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From Fermilab https://twitter.com/Fermilab on Twitter: Popular this year: Lowest temperature at Fermilab reached in equipment for dark matter experiment. https://news.fnal.gov/2020/01/its-chilly-here-lowest-temperature-at-fermilab-reached-in-equipment-for-dark-matter-experiment/
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Comparte el mensaje de software libre usando el hashtag #UserFreedom en las redes sociales, y ayuda a impulsar el movimiento de software libre hoy: https://u.fsf.org/37o
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December GNU Spotlight with Mike Gerwitz: Nineteen new releases! #bash #gnupg #linux-libre #taler and more! https://u.fsf.org/38s
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For everyone who donated using snail mail this season: Thank you for your generosity, and for your patience! The USPS has had several issues this year, and we too are experiencing delays and non-deliveries because of it. https://u.fsf.org/38r
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Free software users always stand out from the crowd! Help us achieve our fall fundraiser goal of adding 500 "gnu" members by December 31: join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: https://www.fsf.org/appeal/ https://status.fsf.org/attachment/2567103
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Freeing all software is a community project, and we need your help to decide what our priorities will be in the coming year. Please submit your comments by January 8: https://u.fsf.org/38h https://status.fsf.org/attachment/23611
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Mobile phones are the primary "computers" for many users, which makes it more important than ever to support Replicant, the free mobile phone OS: https://u.fsf.org/38l https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1961424
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From uw_wipac https://twitter.com/uw_wipac on Twitter: Less than a week left to check out our @uw_icecube light display at Olin Park's Holiday Fantasy in Lights! If you can't make it in person, you can still watch a video of the lights here https://news.wisc.edu/honk-if-you-love-neutrinos/ https://twitter.com/uw_wipac/status/1344027914107379712/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/70020
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From COVID19Tracking https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking on Twitter: Its tempting to interpret holiday tests/cases/deaths drops as good news and subsequent spikes as bad news, but the truth is, were not going to know what really happened this weekor next weekfor some time. We wrote about holiday effects here: https://t.co/qYtHVMm8JM
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"Good run" Itâ**s December 29, itâ**s about 60F outside, and I had a fantastic 7-mile run today. Itâ**s been rough-going for outdoor exercise lately, with the weather conditions swinging between the 30s and the 60s, but todayâ**s running conditions were just perfect. My mile times are terrible, owing to fact that despite regular exercise Iâ**ve been adding â*¦ Cont…
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"Muon Weather: Fun with a Muon Detector, Analysis Code, and Physics" I am spending some time playing around with the cosmic ray muon data from an instrument in the SMU Physics Department. That instrument is located in the basement hallway of Fondren Science Building. I already setup a â**dashboardâ** of information derived from the instrument, available here: http://sta…
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"Documenting the Failures of Collin County Health and Political Leadership" It is important to know that you are not alone. For months, I have watched as public health information was stripped from the Collin County COVID-19 dashboard. It now consists of little more than the number of hospitalizations â*¦ which, of course, have grown tremendously in the months since thi…
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Uncertainty Principle Podcast Episode 1: Isaac Newtons Pajamas Lots of people in history were born on this day. This reading of an article in the Washington Post remembers one of them, Isaac Newton, and his pandemic year. https://people.smu.edu/ssekula/2020/03/16/uncertainty-principle-podcast-episode-1-isaac-newtons-pajamas/
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Happy !gravmass, everyone!
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From physicsJ http://status.hackerposse.com/url/23063 on Twitter: Here's a hidden gem of a video for the holidays. JAXA's Kaguya spacecraft orbited the Moon from 2007 to 2009 at an altitude of ~100 km. Luckily for us it had an HD camera! Check out these views, especially the shadows on the craters at 35 seconds and beyond! Credit: JAXA / NHK http://status.hackerposse.com/…
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From airandspace https://twitter.com/airandspace on Twitter: "Look at that picture over there! Heres the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!" On this day in 1968, the iconic Earthrise photo was taken during the Apollo 8 mission. https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1342123878575910914/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/69976
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Very much enjoyed listening to Patrick Stewart reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. This was a wonderful way to spend part of Christmas Eve. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/69972
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"Ashes, Ashes" â**Ring-a-round the rosie â*¦ â** The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn wonâ**t be this visually stunning until the 2080s, when Jodi and I will both be long dead. The skies are clear over North Texas, and we resolve to take out our telescope and setup in a nearby park to view the two planets together â*¦ Continue reading "Ashes, Ashes" http://s…
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Debunking five common concerns about the covid-19 vaccines https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/22/leana-wen-debunking-five-concerns-covid-19-vaccines/
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Leaders of anti-vaccine groups described the coming coronavirus vaccine as a pivotal opportunity to sow distrust in vaccination and laid out planned online campaigns to do so, according to a report from an organization opposing misinformation online. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/23/anti-vaxx-covid-vaccine/