International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Just sharing this as it appeared in their Mastodon post.
MPI for Gravitational Physics @mpi_grav@astrodon.social
As a reminder, today is the last day of our female researcher portrait to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
But until the end of the month, we will be sharing our colleagues' advice for young women, their paths to physics, and their visions for the future.
All in one place: https://www.aei.mpg.de/idwgs
#IDWGS #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #Physics
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Plastic Straws
In another step backwards, Trump signs an order shifting US back toward plastic straws. This is despite evidence with regard to the damage microplastics have and are doing to our natural world.
There are numerous articles on Science daily about Microplastics, citing ACTUAL science and research.
While this is an executive order, it still needs to go through the congress to pass. The fact this is even being done should be a cause for concern.
Related research article
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Climate Change Update
This is hardly surprising Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
Not good at all.
Sharing again, as this is going to get worse before it gets better, and with the USA deciding all this is a hoax and not a result of human activity. Rolling back on environmental policies, we are starting to move backwards again.
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Threats to Wikipedia
I am sharing this as it is important.
Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
The Wikimedia Foundation says it will likely roll out features previously used to protect editors in authoritarian countries more widely.
By Jason Koebler
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Women of NASA and DEI
One of the consequences of Trumps DEI policy is that the NASA website has had to remove information, information on the women pioneers at NASA, the very people, who helped put people in to space, on the moon and bring them back to Earth.
This is HAPPENING now, thanks to Trump and MAGA.
Thankfully, there are people who are working to archive this information so it can be preserved for future generations. I have downloaded the above graphic so it can be included here. I have also put links to Wikipedia (or other)pages. There are a few gaps which I can add in later.
You CANNOT rewrite history.
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Eagles win Super Bowl LIX
Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs to win Superbowl LIX.
Super Bowl LIX
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025
Kick Off: 23:30 GMT
Location: 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive, New Orleans LA
Score: Kansas City Chiefs 22 vs Philadelphia Eagles 40
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Exoplanet research
Temperamental stars are distorting our view of distant planets
Interesting research looking at some interesting issues faced when using transits to find planets around stars. We know the transit causes starlight to dim, from the viewpoint of the observer. However, according to this research, so does changes to the star, hot and cold regions and how this impacts star brightness could be impacting how we detect planets.
The article can be found here on Science Daily. There is an article on transits on the NASA website.
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Bash scripting 11 – ExifTool menu
I have created a very rough and basic script to :-
- Display a directory listing (currently this will display only .png and .JPG files.
- As for a filename
- Display a menu, so that users can choose which Meta data information to display.
# https://www.baeldung.com/linux/shell-script-simple-select-menu
#!/bin/bash
clear # clear display - lets keep things tidy
ls *.png *.JPG #display directory listing png files
echo
echo "Please enter a filename"
echo
read filename
echo "File: " $filename
echo
echo "Menu"
echo
PS3="Select your Option: "
while true; do
select lng in All ImageSize FileSize PixelSize ClearScreen Quit
do
case $lng in
"All")
exiftool $filename; break;;
"ImageSize")
exiftool -s -ImageSize $filename; break;;
"FileSize")
exiftool -s -FileSize $filename;break;;
"PixelSize")
exiftool -s -Megapixels $filename;break;;
"ClearScreen")
clear;break;;
"Quit")
echo "We're done"; break 2;;
*)
echo "Ooops"; break ;;
esac
done
done
It is a little rough around the edges, but it works, and there is, of course, room for improvement.
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#Bash,#Bashscripting,#ExifToolMenu,#MetaData
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Super Bowl LIX
Super Bowl LIX
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025
Kick Off: 23:30 GMT
Location: 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive, New Orleans LA
Teams: Kansas City Chiefs vs Philadelphia Eagles
Halftime Performer: Kendrick Lamar
BBC Article
How to watch in the UK
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Blacks in Cyber Security CFP
Call for Papers is NOW OPEN!
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#BlacksInCyber #BICVillage #BICV #DEFCON #DEFCON33 #CyberSecurity
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