Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Someone just asked me why the sun never blocks out the moon.

Farming Simulator 22 gets a new pack with more items and logistical management - The insanely popular Farming Simulator has sold over 30 million copies since its f... - https://readwrite.com/farming-simulator-22-gets-a-new-pack-with-more-items-and-logistical-management/ #gaming #news

@mountdiscovery @mattdm @rachaelspooky In fact, due to the tidal forces between Earth and Moon, both bodies are slowly moving away (and the Earth rotation is slowing down as well).
We are incredibly lucky, as a species able to be aware of what this means, to live in such times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon#Tidal_evolution

A Romanian botnet group named 'RUBYCARP' is leveraging known vulnerabilities and performing brute force attacks to breach corporate networks and compromise servers for financial gain.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rubycarp-hackers-linked-to-10-year-old-cryptomining-botnet/

A real-time shot of the total solar eclipse from the NASA WB-57 aircraft off the west coast of Mexico!

Watch the NASA livecast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o
16/n

New: 'AI influencers' are deepfaking their faces onto real women's bodies. In this clip, one is a real Instagram influencer, the other is someone taking their content and deepfaking a new face. The face is consistent across videos; a complete AI identity https://www.404media.co/ai-influencers-are-deepfaking-their-faces-onto-real-womens-bodies/

#Israel withdraws soldiers from #KhanYounis to regroup ahead of assault on #Rafah - World Socialist Web Site

#RafahUnderAttack #GazaGenocide #StopWarOnGaza! #StrikeForGaza!

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/09/osdq-a09.html

Our Peer Review Committee would like feedback on the Toolkit for Editors - How to Assess Peer Review Quality: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZJbC_HhePlrjl5izfgX_Bbr49LtLqjW5O1qW4a9r6k/

Please submit your views by 1 June: https://forms.gle/CogPWXdxVsexQvqUA

Responses are voluntary and may be anonymous. We ask organisations / research groups to submit a single response.

#PeerReview #JournalEditing #JournalPublication #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing

Methane from landfills is detectable from space – and driving the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/09/methane-pollution-organic-waste-landfills

Labour disown alleged plans to rejoin EU customs union

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24240459.labour-deny-report-stating-rejoin-eu-customs-union/

It comes after a paper from political consultancy Eurasia Group cited “senior Labour insiders” as saying the party would seek to revive a high-alignment deal in a bid to boost economic growth, according to the Financial Times.

http://archive.today/jq0WG

Full on Tory Brexiteers.

#Europe #RedTories #Scotland #UKPolitics

A road map for writing an Introduction

Ok, not that kind of Introduction. I’ve mentioned before that I find the Introduction the hardest part of a scientific paper to write. I know I’m not alone. It’s easy to wander, or to stuff in everything you know that’s even remotely relevant, or (especially if you’re me) to simply get paralyzed and write nothing at all. Developing writers often have particular trouble, and since I’ve worked with a lot of them over my career, I’ve…

https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/a-road-map-for-writing-an-introduction/

NATO should recruit new members from Asia that share 'the alliance's vision of freedom,' former NATO commander says
https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-nato-commander-alliance-should-bring-in-new-members-asia-2024-4
#NATO #Asia—Pacific #membership #Australia #Japan #NewZealand #SouthKorea

Expansion of activities in the Fediverse:

We are opening the university's own Mastodon instance social.uibk.ac.at to all 5,000+ employees today: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/

This step is based on the communication team's fundamental commitment to non-profit, data protection-friendly and open-source media - set out in the position paper "Open Science Communication": https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/public-relations/kommunikation/open-science-communication/

#Fediverse #openscicomm #scicomm #foss

This is so cool

https://youtu.be/M4MhCkKI7fQ

@TOOOL #lego #lockpicking #locksport

I can strongly recommend turning off CSS on your website.
It's a great way to find out what crufty bits of HTML need updating.

As they say "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

The Earth, now struggling due heating up and rising temperatures, in past survived similar catastrophe of quite opposite direction - cyanobacteria pooped too much of oxygen into atmosphere, in exact same way how humanity poops out too much of CO2 into atmosphere these days.
https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-was-it-like-when-oxygen-killed-almost-all-life-on-earth-7b4c507c030b
#Earth

ESA is looking for a new
Head of the Solar System Section https://jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwijk-Head-of-the-Solar-System-Section/1057443301/
#astrodon

RFKJr Plot to elect Trump has been exposed.

Pass it on.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sDvuMGXjUuo&si=VMjCOy4vUpsOwYxP