"Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I let it roll straight over you? ... None at all,” said Mr. Prosser
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
By a strange coincidence, "none at all" is how much long term damage the planet will suffer if climate change wipes us out
We're Johnny-come-lately apes with anxiety- this planet shrugged off the dinosaurs. Let's be real
Climate activism isn't an attempt to "save the Earth"- it's an attempt to save OURSELVES
how to make over 2000+ commits a year. Start FLOSS based project aka Linux kernel and stuff https://github.com/torvalds
The only things on this map are railroads!
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/lj4wqt/the_railroads_of_the_world_oc/
The Moon last night from the Los Angeles area. Composited with unilluminated side and cranked-up color.
I've been collecting reports from Mastodon instance operators as they cope with the #TwitterMigration: https://dltj.org/article/mastodon-instance-reports
Starting with reports from @chad (Mastodon Canada), @nova (Hachyderm), and @aurynn (Cloud Island, New Zealand).
Learning lots. If you know of other reports, please @-tag me and I'll add them to the list.
Dust Rings in the Wolf-Rayet 140 System
The two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 produce shells of dust every eight years that look like rings, as seen in this image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Each ring was created when the stars came close together and their stellar winds collided.
Credits: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScl/JPL-Caltech
Instrument: Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI)
Mission: James Webb Space Telescope
Tags: Star
More: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25432
#astrodon
If you happen to have a Kanye West tattoo and now regret it, a tattoo removal studio in London is offering to get rid of it for free. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/tattoo-removal-studio-offers-remove-kanye-west-tattoos-for-free-2022-12
The Orbit of Asteroid Didymos
This diagram shows the orbit of binary asteroid Didymos around the Sun.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Instrument:
Mission: Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART)
Tags: Asteroids and Comets
More: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24565
#space #NASA #JPL #photography #astronomy #astrodon
""Can you show me?" is a very effective way of closing down a debate. Not a lot of people in the "show, don't tell" camp." – @jasongorman
I believe that @kentbeck had a rule that no design debate should last more than 15 minutes without doing an experiment on the computer.
WhatsApp Files on Dark Web Show Millions of Records For Sale https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dark-web-show-millions-of-whatsapp/
Things we didn't do:
- Start the fire
- Shoot the deputy
- Steal the cookies from the cookie jar
Things we did:
- Tried to fight it
- Shot the sheriff
- Put the sham in the shama-lama-ding-dong
Things we will do:
- Survive
- Rock you
- Walk 500 miles
- Walk 500 more
Things we won't do:
- Get fooled again
- Back down
- That
Things we will never do:
- Give you up
- Let you down
- Run around
- Desert you
(Oops:
- I did it again)
Science mastodon: As we (re)build our community, what would you most like to see more of here? #neuroscience #psychology @cogneurophys