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The Local Fluff apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241222.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2024 December 22 – The Local Fluff

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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Wired: Apps finally give up on making unfunny April Fools jokes each year.

Tired: Every app now has a Spotify Wrapped style feature even if it isn’t a music app.

techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/spot…


After you check out your Spotify Wrapped, explore these copycats  | TechCrunch

Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature just dropped, giving listeners a fun, personalized summary of their listening habits, and it has gained immense Spotify Wrapped 2024 is almost here.
Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)

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I must free him

#plushtodon #mastoadmin

Mastodon plush in federation beige, stuck in a box
#MastoAdmin #plushtodon

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My #plushtodon arrived just in time to join in the holiday festivities.
A yellow plush mastodon sitting in a room of Christmas decorations. There’s a tree to the right, a fireplace with stockings behind, a village scene on the mantel above, and a screen showing a picture of a present to the left.
#plushtodon

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brontos

Avoid drinking milk before looking at this picture!

in reply to Muse

Kenny Chaffin
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Know your Coati... 😀

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Peppermint Narwhal Creative on Instagram: "Happy World Coati Day! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Coati! Coatis, or coatimundis, are raccoon-like animals found in parts of the southwestern United States, Central America, and Sou

4,754 likes, 25 comments - peppermintnarwhal on December 3, 2024: "Happy World Coati Day! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Coati! Coatis, or coatimundis, are raccoon-like animals found in parts of the southwestern United Sta…
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Pull the other one, Woolworths!

Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia – we went looking for them


"The supermarket giant cites specialist providers, convenience stores and online retailers among its rivals, but many seem well out of its league."

Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia – we went looking for them

Catie McLeod (The Guardian)

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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
Diagram with large number: 2.7.123 First “2” is commented: Proud version. Bump when you are proud of the release Second “7” is commented: Default version. Just normal/okay releases Third “123” is commented: Shame version. Bump when fixing things too embarrassing to admit

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I got a #Plushtodon in the mail today. My wife loves it!
Black haired woman holding a yellow mastodon stuffed animal.
#plushtodon

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/merr…

#MerryChristmas


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux

Hello there! It's coming up on Christmas now, and so GamingOnLinux will be starting to go into it's usual mostly hibernating state to take a little break.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#merrychristmas

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A table titled "Startup Speak" with two columns: "Don't Say" (in red) and "Say" (in green). Row 1: "No one uses it, not even us" (red) replaced with "Pre-PMF" (green). Row 2: "Credit cards maxed out" (red) replaced with "Round is Closing Soon" (green). Row 3: "We don't know how to make it" (red) replaced with "AI" (green). Row 4: "Did an Anthropic craigslist-gigs user study" (red) replaced with "Team from Anthropic" (green).

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For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/for-…

#Warside #AdvanceWars


For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window

Something for the weekend: you can now try out a brand new demo of Warside, a game very much inspired by the classic Advance Wars and it does look good.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#warside #advancewars

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Yay! My #Plushtodon from #Mastodon was delivered today!

I was not expecting it until after #Christmas 🎄, but I am glad that @Mastodon was able to expedite deliveries for those of us in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.

Thanks @Gargron!

Hmm…now I need to figure out what to name it‽ Mister Masto‽ Super Masto‽ Nasty Masty‽ 😂 I will not use the latter, lest folks think I won this from a Dirty Santa 🎅🏾 game! 🤣🤪

My Mastodon Plushie in a clear bag after it was delivered.
My Mastodon Plushie out of the bag. It also has a cute tag attached that says #Plushtodon
My Mastodon Plushie sitting in front of my iPad Pro 13 on a desk.
My Mastodon Plushie sitting in front of my iPad Pro 13, with the Mastodon QR code tag on the ear.
#mastodon #Christmas #plushtodon #unitedstates @Eugen Rochko @Mastodon

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She’s full of crimes.

#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

A white cat with orange patches and a pink nose (Peaches) being held like a baby. Her face is very cute.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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#Plushtodon has arrived at my home office. Currently helping with audio duties.
A mastodon plushie on a windowsill
#plushtodon

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My middle’s cat Percy airing out the manly bits in front of the vent.

Alternatively: “Draw me like one of your French girls.”

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #cats

A dark brown tabby cat is splayed in a most ungracious pose directly in front of a heating vent placed under the cabinets. He looks up toward the camera in a manner that is at once surprised and dismissive.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wind…

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS


Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now

With the feature code freeze continuing, the Wine team had put up a third Release Candidate for the upcoming stable main release of Wine 10.0 coming in early 2025.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #foss #wine

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Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fira…

#CivilizationVII #Civilization #Linux #LinuxGaming


Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux

Firaxis Games and 2K are releasing Sid Meier's Civilization VII on February 11, 2025 and now we know what power you're going to need to run it on Linux Desktop systems.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #linuxgaming #civilization #civilizationvii

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Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/mesa…

#Mesa #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource


Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux

The last open source graphics driver update before the holidays is here, with Mesa 24.3.2 now available for you to upgrade.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #linuxgaming #mesa

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there is something poetic about how my #Plushtodon plush was shipped
A poor Mastodon plushie stuffed inside of an Amazon box that is definitely too small to hold it. It's bursting at the seams.
#plushtodon
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Scott Frazer
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@Gargron mine arrived the same way. Branding-wise it’s not great but it’s good recycling?
@Eugen Rochko

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Masty the Mastodon has arrived!

I'm so excited to finally have this.

#Plushtodon #Mastodon #Mascot #Plushie #Toy #StuffedAnimal #StuffedToy

A photo I took of the plush Mastodon stuffed animal that arrived. #Plushtodon is the hashtag used for these photos and it's even on the tag on the ear. You can see part of my keyboard and two monitors in the photo along with my mouse.
#mastodon #mascot #plushie #plushtodon #toy #stuffedanimal #stuffedtoy

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dinosaur tree
"Christmas T Rex" doesn't have the same ring to is as "Treeceratops". But T Rex does make a better tree.

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fast toddler
I believe it!

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A Year in Sunsets apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241221.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2024 December 21 - A Year in Sunsets

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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"Περὶ τοῦ Ἐμφαινομένου προσώπου τῷ κύκλῳ τῆς Σελήνης" by Plutarch.

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#moon


Περὶ τοῦ Ἐμφαινομένου προσώπου τῷ κύκλῳ τῆς Σελήνης : Plutarch : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Περὶ τοῦ Ἐμφαινομένου προσώπου τῷ κύκλῳ τῆς Σελήνης.Πλούταρχος.Impensis Gotthelf Theophil...
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#moon

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I want to cry.

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- YouTube

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Tess
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@Muse "take a deep breath & appreciate what's going on here." we all want to cry!
You are not alone...

Thank you for sharing...

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cheese
Cheese is certainly nice!
in reply to Muse

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
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I don't know the question, but cheese is the answer!🧀
in reply to Muse

Bob Lai
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A friend loves cheese on his pasta, so when a server says, 'Say when ...' I often joke about it being 'arm day.'

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NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment nasa.gov/technology/space-comm… #NASA #DeepSpaceNetwork #JetPropulsionLaboratory #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate

NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment - NASA

Deep Space Station 23’s 133-ton reflector dish was recently installed, marking a key step in strengthening NASA’s Deep Space Network.
Anthony Greicius (NASA)
#NASA #spacecommunicationsnavigationprogram #jetpropulsionlaboratory #spaceoperationsmissiondirectorate #DeepSpaceNetwork

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NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 nasa.gov/general/nasa-ames-ast… #NASA #General #AmesResearchCenter #Astrogram

NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 - NASA

by Tiffany Blake
Astrid Albaugh (NASA)
#NASA #general #amesresearchcenter #astrogram

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NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 nasa.gov/general/nasa-ames-ast… #NASA #General

NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 - NASA

by Tiffany Blake
Astrid Albaugh (NASA)
#NASA #general

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Starbucks Shut Down....Nationwide... By Strikes


Don't Cross the Picket Lines... Support the Staff

Starbucks On Strike,.. For Good Reason

#Starbucks #Strike

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#Starbucks #strike
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Tom Grzybow
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It’s about time. They charge a premium price for their goods, the least they can do is pay their staff a fair wage, under good working conditions.

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NASA Selects Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sel… #NASA #Technology #CommunicatingAndNavigatingWithMissions #NASADirectorates #NearSpaceNetwork #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate

NASA Selects Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network - NASA

NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical
NASA
#technology #NASA #spacecommunicationsnavigationprogram #communicatingandnavigatingwithmissions #spaceoperationsmissiondirectorate #nasadirectorates #nearspacenetwork

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NASA Exhibit Puts Visitors in Test Conductor Seat nasa.gov/news-release/exhibit-… #NASA #StennisSpaceCenter

NASA Exhibit Puts Visitors in Test Conductor Seat - NASA

NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is helping the Artemis Generation learn how to power space dreams with an interactive exhibit at
NASA
#NASA #stennisspacecenter

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Wow! I'm impressed!
in reply to Muse

Kenny Chaffin
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Mice Drive:
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-5…

Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels

Researchers taught rats to drive tiny "ratmobiles" in exchange for food, which helped the rats relax.
BBC News

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NASA Welcomes Liechtenstein as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-wel… #NASA #OfficeOfInternationalAndInteragencyRelationsOIIR

NASA Welcomes Liechtenstein as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory - NASA

Liechtenstein signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency’s headquarters in Washington,
NASA
#NASA #officeofinternationalandinteragencyrelationsoiir

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To everyone who called me crazy when I said Elon was a nazi: I was right, you were wrong.
politico.eu/article/elon-musk-…

Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right

“Only the AfD can save Germany,” said the key Donald Trump ally.
Nette Nöstlinger (POLITICO)

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If it was not clear before, then it is now. Every single well-meaning post on that hate speech platform is direct support to the extreme right in several European countries. No public institution should be posting there.
screenshot from X demonstrating that its owner is openly supporting fascism

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Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/dire…

#DXVK #Linux #Proton #OpenSource #Vulkan


Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more

Another bug fixes release is out for DXVK (v2.5.2), the project that translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan. It's a big part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Linux so nicely.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #Vulkan #proton #dxvk
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Tom Gwynplaine
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I'm always happy when there's a new version of Wine, DXVK or Proton.
And I still find it funny that the best way to boost performance of GTA IV on Windows is to use DXVK

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Moonrise in Patagonia.

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Ah, not a comic book buff myself, but will celebrate that on this day in 1940, the first issue of Captain America Comics was published, with this iconic cover.

"When the first issue came out we got a lot of ... threatening letters and hate mail. Some people really opposed what Cap stood for."

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#CaptainAmerica #CaptainAmericaComics #comics #marvel #nazis #PunchNazis #OnThisDay #OTD

A cover of the first Captain America comic book. The title of the comics appears on top in large yellow angular letters. The scene depicts the titular hero punching Adolf Hitler. Captain America is wearing a brightly colored superhero costume that consists of a blue shirt with a large start across the chest and vertical red and white stripes below it, and is also wearing red gloves, a blue mask covering the top half of his face, with little wings attached to the side of the mask. He is also holding a shield for protection. Hitler is wearing a brown Nazi uniform, and looks visibly in pain. Good. There is a small crowd of Nazi soldiers looking on helplessly. One of them is attempting to shoot at Captain America, but the bullet hits the shield he's carrying.

1941 comic book ongoing series

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#Comics #Marvel #otd #onthisday #Nazis #captainamerica #captainamericacomics #punchnazis
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