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SomeGadgetGuy, 5 days ago to windows

It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about #Windows Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.

It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.

It's inescapable.

It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

It won't matter if you're a master #security expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.

If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.

I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."

michael_w_busch, 4 days ago to random

It is always fun to find a book by someone I know in a local library.

Today I have Dante Lauretta's "The Asteroid Hunter", a popular account of OSIRIS-REx, from the Saint Paul Public Library: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-asteroid-hunter-a-scientist-s-journey-to-the-dawn-of-our-solar-system-dante-lauretta/20225451

Also in the SPPL collection:

Emily Levesque's "The Last Stargazers"
Katie Mack's "The End of Everything"
Moiya McTier's "The Milky Way"
Phil Plait / @badastro 's "Under Alien Skies"
@chanda Prescod-Weinstein's "The Disordered Cosmos"
Kelly & @ZachWeinersmith 's "A City on Mars"

skrishna, 9 days ago to space

This week's space news:

• Voyager 1 sent back science data!
• Scientists found billions of orphan stars hidden in a Euclid image
• The rundown on what's been up with Boeing Starliner
  and more!
• The planetary alignment you heard about? Overhyped!!!

Newsletter out at 11 am ET, sign up: adastraspace.com

#space #science #scicomm #nasa #astronomy #spaceflight

https://youtu.be/07p3NA1trNs

kb6nu, 11 days ago to hamradio

FCC seeks comments on effects of May 2024 geomagnetic storm
https://www.kb6nu.com/fcc-seeks-comments-on-effects-of-may-2024-geomagnetic-storm/
#hamradio #solarflare

JohnBarentine, 12 days ago to space

And at least a little good news about space.

Voluntary actions like this, implemented consistently, may be the only option for avoiding impending catastrophe in LEO.

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-twelve-countries-debris-charter.html

#Space #SpaceSustainability #ZeroDebrisCharter #SpaceDebris #OrbitalCrowding

mcnees, 12 days ago to random

Astronomer Frank Drake was born #OTD in 1930.

Can we productively talk about how many alien civilizations throughout the Milky Way might be actively broadcasting or receiving messages? How would we estimate that?

N ≈ R×fp×ne×fl×fi×fc×L

R = ⭐️ formation rate
fp = fraction of ⭐️ with 🌎
ne = 🌎 per ⭐️ on avg that could support life
fl = fraction with life
fi = fraction of life becoming intelligent
fc = fraction that 📡 into 🌌
L = how long they broadcast

iangriffin, 15 days ago to random

Just for fun. I added together all of the images I took of Comet Pons Brooks a few weeks ago. The session was just after astronomical twilight and every single frame I took (68) had at least one satellite trail. To really piss me off, a whole train of freshly launched Starlink satellites joined the "party". This, friends, is the price we pay for "progress". #notostarlink #savethesky

firefly, 15 days ago to random

Another piece of Elon’s Space Trash, perhaps?

https://wlos.com/news/local/haywood-county-man-finds-heavy-mysterious-object-possibly-outer-space-landed-remote-trail-canton-aerospace-expert-input-glamping-collective#

Cc: @ai6yr

ilumium, 16 days ago to Bikepacking

"In patriarchal societies where #masculinity is coded as #power and control, men often try to get closer to women through power and control. The range of how this plays out is vast. It could be inconsequential, or it could end a woman’s life. This (...) may also be a reason why so many women in the “Man or Bear” debate chose the bear."

I recommend every man to read this piece by long-distance #cyclist Laura Killingbeck.

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

#patriarchy #ManOrBear #bikepacking #outdoors

JohnBarentine, 17 days ago to til

#TIL that fortunately someone has already invented a term that was on my mind but for which no word seemed to already exist.

Thank you, Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spacewashing

#Spacewashing #Space #SpaceSustainability

chris, 20 days ago to climate

My cup overflows with anger toward these lying, deceiving, murderous, oil and gas companies. So this morning, I did something I've never done before in hopes the people coming home from their long weekends in Tofino and Ucluelet get the message.

Please Boost.

#BCLNG #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #OilandGas #LNG #Liars #bchwy4 #bcWildfire

https://bclngburns.ca

A large green billboard promoting BC LNG saying they “will reduce global emissions” has a large white tarp overtop the letters with “LIARS” in red and “BCLNGBURNS.CA”

futurebird, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to random

The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

zyrxvo, 20 days ago to astrophotography

I submitted a comment to the FCC regarding my disapproval of direct-to-cell satellites. Please consider adding your voice to help preserve the night sky and the sensitive environments of Earth’s upper atmosphere and low-Earth orbit. You can find specific details on what you can do at https://www.kesslerrebellion.com/take-action. The FCC is open to taking comments from individuals around the world, not just in the USA.

#KesslerSyndrome #Astrophotography #ClimateChange #Starlink #ASTSpaceMobile

laurahelmuth, 22 days ago to random

Derelict satellites pass within 1,000 kilometers of each other 1,000 times a year, and any collision would instantly double the amount of space debris. A space rush is filling up orbit with unregulated satellites, mostly from private companies, and we need better protections https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-is-too-much-trash-in-space/

rsf92, 23 days ago to random

"Geometry hates Tesla, and physics hates Starlink. Reality has a leftist bias. The future is fiber, and public transit. These are both vastly preferable, more efficient, safer, more reliable and more plausible than satellite and private vehicles. Their only disadvantage is that they fail to give an easily gulled, thin-skinned compulsive liar more power over billions of people. That's a disadvantage I can live with."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/

Great piece by @pluralistic

mastodonmigration, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random

So, over in the astronomy world there is some consternation about a tweet from eminent satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.

Apparently "Starlink Precipitation" is now a thing. And yes, you got that right, Starlink precipitation is pieces of Elon Musk's fucking internet satellites raining down from space.

See also this post from @carlysagan: https://mastodon.social/@carlysagan/112448150797509408

carlysagan, 24 days ago to random

“Starlink precipitation” should not be allowable as a term - I’m sorry, what?!

zyrxvo, 25 days ago to random

Very wonderful (and rightly depressing) public presentation by @sundogplanets this evening in Toronto. Thank you for your advocacy and for coming to this urban centre to share and inspire us. Please consider joining your voice and working together to secure a cleaner environment, safer future, and improved access to dark skies by going to https://www.kesslerrebellion.com/take-action.

An auditorium with large screens displaying a presentation about joining groups fighting for regulation in space, with logos, QR codes, and contact information. Professional astronomer Dr Lawler is standing in front of the screen, and the audience seating area is partially visible.

sundogplanets, 27 days ago (edited 26 days ago) to random

Hello Toronto - a reminder that I'm giving a public talk TODAY. Want to hear me yell about satellites for an hour? Come say hi!

The image in the poster was taken by Joshua Rozells, see APOD link: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220614.html

AkaSci, 30 days ago to random

Incoming! A severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to arrive around 02:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning.

At least 5 Coronal Mass Ejections took place over the past 24 hours, directed towards Earth. These originated from a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664).

There is potential for disruption of communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.

And bright auroras as far south as Alabama!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
1/n

MichaelPorter, 30 days ago to Astronomy

Holy, freakin’… words fail me. I’ve never seen the aurora forecast blanket the country like this. Keep your eyes on the skies this weekend!!

More info:
https://spaceweather.com

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental

#Astronomy #StarGazing #Aurora

carlysagan, 30 days ago to random

Starlink just launched another batch of satellites during a G4 Geomag Watch?? Unbelievable. They have no idea what they are doing. Waiting for the NOAA Severe Storm press release with angst.

sarahtaber, 1 month ago to random

There are 2 things to know about US agriculture.

1. It’s very hard to make a living as a new farmer.

2. About half our farmland is owned by wealthy families, investment funds, & others who buy it up as an asset- but don’t farm themselves.

There IS a fix to both problems!

malcircuit, 1 month ago to solar

Managed to catch a just-shy-of-X1-class flare a few hours ago when I put my scope out on the deck.

The complex chaos of magnetic fields — that is much, much larger than the size of Earth — designated as Region 3664 and Region 3668 (center right sunspot smudge) has been spawning a great number of flares recently, flinging an truly stupendous amount of energy and relativistic particles out into the solar system.

#solar #astrophotography

sundogplanets, 1 month ago to random

Good morning from baby goat land