Tootfinder

Opt-in global Mastodon full text search. Join the index!

No exact results. Similar results found.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-18 10:01:37

Google unveils Operation Blue Skies, a £5M trial to re-route North Atlantic aircraft to reduce contrail-induced warming using Google's AI atmospheric forecasts (Madeleine Cuff/New Scientist)
newscientist.com/article/25850

Planes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails | New Scientist
Operation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming to lower the climate impact of flights on a large scale 

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-08-17 21:58:04

Gutierrez: Joint practices are the sweet spot – controlled chaos fueling real improvement raiders.com/news/joint-practic

Gutierrez: Joint practices are the sweet spot – controlled chaos fueling real improvement
Joint practices have essentially replaced exhibition games as the true proving grounds during the preseason.

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-08-18 08:40:07

This is encouraging but,
1) Land use emissions have fallen less than the rise in fossil fuel emissions: global emissions are still rising.
2) There is uncertainty in the data (other than for deforestation) which is greater than the decrease.
3) It's unclear to me what the overall flux is - the balance of sequestration Vs emissions. We know some forests have become net emitters.
Why

Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts - Carbon Brief
Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course of the 21st century.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-08-18 12:01:04

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil, after the country's data protection authority ordered it last week, saying Discord failed to protect children and teens (Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/brazil-disc

Discord suspends Brazil livestreams after suicide raises child protection concerns
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said it suspended its livestreams in Brazil. The move Monday takes place in the wake of a suicide case and after a body of the country’s justice ministry accused it of failing to protect for children and adolescents. Discord said in a statement that it is implementing the suspension of livestreams after a decision by Brazil’s national agency of data protection last week and added it is in conversations “to seek a solution tha…

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-08-17 20:46:06

Gutierrez: Joint practices are the sweet spot – controlled chaos fueling real improvement raiders.com/news/joint-practic

Gutierrez: Joint practices are the sweet spot – controlled chaos fueling real improvement
Joint practices have essentially replaced exhibition games as the true proving grounds during the preseason.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-06-19 00:08:55

The Trump administration has decided to start phasing out HIV funding for South Africa following the country’s
“failure to make demonstrable progress on policy requests by the administration,”
a State Department official told POLITICO on Thursday.
The official, who agreed to discuss the decision only if POLITICO did not use their name,
said the decision to “initiate a phased drawdown of PEPFAR programming in South Africa”
is in line with Donald Trump’s February …

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-07-16 06:57:34

Donno what’s worse, the verse itself or DuckDuckGo’s generated explanation of it. @… partyon.xyz/@nando161/11692511

Understanding Ephesians 6:5 Key Instruction The verse from Ephesians 6:5 emphasizes the following points regarding the relationship between slaves and their earthly masters: • Obedience: Slaves are instructed to obey their masters. • Respect and Fear: This obedience should be accompanied by respect and a sense of reverence. • Sincerity of Heart: Service should be genuine, not merely for show or to gain favor. Spiritual Context • Serving Christ: The verse draws a parallel between serving earthly…
Moral Responsibility: The instruction implies that even in difficult circumstances, the manner of service should be honorable and sincere. Broader Implications Historical Context: The concept of slavery in biblical times differed significantly from modern understandings. Slaves often had various rights and roles within households. Modern Application: While the specific context of slavery has changed, the principles of respect, sincerity, and service can apply to various authority relationships …
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-17 14:30:39

Filing: Nvidia agrees to spend up to $105B to support SB Energy's new data center campus in Ohio set to be leased by OpenAI; Nvidia invests $1.5B in SB Energy (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-19 12:30:48

John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner and chair of the ICO, the country's data and AI regulator, resigned following a workplace investigation (Liv McMahon/BBC)
bbc.com/news/articles/c0eyq7rn

ICO boss John Edwards announces resignation following investigation
Edwards has been the boss of the data watchdog since January 2022, and said he had made inappropriate attempts at humour.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-18 03:20:46

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil, after the country's data protection authority ordered it last week, saying Discord failed to protect children and teens (Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/brazil-disc

Discord suspends Brazil livestreams after suicide raises child protection concerns
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said it suspended its livestreams in Brazil. The move Monday takes place in the wake of a suicide case and after a body of the country’s justice ministry accused it of failing to protect for children and adolescents. Discord said in a statement that it is implementing the suspension of livestreams after a decision by Brazil’s national agency of data protection last week and added it is in conversations “to seek a solution tha…