In December 2021 I set myself a goal: Add a year-in-review feature to #Mastodon before the next December. It's December 2024 and it's finally, slowly rolling out. It's not all that it was meant to be, because we couldn't prioritize it over all the other things we work on, but I didn't want to miss another year.
Sols 4732-4735: Iโll Zap You, My Pretty, and Your Pebble Too - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 For more than a year, NASAโs Curiosity rover has been climbing through layers of sulfate-rich rock in Gale Crater, where alternating thick light- and dark-toned bands are visible by satellite.science.nasa.gov
NASA Experts Share Inspiring Stories of Perseverance to Students - NASA
In celebration of National Aviation History Month, experts from NASAโs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, spoke with middle schoolDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA to Cover its 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission Station Departure - NASA
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International SpaceNASA
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
thelondoneconomic.com/news/medโฆ
Pretty significant nail in the coffin.
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.Jack Peat (The London Economic)
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A Mission at Home and at Work: Caregivers at Johnson Navigate Dual Role With Community Supports - NASA
Many team members at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston may recognize Alicia Baker as the talented flutist in the Hispanic Employee Resource GroupโsLinda E. Grimm (NASA)
Technicians Install Gatewayโs Fuel Tanks - NASA
Technicians guide the equipment that will house Gatewayโs xenon and liquid fuel tanks in this photo from July 1, 2024. The tanks are part of Gatewayโsย PowerNASA
Change Is in the Cards: Governance Transitions in Open Source Communities
Download for screen readingDownload for booklet printingDownload for standard printingWaves of uncertainty swell around you. They threaten to consume you withMedia Economies Design Lab
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NASA Plane Supported Innovative Microgravity Research in โ90s
In the โ90s, 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)
You Are Now Arriving atย โPico Turquinoโ - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 Perseverance has been continuing its sightseeing tour of the Jezero crater rim, with this weekโs travel itinerary including an up-close look at โPico Turquino.science.nasa.gov
What's Up: December 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA Science
In December, Venus dazzles as the "Evening Star," Jupiter reaches its brightest for the year, and the Geminid meteor shower peaks under challenging moonlit skies.science.nasa.gov
Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/vulkโฆ
Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering
The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I get far too many replies to see them all.
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Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has 17 classics for you like Star Wars and LEGO gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/disnโฆ
#Disney #PCGaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming
Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has 17 classics for you like Star Wars and LEGO
I doubt you need any more games, or perhaps you do, and you fancy some classics. Well the Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has some fun stuff in it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We have a new preprint describing a method for #bacteriophage phylogenetics and comparative genomics.
Maybe useful for those interested in all the amazing #phages out there and their bizarre mosaic genomes
Towards a unifying phylogenomic framework for tailed phages
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20โฆ
Towards a unifying phylogenomic framework for tailed phages
Background Classifying viruses systematically has remained a key challenge of virology due to the absence of universal genes and vast genetic diversity of viruses.bioRxiv
Motorsport Games delisting all NASCAR games after iRacing license transfer gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/motoโฆ
#NASCAR #PCGaming #RacingGames
Motorsport Games delisting all NASCAR games after iRacing license transfer
Motorsport Games announced at the end of November, that all NASCAR games will be delisted from stores on December 31st.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
El 99% de las comunicaciones digitales del mundo dependen de cables submarinos. Si se rompen, podrรญan terminar ocasionando un desastre para la internet de todo un paรญs. ยฟCรณmo se arregla un fallo en el fondo del ocรฉano?
bbc.com/mundo/articles/cd98w5zโฆ
Internet: los servicios de emergencia en las profundidades de los ocรฉanos que mantienen a la red en funcionamiento
ยฟQuรฉ pasa cuando los cables interoceรกnicos que nos proveen internet sufren daรฑos?William Park (BBC News Mundo)
Inventory management battler NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters gets new content - we have keys to give away gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/inveโฆ
#NeoDuel #IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming
Inventory management battler NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters gets new content - we have keys to give away
NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games, Rogue Duck Interactive and The 4 Winds Entertainment is an inventory management battler with a creature collecting / fusing twist and a fresh content update recently went live.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30โgrasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes from different climates share unified responses to exโฆNature
Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing with Wayland gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/lookโฆ
Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing with Wayland
A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Lutris game manager v0.5.18 released with improved GOG and itch.io support, various other features gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/lutrโฆ
#Linux #SteamDeck #Lutris #PCGaming #OpenSource
Lutris game manager v0.5.18 released with improved GOG and itch.io support, various other features
Lutris, the popular free and open source game manager for Linux, has a fresh update out now fixing up some issues and adding in a good bunch of new features.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NASA to Cover its 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission Station Departure - NASA
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International SpaceNASA
Blizzard are delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, so GOG adds a special discount and will keep them updated gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/blizโฆ
#Warcraft #GOG #Blizzard #PCGaming
Blizzard are delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, so GOG adds a special discount and will keep them updated
GOG have announced that Warcraft I and Warcraft II are going to be leaving GOG "at the publisher's request" (Blizzard).Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Someone is worried about their bottom line ๐ฅฑ
Experience the Launch of NASAโs SpaceX Crew-10 Missionย ย - NASA
Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASAโs SpaceX Crew-10 mission to carry astronauts to the International Space StationGary Daines (NASA)
Experience the Launch of NASAโs SpaceX Crew-10 Missionย ย - NASA
Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASAโs SpaceX Crew-10 mission to carry astronauts to the International Space StationGary Daines (NASA)
New Artemis Virtual Meeting Backgrounds Released Celebrating Artemis I, Looking to Artemis II and Beyond - NASA
Virtual meetings feeling a little stale? NASA has just unveiled a suite of new Artemis backgrounds to elevate your digital workspace.Catherine E. Williams (NASA)
Updated our Steam Tracker Linux chart: gamingonlinux.com/steam-trackeโฆ
Details on what changed: gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/โฆ
Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/linuโฆ
#Linux #SteamDeck #Steam #PCGaming
Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck
Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Caught on camera: Meteor lights up sky over Western Montana"
youtube.com/watch?v=V11SLocm-Eโฆ
- 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
Would highly recommend Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts - wonderful dual biography of Linnaeus and Buffon. Many fascinating anecdotes about both - especially Linnaeus, who was a bit of a character.
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MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here:

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