Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

**When it comes to DNA repair, it's not one tool fits all**

"Researchers studied double-strand breaks with complex damage and found that enzyme tools to resect the breaks are highly specific to the type of break to be repaired."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706173451.htm

#science #news #bot

The mental dysfunction — an infectious condition — that says everything in the world must be patented should be resisted http://techrights.org/2020/07/07/patents-fashion/

All these "alternatives" are equally bad if not worse... but OK, I get it.. controlled by Trump = "good" and controlled by CPC by proxy means "EVIL!" https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-tiktok-alternatives/

⚠️ #Mastodon v3.1.5 is out with a few important security fixes:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.1.5

Sending this to Fediverse friends!

@globcoco and @zleap -- check this one out. #xp #Zoom #Alternatives

RT @AndroidPolice
JioMeet is basically a completely free 1:1 copy of Zoom https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/07/03/jiomeet-is-basically-a-completely-free-11-copy-of-zoom/
https://twitter.com/AndroidPolice/status/1279049393849552896

Will #LibreOffice 7.0 be only Personal Edition for individual use??? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/139513 I hope it doesn't mean they 'pull a StarOffice' again, with a proprietary/limited edition

It's Independence Day today in the US. It is important that we recognize today both that this country is badly screwed up, but also that it can be fixed if we commit to doing so. Those are some of the most important parts of patriotism. Celebrating your country without recognizing its flaws is not patriotic, it is nationalistic.

0 A.D. is a free open source real time strategy game with a historical setting (sort of like "Age of Empires"). The developers are on the Fediverse:

@play0ad

The alpha version is available for Windows, Mac and Linux from the official site:
https://play0ad.com/

If you want to help development or donate to the project, you can find out how on their website.

#0AD #ZeroAD #Gaming #RTS #RealTimeStrategy #AgeOfEmpires #FLOSS #FOSS #Libre

Happy 10th Birthday Friendica!

Ten years ago the 1st commit to the git repository of Mistpark was made by Mike Macgirvin, a project that since has become Friendica accumulating some 27.000 commits contributing the work of more then 250 people from all around the world. Together we have build a social media platform that had many faces over the […] https://forum.friendi.ca/objects/39bbe52a8af7128399119bbc62f573b748395255

"Some people contribute because they believe in the Four Freedoms and the power that these freedoms have to foster equality and equity for all people. Whatever reasons you have for wanting to contribute, always remember that’s exactly what those reasons are: yours." https://www.fosslife.org/easy-introduction-open-source-projects

**First confirmed underwater Aboriginal archaeological sites found off Australian coast**

"Ancient submerged Aboriginal archaeological sites await underwater rediscovery off the coast of Australia, according to a study."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200701151722.htm

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**Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes**

"Scientists have discovered previously unrecognized structural lines 100 miles or more down in the earth that appear to signal the locations of giant deposits of copper, lead, zinc and other vital metals lying close enough to the surface to be mined, but too far down to be found …"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200630193208.htm

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**New treatment for common form of muscular dystrophy shows promise in cells, animals**

"Researchers have designed a potential new treatment for one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. Medical researchers have created and tested synthetic DNA-like molecules that interfere with the production of a toxic protein that destroys the muscles of people w…"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629164141.htm

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