Climate scientists say they are running out of adjectives to describe recent weather anomalies.
Last year was the hottest on record:
the World Meteorological Organisation said that temperatures were roughly 1.45°Cabove pre-industrial levels.
Samantha Burgess, the deputy director of the EU’s climate agency, said that the second half of 2023 had “truly been shocking”.
This year could be hotter still.
In June 2023 the world entered an “El Niño” phase.
This nat…
"Last Summer Was the Hottest in More Than 2,000 Years"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://e360.yale.ed…
Old Gods of Appalachia 🧑🌾🧺👹
Narrated horror anthology | A horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake.
3 seasons, 50 episodes as of Jan 11, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/old-gods-of-a
Rivoluzione nel Kernel Linux: Microsoft introduce le astrazioni Rust per VFS!
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-e4ebceca-dd3f50485050f744
Rivoluzione nel Kernel Linux: Microsoft introduce le astrazioni Rust per VFS! Alla fine del 2023, sono sta…
I appreciate news orgs doing this sort of “here’s the big picture” reporting:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14032024/inside-clean-energy-coal-power-decline/
This isn’t breaking news. This is seeing the forest instead of runn…
SoftBank reports a $4.6B gain on its Vision Fund in the fiscal year to March 2024, the first gain since 2021, after ByteDance and DoorDash rose in value (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/13/softbank-earnings-q4-and-full-year-fy-2023.…
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o meu pai, com a sabedoria da idade, entende que as pessoas no atendimento ao cliente não são responsšveis pelas regras estúpidas, e começa as chamadas com alguma variante d…
@… @…
o meu pai, com a sabedoria da idade, entende que as pessoas no atendimento ao cliente não são responsšveis pelas regras estúpidas, e começa as chamadas com alguma variante d…
This is how we get rapid scattered systemic collapse. We elect lawless people to positions which a large fraction of them believe to be the only legitimate law enforcement authorities and effectively above the law.
There are counties in #Michigan that I would be unsurprised to see openly reject the authority of state or federal law enforcement.
Old Gods of Appalachia 🧑🌾🧺👹
Narrated horror anthology | A horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake.
3 seasons, 50 episodes as of Jan 11, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/old-gods-of-a
Anthropological Differences: Vortragsreihe mit Étienne Balibar Potsdam & Berlin, April 18-19, 2024 https://www.euroethno.hu-berlin.de/de/das-institut/aktuelles/anthropological-differences-vor…
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Mozart, Elgar and Grieg from the National Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Moldova
Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto, Grieg's Holberg Suite and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro at the 2023 Martisor International Music Festival in Chisinau.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yzn5
The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota
It’s known for being the home of Mount Rushmore – and not much else.
But thanks to its relish for deregulation, the state is fast becoming the most profitable place for the mega-wealthy to park their billions
– podcast and text:
<"[31m"?! ANSI Terminal security in 2023 and finding 10 CVEs>
https://dgl.cx/2023/09/ansi-terminal-security
1/ „Numerous experts said they had been left feeling hopeless, infuriated and scared by the failure of governments to act despite the clear scientific evidence provided.“
I feel hopeless, infuriated and scared.
Andererseits findet demnächst ne Party statt, bei der der Ausbau der Erneuerbaren gefeiert wird. Das war 2023 wohl wirklich enorm. Stay tuned. Ich werde dabei sein und berichten.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature
James Is Missing 👨👩👧👦🕵️📺
Dramatized sit-com series | A group of ride-or-die friends is thrown into chaos when one of their members suddenly ghosts them all. Everyone has their theory. Only one of them can be true.
1 seasons, 6 episodes as of Nov 23, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/james-is-miss…
Dr Cornel West - 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane'
A series of five lectures held at Edinburgh University between 6 May and 16 May 2024. Livestreamed 5 pm to 7 pm BDT/ 12 pm to 2 pm EDT.
https://w…
Wegen Transparenz weise ich darauf hin, dass ich die von mir für #digitalcourage e.V. aufgesetzte Mastodon-Instanz digitalcourage.social zwar technisch betreue (administriere), aber seit Ende 2023 keinen Einfluss mehr auf Moderationsentscheidungen habe.
Das gleiche gilt für die von @…
For #ThursDeath this week, something special I somehow missed from 2023.
Canada's COPROLITH (what's in the water up there in Canada?) released this grody, crushing, disgusting self-titled demo last year. It starts with this wall of sound type riff and then it devolves into this midtempo riff, and goes back and forth.. THIS is the shit I LOVE. And then 6 tracks of this. 🤯
Rotted Life…
#TodayILearned that there is a genre of squishy slip-on shoes made in China that are collectively called “stepping on shit feeling” (踩屎感)shoes.
#products #shoes
James Is Missing 👨👩👧👦🕵️📺
Dramatized sit-com series | A group of ride-or-die friends is thrown into chaos when one of their members suddenly ghosts them all. Everyone has their theory. Only one of them can be true.
1 seasons, 6 episodes as of Nov 23, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/james-is-miss…
Here's some love for some of our fabulous #UniversityOfGeorgia interns and student employees, a bunch of whom are graduating today. https://georgiamuseum.org/gmoa_blog/20
All this highlights the increasing divergence between the UK and the US when it comes to labor rights. Under the Biden Administration, @NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has promulgated a rule that grants a union *automatic* recognition if the boss does anything to interfere with a union election:
…
So sieht es wohl aus. Die allermeisten sterben im und durchs Auto, aber das ist so normalisiert, das zählt schon nicht mehr zu den Problemen. Die Probleme haben alle zwei Räder.
#motornormativity #verkehr
Quelle:
2023 erreichte die globale #Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Quellen einen Rekord von 30%. Trotz eines Anstiegs der CO₂-Emissionen aus der #Stromproduktion zeigt die Ember-Studie einen positiven Trend: Die erneuten Spitzenwerte könnten das letzte Mal gewesen sein. Mit einer Zunahme von…
A must-read.
Texas isn't the only state pushing for an end to no-fault divorce--Nebraska, Mississippi, & Louisiana are, too, & many more will follow. Red states want to trap women in pregnancy & in marriage, & they don't care how many of us die as a result. They're misogynists & abusers, & they want to take us back to a time when (white) men had all the power & we had none. #GOP
Wrong Turn At Alpine 🌲🪶⚡️
Dramatized urban fantasy comedy | A local news team stumbles into a 'Mystery Lights Viewing Station’ in small town Alpine and the only way out is 'to get a healing’ but who does these healings?
1 seasons, 7 episodes as of Jun 28, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/show…
CSIS warned Prime Minister's Office in 2023 that China 'clandestinely and deceptively' interfered in elections (Kate McKenna/CBC News)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pmo-briefing-leaks-1.7167090
http://www.memeorandum.com/240409/p3#a240409p3
Schienennetz verfällt weiter: So schlimm steht es wirklich um die Bahn
Der Zustand des deutschen Bahnnetzes hat sich 2023 weiter verschlechtert. Dieses Jahr will der DB-Konzern die Trendwende schaffen. Doch mittelfristig fehlen dafür Milliarden.
https://www.
Die Bibliothek der #UniOsnabrück ist im Fediverse, @… , sehr cool! Begründung:
Low-Latitude Auroras: Insights from 23 April 2023 Solar Storm
Geeta Vichare, Ankush Bhaskar, Rahul Rawat, Virendra Yadav, Wageesh Mishra, Dorje Angchuk, Anand Kumar Singh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08821
Yeah, it’s these kind of complications that made me decide that LASIK is not “for me” even though the vision in one of my eyes is pretty bad (both are corrected), I can live with it. https://mstdn.social/@MatthewChat/112404984819210716
Binance sources and documents: internal investigators, dismissed in late 2023, found evidence of market manipulation by DWF Labs and secret trading accounts (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/cur…
Jump Leads 🚀🤣🎭
Dramatized scifi comedy series | Meaney and Llewellyn are cadets in Lead Service, an organization established to police and protect the ever-expanding multiverse. They soon learn that things don’t always go by the book. JUMP LEADS is a science fiction comedy audiodrama series based on the webcomi...
https://www.
When Patrick Bringley’s beloved older brother fell ill with cancer,
he found that he no longer had much appetite for his ritzy job in the events department of the New Yorker.
Life then was about hospital rooms and love and “all the very basic things” in this world;
there seemed no meaning in hanging his jacket over his desk chair every morning.
But what to do instead?
In 2008, Tom died, and all Patrick knew was that he needed the kind of work that would not r…
@…
I read somewhere I can't recall, that all good scifi is a reflection on the human condition.
I think that's really true, and it doesn't resonate if it's done just in the abstract, it needs well developed characters to work.
Jump Leads 🚀🤣🎭
Dramatized scifi comedy series | Meaney and Llewellyn are cadets in Lead Service, an organization established to police and protect the ever-expanding multiverse. They soon learn that things don’t always go by the book. JUMP LEADS is a science fiction comedy audiodrama series based on the webcomi...
https://www.
All this highlights the increasing divergence between the UK and the US when it comes to labor rights. Under the Biden Administration, @NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has promulgated a rule that grants a union *automatic* recognition if the boss does anything to interfere with a union election:
…
Kerri Starring Pauline Chalamet 📲👩🏻❤️👨🏻🍻
Dramatized rom-com | Two best friends make a bet. If Kerri dates only men personally vetted by Mark–Mark guarantees he will find Kerri the perfect guy. But if Mark fails, he has to ask his girlfriend, Amanda, to move in. The game is on. That is, if Mark and Kerri’s own chemistry doesn't get in th...
Kerri Starring Pauline Chalamet 📲👩🏻❤️👨🏻🍻
Dramatized rom-com | Two best friends make a bet. If Kerri dates only men personally vetted by Mark–Mark guarantees he will find Kerri the perfect guy. But if Mark fails, he has to ask his girlfriend, Amanda, to move in. The game is on. That is, if Mark and Kerri’s own chemistry doesn't get in th...
CSIS warned Prime Minister's Office in 2023 that China 'clandestinely and deceptively' interfered in elections (Kate McKenna/CBC News)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pmo-briefing-leaks-1.7167090
http://www.memeorandum.com/240409/p3#a240409p3
Boeing confirms that LockBit attempted to extort a $200M ransom in October 2023; the company reportedly didn't pay any ransom after ~43GB of its data was posted (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/boeing-confirms-attempted-2…
Tiny Central Coast newsroom Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize
As legacy publications celebrated their Pulitzer Prize wins Monday,
bottles of champagne were also uncorked at Lookout Santa Cruz,
a fledgling 10-person newsroom based on the second floor of a former bank on Santa Cruz’s quiet, tree-lined Pacific Avenue.
“What a day!” said Ken Doctor, the Lookout’s chief executive and founder. “It’s incredible!”
The online news organization won the prize for it…
Kenneth Gainwell describes Eagles' 2023 collapse, as team lost six of seven to close season
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/kenneth
Reformation Abroad 🚀🗡️✊
Dramatized scifi series | When prisoners find themselves in outer space on a special work-release program, they quickly realize that things may not be as they seem. Join team 119 as they try to outrun their past and set aside their differences for a better future.
1 seasons, 5 episodes as of May...
https…
Sources: French AI startup Mistral AI is nearing a deal to raise ~$600M at a $6B valuation, after raising $500M at a $2B valuation in December 2023 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…
Reformation Abroad 🚀🗡️✊
Dramatized scifi series | When prisoners find themselves in outer space on a special work-release program, they quickly realize that things may not be as they seem. Join team 119 as they try to outrun their past and set aside their differences for a better future.
1 seasons, 5 episodes as of May...
https…
Kenneth Gainwell describes Eagles' 2023 collapse, as team lost six of seven to close season
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/kenneth
The Last Echoes 🛰️📓😟
Dramatized scifi | A political science fiction podcast fueled by hope and finding meaning in ordinary moments.
1 seasons, 8 episodes as of Aug 06, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/the-last-echoes
Unity reports Q1 revenue down 8% YoY to $460M, vs. $433M est., a $291M net loss, including $212M of restructuring costs, compared with a $254M loss in Q1 2023 (Emily Bary/MarketWatch)
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwat
The Package 🚵🏇📦
Dramatized thoughtful tale | Six conversations that an inquisitive courier has with others along the way of delivering: The Package.
1 seasons, 6 episodes as of Sep 19, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/the-package
Tiny Central Coast newsroom Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize
As legacy publications celebrated their Pulitzer Prize wins Monday,
bottles of champagne were also uncorked at Lookout Santa Cruz,
a fledgling 10-person newsroom based on the second floor of a former bank on Santa Cruz’s quiet, tree-lined Pacific Avenue.
“What a day!” said Ken Doctor, the Lookout’s chief executive and founder. “It’s incredible!”
The online news organization won the prize for it…
Bernie's Bistro 🤣🍲🇨🇦
Dramatized comedy | A 3-episode comedy written and produced by Kitchener’s popular Backyard Theatre in cooperation with Jony Studios in Waterloo.
Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts
1 seasons, 3 episodes as of Jun 27, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/bernies-bistr…
The Girl Across the Lake 😔🥺🫶
Dramatized mystery series | An audio drama about a girl embarking on an internal journey in search of the reasons for having the same haunting dream every night over the course of three months.
1 seasons, 5 episodes as of Oct 31, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows…
Good Morning Murderer 🎒🔪🤣
Narrated mystery comedy | This is a fiction podcast where you will hear all about the murders and odd classes that take place at Wilkerson High as you listen to their morning announcements.
Created and voiced by a female POC.
1 seasons, 10 episodes as of Nov 06, 2023.
https://www.
Where Are the Chickadee Brothers? 🐦🌳❓
Dramatized animal adventures | When Chet and Cap Chickadee go missing after a trip to Brazil to study Amazonian wildlife for the podcast, Devon is left worried. What happened to them? Who is the mysterious texter? Where are the Chickadee brothers? Listen and maybe you’ll find out.
For kids, by k...
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Analysis: Asia Pacific data center deals, which have totaled $840.47M in 2024, or 50% of the global total so far, are set to surpass 2023's $3.45B record high (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ai-boom-set-fuel-…
Theatre of The Damned 🎭🔪🩸
Dramatized dark comic horror | Explore the blood-curdling depths to which struggling immigrant theatre producer, Camille Choisy, penniless Parisian playwright, Andre De Lorde and aspiring actress, Paula Maxa, will stoop in order to satisfy their audiences’ blood-thirsty appetite and gain Faustian...
https…
ENKI: Tales from the Past 👽🌏🐵
Narrated/Dramatized scifi history of the world | Based on the Ancient Aliens theories with a clear unique vision and take by the author, you will learn an alternate history from the protagonists themselves. This is heavily researched and detailed, so you have the best of experiences as if you wer...
Sources: ByteDance's EBITDA rose 60% YoY in 2023 to $40B and its sales rose from $80B to $120B, the first time ByteDance surpassed Tencent in revenue and profit (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
Strange Stories from Odd Folx 😱🏳️🌈🎭
Narrated multigenre anthology | Short stories written by LGBTQIA2S folk! A showcase of own voices talent.
1 seasons, 10 episodes as of Sep 12, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/strange-stories-from-odd-folx<…
Strange Stories from Odd Folx 😱🏳️🌈🎭
Narrated multigenre anthology | Short stories written by LGBTQIA2S folk! A showcase of own voices talent.
1 seasons, 10 episodes as of Sep 12, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/strange-stories-from-odd-folx<…
The Hidden People 🧚♀️👊✨
Urban Fantasy | A creepy modern fantasy that begins as a murder mystery and becomes a dark fantasy adventure filled with action, Irish and Norse folklore, and fae. Come for the creepy mysteries and stay for the fantasy action.
Female-led cast, LGBTQ performers and characters
3 seasons, 66 epis...
…
Gareth and the Lost Island 🤣⚔🧝♂️
Dramatized steampunk fantasy comedy | Professor Gareth Mintel had everything he ever wanted, as the youngest professor in the history of the University Arcanum. Now Gareth finds himself saddled with the impossible quest to find the Lost Island of Mascal, or be permanently banished from the univer...
Liars & Leeches 🧍🏿♀️👁🕴
Dramatized supernatural horror series | The first original audio drama from Hemlock Creek Productions, LIARS & LEECHES delves deep into the complicated horrors of grief, trauma, resilience, and steadfast human determination to uncover the truth.
1 seasons, 10 episodes as of Jun 15, 2023.
https://www.<…
Spirit Box Radio 📻👻🌟
Dramatized horror series | A cosy horror fiction podcast about a radio show for enthusiasts of all things arcane.
3 seasons, 93 episodes as of Jul 12, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/spirit-box-radio
Residents of Proserpina Park 🏞️🦄🧚
Dramatized urban fantasy comedy | A monster of the week fiction podcast focusing on mythology.
WOC, AAPI, Queer representation
3 seasons, 32 episodes as of Aug 06, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/residents-of-proser…
The Narthonia Chronicles 🌏🏰🐉
Narrated fantasy | Welcome to THE NARTHONIA CHRONICLES, a new podcast in which you will follow the stories of 6 brave adventurers as they explore the vast world of Narthonia.
Queer creator and characters
1 seasons, 8 episodes as of Apr 17, 2023.
https://www.…
The Occult Adventures of Norman P. Blank 🤣🪄 📖
Dramatized urban fantasy comedy | A high fantasy, irreverent serialized podcast about an ordinary lawyer in 1930’s San Francisco who is thrust into the city’s magical underbelly.
1 seasons, 12 episodes as of Feb 27, 2023.
https://www.
Love Notes 🥰👫🏽💌
Narrated romance series | Love stories that fit in the palm of your hand. Weekly short stories about intimate moments between strangers, lovers, family members, and friends.
Produced, written, and narrated by a woman of color.
1 seasons, 37 episodes as of Dec 25, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/…
Midnight on Mercy Mountain 🌌🎤🏳️🌈
Dramatized comedy series | Local Mercy Mountain radio show host Julian Glass broadcasts the late-night activities of the residents of a small, supposedly normal, Appalachian town.
Produced by a queer creator.
1 seasons, 17 episodes as of Nov 12, 2023.
https://www.
Life With LEO(h) 👩🏿💻💜🤖
Romantic Comedy | A sci-fi(ish) romantic comedy podcast starring a repressed lawyer, a criminal client, a pesky sister and her fiance, an infuriatingly sexy coworker, and an android in the mood for love
It was created and directed by Black women and features a primarily POC cast as well as many ...
https://…
Who Killed Alaska? 🐕🔮👻
Dramatized mystery adventure | A private detective and an eccentric stoner compete to solve a mysterious death. Join Boo and Denver for this charming adventure, full of friendship, threats, threats of friendship, and just a touch of witchcraft.
A queer perspective and a neurodivergent perspectiv...
https:/…
Small Victories 😗🫣😝
Dramatized modern fiction | A recently recovered drug addict tries to start her new lease on life, too bad life has it out for her.
It heavily features Queer Black characters and actors.
2 seasons, 20 episodes as of Oct 04, 2023.
https://www.theend.fyi/shows/small-victori
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