It is so obvious that the forced stoppage of support for #Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 has everything to do with forcing people to buy new hardware, and nothing with the technical possibilities of #Microsoft to produce a good working operating system that works on a wide scale of different performing hardware.

I have a still well functioning laptop that will soon have an OS that is not supported anymore. This is truly ridiculous and renders good functioning laptop useless. Yes I know I can put #Linux on it, and I will. But it is for work-purposes a step back as the stability and availability of software is different.

It has all the vibes of cartelisation, central software/OS-producers with hardware industry, pushing people to buy new hardware.

#Capitalism destroys the environment and forces us to use the resources of our #planet in an inefficient and destructive manner. We need a fundamentally different economy and tech-sector. Here is a draft for a couple of pillars of such a tech-sector: https://kolektiva.social/@LibSpring/114002923715678754

Changing our view of #nature is the only way to save our #planet from man-made destruction.
Even if all governments drastically reduced #CO2 emissions tomorrow, would that put an end to the irreversible consumption of other #natural #resources, #soil destruction, #species #extinction?
Where does this come from? It is a child of our idea of a #happy life, of viewing nature as subordinate, of assuming that the world is a pile of matter and that nature is there to satisfy our greed.

We Are All One.

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/we-are-all-one-sharon-cummings.html

Billions wasted, mysteries unsolved: The missions #NASA may be forced to abandon.

#Mars Sample Return: The mission: Bring back the first samples from another #planet, look for signs of #life, and prepare for future crewed exploration of Mars.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: The mission: Discover what #planets are like throughout the galaxy, search for black holes, and help reveal the nature of dark energy.

DAVINCI: The mission: Descend to the surface of #Venus and probe its atmosphere along the way, testing whether the planet ever had oceans or could have hosted life.

VERITAS: The mission: Map the surface of Venus and study its interior, unveiling how the planet has changed over time.

TESS: The mission: Discover thousands of planets around the nearest stars.

#astronomy
https://www.planetary.org/articles/billions-wasted-mysteries-unsolved-the-missions-nasa-may-be-forced-to-abandon

It’s alive! Welcome to the new Planet GNOME!

A few months ago, I announced that I was working on a new implementation of Planet GNOME, powered by GitLab Pages. This work has reached a point where we’re ready to flip the switch and replace the old Planet website.

You can check it out at planet.gnome.org

This was only possible thanks to various other contributors, such as Jakub Steiner, who did a fantastic job with the design and style, and Alexandre Franke, who helped with various papercuts, ideas, and improvements.

As with any software, there might be regressions and issues. It would be a great help if you report any problems you find at https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Websites/planet.gnome.org/-/issues

If you are subscribed to the old Planet’s RSS feed, you don’t need to do anything. But if you are subscribed to the Atom feed at https://planet.gnome.org/atom.xml, you will have to switch to the RSS address at https://planet.gnome.org/rss20.xml

Here’s to blogs, RSS feeds, and the open web!

https://feborg.es/new-planet-gnome/

Astronomers in #Taiwan use far-infrared all-sky survey data separated by 23 years to point to the approximate location of a potentially Neptune sized #planet (in our #solarSystem)

"There are 13 pairs obtained after the selection criteria. After image inspection, we found one good candidate, of which the IRAS source is absent from the same coordinate in the AKARI image after 23 years"

https://www.techspot.com/news/107802-astronomers-spot-possible-planet-nine-data-spanning-23.html

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17288

#DavidAttenborough #ClimateChange #UK #Oceans #Pollution #Biology #sea #Nature #Earth #PlanetEarth #BluePlanet #SirDavidAttenborough #Britain #Planet
Words we should listen to, from one of the wisest men on the planet. When he’s gone I can’t think of anyone who’ll match him and fill the gap…
Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0wjxg0ex1o

Astronomers searching for #planet nine find possible hints of something that doesn't resemble the postulated planet 9 at all, but is something entirely different.

Some experts are skeptical that the signal, just a single pair of faint dots, will survive scrutiny and follow-up observations.

But if it does, the object lies on an orbit far outside the original planet nine prediction—rendering it an entirely different planet.

#astronomy
https://www.science.org/content/article/astronomers-searching-planet-nine-find-possible-hints-different-planet

Days are getting longer, outside, but also on this #planet. Since its initial accretion, Earth's spin has been slowing down, lengthening the days. These longer days may allow for more oxygen production and carbon burial, making it #habitable for the likes of us.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00784-3

(25 Apr) Scientists find ’breathing’ magma cap inside Yellowstone supervolcano

Yellowstone’s supervolcano appears to have a magma cap that vents pressure and reduces the chances of a massive eruption happening anytime soon.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ov2w0
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/hyv18

#planet-earth

That's pretty cool

Astronomen finden Gesteinsplanet mit riesigem Kometenschweif. Kleiner Exoplanet verliert alle 30 Stunden einen Mount Everest an Gesteinsmaterial. #Exoplanet #Astronomie #Planet #Kometenschweif
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/gesteinsplanet-mit-riesigem-kometenschweif-entdeckt/