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Wildfire smoke changes bird communities far beyond the flames https://www.earth.com/animals/wildfire-smoke-changes-bird-communities-far-beyond-the-flames/

Wildfire smoke changes bird communities far beyond the flames
Wildfire smoke can reduce bird diversity the following year, even in places where nearby land never actually burned.

Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
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Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
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Dutch state-owned gas transmission company Gasunie confirms that the Netherlands will not be able to meet its gas storage filling targets of 74% (EU commitment) or 80% (government goal) by October.
"But for a normal winter, it's sufficient".
Germany is also way behind, btw.

Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images of Hurricane Polo
as it rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a high-end Category 3 storm late in the day on 21 September 2026.
An eye became apparent by the end of the animation
Following the period of 30-second imagery,
a single GOES-18 Mesoscale Sector provided 1-minute Infrared Window imagery for the remainder of the day on 22 September,
as Polo c…

30-second imagery of rapidly intensifying Hurricane Polo — which eventually reached Category 5 intensity
Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared Window images of Hurricane Polo (above) as it rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a high-end Category 3 storm late in the day on 21 September 2026. An eye became apparent by the end of the animation (the overlapping Mesoscale Sectors ended at 0438 […]

If you set limits for a scale (e.g. x-axis) in ggplot, how would you like data outside of that range be handled? There is the oob parameter for that and a set of functions to use with it: https://scales.r-lib.org/reference/oob.html

The survey for the #ECB's banknote designs survey has a link to #Bluesky (ecb.europa.eu) which is on #WSocial.
They can't even bring themselves to label it "W" and just have it as BlueSky. 😂

Bills express support for Ed Oliver following the tragic death of his son

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-express-support-ed-oliver-following-tragic-death-…

"EU proposes three-year delay to methane rule penalties"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Methane #Emissions…

EU proposes three-year delay to methane rule penalties
The European Commission has proposed delaying penalties for companies that fail to comply with the EU’s methane emissions rules, following pressure from major energy exporters and industry groups that warned the measures could disrupt supplies and raise costs.

Flying to the Czech Republic next week to speak at Dark Prague.
If you’re going, do come by and say hi (and ask for a Kitten sticker) :)
#SmallWeb

The natural gas price for the EU is up sharply now the Trump-Netanyahu war escalates again. Close to €60/MWh now; that's 100% compared to the price before the war vs 'only' 50% for oil (Brent).
Not a good combination with sluggishly filling up our gas storages. I guess we'll notice in winter.
#Iran