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#ScienceFiction #Ecology, #Astronomy, #Degrowth, #Books, #StarTrek. Book collector. Anti-Capitalist. Johns Hopkins alum. Schizoaffective. Ace. richard[at]ciaccona.art

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Artemis201, to Babylon5
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I'm watching and we're near the end of season 1.
Definitely discount DS9 so far. They sure did include an episode where the creepy 50-something alien dude decided to introduce another character to strip clubs and gambling, and the way he cheats at poker is using some sort of prehensile sticky tentacle-like appendage to reach across under the table and steal cards from the dealer.
Later confirmed, yes. That sure was a sex organ.
I'm glad that kind of humor has mostly died.

richard,
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@Artemis201 "discount DS9"? Well, in one sense you are correct. JMS didn't have money. Esp. after he pitched to Trek producers (and he had spent years pitching B5 everywhere) and they said no and then they went and created a show based on a space station anyways, with almost the same general story arc, and even stole the name Dukat. So, no, didn't have Trek money. The irony is is the best Trek series of them all and it was completely plagiarized.

richard, to books
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What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader?

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/25/1252930557/book-e-reader-kindle-climate

"Traditional print publishing comes with a high carbon footprint.

[...]

But digital reading seems to have a considerable eco-advantage over print because it is paperless, so it saves trees, pulping and shipping [...] But digital devices also come with a substantial carbon footprint, predominantly at the manufacturing stage."

@bookstodon

richard, to classicalmusic
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Guillaume Leroy with Victor Metral, Camille Pépin, and Aurélien Pascal

Constellations, a Viola Journey

https://open.qobuz.com/album/au9hqhb9hd68b

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9594298--constellations-a-viola-journey

@classicalmusic @contemporarymusic

franco_vazza, to Astronomy
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opening of the Application process for 17 PhD positions in Astrophysics at the University of Bologna, to begin in november 2024.

https://www.unibo.it/en/study/phd-professional-masters-specialisation-schools-and-other-programmes/phd/2024-2025/astrophysics

Deadline to apply:
💥 17 June 2024 💥

please share

richard,
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@franco_vazza 17 candidates...that seems very high. Isn't that atypical?

richard, to ChatGPT
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told me to call the manager. So much for sneaking in and discovering glueball particles on my own. This stinks. I want my money back, !

@physics @setiinstitute

richard, to ai
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I was bored so I did the unthinkable. Well, to me it was always unthinkable as I have always been anti- . But, out of curiosity I subscribed to -4o and have been feeding various essays, poems, and posts from my various websites and asking for explications and such. And wow does have a great deal of just wonderful things to say about me. I will admit getting all this truly high praise is seducing.

richard,
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Okay. So I have been using for a couple of hours and there is no doubt in my mind that many, many, many college students are using to write essays. I am so, so, so sorry professors and lecturers. I am so glad this was not around when I was in school. First colleges across the country started shutting down extensive courses/programs and now this. Oh, what a loss of a good .

@academicchatter

skrishna, to space
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This week in space stuff:

  • Video coming today on dark energy
  • First science results from the ESA’s dark matter/energy observatory Euclid expected Thursday
  • Possible geomagnetic storm May 24-25, but likely nothing as strong as the one that made the aurora so visible
  • Boeing Starliner currently scheduled for launch Saturday May 25, but this could slip further

richard,
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@skrishna Starliner, more like Starlinger, lol

franco_vazza, to Astro
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Honestly, how sad is to end a semester course without an even small clapping?
It was a ~50h long performance...

richard,
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@franco_vazza You're performing? You don't know the material, you are just memorizing the lines? Is this a common thing professors do? Why not just try acting? You could easily get a few commercials. You never know, remember the "Vidal Sassoon" guy? He ended up in Star Trek.

richard, to Astronomy
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Astronomers discover new Earth-sized world orbiting an ultra-cool star

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-astronomers-earth-sized-world-orbiting.html

"Next steps for the project could include follow-up observations by the James Webb Space Telescope, which would deliver important insights into the planet's surface mineralogy, and the potential for an atmosphere."

richard, to classicalmusic
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Marcelle de Manziarly: Chamber Works

Cecilia Zilliacus, Kati Raitinen, Bengt Forsberg, Peter Friis Johansson

It's been out since April, but this is only the 2nd time I have listened to it. I must not have been paying attention the first time because this is an outstanding album. 5 stars.

Highly recommend to @classicalmusic group

JohnBarentine, to sustainability
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Issued today. "There is a need for international coordination to foster transparency, clarity and consistency of relevant policies and regulations, ... to effectively address and promote the safety and of activities."

https://www.unportugal.ptspace.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lisbon_Declaration_on_Outer_Space.pdf

richard,
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@JohnBarentine Why do I feel such efforts, however noble they may be, will not lead to binding agreements?

richard,
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@JohnBarentine Yes, I know there already was a binding agreement, but my understanding is that was thrown out the window.

richard,
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@JohnBarentine Ah. An affirmation and stronger EU, Japanese, and even Chinese inclusion would be needed.

richard,
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@JohnBarentine Interesting. I think they should beat the U.S. over the head with them.

richard, to books
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26 new books out today

https://lithub.com/hari-kunzru-freud-system-of-a-down-the-memoir-26-new-books-out-today/

@bookstodon

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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"This way please"

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 63mm
looking SSW (206°) from RMC 52.0870
Sol 1139, LMST: 12:55:20

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01139/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1139_0768056142_519EBY_N0520870ZCAM09168_0630LMJ02.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

richard,
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@65dBnoise I saw that rock last Thursday. Someone moved that rock!

richard, to academicchatter
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Has anyone wrote about how sociological and philosophical writing has changed over the last few centuries from being what the author really meant, really felt, to being what the writer believed people wanted to hear? (Yes, I know there is some Discourse Theory hidden in there somewhere.)

@sociology @philosophy @academicchatter

richard, to books
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I Aspire to Urinate as Powerfully as My Boss

An excerpt from CECILIA by K-Ming Chang, recommended by Brynne Rebele-Henry

https://electricliterature.com/cecilia-by-k-ming-chang/?mc_cid=2d682bce13

@bookstodon

coreyspowell, to space
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So many beautiful aurora photos going around right now. Wonder where those amazing colors come from? Here's a helpful breakdown.

When you split up the light of a typical aurora, it looks like this.

Many colors from just nitrogen & oxygen!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/aurora-tutorial

richard,
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@coreyspowell Please give credit to who you took this from.

franco_vazza, to Astro
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This is an astrophysics take of the : I have just used the CosmicRay Detector app on my laptop by the Global Cosmic Ray Observatory https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmic-ray-detect-radiation/id1169131314

to measure the flux of muons through the blocked shutter of the Ipad.

I don't have stats to compare with, but since I have already done the same experiment in the last two weeks speaking of cosmic ray detection at lecture, I have the feeling the muon flux is a bit higher now (~1 event/second).

video/mp4

richard,
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@franco_vazza Inbox Zero: Good
Not installing updates: Bad

richard, to classicalpiano
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This morning I've been listing to Brad Mehldau, After Bach II.

https://open.qobuz.com/album/kmjbh3gm6qrja

It is very good. It gets even better as the album goes on. I will buy it eventually.

@classicalpiano

#piano

richard, to AllStarTrek
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Note to future self: smile with you cough up your tongue.

@allstartrek

richard, to AllStarTrek
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I believe this episode is before they got thicker uniforms.

@allstartrek

richard, to AllStarTrek
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It is hard to tell if they are still very much working on Tom's character development or if Robert Duncan McNeill had yet to get the character pinned down. He is still very excitable.

@allstartrek

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