Michael Terry

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Free software & open source engineer. Author of Déjà Dup Backups. Develops public healthcare software @ Boston Children’s Hospital.
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Recently finished watching Scavengers Reign, which I'd recommend as a well-crafted animation with some of the best xenecology I've seen in sci-fi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOsZVmVPn4E

I also spotted themes of "Weird Ecology" throughout, which I've written a bit about in a new blogpost:

https://gaiaexmachina.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/the-weird-ecology-of-scavengers-reign/

Alas it's already been cancelled by Max, but Netflix is picking it up from May 31st (tomorrow!) which'll make it easier to access outside the US.

#ScavengersReign #SciFi #WeirdEcology #Animation

Scavengers Reign | Official Teaser | Max

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OpenFreeMap: A no bullshit free web map. Ambitious, I hope it succeeds
https://openfreemap.org/
#openstreetmap #hosting #maps #osm #+
OpenFreeMap

OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting lets you display custom maps on your website and apps for free.

Today I learned that somebody has created an "ethically sourced Lena image" and I dunno what I expected but this man is doing God's work.

https://mortenhannemose.github.io/lena/

lena | Morten Rieger Hannemose

Ethically sourced Lena picture

The link for ordering 4 free COVID tests is now LIVE.

Do it NOW!

Order here: http://covidtests.gov

I expect many will appreciate this, but it's especially for @fade :
what if sisyphus got a coin every time he rolled the boulder up the hill and then he could spend his coins in the shop to level up his pushing ability but each time he leveled up the boulder also got heavier so the challenge remains the same despite feeling like progression has been made. and what if he was able to unlock sisyphus minions that could roll the boulder up the hill while he was away. also every time he starts a new roll an ad plays. and also he can choose to watch an ad every time he drops the boulder to receive 2x coins for that round. and also you can buy fun skins for the boulder through microtransactions

"Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars"

It's great to see someone FINALLY mention the magnetosphere issue, in the very first sentence no less, but this article rips into the idea so much more thoroughly than that, and with admirable gusto.

#skeptic #musk #mars

https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars

Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector

Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic active dynamo at Mars’s dead core? No? Well. It’s fine. I’m sure you have some other workable, sustainable plan…

#ThisIsMyJam — Electricity by Lael Neale

Love a sweet and melancholy song. First heard on a playlist from @schmutzie

https://song.link/i/1755009031

#LaelNeale #NowPlaying #Music

Electricity by Lael Neale

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fish aesthetics

late night snack

i tend to get really hungry at night... #pixelart #illustration #art