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FYI:
Dwm 6.6. KDE Plasma 6.4.5. Niri 25.08.
Who asked whether FreeBSD had up to date software?
🥳
#freebsd

Ein paar Eindrücke einer Palästina Demonstration in Hannover bei der Ich mit der Linksjugend ['solid] teilgenommen habe.

40 years ago today, the #GratefulDead open a weekend on the beach in ventura, the same day as live aid, playing on the PA between afternoon sets. early summer ’85, show #13.
soundboard (sometimes with distorted bass): h…

Heute ist mir zum ersten Mal aufgefallen, dass man den Hbf Köln auch in ein Midcentury-Wohnzimmer stellen könnte.

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @… Let's play!
#LifeLessonsFromSitcoms

Boutures d'hydrangéas Š l'étouffée, 6 semaines plus tard: c'est joli tout plein, ça promet! Mais où on va mettre tout ça...

I'd say the home feed is good ,some of the local feed is as well, but the federated feed is sth I gladly miss out on.

I'm reading "Drystone - A life rebuilt" by the marvelous @…
It's tough. It's brilliant and intimate. It's embarrassing as a man and as society when she writes brutally honest about abuse and racism and sexism and many other atrocities.
She's got an incredible talent to put in words what she has endured.

Am 11. Juni waren wir auf der #UkraineDemo in München! 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴‍☠️
Bilder, beim nächsten mal hoffentlich mehr und bessere: https://x.com/AlexKohler1/status/1943698709016965616

That question is in itself dishonest, but of course even more so if you just recently made the maps very specifically not be to be open source any longer! 😂
So you can have some non-openly licensed maps, developed on GitHub. Or you could have some openly licensed maps, developed on @…, by choosing @… 😉
https://fosstodon.org/@organicmaps/115203780434338817

Unprecedented climate shocks are changing the Great Lakes forever #environment

Unprecedented climate shocks are changing the Great Lakes forever
Extreme heat waves and cold spells on the Great Lakes have more than doubled since the late 1990s, coinciding with a major El Niño event. Using advanced ocean-style modeling adapted for the lakes, researchers traced temperature trends back to 1940, revealing alarming potential impacts on billion-dollar fishing industries, fragile ecosystems, and drinking water quality.

Ich möchte dieses Rad bitte in Bewegung sehen.
Und falls das Dein Rad ist und Du das hier liest, ich wieder mich riesig freuen, das Fahrrad an geeigneteren Ort zu fotografieren.
#StiloBikesOfKiel #Kiel #Fahrrad

In den Uffizien findet sich auch ein Stück Montmartre.

"Der Mond – wunderschön! Aber all die Gendersternchen – schrecklich!"
https://www.stuttmann-karikaturen.de/karikatur/8964

OmniLLP: Enhancing LLM-based Log Level Prediction with Context-Aware Retrieval
Youssef Esseddiq Ouatiti, Mohammed Sayagh, Bram Adams, Ahmed E. Hassan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08545

OmniLLP: Enhancing LLM-based Log Level Prediction with Context-Aware Retrieval
Developers insert logging statements in source code to capture relevant runtime information essential for maintenance and debugging activities. Log level choice is an integral, yet tricky part of the logging activity as it controls log verbosity and therefore influences systems' observability and performance. Recent advances in ML-based log level prediction have leveraged large language models (LLMs) to propose log level predictors (LLPs) that demonstrated promising performance improvements (AU…

aktuelles #Wetter #Behrendorf #Wische 13-07-2025 18:45
Temperatur: (min: 16,0C) 21,0C (max: 22,1C)
Feuchte: 82%
Luftdruck: 1009,3 hPa (gleichbleibend)
Windrichtung: 298 Grad
Wi…

this netart wont lead u to firm conclusions about how schizo or chud or larper the creator is. in fact, its core beneath the rancid collages is a deep bitter resentful rage with the entire modern internet, the way everything is made to look and talk and be, something i ultimately resonate with.
https://divinicide.neocities.org/

Just tested my FreeBSD KDE Wayland setup on 15-PRERELEASE and it works as well.
The part in my write up about switching to the Latest branch doesn't apply obviously. We're there already 🥳
#freebsd #kde

Understanding Ethical Practices in AI: Insights from a Cross-Role, Cross-Region Survey of AI Development Teams
Wilder Baldwin, Sepideh Ghanavati, Manuel Woersdoerfer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09219

Understanding Ethical Practices in AI: Insights from a Cross-Role, Cross-Region Survey of AI Development Teams
Recent advances in AI applications have raised growing concerns about the need for ethical guidelines and regulations to mitigate the risks posed by these technologies. In this paper, we present a mixed-method survey study - combining statistical and qualitative analyses - to examine the ethical perceptions, practices, and knowledge of individuals involved in various AI development roles. Our survey includes 414 participants from 43 countries, representing roles such as AI managers, analysts, d…

Last Sunday, the three of us went for a small hike in a natural reserve and came across a black dog that seemed to still be a puppy. The park rangers we talked to asked us if we'd be willing to take her in, as packs of wild dogs tend to become an issue for the wildlife.
We slept on it for a night & decided to go for it. Since Monday, Ohana is a big sister for Nina. Both seem to be adapting well to their respective changes in life circumstances. Guess I'll have to make a website for Nina too 🥰

Fun fact: Did you know you can play "Zork" & any number of classic Infocom games using #Microsoft #Copilot as a z-emulator? Visit https://copi…

Microsoft Copilot: Your AI companion
Microsoft Copilot is your companion to inform, entertain, and inspire. Get advice, feedback, and straightforward answers. Try Copilot now.

A Temporal Gaussian Noise Model for Equalization-enhanced Phase Noise
Benedikt Geiger, Fred Buchali, Vahid Aref, Laurent Schmalen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08470

A Temporal Gaussian Noise Model for Equalization-enhanced Phase Noise
Equalization-enhanced Phase Noise causes burst-like distortions in high symbol-rate transmission systems. We propose a temporal Gaussian noise model that captures these distortions by introducing a time-varying distortion power. Validated through simulations and experiments, it enables accurate and simple performance prediction for high symbol-rate transmission systems.

Report Says UK is Lagging Behind in the Transition to Sustainable Diets, Outlines Four Solutions https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/report-uk-lagging-behind-sustainable-diets-solutions/

Report Says UK is Lagging Behind in the Transition to Sustainable Diets, Outlines Four Solutions - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
ProVeg UK says the country is currently lagging behind other European nations when it comes to promoting healthy, climate-friendly food.

📣 Digital Heritage 2025 International Congress & Expo #DHSiena2025
https://digitalheritage2025.unisi.it/
🔜 At 4.30 pm Alexandra Büttner and Linnaea Söhn will talk about "Share…

Whereas the fans would call it the affluence of open source I see a shitload of Linux distros that are either solutions looking for a problem or totally irrelevant. Very often both.

Heroic Rescue
#JasonBrooks
S11E05 "Stone Cold"
#BaywatchHawaii #BaywatchBabes

foursquare_friendships: Foursquare global friendships (2013)
A network of user friendships on Foursquare, from April 2012 to September 2013. The 'old' and 'new' dataset correspond to two snapshots taken before and after the check-in data collection period.
This network has 114324 nodes and 607333 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

U.S. States with an “R” in their name Via https://bsky.app/profile/radamssmash.bsky.social/post/3lvtzdl343c2r
https://…

The cycle concludes:
Seed sprout flower fruit harvest
Then begins again.
#dailyhaikuprompt - harvest
#haiku
#poem

I got in a nice 7km run tonight, feeling better after having had a cold. Did the first 30 min or so in HR zone 2, then got irritated with the pace and decided to go a little faster for the last half hour. That might be the plan going forward. I believe in the expanded fitness levels that zone 2 builds, but it suuuucks!
Dedicating this run to my friend @…, wishing hi…

Bahn-Trick: Wer 2 Tickets bucht, reist oft viel günstiger
Durch den Ticket-Splitting an billigere Fahrpreise kommen: Weil er zwei statt nur eine Fahrkarte buchte, konnte sich ein YouTuber über 70 Euro bei der Deutschen Bahn sparen.
http…

#iOS26 Experience „Golden Master“

If you wonder about the quality of Google Maps in the second biggest city of Argentina 🤣
#OpenStreetMap

Originally bought this NUC to encode those series. Turned out everyone started sharing in AV1 x265, no need to encode. There you are with your shiny toy 😆
But today I found one x264 HD and that good ol' Handbrake is humming away gobbledygooking all those bytes, cutting the size in half.
Great to contribute to Armageddon 🥳

Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie is launching a biweekly column on Lachlan Cartwright's Breaker, a publication hosted on Substack rival beehiiv (Emily Sundberg/Feed Me)
https://www.readfeedme.com/p/one-of-substacks-founders-is-writing

One of Substack's founders is writing on beehiiv.
Good day to be the CEO of beehiiv.

What You Code Is What We Prove: Translating BLE App Logic into Formal Models with LLMs for Vulnerability Detection
Biwei Yan, Yue Zhang, Minghui Xu, Runyu Pan, Jinku Li, Xiuzhen Cheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09291

What You Code Is What We Prove: Translating BLE App Logic into Formal Models with LLMs for Vulnerability Detection
The application layer of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a growing source of security vulnerabilities, as developers often neglect to implement critical protections such as encryption, authentication, and freshness. While formal verification offers a principled way to check these properties, the manual effort of constructing formal models makes it impractical for large-scale analysis. This paper introduces a key insight: BLE application security analysis can be reframed as a semantic translation …

Capsizing-Guided Trajectory Optimization for Autonomous Navigation with Rough Terrain
Wei Zhang, Yinchuan Wang, Wangtao Lu, Pengyu Zhang, Xiang Zhang, Yue Wang, Chaoqun Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08108

Capsizing-Guided Trajectory Optimization for Autonomous Navigation with Rough Terrain
It is a challenging task for ground robots to autonomously navigate in harsh environments due to the presence of non-trivial obstacles and uneven terrain. This requires trajectory planning that balances safety and efficiency. The primary challenge is to generate a feasible trajectory that prevents robot from tip-over while ensuring effective navigation. In this paper, we propose a capsizing-aware trajectory planner (CAP) to achieve trajectory planning on the uneven terrain. The tip-over stabili…

Harley was trying to go lay in her bed in the bedroom this morning - you can see it in the top left corner of the photo. Unfortunately, she was wary of Casper lying in wait in the laundry basket. You can see his white ears sticking out the top of the basket. Harley chose to avoid getting pounced on if she went by and laid down out of reach.
#DogsOfMastadon #CatsOfMastadon #Hunting

Most carbon taxes are not designed to lower carbon emissions, study finds #carbon

Most carbon taxes are not designed to lower carbon emissions, study finds
Carbon taxes are widely seen as one of the most effective policy options for reducing emissions. However, the main rationale behind initially low carbon taxes is often not to reduce emissions but to generate tax revenues or meet international expectations, according to a study published in One Earth. As noted by the authors, the observations cast doubt on whether carbon taxes should always be viewed as climate policies.

«AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it»
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/

Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/uk-electricity-firms-cables-leaking-oil-underground

Finally got around to visualising the output of our combined drone mapping, collecting street-level imagery, and on-the-ground mapping a couple of weeks ago (c.f. #openstreetmap

«Innes and Gurr’s response so far suggests that the leadership remains committed to its long-term strategy of denial. Multiple current Turing staffers have described leadership’s communications with staff as tantamount to “gaslighting”.»
https://www.chalmermagne.com/p/how-not-to-fix-an-ai-institute

NASA satellites show surge in Indonesia hotspots as 2025 fires send smoke to Malaysia https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/nasa-satellites-show-surge-in-indonesia-hotspots-as-2025-fires-send-smoke-to-malaysia/

NASA satellites show surge in Indonesia hotspots as 2025 fires send smoke to Malaysia
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s 2025 fire season is spiraling into one of the worst in recent memory, with a sharp spike in hotspots and toxic haze already choking parts of Malaysia. Forest and peat fires, mostly caused by deliberate land clearing for agriculture, are an annual problem in Indonesia that strain relations with neighboring countries. July […]

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

The 30-minute workout that could slash cancer cell growth by 30% #health

The 30-minute workout that could slash cancer cell growth by 30%
A vigorous workout can spark anti-cancer proteins, cut cancer cell growth, and help survivors fight recurrence by reducing inflammation and improving body composition.

Overhaul global food systems to avert worsening land crisis, scientists urge #environment

Overhaul global food systems to avert worsening land crisis, scientists urge
In the journal Nature, 21 leading scientists prescribe ways to use food systems to halt and reverse land degradation, underlining that doing so must become a top global priority to mitigate climate change and stop biodiversity loss.

Aquafaba 101: A Guide To Cooking With Chickpea Water #plantbased

Aquafaba 101: A Guide To Cooking With Chickpea Water
Learn how to make and use aquafaba as a reliable and healthy egg and oil substitute for vegan baking and cooking.

Brazil’s shark meat problem #AnimalRights

Brazil’s shark meat problem
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The country best known for samba and soybeans has quietly become the world’s largest importer of shark meat. A recent investigation by Mongabay’s Philip Jacobson, Karla Mendes and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser reveals the extent to which this […]

Police investigating after carriage horse found dead on street in Hell's Kitchen https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-carriage-horse-death-nypd-investigating-animal-found-dead-hells-kitchen/17443944/

Police investigating after carriage horse found dead on street in Hell's Kitchen
Police are investigating after a 15-year-old carriage horse named Lady was found dead on a street in Hell's Kitchen.

Lives, not stocks! Animals are not stocks! #AnimalRights

Animals are not stock!
Transportation is a highly traumatic time for a lot of animals

Someone made a custom case for a Framework laptop to put a mechanical keyboard into it.
It's a cute idea, but I think @… keyboards & laptops look a lot nicer 😁
https://www.reddit.com/r/framework/comments/1nfc4dz/i_redesigned_the_framework_13_to_feature_a/

Scientists identify 4,200 plastic chemicals of concern and highlight safer approaches https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scientists-plastic-chemicals-highlight-safer.html

Scientists identify 4,200 plastic chemicals of concern and highlight safer approaches
Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable. Plastic chemicals are a core issue because all plastics, from food packaging to car tires, contain hundreds of chemicals that can leach into foodstuffs, homes, and the environment.

One of the niche tumblr blogs I've had in my feed reader for ages and I regularly come across interesting tidbits:
«Apparently it’s not even particularly rare for finless porpoises to have intersex features….and it’s true for a lot of open ocean dolphin species.»
https://arsanatomica.tumblr.com/post/794477012932788224

None Make It Out Alive: Rabbit Testing #AnimalRights #rabbits

While the Brazilian government is selling off the Amazon Rainforest to fossil fuel companies, banks like Banco Santander are bankrolling them to further destroy the Amazon. Without money, fossil fuel giants can’t drill. Sign the petition and tell Santander, stop destroying the Amazon! https://act.350.org/sign/Santander-ama

Tell Santander: Stop destroying the Amazon!
While the Brazilian government is selling off the Amazon Rainforest to fossil fuel companies, banks like Banco Santander are bankrolling them to further destroy the Amazon. Without money, fossil fuel giants can’t drill. Sign the petition and tell Santander, stop destroying the Amazon!

«UK government suggests deleting files to save water»
The same government that wants to "turbocharge AI" with "AI Growth Zones", that puts "AI" into public services left and right, and the government that generally seems to be fully "AI"-pilled now has the audacity to ask people to delete emails "to save water"? 😂
https://www.theverge.com/science/758275/drought-delete-files-email-data-center-water-uk

Toxic Pfas above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/toxic-pfas-above-proposed-safety-limits-in-almost-all-english-waters-tested

Aquifer system faces decline in multiple regions, study shows #Washington

Aquifer system faces decline in multiple regions, study shows
Groundwater is declining across Eastern Washington's complex, interconnected aquifer system, as people draw on it for irrigation, drinking and other uses at a pace that threatens its sustainability, according to a new study by a Washington State University researcher.

«A lot of management exists in a world where they don't understand exactly what their subordinates are doing. They've relied on listening to people and judging how accurate it sounds. AI is like catnip to these people - it outputs sounds like what a skilled person would say.»
This is too accurate and tells you how useless large parts of the managerial class are.
https://mastodon.social/@panther_modern/115009706024343289

Help Ban Foie Gras in the United States! #AnimalRights…

ICYMI yesterday: I've been writing about the diversity of tools for contributing to #OpenStreetMap and how this diversity plays a role in creating and maintaining a healthy commons.
https://tzovar.as/tool-diversity/

June was hottest on record in western Europe: EU monitor #Europe

June was hottest on record in western Europe: EU monitor
Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heat waves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday.

As exotic pet demands rise, invertebrates need trade protections too: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/as-exotic-pet-demands-rise-invertebrates-need-trade-protections-too-study/

As exotic pet demands rise, invertebrates need trade protections too: Study
As the demand for butterflies, spiders, ants and other terrestrial invertebrates grows worldwide, researchers in a recent study say better policy and regulation coverage can help ensure sustainability. The researchers reviewed existing scientific studies that mention the trade in terrestrial invertebrates and found that most research focuses on the exotic pet trade, specifically of spiders […]

A flock of blue-and-yellow tanagers is sitting in the tree outside, flying back and forth to a privet to load up on food.

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates #Europe

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates
Human-caused climate change is responsible for killing about 1,500 people in last week's European heat wave, a first-of-its-kind rapid study found.

What happens when bees can’t buzz right? Nature starts falling apart #nature

What happens when bees can’t buzz right? Nature starts falling apart
High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, raising alarms for ecosystems and sparking ideas for pollination robots.

«Dominance does not equal importance, nor is dominance the same as relevance. The snag at Mozilla is a management layer that doesn't appear to understand what works for its product nor which parts of it matter most to users.»
From "Firefox is fine. The people running it are not"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/

Climate change action could dramatically limit rising UK heat wave deaths #UnitedKingdom

Climate change action could dramatically limit rising UK heat wave deaths
A new study suggests that, under realistic scenarios of high emissions and socioeconomic development, annual heat-related deaths in the U.K. could rise to about 50 times current rates by the 2070s, but that climate change mitigation and adaptation could significantly limit this rise.

Ecuador: Stop land grabbing and racial discrimination for palm oil! https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1270/ecuador-stop-land-grabbing-and-racial-discrimination-for-palm-oil

#petition Ecuador: Stop land grabbing and racial discrimination for palm oil!
Communities in northern Ecuador are fighting back against land grabbing and deforestation by the palm oil industry. Yet instead of ensuring law and order, the Ecuadorian authorities are siding with the companies – the courts are working to break the resistance of the people by ordering them to pay damages for their protests.

Street trees unequally distributed across Canada, study finds #Canada

Street trees unequally distributed across Canada, study finds
A new study from the University of Toronto Mississauga finds that street trees are unevenly distributed across Canadian cities, with marginalized neighborhoods often seeing fewer and smaller trees and less species diversity.

Ask TUI to Stop Supporting Orca Abuse #AnimalRights

Please ask TUI UK to stop supporting orca abuse
TUI UK continues to sell tickets to SeaWorld, despite being fully aware of the company's cruel treatment of animals for profit.

Plastics threaten ecosystems and human health, but evidence‑based solutions are under political fire https://phys.org/news/2025-07-plastics-threaten-ecosystems-human-health.html

Plastics threaten ecosystems and human health, but evidence‑based solutions are under political fire
Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations Environment Program announcing that the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution will reconvene in August.

Farm Sanctuary fights the disastrous effects of animal agriculture on animals, the environment, social justice, and public health through rescue, education, and advocacy. #AnimalRights

We Envision a World Where Sanctuary Replaces Exploitation | Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary is a nonprofit pursuing bold solutions to end animal agriculture and foster compassionate vegan living.

Extreme weather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office #UnitedKingdom

Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal
The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

Study reveals the extent to which nanoplastic pollutes the North Atlantic #Atlantic

Study reveals the extent to which nanoplastic pollutes the North Atlantic
Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris such as nets and bags or mistake smaller pieces for food. Ingested plastic can block or injure the gastrointestinal tract. The smallest plastic particles in the micro and nano range are mostly excreted, but a small proportion can pass through the intestinal wall and enter the bloodstream.

Experts warn Canada's wildfire season likely to be massive again #Canada

Experts warn Canada's wildfire season likely to be massive again
Two years after a historically devastating summer, Canada is once again facing a massive fire season, with burned areas already exceeding year-to-date averages from recent years.

Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/research-reveals-24000-megafarms-across-europe

Vegan Shopping Basket Saves Austrian Families €225 per Month, Study Shows https://vegconomist.com/studies-and-numbers/vegan-shopping-basket-saves-austrian-families-e225-per-month-study-shows/

Vegan Shopping Basket Saves Austrian Families €225 per Month, Study Shows - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
A recent study conducted by the Institute for Organic Farming (FiBL) has provided new insight into the cost of various diets, revealing that a fully vegan

Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines #Myanmar

Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.

Between #GiveUpGitHub and #iNaturalist jumping the "AI" shark, I'm extra grateful for infrastructures like @… that have democratic governance mechanisms to give contributors a real vote and power in decision making.
I hope more folks use those opportunities to find infrastructures that they can actually co-own, instead of wasting time & energy in dictatorial platforms that at best "make the community feel heard" (notice the subtle difference between being heard and feeling heard).

Old-growth forest logging resumed in Finland – Stora Enso breaking its sustainability promises https://www.greenpeace.org/finland/blogit/metsat/old-growth-forest-logging-resumed-in-finland-stora-enso-bre…

Old-growth forest logging resumed in Finland – Stora Enso breaking its sustainability promises - Greenpeace Suomi
In March we warned that forestry giant Stora Enso’s products may contain traces of old growth forests. Well now we know that they do, with fresh proof from Kainuu, Finland.…

New simulations show how much colder European winters would get if AMOC collapses #Europe

New simulations show how much colder European winters would get if AMOC collapses
A pair of meteorologists in the Netherlands has used new simulations to show just how cold many of Europe's cities could get if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) were to collapse due to global warming. In their study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, René van Westen and Michiel Baatsen developed a climate model based on a range of ocean temperature changes that could arise due to global warming.

Garlic And Pepper Tofu #plantbased

Garlic And Pepper Tofu
This quick and easy garlic and pepper tofu can easily incorporate other meat alternatives like soy curls or tempeh.

I mean sure, "AI" might make that somehow easier to pull off, but "politicians holding signs that could be manipulated" has been the source of hilarity since Photoshop v1 released.
And every generation of politicians and political campaign managers seems to have to re-learn this lesson. 😅
«Swedish Prime Minister Pulls AI Campaign Tool After It Was Used to Ask Hitler for Support»
https://www.404media.co/swedish-prime-minister-pulls-ai-campaign-tool-after-it-was-used-to-ask-hitler-for-support/

«GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has resigned, and now GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team.» 🫠
https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

Following our mapping party for OpenStreetMap's birthday, I've been thinking more about the diversity of OSM tools and how they help create and maintain a commons.
#OpenStreetMap

The last dog walk of the day on a foggy winter evening.

Soil runoff from logged forests releases more reactive carbon, undermining climate mitigation efforts #environment

Soil runoff from logged forests releases more reactive carbon, undermining climate mitigation efforts
The global demand for wood-based products is constantly increasing, creating a challenge for the logging industry. In an attempt to keep up in a sustainable manner, the industry replaces logged areas with tree farms and nurseries to eventually replenish supplies. This use and regrowth of wood has also been thought to help maintain a carbon sink. While this may be true to some extent, a new study has found that an important source of carbon loss is often being left out of the equation.

In southeast Nigeria, pangolins hunted for meat, not scales, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/in-southeast-nigeria-pangolins-hunted-for-meat-not-scales-study-finds/

In southeast Nigeria, pangolins hunted for meat, not scales, study finds
When headline after headline highlights tons of pangolin scale seizures in Nigeria, it’s easy to presume that most pangolin poaching in the country is driven by the international demand for the scales. A recently published research, however, finds that in Nigeria’s Cross River state, pangolins are hunted for their meat — much-prized locally — rather […]

Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds #UnitedStates

Why the East Antarctic interior is warming faster and earlier than its coastal areas #Antarctic

Why the East Antarctic interior is warming faster and earlier than its coastal areas
Scientists have confirmed that East Antarctica's interior is warming faster than its coastal areas and identified the cause. A 30-year study, published in Nature Communications and led by Nagoya University's Naoyuki Kurita, has traced this warming to increased warm air flow triggered by temperature changes in the Southern Indian Ocean.

The invisible plastic threat you can finally see #environment

The invisible plastic threat you can finally see
Researchers in Germany and Australia have created a simple but powerful tool to detect nanoplastics—tiny, invisible particles that can slip through skin and even the blood-brain barrier. Using an "optical sieve" test strip viewed under a regular microscope, these particles reveal themselves through striking color changes.

Corporate reports miss the mark on ocean health, according to new analysis #ocean

Corporate reports miss the mark on ocean health, according to new analysis
New research led by Stanford University and co-authored by Lancaster University explores the industrial impacts on the ocean and compares them with what leading companies in the ocean economy disclose, underscoring the need for greater transparency and accountability.

Bulgur Salad With Peppers, Chickpeas, and Pistachios https://plantbasednews.org/veganrecipes/lunch/bulgur-salad-with-peppers-chickpeas-and-pistachios/

Bulgur Salad With Peppers, Chickpeas, and Pistachios
Make this high-protein bulgur salad with peppers, chickpeas, and pistachios for a tasty end of summer salad.

Tourism surge and climate change threaten Nepal’s Mustang https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/tourism-surge-and-climate-change-threaten-nepals-mustang/

Tourism surge and climate change threaten Nepal’s Mustang
Since the completion of an all-weather road eight years ago, Nepal’s remote Mustang region has become a mass tourism destination, reports Mongabay’s Abhaya Raj Joshi. The surge in tourists, combined with the impacts of climate change, could put the fragile Himalayan region at greater risk of future disasters. Previously, Mustang was a destination for foreign […]

Urge Coach to Stop Selling Leather #AnimalRights

Urge Coach to Stop Selling Leather
Cows suffer for leather, and animal agriculture – which includes the leather industry – is a leading contributor to the climate catastrophe. We can help stop this.

Study: There is less room to store carbon dioxide, driver of climate change, than previously thought #carbon

Study: There is less room to store carbon dioxide, driver of climate change, than previously thought
The world has far fewer places to securely store carbon dioxide deep underground than previously thought, steeply lowering its potential to help stem global warming, according to a new study that challenges long-held industry claims about the practice.