I am fascinated by how viruses evolve - and not just since #SARSCoV2 has shown us at the global stage how consequential virus evolution can be for us.
In my new story in Science I got to explore how researchers are probing deeper into the past with old RNA virus genome.
So a thread…
Deforestation Raises Temperatures Up To 4.5℃
Forests directly cool the planet, like natural evaporative air conditioners. So what happens when you cut them down? In tropical countries such as #Indonesia, #Brazil and the #Congo, rapid #defores…Palm Oil Detectives
"A glass flask is as much about what it is as it is about what it is not; it is as much about the vessel blown into form by the glassmaker — and all the material qualities and technological, political, and socioeconomic histories that made that act of creation possible — as it is about the specific geometry of absence that it comes to delimit. Certain kinds of reactions can take place in that flask because of all the others that are excluded from it."
— Eduardo Kohn: How Forests Think Toward An Anthropology Beyond The Human, pp. 35-35
This section on absence is interesting. I've never thought about technologies for what they exclude by being in the world, more what they create or change.
How We End Gold Mining’s Ecocide For Good
Gold mining is unparalleled in its environmental destruction and human rights toll. Frustratingly, 93% of gold is used for non-essential purposes like jewellery and investments. A recent study sugg…Palm Oil Detectives
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Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …Simon Willison’s Weblog
Totally agree with your buried lede: Claude Code is truly a general purpose agent. I started using it for coding but now use it for editing transcripts and other text based tasks, at which it is far better than the chat GUI.
Also thank you for llm, it is becoming a good pal. It'd be rad to have skills-like functionality for that.
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Chien Lee has been awarded first place in the Plants and Fungi category
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Encountering the World’s Most Endangered Kangaroo: The Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo
Encounter the Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo. Rediscovered in 2018, these rare marsupials from West Papua are a symbol of hope amidst threats from palm oil, huntingPalm Oil Detectives
#18. Daniel Berrigan (ft. Fr. John Dear)
A lost prophet who worked to build "a solid wall of conscience" to "confront the death-makers"Elias Crim (The Lost Prophets Podcast)
“Operating as a nonprofit allows us to focus on building the most private tools we can–without ever having to compromise user privacy in order to generate profit for shareholders.”
Read the full interview with @al
Thank you Common Good Cyber for helping build a stronger internet together.
commongoodcyber.org/news/tor-p…
Tor Project: "Being able to safely and privately share information without fear is vital" - Common Good Cyber
Tor shares how its work protects users and why sustaining public-interest infrastructure is essential to the health of the Internet.Common Good Cyber
Nextcloud is looking for a Team Lead Content Marketing ✍️
Ready to bring your strategic vision and experience to lead a diverse and creative team? Perhaps this is your chance!
Find out more about this job role: 👉nextcloud.com/jobs/#team-lead-…
Nextcloud is looking for people who want to join our team
We are a modern, distributed, open source company whose mission is to provide our users and customers with the means for data storage, access and communication under their controlNextcloud
Why buy a Kindle when you can build your own? 🔧📚
itsfoss.com/open-source-ebook-…
Looking for Open Source Kindle Alternatives? Build it Yourself
There are no easy options. You have to take the matter in your hand, quite literally.Pulkit Chandak (It's FOSS)
I own 3 Kindles: the original Kindle Fire right after it was released, a Kindle Keyboard which was a disappointment, and a Kindle Fire 7 which I got to be a cheap tablet for travel (failed at that because I didn't realize it was wifi-only, so defeated the purpose of having it for when I could not go on wifi).
All my phones came with a Kindle app for reading, same for what is now my travel tablet. Why get another actual Kindle?
wp.me/pcFhgU-10X?utm_source=ma…
Okapi: African Unicorns
Deep in the heart of Africa, in the dense tropical rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), there lurks a very curious creature. With long legs and predominantly dark brown coat o…Palm Oil Detectives
I started a pol.is conversation on the topic "Fediverse acceleration(?) " ⬇️ (You don't need an account)
pol.is is a FOSS web-app to help find consensus global & subgroup opinions within a set of participants 🤝
I've heard a lot about it over the years, but have had no experience with it. It looks like you rate statements positively 👍 or negatively 👎 and can write your own ✍️ After 7 participants, report data should become available.
#polis #governance #foss #fediverse
Get ready for Halloween with the Capcom Horror Bundle from Fanatical gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/get-…
#Capcom #HorrorGames #PCGaming #GameBundle
Get ready for Halloween with the Capcom Horror Bundle from Fanatical
Need some more spooky games? Want a side of zombies with that? The Fanatical Build your own Capcom Horror Bundle is live now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Kaiju Cleaner Simulator will get you and friends to clean up massive titans together gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/kaij…
#KaijuCleanerSimulator #Gaming #PCGaming
Kaiju Cleaner Simulator will get you and friends to clean up massive titans together
There's another game coming out that will have you clean up the bodies of massive creatures, with Kaiju Cleaner Simulator seeing you and friends team up for it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The US instance of #Mobilizon doesn’t work very well. It really would be an ideal instance for someone in the US trying to organize a local meetup but, alas, if something doesn’t work then you can’t use it anyway.
Any recommendations for an alternative instance? I have no interest in self- or cloud-hosting an instance myself for a single group.
Side note: I know I look at the world through Fedi-tinted lenses, but how is a #Meetup alternative not the most popular Fedi-alternative to a big-tech platform already*?! Meetup charges money just to create a group with which you only make posts to organize people at events.
*yes, I know my current problem with Mobilizon.us doesn’t help this case.
Mobilizon USA - Mobilizon
For events/groups/individuals in the United States of AmericaMobilizon USA - Mobilizon
It's time for October, so it's time for Tim Curry's iconic queer-coded villain!
Oh you thought I was talking about some Rocky Horror shit? No no. Ha ha no.
I'm talking about Hexxus youtube.com/watch?v=pVzYS3Ga_j…
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Great to see Vincent Racaniello at Virginia Tech. He gave a great talk on his career and the importance of science communication.
If you haven't seen his podcast on virology, check it out !
#virology #microbiology #scicomm
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Deep colony sim Stardeus adds a huge new narrative-focused update gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/deep…
#Stardeus #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming #Gaming
Deep colony sim Stardeus adds a huge new narrative-focused update
Because there was always going to be some drama in deep space right? Stardeus is a spaceship colony sim that just expanded in a huge way.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The latest Linux desktop market share numbers for you! 📈✅
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Desktop Linux Market Share Report October 2025
Curious to know the latest market share percentage for Linux desktop? You don't have to do the research; we've done it for you. We update this report at the beginning of each month.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
The popular physics sandbox game Brick Rigs has added Native Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-…
#BrickRigs #Linux #Gaming #SteamDeck #PCGaming
The popular physics sandbox game Brick Rigs has added Native Linux support
A nice surprise, Brick Rigs is another game that recently added Native Linux support and it's quite a popular choice along with it being highly rated.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Two Point Museum meets Vampire Survivors in the latest crossover gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/two-…
#TwoPointMuseum #VampireSurvivors #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux
Two Point Museum meets Vampire Survivors in the latest crossover
Two Point Museum has done a crossover update with Vampire Survivors, which really made me scratch my head but still fun to see.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The mimics among us — birds pirate songs for personal profit
From Roman classics to British tabloids, humans have long celebrated the curious and remarkable ability of #birds and other #animals to imitate the sounds of humans and other animals. A recent surg…Palm Oil Detectives
Co-op adventure, town-building and survival game Necesse hits the big 1.0 gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/co-o…
#Necesse #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming
Co-op adventure, town-building and survival game Necesse hits the big 1.0
Necesse is a blend of quite a lot of genres that can end up a bit like a top-down Terraria, it's awesome and it's finally out properly.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
New trailer for Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown has a rather bald Borg crew member gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/new-…
#StarTrekVoyager #AcrosstheUnknown #Gaming #StarTrek
New trailer for Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown has a rather bald Borg crew member
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown showed promise from the demo with some rough edges, but the new trailer has me excited about the journey.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Assetto Corsa Rally announced for Early Access in November gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/asse…
#AssettoCorsaRally #Gaming #PCGaming
Assetto Corsa Rally announced for Early Access in November
I know there's a few rally fans reading so you might be excited to learn that Assetto Corsa Rally has been announced for Early Access on November 13th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A famous meme comes to life in This Is Fine: Maximum Cope with a demo out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/a-fa…
A famous meme comes to life in This Is Fine: Maximum Cope with a demo out now
Memes, you gotta love 'em right? Question Hound from This Is Fine is getting a metroidvania platformer video game with This Is Fine: Maximum Cope.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Looks like Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux with their latest anti-cheat video calling it out gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/look…
#Farlight84 #FPS #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #AntiCheat
Looks like Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux with their latest anti-cheat video calling it out
Farlight 84 is a battle royale hero shooter that now appears to be fully broken on Linux, thanks to updates to their anti-cheat.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Pig-tailed Snub-nosed Langur Simias concolor
Boycott palm oil for Pig-tailed Langurs. These critically endangered monkeys face extinction from palm oil deforestation, hunting, and habitat fragmentationPalm Oil Detectives
#Greenwashing Tactic 5. Irrelevance and Deflection: A greenwashing tactic that shifts conversation away from criticising "sustainable' #palmoil towards an irrelevant topics #Boycott4Wildlife #Boycottpalmoil #Fightgreenwashing
These five features made me fall in love with Ghostty! 👻🥰
youtube.com/watch?v=ouZ7wMYHqV…
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Hehe, people do use Termux a lot:
GitHub - termux/termux-app: Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.
Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages. - termux/termux-appGitHub
The roses in my backyard are starting to bloom
#melbourne #gardeningau #GardeningAustralia #bloomscrolling
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Ubuntu runs on the server where I host my website.
But also I have a very old laptop that still had Windows XP on it. It wouldn't even display websites any more. I installed Zorin for 32bit and while it's still too old for most modern software I can surf the web again. It was meant to be a test drive of Zorin but given the age of the device that might be a bit unfair.
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Essentially it’s building up my confidence to just set up these things for myself. And save a good amount of money not paying for subscriptions on all sorts of services half assing the work.
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I guess I would have not discovered #VivaldiBrowser without it, and I would have probably been an #avid #gamer or a guy who thought he knew much, when he actually doesn't.
Now, I at least know how much I don't, and I'm interested in more advanced things I would have not known about in #MSWindows!
#Viva #Linux!
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