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@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-17 23:04:01

The Navy’s largest aircraft carrier’s toilets keep failing
taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-c

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-17 03:54:13

Thirty-six horses were killed in a barn fire in North Carolina on Sunday afternoon.
The blaze broke out around 12:45 p.m. at the Callicutt Stables on Highway 220 Alternate in Randolph County, multiple fire departments said.
By the time firefighters got to the stable, the 15,000-square-foot barn was already engulfed in flames.
Several fire departments were called in to battle the blaze.
Crews were at the stable for five hours on Sunday.
Despite firefighters’ effor…

36 horses die in fire that engulfed boarding stable, officials say
The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze that destroyed the 15,000-square-foot facility.

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-02-14 15:16:53

Eine gentechnisch veränderte #Alge könnte helfen, #Mikroplastik aus Wasser zu entfernen.
Sie produziert ein flüchtiges Naturöl namens Limonen. Weil sowohl Alge als auch #Plastik wasserabweisend …

Lab-grown algae remove microplastics from water
A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our water. Mizzou's Susie Dai recently applied a revolutionary strain of algae toward capturing and removing harmful microplastics from polluted water. Driven by a mission to improve the world for both wildlife and humans, Dai also aims to repurpose the collected microplastics into safe, bioplastic products such as composite plastic films.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-09 19:41:03

A district court judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton's request for a restraining order preventing Samsung from collecting data on TV watchers (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and

Samsung Defeats Texas’ Bid to Halt TV Tech Following Court Error
Samsung Electronics America can continue to use technology that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) says allows it to unlawfully collect data on TV watchers, a judge ruled Friday.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-09 20:14:07
Content warning: photograph in linked article shows blood on a steering wheel

The first paragraphs of this article are big news (I think?? IANAL): the FBI tried to shut MN out of the investigation of ICE’s murder of Renee Good, which almost certainly is the start of a cover-up. Minnesota initially threw up its hands and said “well that sucks.”
Today we learn that Minnesota and Hennepin County are still gathering evidence themselves, apparently independently of the FBI. My hope is that this is in pursuit of state charges, in defiance of the Trump-controlled FBI.
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-01-11 15:11:25

TIL that while the collective noun for crows is murder, the collective noun for ravens is a conspiracy.
But my favorite still is the improbability of puffins.

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-12 14:49:34

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Letter: Dear Minister Miller, I am writing to you in my capacity as president of the Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada. The members of our association have been distressed to see the recent news about cutbacks in a number of federal government units that are very important to all Canadians who are interested in the history of our country: Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, Parks Canada, and Statistics Canad…
Letter: While we cannot expect the federal government to address problems at the provincial level, in your role as Minister of Canadian Heritage, we hope that we can count on you to advocate on behalf of all Canadians to maintain and enhance the role of agencies that collect data and records and make them accessible to broad publics. We recognise that the country faces many current challenges, but we do not want short-sighted decisions to have long-lasting effects on the future study of the co…
@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-12 21:00:36

choose your character

Prophet Royal Robertson outside his home (from the documentary Make by Scott Ogden and Malcolm Hearn[1])
In this extract from the film Celestial Knowledge Credo Mutwa speaks about aliens or greys beings known as Mantindane in Africa.
Stories of alien sightings and landings of mysterious aircraft have emerged from Iino as far back as the 1970s. Tsugio Kinoshita, a researcher of unidentified flying objects, said he first saw such an UFO in 1972 at the age of 25. Kinoshita was hiking a mountain in Fukushima prefecture with four friends when suddenly a saucer-like shape appeared in front of them. “This thing stuck out in front of me. Starting and stopping in the blue sky. Then all of a sudden, it was gone,” he told VICE World …
Tamil Nadu: Man Builds Temple For Alien God
@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social
2026-01-10 14:33:10

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
The White Cliffs of Dover are an iconic formation often seen on television or films that can be over 100 m high. The white colour is chalk "biomicrite" formed by the compacted deposits from dense blooms of Coccolithophore phytoplankton covered with distinct plates of calcite (coccoliths) in a shallow sea during the Late Cretaceous. The dark bands of fli…

image/jpeg a photo of tall, very white cliffs emerging from blue water. The cliff tops are covered in a thin layer of green grass, and a lighthouse is seen in the distance. Photo from Archangel12 CC-BY-SA 2.0.
image/jpeg a scanning electron micrograph of a spherical organism covered in oval plates with radiating spokes from a depressed center, looking similar to lifesaver candies. Scale bar suggests cell is about 8 microns in diameter. Photo from Jeremy Young CC-BY-SA 4.0.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-28 07:01:04

Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
economi…

Zepto makes confidential filing with Sebi for $1.3 billion IPO: sources
The listing is planned for the July-September quarter of 2026. In October, the quick commerce major had closed a $450 million round, valuing it at $7 billion. As of late November, Zepto had around Rs 7,000 crore in cash, while competitors Eternal and Swiggy each have around Rs 17,000-18,000 crore on their books currently.