like this
"The Milky Way, A Journey Across Land And Sea (4K) - A Yosemite Channel Time Lapse Film."
youtube.com/watch?v=jQWSjB95TX…
The Milky Way, A Journey Across Land And Sea (4K) - A Yosemite Channel Time Lapse Film
This was filmed over a three year period and features the Milky Way core as it travels over beautiful landscapes, and seascapes. Also featured are several sc...YouTube
Solar Anamnesis reshared this.
Thin Section of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 960 Meteorite in cross polarized light.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/XXq9WE
NWA 960 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel
Anomalous Ordinary Chondrite Camera: Nikon D810 Zerene Stacker GIMP DigicamControl Picture Window Pro Full-screen gigapixel krpano panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/nwa960/Meteori... Post: blog.solaranamnesis.Flickr
"GALAXIES VOL. III : Voyage to the core - 4K timelapse."
youtube.com/watch?v=tPC29fWBGe…
GALAXIES VOL. III : Voyage to the core - 4K timelapse
👉 Please consider supporting our channel by buying us a coffee at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nightlights There’s something fascinating in our own home g...YouTube
@palmoildetectives #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil
youtube.com/watch?v=7VVv9oAtbV…
The last 400 tigers hang on for survival in Indonesia #sumatrantiger - Asia
The last of Indonesia’s #tigers, fewer than 400 hang on to survival in patches of rainforest in #Sumatra. They are endangered by #poaching and #deforestation...YouTube
@palmoildetectives #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil
youtube.com/watch?v=ss8ouJHG3F…
The UK's hunger for palm oil, soy and beef putting huge pressure on world’s forests
Urgent call to action! 🌍 #UK's heavy use of #palmoil #soy & #beef fuels global #deforestation. Demand stricter regulations & transparency. Make every purcha...YouTube
Thin Section of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 2737 Meteorite in cross polarized light.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/QtmFxC
NWA 2737 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel
Martian Chassignite Full-screen gigapixel krpano panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/nwa2737-2/Mete... Post: blog.solaranamnesis.com/2016/12/25/nwa-2737-meteorite-thi... Tumblr: solaranamnesis.tumblr.Flickr
Solar Anamnesis reshared this.
@yoguiignacio I am not too good at that but it is mostly Olivine, please see this quote and article for more info: "NWA 2737 consists of 85% vol. olivine (Mg#, molar Mg/(Mg + Fe),of 78.3 ± 0.4%), which is notable because it is black in hand sample and brown in thin section. Other minerals include chromite, pyroxenes (augite, pigeonite, orthopyroxene),and diaplectic glass of alkali-feldspar composition."
Kind Words is both a game and a type of social media.The whole point is to say comforting things to one another: either generally using paper airplanes, or more specifically by writing short letters to people who have shared something about their life that is troubling them.
Whenever I am feeling particularly down (and most expecially during lockdown), I crank up Kind Words and start writing messages of understanding and help to others. For whatever reason that assists me in sorting out my own head. If you need something to perk you up, this works whether you are asking or giving support. All ages are welcome.
Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) on Steam
A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.store.steampowered.com
like this
"NOX ATACAMA III | 8K60"
youtube.com/watch?v=7kdJbeM6Ql…
NOX ATACAMA III | 8K60
Home to the darkest and cleanest skies in the world, the Atacama Desert offers views to the nightsky like no other. 2 years after the very successful first v...YouTube
Solar Anamnesis reshared this.
And now...
>>
theconversation.com/we-once-ki…
#LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #koalas #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NSWLogging #plantations #extractivism #deforestation #NationalSymbols #ExtinctionCrisis
We once killed 600,000 koalas in a year. Now they’re Australia’s ‘teddy bears’. What changed?
A century ago, millions of koalas were killed for their fur. The backlash was fierce.The Conversation
Serious governance failures by the Peruvian state in the #AmazonRainforest has allowed industrial-scale agrobusiness to deforestate and operate with impunity for years.
Now since Europe plans to ban imports of commodities from ilegal #Deforestation, the Peruvian congress instead of ramping up efforts to fight deforestation, has just approved a law that in practice legalizes deforestation in the forest to keep exporting commodities.
Full IEA's #CarvingUpTheAmazon report: us.eia.org/report/carving-up-t…
Carving Up the Amazon
Industrial-scale agribusiness, particularly palm oil and cocoa, is driving deforestation in the most densely-forested regions of the Peruvian Amazon.EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
A Bit Of Nordic Humor
like this
Thin Section of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 12692 Meteorite in cross polarized light.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2m625Yu
NWA 12692 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel Mosaic
LL3.00 XPL Light Zoom: 4x/0.25 Objective Nikon Z6 LMScope Zerene Stacker GIMP Picture Window Pro Image Magick digiCamControl krpano Gigapixel Panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/nwa12692/Meteo... Gigapan mirror: gigapan.Flickr
Solar Anamnesis reshared this.
"It's a car! It's a train! No, it's Jupiter!"
ESO/P. Horálek, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Muse
in reply to Muse • • •