NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Robert Goddard Memorial Trophy - NASA
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team was selected as the winner of the National Space Club and Foundation’s 2024 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for their tremendousJamie Adkins (NASA)
The @osi features @Karlitschek’s keynote at FOSS Backstage: What the AI Revolution means for Open Source and our society.
Watch as Frank explores the many challenges and opportunities of AI within open source:
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Three perspectives from FOSS Backstage
FOSS Backstage is a conference that fosters discussions around three complementary perspectives: a) community health and growth, b) project governance and sustainability, and c) supply chain compli…Open Source Initiative
Antarctic Sea Ice Near Historic Lows; Arctic Ice Continues Decline - NASA
Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows forJennifer M. Fadoul (NASA)
Draw 7 and hope you get a good hand in the Steam Deckbuilders Fest gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/draw…
Draw 7 and hope you get a good hand in the Steam Deckbuilders Fest
Running through until April 1st at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, the Steam Deckbuilders Fest is live filled with games with cards of all sorts.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Mirror aims to be a Roblox & UEFN alternative and now it's open source
Roblox and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite sure are popular, but you know what would be better? An open source project, where creators can actually own what they make rather than being attached to Roblox and Fortnite. The Mirror wants to change that.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Scratch Games
Discover the hottest and most interesting titles with Scratch Games! Try out various games written in Scratch and made by the awesome community!scratchgames.co
Inteligencia artificial feminista, una vía para combatir la desigualdad de género
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Inteligencia artificial feminista, tecnología para combatir la desigualdad de género
En los últimos años han salido a la luz múltiples denuncias por el uso de programas de inteligencia artificial para generar desnudos falsos de mujeres, una realidad que científicas y programadoras quieren cambiar para que esta tecnología, con una per…Cristina Bazán (EFEMINISTA)
Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health
From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities.science.nasa.gov
Trackline Express is a bit like Unrailed! with even more chaos gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/trac…
Trackline Express is a bit like Unrailed! with even more chaos
Trackline Express is a train building game from Bubblebird Studio that's planned to release on April 18th, and it sure does look like some wonderful chaos.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/chec…
Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice
Slice & Dice from developer Tann has recently arrived on Steam giving players a fresh tactical dice-rolling roguelike, along with Native Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Hubble Views a Galaxy Under Pressure - NASA
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The dwarfNASA
What a beautiful surprise: @mayfirst just sent out an email to co-op members about my book, #GovernableSpaces. So much in the book is inspired by my own time as a member. This means more than I can say.
Optical Fiber Production - NASA
Optical fibers are used on Earth and in space for applications in medicine, defense, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. Parabolic research showed thatAna Guzman (NASA)
Partnerships that Prepare for Success: The Research Institution Perspective on the M-STTR Initiative - NASA
Editor's Notes (March 2024): Oakwood University and its small business partner—SSS Optical Technologies, LLC—were awarded a STTR Phase II in November 2023 toBailey G. Light (NASA)
International Space Station Program Deputy Chief Scientist Meghan Everett - NASA
“Don’t be afraid to go after the things that you're dreaming about that aren't necessarily possible right now. We do things all the time now that wereNASA
Free PR tip, don’t use light coloured links on a light coloured background. Make the Steam page link strong and prominent. This is a bad example:
I almost missed it, thinking it was another random PR email that didn’t even include it.
Hubble Sees New Star Proclaiming Presence with Cosmic Lightshow
Jets emerge from the cocoon of a newly forming star to blast across space, slicing through the gas and dust of a shining nebula in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.science.nasa.gov
Here’s Why Jalapeño Peppers Are Less Spicy Than Ever - D Magazine
Throw out those bogus shopping tips about pepper size. Decades of deliberate planning created a less-hot jalapeño.Brian Reinhart (D Magazine)
Chad Kohalyk's review of Governable Spaces
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life by Nathan Schneider is on Chad’s read shelf.. Shelves: ebook and working.www.goodreads.com
Reducing Risks Through Independent M&S - NASA
This article is from the 2023 Technical Update.Meagan Chappell (NASA)
Why Bother Reviving Ubuntu Unity
One of the most interesting projects Rudra is involved with is Ubuntu Unity, an Ubuntu flavour that has revived Unity for the modern Linux user, I wasnt arou...YouTube
Cinematic narrative adventure Until Then releases May 23rd gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/cine…
Cinematic narrative adventure Until Then releases May 23rd
Polychroma Games and Maximum Entertainment have announced the cinematic narrative adventure Until Then is going to release on May 23rd.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Do you get much of this sort of music in Paderborn? hehehe!
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Weird Al's - "Now That's What I Call Polka!" by Die Sauerkrauts Polka Band
World Famous Polka Artist, Weird Al, is widely known for his parodies and his Polka Pop Medleys. We loved this one from his album "Mandatory Fun" and just h...YouTube
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SDL 3 has a first preview release out with HDR and Vulkan for the 2D rendering API gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/sdl-…
#SDL #OpenSource #FOSS #GameDev
SDL 3 has a first preview release out with HDR and Vulkan for the 2D rendering API
Fun times ahead for game developers, as the very popular SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has a preview of the upcoming SDL 3 now available for feedback and testing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mini Airways is like Mini Metro / Mini Motorways but for aircraft gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/mini…
Mini Airways is like Mini Metro / Mini Motorways but for aircraft
After a interesting take on the strategy management sim? Taking a heavy dose of inspiration and naming from the very popular Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, a completely different developing is doing their take with Mini Airways.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
MangoHud manager GOverlay 1.1.1 released upgrading to QT6 gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/mang…
#OpenSource #Linux #LinuxGaming #FOSS
MangoHud manager GOverlay 1.1.1 released upgrading to QT6
GOverlay, the app you can use if you want a UI to manage overlays like MangoHud has a new release out that upgrades its insides and fixes some bugs.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/natu…
#Linux #SteamDeck #IndieGame #PuzzleGame
Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam
Preserve looks very sweet. A tile-based puzzle game all about nature that features both horizontal and vertical building and there's a Native Linux demo now available to try out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta fixes a Steam Play bug with Windows versions being used without using Steam Play gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/stea…
Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta fixes a Steam Play bug with Windows versions
Valve released a fresh Steam Beta Client update on March 22nd, and with it a bunch of bug fixes for both Steam Deck and Desktop Steam.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
grassroots
tree roots
de-rooted
extracted
still holding
resonance
direct lines
the core
puls of the core
co-existing
without destroying
the fragile
the bind
the love
the lift
lift me
disarm me
you are a
gift to me
togetherness
an embrace
the peace
our difference
restorative
a function
we are sitting
on the ground
conflict prevention
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Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant
Image Credit: X-ray (blue): Chandra (NASA) & ROSAT (ESA); Optical (red): DSS (NSF); Radio (green): VLA (NRAO, NSF); Sonification: NASA, CXC, SAO, K. Arcand; SYSTEM Sounds: M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
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#NASA Sonification of Jellyfish Nebula
IC 443 is a supernova remnant, or the debris of an exploded star, which astronomers have nicknamed the Jellyfish Nebula. A visual composite image of IC 443 i...YouTube
This is an amazing story historically, and scientifically. If it were printed out, I would call it a page-turner!
Against the odds, a tiny Icelandic town speaks of a local Black ancestor. Geneticists and historians combine forces to uncover the man’s eventful life.
A Trail Gone Cold
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If you feed AI an MRI, it will happily write a detailed and very convincing diagnosis...
even if the patient is a dead salmon.
COSMIC Desktop Alpha Is Only Weeks Away!!
The COSMIC desktop alpha was supposed to come out at the end of March but it's been delayed just a little bit until May to round out developing the first par...YouTube
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Pop!_OS Cosmic Desktop just got Better with Tiling Window Swap
Many wonder when the RUST Cosmic Desktop on Pop!_OS will be released. Let's preview the latest Desktop Environment coming to Pop OS soon and discuss when to...YouTube
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •If your ship is not called Bringer of Democracy i don't know if you are playing seriously at all 😎
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •convinced stuff like this is why the game is such a huge success - it lets you have a moment of quiet emotional connection with another random player with the backdrop of oppressive fascist violence.
More games need that kind of TLC.