Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

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The #ArtemisIII mission, set for 2025, will be humanity's first time back on the lunar surface in over half a century. This mission will make history by sending the first people to explore the area near the South Pole of the #Moon.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-iii

#SpaceMastodon #Spacedon #Space #AstronomyMastodon #Astrodon #Astronomy #ScienceMastodon #Sciencedon #Science #Artemis #Artemis3 #MoonMissions

Question time!

Julian Alvarado-Gómez asks:

Many future extremely large telescopes won't have polarization measurement capabilities, how does that limit the prospect of applying your technique?

Svetlana answers:

Spectral features and total flux can provide a lot of information already. She emphasizes that contrast to the stellar signal is an important observational factor.

#BadHonnef23

Why is Russia so keen to seize Soledar? Could the famous salt mines and tunnels have military value?

@currenttimetv@twitter.com asked a geologist:

Next up: Svetlana Berdyugina will give a talk on Exoplanet Surface Structures

#BadHonnef23 #exoplanet #Astrodon

“Imagine if you use a phone for twice as long…that means you only have to produce half the amount of phones and you have half the amount of waste”. 🌍 💚 #Fairphone Founder, @basvanabel@twitter.com, spoke to the team at @WhatDesignCanDo@twitter.com: https://youtu.be/LYhQji59dGY

Serenity.
Black and white photography emphasizes silence, loneliness, depth.
There is nothing superfluous here.
Just look at this photo.

Photographer: modopix
#photo #blackandwhitephoto #serenity #winter #photo #Sunday #loneliness

EU countries are stepping up the fight for digital sovereignty for their citizens, in their schools, and in government.

See how France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany do this in our blog!

https://nextcloud.com/blog/europe-steps-up-fight-for-digital-sovereignty-bans-365-and-workspace-in-more-places/

When did #science and #philosophy become two different things? I get the impression that from the ancient greeks up to enlightenment they were the same, at least broadly. I'd imagine someone has been studying this, but I have no idea. I guess it was somewhat gradual, but more importantly I'd like to know how it happened, what was the driver. I'd be curious if someone can direct me to references on this topic. #Epistelomogy #PhilosophyOfScience #HistoryOfScience #History

Queer is a word that promotes solidarity between disparate communities under the lgbtq banner and regardless of how anyone personally feels about that word when mainstream media runs "don't say queer" stories they're doing it to drive a wedge between those groups.

Moderna is planning to charge $130 for its COVID vaccine, but the vaccine only costs $2.85 to make.

Meanwhile, over the last two years, the company made over $19 billion in profits off the vaccine.

Folks, this is what corporate greed looks like.

And reminder: Rev. Dr. King spoke about American imperialism, capitalist exploitation, and more. He understood that all systems were interconnected.

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Hi I’m new to and I see #introduction is a fun thing to do.

I enjoy #modernart, #abstractart, #paintings, #photographs. I love listening to #music including #drumandbass, #dance, #classical, #pop, #punk, #ska, and #alternative. I am learning #crochet and #piano and into sports like #skateboarding, #rollerderby, #squash, and #hockey. I love #learning and #science.

Have a #MSc in #compsci. I make internet #software have better #security. I enjoy #rust but do research with #cpp too.

❤️

Introducing sqlite-xsv - a new, incredibly fast SQLite extension for working with CSVs

- The fastest CSV parser for SQLite, even faster reading than DuckDB/datafusion/clickhouse!
- Works with gzip'ed or zstd CSVs directly!
- Read CSVs from blobs or from multiple files!

https://observablehq.com/@asg017/introducing-sqlite-xsv

Nearly 20,000 people had been arrested, 110 on charges that could lead to a death sentence. Four have been executed.
https://trts.io/Um8Eq

Brochantite, Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA
FOV = 1.4 mm
#9115
NFS
#minerals

An international team of researchers has developed a way to turn abandoned mines into energy storage systems that can work in sync with renewable energy generators and (unlike regular batteries) don't lose any of the energy through self-discharge.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-technique-abandoned-batteries.html

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#energy #science #technology #sustainability #renewableenergy

Saw this lovely chap on our walk this morning. #robin #walks #BoxingDay #winter