Encounter #54: Oozing Pheromones

Communist calculus, discount dramas, and saving the Hubble.

Show Notes

NASA Hubble Space Telescope is back with a stunning image after a long mysterious glitch

Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Releases New Images | NASA

NASA Continues to Try to Rescue Failing Hubble Space Telescope

The Baltimore Museum of Art’s security guards will curate an upcoming exhibit early next year - Baltimore Sun

Twitter is Testing Downvotes on Tweets, and Dammit, Stop Calling It a Dislike Button

Dislikes imply they're just a counter. Instead, these are used to determine whether to drop a tweet further down the list or even hide it. Another attack in the socnet war on free expression.

Eunomia

Eunomia was a project to do this on Mastodon.

zemichi on Neckbeard.xyz

The beginning of Twitter adopting the Eunomia system into their site. Now they have the second piece of the puzzle: reddit upvotes and downvotes

EUNOMIA - Trilateral Research

Star Trek fan films

UNSTEADY: A Star Trek Fan Film - YouTube

Star Trek Fan Film - Let Old Wrinkles Come - YouTube

PACIFIC 201

AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and are ready to hire | MIT Technology Review

"This person does not exist" the audio clip.

The Mummy (1959) - IMDb

The Mummy (1959 film) - Wikipedia

Anime

Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu

English title: TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-

Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU

Satako's got a gun...

(nervous laughter)

Fate/stay night (Heaven's Feel) III. spring song

Mighty MK-52: The Spaceworthy Soviet-era Calculator

Chinese scientists ’reinvent’ potatoes to solve global food crisis | PotatoPro