RE: https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/117020271325165593
An additional bonus is young female family member saying "I didn't know it was that easy (I used mistral to help with some of it). Some of the boys in my class have occasionally written apps. But for different stuff". I wonder why in 2026 with all the access we have to coding help, programming and writing apps is *still* seen as boys stuff...
"Rise of modern marine fishes captured in an early Paleocene Lagerstätte" in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. ⚒️🧪
"helping to fill a 10 million year interval with sparse fossil information about modern fish evolution. Among the findings include the earliest known fossil skeletons of jack, a type of sportfish, moonfish and pipefish, the family to which seahorses belong."
#geology
Donald Trump has decreed that Republicans will stage their first ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections
-- a move aimed at energizing voters as the party fights to hold its narrow congressional majorities in November.
The two-day gathering will take place in Dallas on 9 and 10 September,
marking a break from the longstanding tradition of holding national conventions only during presidential election years.
Trump confirmed the plans on Tuesday in a Tru…
A look at the nasty fight between Anthropic-backed super PAC Public First and OpenAI-backed Leading the Future to sway midterms, especially Democratic primaries (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.…
Tina Peters says Democrats will 'cheat' in midterms (Cheyanne M. Daniels/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/01/tina-peters-democrats-cheat-midterms-00944456
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p68#a260601p68
Microsofts eingestellter Metaverse-Pionier „AltspaceVR“ kehrt zurück
Die einst von Microsoft eingestellte Social-VR-Plattform „AltspaceVR“ wird unter neuer Führung wiederbelebt und modernisiert.
https://…