There's a mysterious 'carbon sink' in the hinterlands of the South Island... absorbing more carbon than expected... I'm following this research with interest. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564407…
Vikings' J.J. McCarthy to sit out Saturday preseason game vs. Patriots after strong joint practices https://www.nfl.com/news/j-j-mccarthy-to-sit-out-saturday-preseason-game-vs-patriots-following-strong-joint-practices…
Failing to Make America Healthy Again
In the face of the worst outbreak of measles this century - due to vaccine mistrust he himself sowed - US Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr is gaslighting America.
https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/failing-to-mak…
Today in "please stop saying 'environmentalism' when you mean 'being a snob'":
Caltrans ranked hydrogen trains, a fossil-fuel derived vaporware technology, as more environmentally friendly than electrification, because they think overhead wires look bad. That's the actual reason. htt…
As usual we watched the "Stoertebekker" stage play at Ralswiek on Rügen Island. The stage setups and wardrobes were as awesome as always. They really try to improve on that every year and come up with clever mechanisms to transform the building for the various acts of the play. The script this year left room for desire ;) Nevertheless a happing worth attending
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Elizabeth Warren Calls for DHS Secretary Noem’s Resignation Following Padilla Incident
“The Trump administration is trying to undermine free speech in this country,”
Warren said during an interview.
https://truthout.org/articles/warren-c
I've got a 3am start with derpmaster Mike coming up in the next few days. He normally gets up at 5.30am so I've got a feeling there's going to be no settling him after I arrive and his regular humans all leave.
Still, hot weather will mean an early walk and breakfast and then we can both snooze!
My fourth year of looking after Michael.
#Greyhounds
Solid-State Dewetting of Polycrystalline Thin Films: a Phase Field Approach
Paul Hoffrogge, Nils Becker, Daniel Schneider, Britta Nestler, Axel Voigt, Marco Salvalaglio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10811
Roblox shares closed down 6.34% on Friday after the company was accused in two lawsuits of failing to sufficiently protect youngsters on its platform (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20