I realised I've been mostly negative on here of late... so...
last night I got to go to a Science Awards night... along with hearing about great work from people who save lives and make lives better, a junior colleague got a medal for an amazing piece of work on how our blue marble works - awesome! She gave a perfect thank-you speech neatly traversing the science, the people who enabled it and navigating it all with a trio of young kids! Nice one Bella.
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2024 Hamilton Award: A 45-million-year Antarctic record to understand future climate change
Dr Bella Duncan, of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, has been awarded the Hamilton Award by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for investigating how ocean temperatures in Antarctica have changed over 45 million years, including the histo…Royal Society Te Apārangi
Bodo Stern at #HHMI is spot on in his assessment of the decision by #WebOfScience to stop indexing @eLife articles: "Rather than helping move scholarly communication forward, Web of Science, by punishing a leader in the field, is in fact holding it back."
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How the Web of Science takes a step back
www.coalition-s.orgThe Web of Science, a major commercial indexing service of scientific journals operated by Clarivate, recently decided to remove eLife from its Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).
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La intervención militar de las ‘bigtech’ | Sursiendo
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, X y Meta tienen papeles protagonistas en la guerra contra el pueblo palestino.sursiendo (Sursiendo)
una guía para cuidarnos del Stalking o acecho 👁👁 con consejos prácticos y una infografía que nos orienta para identificar el problema. 📶 #16DiasDeActivismo - #InternetFeminista -#HeyAmigue #OjoAlStalkeo
Please nobody do this (*) but I am curious what would happen if you said "the more we talk, the more I realise how much you have in common with Trump"
(*) I cannot imagine it could end well but that alone does not stop me being curious.
The *really clever people* at Discord now let users post with external apps on their accounts, and it's enabled by default.
And the result is...you guessed it, annoying to deal with spam.
I suggest disabling on your servers it to be safe.
Also I don't think that's new?
The Raw Fury Humble Bundle is an awesome deal with 11 Steam Deck Verified games gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/the-…
#Gaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #PCGaming
The Raw Fury Humble Bundle is an awesome deal with 11 Steam Deck Verified games
With 11 quality games, the Raw Fury Humble Bundle is a really nice deal and great compatibility across Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
APOD: 2024 November 28 - NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
LIGHT OF MOTIRAM takes Horizon Zero Dawn and turns it into a co-op survival game gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/ligh…
#LIGHTOFMOTIRAM #Gaming #PCGaming #GamingNews
LIGHT OF MOTIRAM takes Horizon Zero Dawn and turns it into a co-op survival game
Is this Palworld all over again? The copying here is pretty blatant. Developer POLARIS QUEST revealed LIGHT OF MOTIRAM and it seems very familiar.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We're getting a Palworld x Terraria crossover, major Palworld update in December gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/were…
We're getting a Palworld x Terraria crossover, major Palworld update in December
Quite a surprise this one. Palworld and Terraria are getting a crossover, but we don't really know what just yet.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The new Nexus Mods open source cross-platform app adds Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord support gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/the-…
The new Nexus Mods open source cross-platform app adds Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord support
Nexus Mods keep expanding their very promising cross-platform open source app for modding, that will eventually replace their older apps and the new 0.7.0 release just went out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa 24.2.8 released for Linux with bug fixes, last update for the 24.2 series gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/mesa…
#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource
Mesa 24.2.8 released for Linux with bug fixes, last update for the 24.2 series
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.8 open source graphics drivers for Linux with some bug fixes.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
You can get a free copy of both Breathedge and Dark Sector right now gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/you-…
You can get a free copy of both Breathedge and Dark Sector right now
If you're in need of more games and perhaps you can't afford something from the GOG Sale and Steam Sale - you're in luck! Here's two free games you can get right now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Reclaim your privacy with powerful open-source AI models 🔓✨
Let's explore open-source AI and its benefits, and look at a few great AI models from the perspective of the OS AI definition and our very own Ethical AI rating.
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Open-source AI models that give you privacy back - Nextcloud
In this article, we find out how open-source AI models give you privacy back and explore the examples of reliable AI for your ecosystem.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Incredible retro FPS Selaco adds a new 'Special Campaign' in another huge update gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/incr…
#Selaco #SteamDeck #FPS #Gaming #Linux
Incredible retro FPS Selaco adds a new 'Special Campaign' in another huge update
Celebrating six months since the intial Early Access release, the awesome retro-fuelled Selaco has another really big update out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/stea…
Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified
Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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I love the fact that the Steam Deck has made desktop Linux a viable gaming platform.
I've been running Linux Mint for the last few months to escape the enshittification of Windows and I've had no problems with my Steam library at all.
but Linux has always had the must play game native, xbill
If your OS/Distro don't supply it out of the box, visit www.xbill.org to get access to source code or redirected to ports. 😜
The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length.
Photo: Laténium
Aaron Yazzie: Bridging Indigenous Heritage and Space Exploration - NASA
Aaron Yazzie's dream of being part of humanity’s exploration of space took him on a journey from his childhood home on the Navajo Nation to working at NASA'sKaitlyn Adams (NASA)
Thanksgiving Celebrations in Space - NASA
The Thanksgiving holiday typically brings families and friends together in a celebration of common gratitude for all the good things that have happened duringSumer Loggins (NASA)
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.The Conversation
Mansplaining, explained in one simple chart
Kim Goodwin was asked to help some colleagues tell if they were being helpful or condescending. So she created a simple chart – which went unexpectedly viral.Kim Goodwin (BBC)
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If you havent already got one of these, get one! They are so comfy and big!!!
Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/stea…
Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations
Another year coming to a close and so the Steam Autumn Sale is live again until December 4. Time to find where your wallet is hiding.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Hacia un alto el fuego digital
vía Access Now
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Toward a digital ceasefire - Access Now
The ascent of cyber warfare is weaponizing our digital world; it’s time to embrace the concept of “digital ceasefire.”Marwa Fatafta (Access Now)
New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/new-…
#SteamController #SteamDeck #Steam
New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked
Valve did a bit of a woops here, as they recently accidentally leaked the designs for what looks like their upcoming Steam Controller 2 and a new VR controller that is likely to come with the long leaked Deckard VR headset.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We’ll have to wait for the size and thickness, and the angle of the grips, but this will probably not work for me. Symmetrical sticks placed in the middle of the controller, with touchpads on the way where my fat hands will likely activate them all the time…
Sounds like a recipe for thumb and wrist pain for me personally :/
On that controller, it seems like the opposite
@BrodieOnLinux Haha yeah, we’ll see. Ergonomics isn’t an exact science; and doesn’t always work for everyone: AirPods fall out the ears of a fair few people, the PS4 controller was a nightmare for some, and some think the Xbox one controller isn’t good, the Duke managed to get into production, etc..
It can be an awesome controller for a bunch of people, and a nightmare for others 😀
There’s also the issue that my thumbs often bump into one another with symmetrical sticks on a PS controller, because the sticks are too close
John Herrington Performs a Spacewalk - NASA
On Nov. 30, 2002, NASA astronauts John Herrington (pictured) and Michael Lopez-Alegria performed the third and final spacewalk of the STS-113 mission. TheNASA
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NASA Plane Supported Innovative Microgravity Research in ‘90s
In the ‘90s, NASA Lewis (today, NASA Glenn) used a DC-9 plane to help scientists study the behavior of fluids, combustion, and materials in a microgravity environment.Robert S. Arrighi (NASA)
NASA AI, Open Science Advance Disaster Research and Recovery - NASA Science
NASA's open Earth science data and artificial intelligence models help researchers monitor hurricanes and other disasters.science.nasa.gov
NASA Plane Supported Innovative Microgravity Research in ‘90s
In the ‘90s, NASA Lewis (today, NASA Glenn) used a DC-9 plane to help scientists study the behavior of fluids, combustion, and materials in a microgravity environment.Robert S. Arrighi (NASA)
An Electronic Traffic Monitor for Airports - NASA
Ground traffic management program saves passengers and airlines time while cutting fuel costsAndrew Wagner (NASA)
Ludo Waltman
in reply to Ludo Waltman • • •"Web of Science de-listed eLife because the new publishing model can result in the publication of studies with 'inadequate' or 'incomplete' evidence ...
other journals, which use the traditional and confidential peer review model, remain indexed in the Web of Science even though some of the articles they publish also have inadequate or incomplete evidence. The difference is that they do not label these articles as such."