ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

Live coverage of Betelgeuse occultation should start in about 2 2 1/2 hours at https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2023/12/04/the-extremely-rare-betelgeuse-occultation-by-asteroid-319-leona-online-event-12-dec-2023/

In your timezone: https://everytimezone.com/s/7e2c7e1a

#NYT 📆 May 5, 2023 The #northern lights have expanded farther #south. This phenomenon will peak in 📆 2025, during the phase known as #solar ☀️ maximum 📈. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/science/northern-lights.html

#SpaceWeather "The exposure of a human body to ionizing #radiation ☢️ has the same harmful effects whether the source of the radiation is a medical X-ray machine, a nuclear power plant, or radiation in #space 🌌. The degree of the harmful effect depends on the length of exposure and the radiation's energy #density." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_weather#Humans_in_space

#HumanSpaceflightHealth

Picture : :cc_zero: #NASA

In England, "booster shot" is spelled "borchestershire shot."

In the new Gmail design, currently in testing, you'll be able to reply as soon as you read an email -- without clicking to another window. https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/gmails-new-chat-like-redesign-makes-it-easier-to-reply-to-all-your-emails/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

I can feel you, my dear!

I'm excited to be attending the Computer History Museum's fellow awards celebration tonight, especially since one of the honorees is Tom Kurtz, the co-inventor of BASIC! https://computerhistory.org/2023-fellow-awards/

this is my kind of hotel

This map shows the 50 countries in the world where you can (mostly) drink the tap water. But: “Fewer than one billion people have a tap at home that issues potable water.” https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/drink-tap-water-50-countries/

Just a reminder for Aussies out in nature: if you find a dead bird with no obvious sign of injury then please call the emerging animal disease hotline 1800 675 888

Experts are right now trying to monitor for signs of avian influenza across the country.
https://www.michellewille.com/avian-influenza-resources/

Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data

It's funny because it's true

We are hiring contractors to work on #GNOME and the #Linux Desktop

Do you have experience working on Linux desktop technologies? Get in touch with your resume or portfolio stf@gnome.org ✉️

Some areas we are interested in hiring for:

• Flatpak
• Linux desktop accessibility
• Freedesktop / XDG services and components
• Desktop security
• GNOME services and components

@XOrgFoundation @kde @gnome

Boosts welcome!

#freedesktop #KDE #getFediHired #jobs #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

We have a new paper out!

We looked at vesicle transport in cells. The textbooks say it's all motor-driven, but this idea is based on how large organelles are transported. Instead we find small vesicles move mainly by diffusion! We came up with a way to restrict the diffusion of one vesicle type (we made them furry!) & that reduces cargo delivery.

Congrats to my co-author Méghane Sittewelle who did all the imaging magic!

https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202302406

#CellBiology #MembraneTrafficking #Microscopy

Fun fact: if you saturate the CPU enough you can slow Windows down to the point where you can visibly see the difference between \r and \n

Almost got scammed selling some stuff online. 🤙

Had a person send me their number as an interested buyer and told me to text them. I did (first mistake), and we arranged a meetup time. Then they asked if, for their safety, they could send me a six digit code (some of you already know where this is going) that I could repeat back to them to verify myself.

I said, "absolutely!" And sure enough, I got a Google Voice verification number. lol

If you're not familiar with the scam, shady people will take your phone number and try to create a Google Voice account with it. If you provide them with the 6-digit code that Google sends you, they can "verify" that they are you, and then basically use your phone number to run scams, commit fraud, etc. It's nasty business.

I called them out, blocked them, then reported them to the marketplace website and to the FTC--though, almost certainly, they were using the phone number of another poor soul to carry this out.

I used to work as a social engineer, running phishing campaigns (ethically, with consent lol), against Fortune 1000 companies to assess their level of vulnerability. Luckily for me, I was super familiar with this, but most of the people I told about it have said, "Oh, I probably would have fallen for that...", and even I set myself up for it.

So that is why I'm posting this. Please be aware of sketchy shit like this. If someone is asking you for a verification code over SMS or email, tread with EXTREME caution. Also, it's usually pretty shady if a stranger you're already chatting with wants to move to a new platform. Not always, but if someone emails or messages you on Facebook to ask you to text them, that's a little weird. I'd had legitimate buyers/sellers do that, so it's not unheard of, but it should put you on guard.

If you buy/sell/trade online frequently, it's a good idea to use a dedicated MySudo number, VOIP number, and/or a burner phone for that.

Stay safe out there, kids.

#Privacy #Security #Scams #Craigslist #FacebookMarketplace #eBay

I've come to realize being head of PTA just means you are forced to volunteer for all the things no one else will volunteer for and you somehow end up spending your own money on things for school.

I have built a few websites for myself this year (and another one coming up this week) and I must say that @lobau 's tool to pick colors is absolutely fantastic! 🎨​✨

I use it all the time!

It's simple and gives you all the data you need quickly and beautifully.

If you build websites
or any design really, I highly recommend it! 👇

https://csscolors.app

Oh, hai tiny floppy disk organizer but for micro SD cards.
edit: I'm printing more for the store: https://store.transmutable.com/l/msdfo