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Study finds if you want to win a Nobel Prize, be a male from a wealthy family. If you're a woman, you need to be from a particularly rich family. The avg laureate grew up in a household just below the top 10%. >50% come from the top 5%. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The science behind winning a Nobel prize? Being a man from a wealthy family

A lot of talent is wasted in a world where more than half of laureates come from households in the richest 5%
Torsten Bell (The Guardian)

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Went down to the shore today to fetch some seaweed for the garden. This variety of seaweed was super striking compared to the abundant olive and green going on.

Unsure what it is, the shape would say bladder wrack (Fucus Vesiculosus) but I'm not sure because of the colour

#Seaweed

A fiery red and ginger coloured bit of seaweed attached to a rock. It has flat fronds and the air-bladders are in pairs.
Fiery red and ginger seaweed attached to a rock
#seaweed

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#silentsunday
#colorado
Moon setting over pinky-purple Mt Blue Sky with snowy trees in foreground
#SilentSunday #colorado

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“Within the party Ronald Reagan once led so capably, it is increasingly fashionable to suggest that the sort of global leadership he modeled is no longer America’s place,” McConnell said. “But let’s be absolutely clear: America will not be made great again by those who are content to manage our decline”

McConnell had his chance to do something useful about Trump and he failed. He is a coward. He has personally done more damage to the U.S. than almost anyone else over a career of obstructionism and "legislative terrorism." politico.com/news/2024/12/07/m…

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#SilentSunday Sunset at the University of Connecticut
Orange clouds over a darkened street with streetlamps along the side and two large buildings.
#SilentSunday

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#silentsunday #BlueRidgeParkway #virginia
Curving road, tree with fall colors, blue sky over mountainous skyline, gray car parked to the side of the road
#SilentSunday #virginia #blueridgeparkway

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In #JapaneseFolklore iwana bozu are char (a type of river fish) who grow to an enormous size and transform into #yokai. They are able to shapeshift into human form, dress in Buddhist priest's robes, walk and talk. Mostly they approach people who are fishing in rivers to ask them...#SwampSunday1/3
Illustration by Matthew Meyer of a fish dressed in a monk's robe wearing a conical hat and holding prayer beads. It is standing beside a river with a forest behind.
#yokai #japanesefolklore #SwampSunday

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Steinacleit stone circle and cairn (also called Stein-A-Cleit; Siadar; Shader) on the isle of Lewis up on a boggy moor. "This bundle of stones on a low hill above a loch was originally interpreted as being the remains of a large chambered cairn and stone circle." Photos June 2021.

#StandingStoneSunday #PreHistory #IsleOfLewis #Scotland

Photograph of Steinacleit stone circle and cairn, shwing the stones on a bleak moor with a very grey sky
Photograph of Steinacleit stone circle and cairn, shwing the stones on a bleak moor with a very grey sky
Photograph of Steinacleit stone circle and cairn, shwing the stones on a bleak moor with a very grey sky
#scotland #StandingStoneSunday #prehistory #isleoflewis

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A remarkable transition:

Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.

In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation.

Today it is 6%. In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.

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Aurora around Saturn's North Pole apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241208.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2024 December 8 – Aurora around Saturns North Pole

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#APOD

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Just checking my Mastodon timeline.
A phylogenetic tree for elephants over a geological time scale.

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Saône River, France

Hasselblad 501CM / CZ Planar 80mm / Kodak Portra 160

#photographie #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #SilentSunday #argentique #hasselblad #france #analogphotography #6x6 #kodak #landscape #mediumformatfilm #photo #filmphotography #photo

The Saône River one early morning in a thick fog, the opposite bank barely visible, two swans pass in the center of the image. Photo taken with a 6x6 medium format camera on color negative film.
#photo #France #landscape #Photographie #filmisnotdead #SilentSunday #filmphotography #analogphotography #believeinfilm #kodak #6x6 #hasselblad #argentique #mediumformatfilm

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I'm trying to rehome these Totoro slippers fast.
I know people who sell these sorts of collectibles for good money.
I am terrible at selling things, even when I could use the financial boost.
But I have to get rid of stuff swiftly in order to fit into the new house in less than two months.
I am feeling overwhelmed. I am also feeling sad that I may have to throw out things just because I don't have the time to place them with people who will appreciate them.
sigh!
in reply to Muse

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@fionag11 The opshop/charity shop near us puts all the toys on a table by the pavement where all the local toddlers play with them, leaving the toys a mess before anyone even buys anything.

In the end I found someone who was so excited to pick them up as a Christmas present for their daughter who is crazy for Totoro!

@fionag11

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(Reuters) - Syria's army command notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad's rule ended following a lightning rebel offensive. Syrian rebels said Damascus was 'now free of Assad.' reut.rs/3ZI7sFb

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Forehead injury incurred today at the @mediaarchaeologylab while trying to get an Apple IIe to work. All the while cursing Steve Jobs's insistence on putting power switches on the back.
@media archaeology lab
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@alwirtes yep! The all-text version of Oregon Trail was working until it wasn't
@Al Wirtes
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@alwirtes That's awesome. These were the first computers I ever used, but now I feel they are totally foreign to me. I can barely begin.
@Al Wirtes

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Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali announces he’s ready to work with any leader chosen by the people and will hand over power peacefully.

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#softwaredeveloper #developer
picture of an onion and another onion, but only half. words read: most software is written like an onion. the more layers you peel back, the more you want to cry.
#developer #softwaredeveloper

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Growth Vessel, watercolor on Clayboard, 2023 Inspired by images of xylem vessels in plants #ArtAdventCalendar
blue and red abstract watercolor painting with blobby shapes
#ArtAdventCalendar

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How many times have I worried about this while writing a story?

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books
I should start a gym where instead of weights, people are lifting books!

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Boomer Shooter Humble Bundle is back for a limited time: humblebundleinc.sjv.io/c/57729… (partner link)

Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters Encore

Pay what you want for and support a charity of your choice!
Humble Bundle
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Why!!? I thought I had put this all behind me, buying a game bundle and never playing them! I know it's an illness, but would you wave a glass of whiskey under an alcoholic's nose? NO!

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Latest comic: Experts explain why America voted for plague

#cartoon #comic #politics #uspol #media #journalism #election #authoritarianism

EXPERTS EXPLAIN WHY AMERICA VOTED FOR PLAGUE A SERIOUS OF PUNDITS DEPICTED IN ADVANCING STAGES OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE: DEMS DIDN'T OFFER MUCH OF A VISION EXCEPT "NOT PLAGUE." PEOPLE ARE SO DISILLUSIONED WITH THE STATUS QUO, THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON CERTAIN DEATH. * KOFF* IF THE LEFT HADN'T INSULTED NECROTIC BUBOES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AMERICANS WOULDN'T HAVE EMBRACED PLAGUISM. MOST VOTERS JUST WANT A BRUTAL MASS MORTALITY EVENT THAT WILL BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF EGGS. 17TH CENTURY PLAGUE DOCTOR WEARING BIRD BEAK MASK APPROACHING IN BACKGROUND
#politics #Comic #cartoon #Media #election #journalism #uspol #authoritarianism
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“I did my own research.* Did you know there have been no studies for the last 20 years—ZERO—linking plague to negative health outcomes? But lamestream media won’t cover it.”

*YouTube

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#Caturday # CatsOfAthens
Small, grubby, slender young cat, white, orange, and black, eyeing the photographer blearily from her bed of a folded tablecloth on top of an overturned wooden chair outside a closed taverna
#Caturday

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Last night, @DavidLowry & I celebrated the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences’ building at their 1924 Speakeasy ✨ It was the bee’s knees!
David Lowry and I at the National Academy of Sciences
@David Lowry

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Ya va acabando 2024, y en este último #SábadodeComunes habitual les traemos unas suculentas referencias sobre temas tecnopolíticos y sociotécnicos.

#SoftwareLibre #TecnoFeudalismo #Hacktivismo #fediverso

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ilustración de una mestiza cósmica

Hay un sábado de común denominadores | Sursiendo

Ya va acabando 2024, y en este último Sábado de Comunes habitual les traemos una suculentas referencias sobre temas tecnopolíticos y sociotécnicos.
sursiendo (Sursiendo)
#softwarelibre #SábadoDeComunes #fediverso #hacktivismo #tecnofeudalismo

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hi, i wrote a post - "Defining AI".

ali-alkhatib.com/blog/defining…

Ali Alkhatib: Defining AI

ali-alkhatib.com

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There's a cat-shaped hole in my beach photo 😯 #caturday
A pitch black cat sitting on a rock in front of a beach.
#Caturday

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Still the best explaination of what people are using genAI for in a business environment.

#GenAI #AI #work

Comic in two frames. Frame one is two people talking. One is sitting in front of a computer saying, "A.I. turns this signle bullet point into a long email I can pretend I wrote." Frame two is two people talking. One is sitting in front of a computer saying, "A.I. makes a single bullet point out of this long email I can pretend I read."
#AI #work #genai

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Happy #Caturday from #PatchTheStudioCat seen here practising her synthsitting 😸
Patch, the studio cat, sitting on top of a modular synthesizer with patch cables everywhere
#Caturday #PatchTheStudioCat

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My #plushtodon has arrived in Australia from the northern hemisphere.
Notice the dog.
#plushtodon

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Students Aim High at NASA JPL ‘Candy Toss’ Competition nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #JetPropulsionLaboratory

Students Aim High at NASA JPL ‘Candy Toss’ Competition - NASA

Treats went flying through the air by the dozens at the annual Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Naomi Hartono (NASA)
#NASA #jetpropulsionlaboratory

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Path of Exile 2 now in Early Access and it works on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/path…

#PathofExile2 #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming


Path of Exile 2 now in Early Access and it works on Steam Deck / Linux

Path of Exile 2 from Grinding Gear Games has officially arrived, although it's not quite finished yet as it's in Early Access.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linuxgaming #SteamDeck #PathofExile2

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Sols 4384-4385: Leaving the Bishop Quad science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-438… #NASA #Blogs

Sols 4384-4385: Leaving the Bishop Quad - NASA Science

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 As the Curiosity rover climbs west toward the broad saddle separating Gediz Vallis from its neighboring canyon on the slopes of Mount Sharp, the rover is also approaching the edge of its current geological…
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#NASA #blogs

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Notification summaries can be very funny

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NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024 nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-acc… #NASA #General #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #Artemis #ArtemisAccords #CommercialCrew #CommercialSpace #Earth #ExplorationSystemsDevelopmentMissionDirectorate #HumansInSpace #InternationalSpaceStationISS

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024 - NASA

With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science
NASA
#NASA #artemis #artemisaccords #earth #aeronautics #general #humansinspace #internationalspacestationiss #commercialspace #aeronauticsresearchmissiondirectorate #commercialcrew #explorationsystemsdevelopmentmissiondirectorate

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NASA Awards Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awa… #NASA #StennisSpaceCenter #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #MichoudAssemblyFacility

NASA Awards Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract - NASA

The Combined Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, and
NASA
#NASA #stennisspacecenter #marshallspaceflightcenter #michoudassemblyfacility

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Lunar Autonomy Challenge: Selected Teams nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/lun… #NASA #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #GameChangingDevelopmentProgram #GetInvolved #LunarSurfaceInnovationConsortium #LunarSurfaceInnovationInitiative #OpportunitiesForStudentsToGetInvolved #OpportunitiesForUSCitizensToGetInvolved #OpportunitiesToContributeToNASAMissionsGetInvolved

Lunar Autonomy Challenge: Selected Teams - NASA

Congratulations to the selected teams and their schools who will participate in the Lunar Autonomy Challenge! 31 teams were selected for the
Stefanie Payne (NASA)
#NASA #spacetechnologymissiondirectorate #getinvolved #opportunitiesforuscitizenstogetinvolved #opportunitiestocontributetonasamissionsgetinvolved #opportunitiesforstudentstogetinvolved #gamechangingdevelopmentprogram #lunarsurfaceinnovationconsortium #lunarsurfaceinnovationinitiative

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400,000 people are concurrently watching a login screen for Path of Exile 2.
Remarkable.
List of most played games with current and 24-hour peak player counts.

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 gets a first Release Candidate gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wind…

#Wine #Linux #Proton #OpenSource


Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 gets a first Release Candidate

The next major version bump is coming for the Windows compatibility layer Wine, which forms a big part of Valve's Proton, with Wine 10.0 having a first Release Candidate.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #wine #proton

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