Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw

@doc
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Against atrocities regardless of who carries them out. 
Malcontent, Small-angle Scatterer, Long-time blogger at http://lookingatnothing.com/ . Science, sailing, diving, cycling, photographing, programming, engineering, diving. Formerly @drheaddamage on Twitter. 
Hook me up for lectures, coffee, diving and/or sailing trips, casual chats, science methodology discussions and more. Immigrant living in Berlin (the real one in Germany).
#xray #scattering #SAXS #science #sailing #diving #berlin

RE: https://mastodon.social/@brembs/116296000606235617

This is great, great news!

… for European researchers.

Of course, UK ruled itself out of this. Because, y'know, Take Back Control.

I am LOVING these sunlit uplands.

#Brexit

A complete set of nucleobases found on asteroid Ryugu!!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02791-z

A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu - Nature Astronomy

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases (A, G, C, T and U). Their presence in Ryugu and Bennu supports the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

Nature

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116274161758622263

“Companies like SpaceX have stated repeatedly that their method is to “move fast and break things.” They are now close to breaking the atmosphere, the night sky and anything on the ground or in space that their satellites and rockets fall on or crash into.

Earth’s orbital space is a finite resource. There is an evolving set of international guidelines for operating in outer space, grounded in a set of high-level international rules. Yet, those rules and guidelines are inadequate.

One corporation based in one country should not be allowed to ruin orbit, the night sky, and the atmosphere for everyone else in the world.”

"One day, everyone will have always been against this"
Poster spotted in Toronto, Canada
Not really feeling it for any of these brands, to be honest..

Ramadan ends tonight & I’m getting the usual questions, so lemme clear things up. If anyone says “Eid Mubarak,” to you, here are perfectly good replies:
•Eid Kareem!
•Khair Mubarak!
•Eid Mubarak to you!
•I will buy you tacos for Eid!❤️

(OK last one may be apocryphal but I stand by it😅)

EID MUBARAK!

So, I ran out of time (got caught up in collecting seeds). Next week I'll cover #OffGrid communication (after I review the articles I bookmarked). I'll try to get those up by Saturday (if not sooner).

Leaving you all with this brilliant cartoon by @davidrevoy

#SolarPunkSunday #Degrowth #CapitalismSucks #RightToRepair #LoveYourMotherEarth #RenewablesNow #FossilFuelsOut #RepairReuseRecycle #SolarPunk #Wisdom #Krita #MiniFantasyTheater #Webcomic

@doc Great, I was typing it when I saw your edit!

So here it is anyway (for a bit of self promo) my website with full Krita sources, high resolution and translations https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater.html

The RSS: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/rss/miniFantasyTheater.xml

Or it's possible to list them all on the Fediverse with the hashtag #miniFantasyTheater (or follow the hashtag)

MiniFantasyTheater - Pepper&Carrot

Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.

Pepper&Carrot
New post on Bluesky (queueserver in particular):
https://lookingatnothing.com/index.php/archives/4783