Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

There is a free virtual webinar next week on Wednesday, Feb 1st from 4:30-6pm MST called “Truth Before Reconciliation: How to Identify and Confront Residential School Denialism” presented by The Institute for Child & Youth Studies at the University of Lethbridge. Registration required: https://uleth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jQWFo20gT2GMDPEeGv56XA

Yeah there's a new #Wine 8.0 for those of you who have the bad idea of running a #Windows app, on #Linux moreover

› https://www.winehq.org/announce/8.0

I just LOVE that I can give a small indie developer $25/year and not give a dime to a narcissistic billionaire.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is calling for a TikTok ban.

This is a day after another Republican, Sen. Marco Rubio, published an OpEd in Fox News also pushing for a ban.

To be sure, these Republicans care very little about TikTok's surveillance of users.

Their problem is that, unlike Meta or Twitter, TikTok is not an American company.

Nevertheless, I personally think surveillance capitalism should be banned wholesale on all social networks.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/us-business/article-us-senator-josh-hawley-wants-to-ban-tiktok-nationwide/

@zleap @juddlegum Partners, family, community ties. For many people it's not that easy to pack up and go.

Some might also feel that they would be abandoning their pupils. As long as they are there, they might still be able to do some good.

Milky Way Found to Be More Unique Than Previously Thought

https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/milky-way-found-be-more-unique-previously-thought

Search over 1,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

#astronomy #space #science #news #stargazing #MilkyWay #galaxies

Image: Miguel A. Aragon-Calvo

Just learned that the #planetarium in #BuenosAires is publishing an #astronomy magazine: printed and free - if picked up there - or online at https://planetario.buenosaires.gob.ar/revista. The latest issue https://planetario.buenosaires.gob.ar/sites/default/files/2022-11/si%20muove%20reducido.pdf has 52 pages.

@headfirstonly @helenczerski

IIRC, the caption said, "There's coffee in that nebula!"

We’re partnering with @DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. This new engine would allow us to do more science and reach destinations faster—key steps for sending the first crewed mission to Mars. https://go.nasa.gov/3DaNirN
#NASA

The ability of users to control their computing is essential, and access to and control over software is a prerequisite for this. A society in which software is not free is one in which users do not have the ability to use software as they see fit, for any reason, without permission. Such a situation is antithetical to the rights of the users: https://www.fsf.org/

Looking for #kindness stories (someone doing a kind thing no matter how small) on the following topics for February to be shared anonymously or crediting you on Time for Kindness website and social media:

Wearing Hijab.
Mental illness.
Cancer.
Food - specifically home cooking.
Rugby.
Student volunteers.
HIV/AIDS.
Friendship.
Organ donation.
#Books.
Pets.
#Pokemon.
Queerness.