Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Fission and impact, simply explained.

“Why bother talking about moons? They're just boring lumps of rock.”

Not so! Moons are sources of great interest to anybody who's interested in space, and continually challenge the way scientists and astronomers think.

#SpaceMastodon #Spacedon #Space #Astronomy #Astrodon #ScienceMastodon #Sciencedon #Science #Moon #Moons #SolarSystem #MoonFormation #Fission #Impact

So it seems joinmastodon removed QOTO from their directory without cause, without contacting us, and without any discussion or due diligence.

Since this is the only way to actually find QOTO for new users if it isnt reversed soon it could mean the end for our wonderful community.

If you care about this place remaining fair, respectful, and inclusive environment I highly suggest everyone reach out to them annd voice your objecttion and your disapointment and having no procedure to keep this fair and inclusive.

If you want to see QOTO stick around you can email your objecttion here:

hello@joinmastodon.org

Feel free to CC me here: jeffrey.freeman@qoto.org

Please be respectful, we want to show them we are the good guys and not give them any reason to object.

@Gargron @trinsec @khird

France bans MS Office 365 and Google Docs in schools, India unbans @videolan, #Google settles a $400M privacy violation, @fedora 37 is released, and a lot more: this is your #linux and #opensource news video:

https://youtu.be/GZ5BbqC0_VA

Delighted to start on Mastodon by announcing an exciting collaborative project with @AnneCharmantier and Association Cohab (https://www.cohabitation-homme-animal.com/)!

We will be testing #bird nestboxes of the future in the cities of #Warsaw and #Montpellier.

The aim of the project is to develop nestboxes that are more resilient to heat waves - an urgent priority in the face of #climatechange and #urban heat island effects.

@zleap : It does help, Paul.

I love getting teachers to articulate the things that students ARE good at. That is an important reminder: Your kids may not be where you want them to be, but they have the potential to learn --- and here's proof.

Thanks for that share.

Defend the #FreedomToShare with free software! Help us reach 455 new members by December 31st for our year-end appeal.

Savannah is looking for #hackers! Help is needed for project submission evaluations, working on and improving the Web UI, documentation, and more! Read how you can become a Savannah Hacker and become a part of this important part of #softwarefreedom at https://u.fsf.org/hkr

PhD: Where the wild things go: finding & creating refugia from climate change in Northern Britain

Fieldwork to monitor microclimates and refugia potential at rewilding projects- with R and desk-based components too

https://findaphd.com/phds/project/where-the-wild-things-go-finding-and-creating-refugia-from-climate-change-in-northern-britain/?p150243

#PhD #job #ClimateChange #refugia #biodiversity #rewilding
#UK

@jobsecoevo

Chromebooks foisted on students? Teachers monitoring what children do outside of the classroom via nonfree software? Surveillance of children is common, and it's at your child's school, too. Support #FreeSoftware https://u.fsf.org/32h

Great scientific discussion from UK's @davidlrobertson and @stuartjdneil explaining why all #SARS-CoV-2 evidence points to an ordinary #zoonotic explanation for its #origin.

Also, Scottish accent just has a certain flair when explaining #science 😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZJYHhH7VM&t=600s

Frankly I don't think we should care about brands in order to enable some arbitrary measure of "growth". I want this place to stay human-focused and empathetic, and allowing brands a space to advertise or the power to mold this place will take it in the wrong direction.

@plugusin observe your peers. Ask them to let you come to some of their classes. Take notes and ask questions after it.

#Mastodon features that #Twitter doesn’t have:

* Temporary muting (e.g. for a day)
* Self-verified URLs in the profile
* Hiding spoilers etc. via content warnings
* URLs must start with protocols (fewer false positives, e.g. in code).
* Everyone can edit posts (in v4+).
* No ads (which doesn’t come for free = donate if you can afford it)

More obscure: I like that you can search for post URLs to “transfer” them between accounts.