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Budgie 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Budgie-10.10-Released
Budgie 10.10 Released: Officially Migrated From X11 To Wayland
The Budgie 10.10 desktop has been officially released in marking the open-source project's transition from X11 to Wayland...
www.phoronix.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Jupiter and Galilean moons (b-t: Callisto, Europa, Io, Ganymede). 1812UT 3 January 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Already have I use Alchemy Viewer and can't install it properly when I prompt the terminal but it's not that bad if I do get a Steam Deck though I am doing what my friend is doing and putting it on there unless I put it on my new build when I get it hopefully next year still not a bad distro tho.
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
First it was a matter of preventing neuron toxicity by over production of glutamate.
Then, after a long period of investigation it was trying to block Aβ formation.
Now the target is Tau protein.

Hope AD investigation 🧪 keeps its momentum.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The evolving landscape of Alzheimer’s disease therapy: From Aβ to tau
Emerging tau-targeting approaches show promise in slowing Alzheimer’s disease progression, complementing recent advances in FDA-approved anti-Aβ therapies. This perspective outlines the progress in Al...
www.cell.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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3D-printed Aluminum alloy found to be 5X stronger than cast version [via MIT] 🧪⚙️3️⃣🖨️

"Microscopic imaging revealed a dense population of small precipitates, and the alloy remained stable at temperatures up to 400 °C"

news.mit.edu/2025/printab...

#Aluminum #alloy #3Dprinter #microstructure
Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
MIT engineers have developed a recipe for a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum.
news.mit.edu
December 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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#LaskerLaureate Randy Schekman of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social discovered the universal molecular machinery that orchestrates budding and fusion of membrane vesicles. We wish him a happy birthday today! 🧪 ow.ly/nNbK30mlgJz
December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Happy Birthday Linus Torvalds #linux
December 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The application deadline is today for the 2025 Equinox Open Source Grant. The grant provides eligible organizations with implementation, hosting, training, and support for Koha ILS. Apply: https://bit.ly/EOSGrant #OpenSourceGrant #grants #equinox #kohails #libraries @kohails.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Several news outlets reported the amazing discovery of a 1970s Fourth Edition Research Unix magnetic tape. I incorporated the tape’s source code into the Unix History Repository hosted on GitHub and studied the code’s composition. Here's what I found.
www.spinellis.gr/blog/2025122...
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Want to drive past the ‘Home Alone’ house? Or the church? A tour of 12 filming locations around Chicago.
Want to drive past the ‘Home Alone’ house? Or the church? A tour of 12 filming locations around Chicago.
The 600 block of Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka appears, at first glance, like any other well-heeled North Shore neighborhood with stately, million-dollar homes on generously sized lots. And maybe it w…
trib.al
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Fossils of a new sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, were found in 21M-year-old rocks in SW Qatar, alongside extinct sharks, dolphins & turtles. Researchers at Smithsonian & Qatar Museums named it in PeerJ today.

Read more: peerj.com/articles/200...
Image credit: Alex Boersma
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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NEW EPISODE ALERT!

The next episode of Every Rock Has A Story is done! It will premiere on my YouTube Channel at 4:00pm Eastern Time TODAY (Dec 23). Tune in to hear from geology student Kamalani Poepoe what the Kilauea volcano means to her. These rocks have secrets!
youtu.be/bMSIRKE9xbw
Discover the science of Kilauea from some very special lava rocks! ERHAS Ep. 83 w/ Kamalani Poepoe
YouTube video by Ethan Baxter's "Every Rock Has A Story"
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Wegovy pills are officially coming to the U.S. Endocrinologists and clinicians I spoke to say FDA's approval of the first oral GLP-1 medication for weight loss could be a game changer for access to these drugs in the U.S. New on @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/wego...
U.S. Approves Wegovy Weight-Loss Pill, a Move That Could Transform Health Care
A pill version of the popular GLP-1 weight-loss drug Wegovy has been greenlit for use in the U.S. Here’s what that means for health care
www.scientificamerican.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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In November, SETI Institute researchers contributed expert perspectives to media stories on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and recent experiments testing the survival of plant life in space. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

Read the full stories: www.seti.org/news/seti-in...
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Absolute horror story of a long-time Apple customer who was locked out of their devices and account with no recourse after redeeming a suspected bad gift card. hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Gift card scams are on the rise & increasingly difficult to spot, and can have devastating consequences.
Apple nuking a customer's account over a bad gift card is a warning for everyone
One long-time Apple customer was left with no recourse after a bad gift card triggered a full account and device lock-out.
this.weekinsecurity.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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There's never been a better time to switch to Linux.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The every alternate windows theory
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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[9to5Linux] System76 Launches First Stable Release of COSMIC Desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS

#System76 #Linux
System76 Launches First Stable Release of COSMIC Desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 24.04 Linux distribution from System76 is now available for download with the first stable release of the COSMIC desktop environment. Here's what's new!
www.linuxnews.net
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Lol most destros are incredibly simple to set up nowadays. I remember installing Arch manually before they had the installer
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When I gave my son a laptop, I installed #Linux before even booting Windows for the first time.
He is a happy #archlinux user... Actually #EndeavourOS user
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I switched in January to using Linux full time at home. Gaming was the only thing holding me back. It is almost perfect now. I am using LMDE.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Get the heck off windows completely. Alot of stuff has either a Linux version or a good Linux alternative. I just put bazzite on my gaming only pc and its literally just a steam machine now. So happy I got off windows.
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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[Linuxiac] Ghostty Terminal Emulator Transitions to Non-Profit Status

#CommandLine
[Linuxiac] Ghostty Terminal Emulator Transitions to Non-Profit Status
Open-source terminal Ghostty moves under Hack Club's non-profit umbrella, ensuring stability and mission-driven stewardship. Source:…
www.linux.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM