arkottke @arkottke@qoto.org

one of my favorite things about eclipses: if you look at the shadow of the Sun below a tree, you can see an image of the crescent Sun. it's the same physics as a pin-hole camera.

It’s had to wait 4.4 billion years but the Time Lord’s time has finally come! Zircon is the champion of #mincup23!
🏆 🤩 🎉
Congratulations #Zircon, #TeamZircon!
#MineralCup2023

Image credit: John Valley, UW-Madison

Linux, Windows and Mac packages of #QGIS point releases 3.28.11 "Firenze" (LTR) and 3.32.3 "Lima" ready on https://qgis.org. Make maps not war!

It was DeSantis who refused to meet Biden to tour areas damaged by Idalia. Yet the NYT reported it this way (first image) then had it up all night and morning before finallly correcting it to a less misleading headline (second image). Wording matters! Get it together, NYT...

h/t Chris D. Jackson for spotting and highlighting.

It's going to be a long weekend in the deserts of SoCal. This isn't even the event (the predecessor rain event, or PRE) before the main event (i.e., #Hilary) yet, and there's already torrential thunderstorms with flooding in the area. #CAwx https://t.co/L7MntdMq5U

An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban

Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@major @NPR
This is not actually NRP saying it but the administrator of @press.coop, as far as I can tell, since every account on the server posted the exact same message at the same time.

Felt coot. Might delete later.

Donald Trump indicted on 4 counts related to efforts to overturn results of the 2020 election

There are 6 co-defendents

The is Judge Tanya S. Chutkan

- Conspiracy to defraud the US

- Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding

- Obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding

- Conspiracy against rights

#Trump #DonaldTrump #Indictment #January6 #2020Election

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23893933/jan-6-indictment.pdf

Dear Justice Alito:

If you think we don’t have the power to regulate you, then we think you don’t have the power to cash your paychecks. See generally U.S. Const., Art. III.

Let’s see how the Supreme Court operates without congressional funding.

Hugs n kisses,

We the People

The #QGISOpenDay scheduled for July 28, 2023, is rapidly filling up with captivating sessions. If you're interested in presenting a session, please get in touch with @amzenviro or simply add yourself to the wiki page at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-July-2023

#qgis #gischat

Uh, yeah, this is still happening...

For more visualizations of the historic lack of sea ice in the #Antarctic (during July): https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/.

I've stopped caring about new tech and become more political because in general we have sufficient technology to make everyone's lives better.

The problem isn't that we don't have enough or good enough technology. The problem is that the people in power aren't interested in making everyone's lives better.

10 years ago today the Cassini spacecraft peered past Saturn's rings and captured this image of a distant bluish planet and its moon. That's Earth, seen from over 900 million miles away! #SmileYoureOnCassiniCamera

Why was this photo taken? Read: https://go.nasa.gov/44NA2o7
#NASAhistory

Mastodon is great, the only thing I miss on this app is quote posts. I know they have a bad rap bc of Twitter, but every major social network has this functionality for a reason (Tumblr, LinkedIn, Facebook, IG). As a journalist, I’d love to add commentary and amplify great info, build on ppl’s points, etc. You just can’t do that the same wait with replies! Is there any chance we might get them on here?

Yosemite's Tioga Road officially opened to motor vehicles on July 28, 1915. The latest the road has ever opened since then came just two years later, July 19, 1917.

This is the first time since the 1930s the road has remained closed past July 1. And because the historic winter snows caused widespread severe damage to facilities along the route, this year's opening could set a new record.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11955249/yosemites-iconic-tioga-road-remains-closed-and-its-still-not-clear-when-it-might-open

#Yosemite

Sea ice growth has slowed down again in the last few days in the #Antarctic, which is deviating even further from the typical seasonal cycle average.

More visuals at https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/. Graph shows daily data from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index.

Okay...

For more info: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2023/07/mid-summer-bliss/. For more graphs: https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/.

The Nebra Sky Disc is believed to be the oldest known material representation of cosmic phenomena in the world, dating around 1600 BC.

On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.

Further information: https://www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky-disc.html

Happy #Solstice!

#archaeology

Uh.

Graphic from https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/.