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Congratulations to @…! 🎉 Robert, who became the 2025 Wikimedian of the Year earlier this year, is now a finalist for the Singaporean of the Year 2025! 🇸🇬

Singaporean of the Year finalist: Meet the internet’s janitor whose fingerprints are all over Wikipedia
Volunteers like Mr Robert Sim keep the online encyclopedia Wikipedia alive and accurate. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

We are grieving the loss of
#Kristina #Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer.
She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea.
Read our full statement here:

We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean… | Schmidt Ocean Institute
We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea. Her legacy is tremendous. She was co-founder of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, and the High Seas Alliance. Along with many other colleagues around the world, she fought for the High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity B…

#SilentSunday #sunsets #clouds

Before the pandemic, I used to stay at a #Starbucks café a lot and I used to collect their Christmas stickers to get a free planner. For instance, I spent a total of ₱18,870 in 2018, which is about $370, not adjusted for inflation.
But ever since their usual drinks started going over ₱200 (~$3.41), I rarely buy from them anymore. I’ve only bought from them less than a handful of times this y…

The ocean conservation world has lost a giant. Kristina Gjerde, known as the "mother of the high seas," spent two decades building the coalitions that led to the historic 2023 UN High Seas Treaty—protecting biodiversity in international waters for the first time.
Her work became urgent as industrial activities threatened deep-sea ecosystems. She was 68.

Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died
Half the planet lies outside any country’s border. In those waters, rules have long been thinner than the myths: freedom to fish meant freedom to take; “out of sight” became “out of mind.” The deep ocean and the high seas were treated as a backdrop to coastal concerns, even as they stored carbon and heat, […]

No Screens
#poetry #poetrycommunity Another morning poem that started as a half-waking image. Today, I am in core reality.No screens, just sunlight, air, and greeneryOn a hill above the reservoir.An ocean sparkles to the south. I amThe center of perspective. I command The view. I …

"This startup wants to build pumped hydro storage in the ocean"
#Hydrogen #Energy
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This startup wants to build pumped hydro storage in the ocean
Sizable Energy raised $8M to build a demonstration plant that stores energy for long durations by pumping brine between inflatable reservoirs in the sea.

I only noticed now that the famous string riff in the iconic shower scene in Psycho accompanies the mention of the movie in Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”.
#TIL #music #songs

Ooh. There’s an interesting pull request for the #OpenStreetMap iD editor to allow viewing some #WikimediaCommons photos within the editor in a similar manner to street-level photos from #Mapillary…