Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

All us SDF rendering enthusiasts should have some kind of virtual conference so we can compare notes on what we've all tried and save each other a lot of time. We could call it something fancy like SIGSDF (Special Interest Group Signed Distance Frobs).

We could start with just the "well, that didn't quite work" track for now, unless anyone's actually managed to solve it and is willing to share.

Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbine blades – The study ran for nine years at Norway’s Smøla wind farm

Something as simple as black paint could be the key to reducing the number of birds that are killed each year by wind turbines. According to a study conducted at a wind farm on the Norwegian archipelago of Smøla, changing the color of a single blade on a turb ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/bird-deaths-down-70-percent-after-painting-wind-turbine-blades-the-study-ran-for-nine-years-at-norways-smola-wind-farm/

#birds #environment #windturbines

@ajroach42 Yes, I'm working on it. So are you.

1. Organize and network on the #Fediverse
2. Meet up IRL when possible for artistic activism
3. Form Artist's Federation
4. Selfhost
5. Create a co-op ran fediverse instance
6. Encourage comrades
7. Get paper to fuck the fascist billionaires
8. Buy land in rural area
9. Produce needs.
10. Local politics

@zleap I figure if I read enough of these stories, the cosmology will sink in. Plus, I had the honor of attending #LaunchPadAstronomy workshop in 2011. Some of it stuck.

Staff Scientist at the non-profit Gulf Shellfish Institute

The Gulf Shellfish Institute (GSI) seeks a motivated Staff Scientist to support its mission of applied shellfish research and restoration.

https://jobrxiv.org/job/gulf-shellfish-institute-inc-27778-staff-scientist-at-the-non-profit-gulf-shellfish-institute/?feed_id=40410

#ScienceJobs #job
Palm...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/gulf-shellfish-institute-inc-27778-staff-scientist-at-the-non-profit-gulf-shellfish-institute/?feed_id=40410

@zleap It looks like a text-focused service that will allow people to log in via Instagram.

If that's the game plan, they will definitely fail.

Nothing says pro-life better than death penalty

Absolutely, Meta "intends" to join the Fediverse because the Fediverse is hot.

Yes, they will try to "embrace, extend, extinguish" -- much like they always do.

What they will discover is a community that is hostile to them, a developer ecosystem that will out innovate them, and competitors hungry to eat them alive.

But let them try 😄

Mike Pence can't have it both ways. Either he shares with the American people a full accounting of what Trump did and said in the lead-up to January 6 or he should be viewed as being complicit. My new CNN article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/opinions/mike-pence-january-6-comments-trump-obeidallah/index.html

We’ve gained a number of new followers recently—shoutouts @FediFollows—so maybe it’s time for a re-#introduction?

Hi! We’re elementary, an #OpenSource software company with a focus on #InclusiveDesign! We make #elementaryOS—the thoughtful, capable, and ethical replacement for Windows and macOS—plus AppCenter, the pay-what-you-can app store.

We’ve been contributing to the desktop #Linux space for about 16 years now and we’re 100% funded by regular people just like you 💕

Tombaugh made his discovery at Lowell Observatory.

It was Lowell who first hypothesized the existence of Pluto to explain irregularities in the orbit of Uranus that couldn't be explained by Neptunian perturbations. He searched for the planet from 1905 to 1914, but never found it.

Here's where the story gets a little weird!

Breaking: Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska.

Environmentalists and some Alaskan Native communities had opposed the plan over climate, wildlife and food-shortage fears.

#climate #climatechange #stopwillow
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/13/alaska-willow-project-approved-oil-gas-biden

boost this ethernet "switch" to scare a network admin

Bellingcat is hiring!

Our Investigative Tech Team develops tools for open source investigations and explores tech-focused research techniques.

You can learn about three open positions with the Tech Team in the thread below: 👇

Bellingcat is launching its first ever Technical Writing Fellowship.

Fellows will look to enhance the usability of open source tools and methods. Writers of all stripes (as well as illustrators, videographers & animators) are encouraged to apply.

Applications close on 30 April. Learn more here:

https://www.bellingcat.com/become-a-bellingcat-tech-fellow-technical-writing-fellowship-2023/

The ongoing overhaul of the #LaTeX preview system in #Emacs #org-mode is really HUGE! And it comes with an entertaining video showing the new improvements:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AfvuV-bYo

A big thank you to the developers!

For everyone who (still) misunderstands this....

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
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Billionaires lost $1.9 trillion in 2022.

Elon Musk lost $115 billion.

Jeff Bezos lost $80 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg lost $78 billion.

Say it with me, they can afford a wealth tax.