Free and open source strategy-shooter Unvanquished 0.55 brings big enhancements gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/free…
Free and open source strategy-shooter Unvanquished 0.55 brings big enhancements
Unvanquished is having a bit of a big moment, with some fresh coders doing some great work on this strategy-shooter that's similar in basic idea to Natural Selection.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We're now shipping the #Plushtodon to Norway and Switzerland! Only 173 left in Europe. News on the US and other regions to come soon!
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Mastodon stuffed toy
We created a stuffed toy of the highest caliber. Deliberately friend-sized and friend-shaped, with a soft surface material and soft, squishy stuffing, the toy measures a height of 35cm.Mastodon Merch
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over California
Credit & Copyright: Brian Fulda
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APOD: 2024 October 21 – Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS over California
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
404 Media's @jasonkoebler and ProPublica's @ben are discussing how the #fediverse helps #publishers in the latest episode of @mike's #DotSocial podcast. Highly recommended.
This struck me particularly:
Ben is making the case that the Fediverse is the means by which publishers can re-take the initiative with technology instead of simply having to live with whatever the platforms decide. That is powerful stuff!
about.flipboard.com/fediverse/…
How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and ProPublica’s Ben Werdmuller
Savvy journalists at forward-thinking newsrooms are working to build direct connections with their audiences. The fediverse helps with that.Mia Quagliarello (About Flipboard)
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Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts | TechCrunch
On Wednesday, social network X (formerly Twitter) updated its Privacy Policy to indicate that it would allow third-party "collaborators" to train their AISarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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ICYMI: Here's the 20 most-played demos from Steam Next Fest October 2024 edition
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Here's the 20 most-played demos from Steam Next Fest October 2024 edition
Struggling for what to pick in Steam Next Fest? Valve emailed over a list of the 20 most-played demos overall so here's what you might want to check out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Very cool, the Dacks and Manna labs show that BLOC machinery is present across the eukaryotic tree of life and was likely in place prior to LECA. Moreover, they show ancient homology between all three BLOCs and other post-endosomal retrograde trafficking machinery (BORC, CCZ1 and MON1 proteins, and an unexpected relationship with the “homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting” (HOPS) and “Class C core vacuole/endosomal tethering” (CORVET) complexes).
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Crap data everywhere
We need to talk about data. Crap data. We’re destroying our environment to create and store trillions of blurred photos and cat videos, binge watch Netflix, and ask ChatGPT inane questions and get instant wrong answers.Gerry McGovern
The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope is assembling the largest 3D map of the universe ever made.
The first section is now complete. Take a look at what happens when you zoom in...
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Zoom into the first page of ESA Euclid’s great cosmic atlas
On 15 October 2024, ESA’s Euclid space mission revealed the first piece of its great map of the Universe, showing millions of stars and galaxies.www.esa.int
Silent Sunday
#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #architecturalphotography #silentsunday #spain #espana
APOD: 2024 October 20 – Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
New #ISEPpapers! Evolutionary origins of the lysosome-related organelle sorting machinery reveal ancient homology in post-endosome trafficking pathways: Kiran More et al. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2403…
#protists #microbes #CellBiology #eukaryogenesis #biology #organelles
Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining in the resource-rich West African state.
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#medieval #MedievalArt
This is one of the most dystopian, depressing things I’ve ever seen: intouch.family
An AI service that will call your parents for you so you don’t have to bother…
Interesting perspective
What size population can Australia sustain? Or should we avoid trying to answer the question?
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"Although sustained below-replacement fertility will pose serious potential challenges for much of the world over the course of the century, it also presents opportunities for environmental progress," they wrote.
"Alongside strong pro-environmental regulations, a smaller global population in the future could alleviate some strain on global food systems, fragile environments, and other finite resources, and also reduce carbon emissions.
"A 2012 study suggests that if global population were to follow a low-growth rather than a medium-growth path, worldwide carbon emissions would be 15 per cent lower by 2050 and 40 per cent lower by 2100.
"The 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report likewise suggests that low population growth (a result of low fertility) is an important factor in limiting global warming.
"However, increasing consumption per capita due to economic development could offset the benefits of smaller populations."
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What size population can Australia sustain? Or should we avoid trying to answer the question?
Australia's falling fertility rate raises some difficult — and controversial — questions.Gareth Hutchens (ABC News)
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Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Tom Abel & Ralf Kaehler (KIPAC, SLAC), AMNH
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APOD: 2024 October 20 – Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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"Fossils Found in Meteorites Since 1961 | Richard B. Hoover, D.Sc., h.c."
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- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
It's wild how social media outside of the fediverse has deteriorated. You have followers, but if your post doesn't please some opaque algorithm, they'll never see what you post. You have to avoid certain words to please the algorithm. If you refresh the page good luck finding the same posts again. And people put up with it.
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