I feel I need to say something about Artemis as a former NASA employee, Space scientist and engineer.
I hope more than anything that the astronauts get back safely. But let us not be fooled by what this is.
Is it spectacular, yes. Is it a feat of engineering, yes. Does it make any advance in science, no. Does it help mankind explore the universe, dubious at best.
Why exactly are we sending humans to the moon? With our technology we will never send humans much further than Mars. The only way humans can possibly go further is through a scientific breakthrough. Good luck with that when Trump is gutting science.
Human exploration needs money spent on long-term advances - not using the same technology to do what we did before, however, glamorous it is.
So why do this and why do it now? Political theatre, a win for a Trump led NASA if it succeeds.
So I hope all works well and all return safely. But let us be clear what this is and why it is being done.
This is my opinion, I do not represent anyone.
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Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/brea…
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Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM
With a little help from GOG, some more classic games have arrived on Steam for those of you who want more retro gaming goodies.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mesa…
#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux
Mesa 26.0.4 is out now as the latest bug-fix release for the open source graphics drivers, as work continues on Mesa 26.1.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam store home page gets a refresh in Beta, plus another Linux SteamRT3 Beta fix gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/stea…
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Steam store home page gets a refresh in Beta, plus another Linux SteamRT3 Beta fix
Valve have pushed out an overhauled Steam store home page in the latest Steam Client Beta, along with another needed fix for the Linux SteamRT3 Beta.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linu…
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Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time
After rubbing away the sleep from my eyes in disbelief, Valve have updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2026 showing explosive Linux growth.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
With what Windows is currently doing to its users I think it's sickening that the most viable alternative is a mere 5%. Where is the line for people?
But any improvement is at least a step in the right direction, even if it is positively glacial.
From M&S to Tony's Chocolonely, these are the palm-oil free Easter eggs to buy this year
We've scoured through the results of our big GHI Easter egg taste test, and these are our top-scoring palm-oil free Easter eggs.Melanie Giandzi (Good Housekeeping)
Democratic lotteries put power in the hands of the people
A democratic lottery fairly selects a group of representatives that matches the makeup of the population. It selects from all citizens who meet basic requirements and are willing and able to serve a limited term.
And because lotteries remove campaigning, they remove parties, politicians, super PACs, and so much of what is tearing America apart.
We can use democratic lotteries instead of elections to fill legislatures like Congress, and to transform how we choose executives like the President.
In recent decades, democratic lotteries have been used hundreds of times to call on citizens to develop policy on challenging issues. And they were central to government in Ancient Athens.
But few have had the chance to see this transformative paradigm for themselves. Until now…
The US documentary about democratic lotteries is set to be released soon.
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Make AppImage easier with these 5 tools.
5 Tools to Enhance Your AppImage Experience on Linux
Love using AppImages but hate the mess? Check out these handy tools that make it super easy to organize, update, and manage AppImages on your Linux system.Sreenath (It's FOSS)
World's oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, dies aged 193
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Jonathan the tortoise, world's oldest known land animal, dies aged 193
The vet who cared for the giant tortoise said he had left behind a "legacy of resilience and longevity".Anna Lamche (BBC News)
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Sesamstrasse does Snow White
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@Aladár Mézga Sure is!
Now if I can just keep my German in-laws from teasing me when I try!
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it's great, well done!
I remember seeing the artist Ben Grosser speak a few years ago, where he said something along the lines of 'I'm not a good programmer, but I am good enough to figure out a way to do what I want to do'. I think this is a great way to think about code.
Archinstall has gotten a makeover.
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Arch Installer Goes 4.0 With a New Face and Fewer 'Curses'
The release drops curses in favor of Textual, but that's just the highlight.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR) gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvid…
NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)
NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"we used Claude Sonnet/Opus to dramatically reduce (...) quality code."
Norbert - sleeping balanced on the headrest of a chair
One of his favourite spots
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #animals
Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/grab…
#PCGaming #LinuxGaming #Gaming #GameBundle
Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle
Another nice set of games available here in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle, giving you multiple games together for cheaps.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Our Center for Media, Religion, and Culture's next conference is on the radical arts of gathering. Join us—along with Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, and more speakers TBA.
The call for abstracts is out, due May 1: colorado.edu/cmrc/2026/03/26/w…
What Digital Isolation and Censorship Evasion Look Like In Wartime Iran
The country’s government implemented a nationwide internet blackout shortly after the United States and Israel struck, Laura Scherling writes.Laura Scherling (Tech Policy Press)
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Get a beautiful Hyprland desktop without any complicated configuration work.
Hyprland Made Easy: Preconfigured Beautiful Distros
Here are the projects that lower the entry barrier by providing a preconfigured Hyprland option.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
![A bridge stretches across a bay behind a sign which reads "parks for all forever". [Ricoh GR III]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1417851 "A bridge stretches across a bay behind a sign which reads \"parks for all forever\". [Ricoh GR III]")
🌐 El silencioso regreso del control central
Internet nació descentralizado: protocolos abiertos, servidores propios. Hoy la IA centraliza en el punto de interpretación: ya no navegamos, recibimos respuestas sintetizadas. Google/Meta concentraron atención, ahora OpenAI/Anthropic median conocimiento. La tecnología descentralizada existe (ActivityPub, RSS), el problema es cultural. Solución: autoalojar, federarse, diversificar.
🔗 autonomia.digital/2026/03/02/i…
¿Qué delegas a las Big Tech?
Just released the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for March 2026 
100r.ca/site/home.html#mar2026
Owlbrick console announced 😆
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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
ONLYOFFICE feels like Microsoft Office, while LibreOffice does more. Pick your poison. 👇
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#opensource #onlyoffice #libreoffice #microsoftoffice
LibreOffice vs ONLYOFFICE - Which One Is Right For You?
Both are solid open source office suites but which one should you choose? This in-depth article compares LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE across features, usability, and real-world experience.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
And ONLYOFFICE project has been forked, so now there is an alternate open source version. I think its called Euro-Office (?).
Supported by a whole fleet of European open source companies, including NextCloud.
It will be interesting to see how that project develops.
The Internet Phone book. A printed book for personal websites by by Kristoffer Tjalve and Elliott Cost
Add yours: internetphonebook.net/
Internet Phone Book – Back in stock!
An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Published since 2025.Internet Phone Book
OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/opti…
#OptiScaler #OpenSource #AMDFSR #FSR #DLSS #Gaming
OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies
OptiScaler is probably one of the most interesting open source tools around, allowing you to upgrade and mix various tech together in lots of games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Apex predator and flying royalty of the jungle, Philippine #Eagles are critically endangered from #climatechange, #palmoil, #timber and #cacao #deforestation and illegal #hunting. There are estimat…Palm Oil Detectives
GNOME has had to drop Google Drive support.
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GNOME 50 Drops Google Drive Integration (For a Valid Reason)
Nobody stepped up to maintain a key package, and its security baggage eventually led to this.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Gnome drops a google functionality. 😀
They did it for boring non ideological reasons. 😐
Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/spri…
#SprintCity #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #SpeedRunners
Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam
Sprint City is a new Early Access release from the original creators of SpeedRunners, a shared-world competitive 2D platformer with explosive speed.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Long Dark story reaches the finale with episode five out now and a big discount gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-…
#TheLongDark #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck
The Long Dark story reaches the finale with episode five out now and a big discount
The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio has finally finished the WINTERMUTE story with episode 5 bringing us the end.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Sage (“Valorant” game) at #autumn #Toguchi #cosplay #festival (November 16th, 2025).
#ToguchiAutumn #Toguchi2025
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#cosplayer #portrait #people
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#creativecommons #ccbysa
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