Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

OTOH, China's space agency is developing the Tianwen-3 mission to bring back rock samples from Mars by 2031.

- 2 rocket launches in 2028.
- 2-meter-deep drilling by the lander
- Drone to collect small rock samples
- Landing site still under evaluation.

We are ceding the space exploration race to China, while we fiddle with Elon's pet project of colonizing Mars, with help from a regime that understands neither space nor science.

https://www.technologynewschina.com/2025/07/chinese-scientist-details-first-planned.html?eicker.news=
3/n

My son's workplace is in need of a short-term Linux/AWS expert of 8+ years (for bureaucratic reasons) to do a migration of an Ubuntu instance from one workspace to another, basically as soon as possible.

#Linux #AWS #FediHire (I hope short-term gigs are approprate for FediHire, apologies if not.)

Final Update:
Thank you everyone for your help. I have a color version of the cover. I appreciate all the help.

***** The thing is found. *******

Update:

I have a black and white copy of the cover now. Thank you. I am waiting to see if that's enough for the project.

Please note:
- I have tired the library route
- I have tried the magazine directly route
- If you don't have easy access to a physical copy that can be photographed or scanned, there is no need to reply.

I have a request and I think the Fediverse is the place where I might find help with this.

For more than 2 years I've been looking for a copy of Nature: specifically volume 353 issue 6341. It's the 19 September 1991 issue.

I need a good photograph or scan of the cover art. You can keep the magazine. My FIL has an article in it and my BIL and husband want to make a gift that uses the cover art.

Thank you for your help.

#Nature #ScienceMastodon

The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/29/the-hidden-cost-of-ai-how-energy-hungry-algorithms-are-fueling-the-climate-crisis/

"Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of modern society, revolutionizing industries, enhancing daily life, and driving economic growth. From virtual assistants to advanced data analytics, AI applications are diverse and continue to expand rapidly. However, this rapid

Some encouraging news: more than half of the students in my online class did a graphing assignment by hand instead of by computer and took a picture of the resulting graphs. And of those that used a computer, more than half clearly used a spreadsheet program. Only a few seem to have used #AI.

I didn't tell them what to do one way or the other - they made the decision on their own.

I take back what I’ve been saying lately, half in jest and half seriously, that Canada should look seriously at joining the EU. Today the EU let themselves down, their allies down, and the world down, by giving in to a dumb, beatable bully.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3luymix7gdk2q

With Microsoft Office integrating AI into itself ANNNND charging subscription fees, I'm finding myself using LibreOffice for almost everything now.

LibreOffice is free. Period.

But! Nothing saying you can't take that MS subscription fee and do an annual recurring donation to LibreOffice

Good way to increase LibreOffice's already great functionality.

https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/

Edit to Include: They're on Mastodon! @libreoffice

#FOSS #solarPunk

Just in case you needed another reason to boycott Google:

Report: Google-owned YouTube has published an Israeli video that accuses the UN of deliberately "failing to distribute aid."

"The video is promoted in the UK by the Israeli Government Advertising Agency."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-pays-google-promote-video-about-gaza-famine

#BoycottGoogle #UKComplicity #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #CdnPoli #BDS #IsraeliLies #GazaGenocide @palestine .

France will officially recognise State of Palestine in September, Macron announces https://jrnl.ie/6773236

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Windows market share in Germany drops to 69.78%, down nearly 10 points in a year

Meanwhile, macOS rises to 19.59%, driven by user demand for privacy & seamless integration

Linux more than doubles to 5.49%, reflecting growing interest in open-source, secure, and flexible systems

#Linux #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #UserFreedom #Freedom #Tech #Technology #AI #OS #MacOS

Fuck Israel.
Fuck the IDF.
Fuck the US.
Fuck every other government too frightened to do anything.

We need get relief to Gaza by *any means necessary*. Now. There are no more excuses for delays.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/24/hamas-sends-ceasefire-proposal-to-israel-as-starvation-spreads-in-gaza?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

More than 100 aid groups warn Gaza is starving

Over 100 humanitarian organizations, led by #Oxfam, say their own staff now queue for food amid Israel’s siege. Supplies sit unused, as daily distributions average just 28 trucks. They call for all crossings opened, UN-led aid restored, an immediate ceasefire and end to the blockade.

[...] Governments must stop waiting for permission to act. We cannot continue to hope that current arrangements will work. It is time to take decisive action: demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire; lift all bureaucratic and administrative restrictions; open all land crossings; ensure access to everyone in all of Gaza; reject military-controlled distribution models; restore a principled, UN-led humanitarian response and continue to fund principled and impartial humanitarian organizations. States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition.

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-100-organizations-are-sounding-alarm-allow-lifesaving-aid-gaza

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide

A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump's fossil fuel orders

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/lighthiser-trump-youth-climate-executive-orders/

#SaveThePlanet

#UK #NukewatchUK #US

"Nukewatch UK explains how it tracked the bombs being flown across the Atlantic"
"American nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb were transported to England last week
"The arsenal is under the control of president Donald Trump and could be used without British approval"
"...landed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk on 17 July"
"...neither the US nor the UK government have bothered to inform citizens or parliament"
Typical

https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-inside-story-of-how-america-sent-nuclear-weapons-to-britain/