Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Reminder for tomorrow's talk in the camp.

Title: What is Free/Libre Software? ...why it should matter to you and how to choose a free life.

By: Abhas Abhinav

Date and Time: 07-December-2022 02:00 PM Indian Time

Meeting link: meet.gnome.org/sof-lml-3y5-8sw

Looking forward to see you there!




Poster credits: VGLUG

@annsmiley @Larkistin89 @captainrevo

So far I know of two. Feel free to create an account with one of us and migrate over. We'd love to have you join us:
https://starbase80.wtf
https://tenforward.social

The fediverse doesn’t need to win over anything else. It does not need to challenge, threaten, or dominate any other community or service. All it needs to do is serve its existing members and be a good place for new people to join. Becoming a safer space is much more likely to contribute to its longevity than ‘winning’ mass adoption from ex-Twitter users in the short term.

Over the next 2 weeks, we'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of #Apollo17: the last time humans set foot on the Moon. Follow along as we revisit breathtaking photos 📸, drive a lunar rover 🚗, explore Moon rocks, and more! https://go.nasa.gov/3VU00BZ
#NASAMoon

Microsoft replaced human editors with AI and now MSN (which reaches a billion readers per month) is churning out fake news and bogus stories about mermaids and bigfoot. https://futurism.com/msn-is-publishing-more-fake-news

If I absolutely have to use Teams, I'll do through a browser, but I'll never install it on one of my Linux machines: How to Install Microsoft Teams in Ubuntu, Fedora, and Other Linux https://www.debugpoint.com/how-to-install-microsoft-teams-in-ubuntu-linux-and-fedora/

EmacsConf 2022: Using SQLite as a data source: a framework and an example - Andrew Hyatt (he/him) https://toobnix.org/videos/watch/49097eeb-5344-472f-818c-bd9a3913f3d6

Telethon Kids Institute researchers discover new form of antimicrobial resistance

https://www.telethonkids.org.au/news--events/news-and-events-nav/2022/november/researchers-discover-new-form-of-AMR/

"Australian researchers have uncovered a new form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – undetectable using traditional laboratory testing methods – in a discovery set to challenge existing efforts to monitor and tackle one of the world’s greatest health threats."

#science

Static electricity ⚡️

This looks pretty freakin' cool: $10.80 RISC-V AIoT module supports Linux https://linuxgizmos.com/10-80-risc-v-aiot-module-supports-linux/

@zleap eSheril@mastodon.social

A marine biologist told me once that a fish’s (for these purposes, we’ll consider a shark a fish) entire usual thought process is:

1. Swim around looking for something to eat.
2. Eat the thing.
3. Repeat.

Judy Sullivan at a computing and communication console at the Kennedy Space Center in late 1960s

Sullivan would later monitor these controls during Apollo 11 mission that put astronauts on the moon in 1969. Her job was to monitor astronauts' medical condition.

NASA photo

#NASA #computing #computers #software #gender #women #history #histodon @histodons #health #medicine #medical #science #tech #technology #commodon #communication #sts

@Ciantic @jeffjarvis I've said this publicly before. The #Mastodon onboarding situation is a real problem, especially for nontechies without a lot of time to "research" all this. Frankly, I'd like to see a nonprofit create a quality onboarding and support structure, with some sort of membership fee involved to pay the bills. I realize this is controversial but I think it likely is necessary -- or else something else along these lines.

First Look at Linux Mint 21.1 Beta with the #Cinnamon 5.6 Desktop Environment https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-linux-mint-21-1-beta-with-the-cinnamon-5-6-desktop-environment

#LinuxMint #Linux #OpenSource

Is it OK to spend 12 months to get a visa to attend a 3-day conference?

My piece in Science (@sciencemagazine) sheds light on this issue many scholars from institutionally discriminated countries experience on a regular basis

Spoiler: 12 months, 900$, get rejected

https://www.science.org/content/article/visa-bureaucracy-makes-scientific-conferences-inaccessible-many-researchers

[This is a repost as original post mystically was deleted...]

#Science #Academia #Psychology #Mastodon #Fediverse #Research #Science #ScienceMastodon #Research #University #PhDLife #Sociology #PhD #Politics

#introduction

A refugee from the other place. Interested in a variety of potentially boring things such as the hashtags below. Mostly would just like respectful discourse about nerdy stuff. Hate gets us nowhere.

#bassguitar #chess #music #synths #nfl #progressivepolitics #Tolkien #starwars #reclaimingnice #jarre #kraftwerk #jaco #prince #positivity #primus #knowledgefight #starwarsminute

Scientists discover the first evidence that #marine conservation helps to reduce #climate change.

Marine protected areas act as a safeguard for oceans, seas, and estuaries. A group of experts describes how marine protected areas support ecological and social adaptation to #climatechange and help in the sequestration of carbon in a study that was recently published in the journal One Earth.
https://scitechdaily.com/does-marine-conservation-mitigate-climate-change/