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New NATO commander takes helm as alliance lauds outgoing chief for modernizing defense: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/05/new-nato-commander-takes-helm.html

Analysis: Community Notes submissions on X fell from a high of 120,000 in January to fewer than 60,000 in May; Musk now rarely mentions the feature (Joe Murphy/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-twitter-community-not…

Use of Community Notes on Elon Musk's X has plummeted in 2025
Half as many crowdsourced Community Notes were created in May than were created in January.

Free cinematic sound libraries for Kontakt | Native Instruments Blog https://blog.native-instruments.com/free-cinematic-sound-libraries/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm…

Free cinematic sound libraries for Kontakt | Native Instruments Blog
Write pro-sounding movie scores for free. Explore the 15 best free libraries for cinematic sound, from orchestras to epic synths and more.

(Je n'ai pas accès, mais c'est une bonne question!)
"Le Monde – Dominique Méda : « Qu’est-ce qui explique la haine de l’écologie, qui sert de ciment en Europe et ailleurs ? »"
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Dominique Méda : « Qu’est-ce qui explique la haine de l’écologie, qui sert de ciment en Europe et ailleurs ? »
Comment des partis politiques, qui prétendent gouverner la France, ont-ils pu en arriver à une position aussi irresponsable que celle de proposer un moratoire sur les énergies renouvelables, se demande la sociologue dans sa chronique.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters.
U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said in a statement that she would continue fighting to make sure “communities can adequately prepare for natural disasters

Judge blocks reallocation of billions meant for disaster mitigation
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from reallocating more than $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead. The states argue the Federal Emergency Management Agency lacks the authority to end the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and redirect more than $4 billion …

🌭 In California, an invasive mustard is destabilizing desert plant communities
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/in-california-an-invasive-mustard-is-destabilizing-desert-plant-communities/

In California, an invasive mustard is destabilizing desert plant communities
In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind. In dry years, lone shrubs dot the dunes. But the landscape bursts with color and greenery after a wet winter. That’s because seeds of desert plants may wait in the soil for years, even decades, for […]

I am once again asking for your vote / heart 🗳️ ❤️
https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1750894477655001RMA9

"Community patrolling reduced environmental crime by 80% in the Amazon"
#AmazonRainforest #Environment

Community patrolling reduced environmental crime by 80% in the Amazon
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the Brazilian Amazon, where enforcement agents are spread thin across vast territories, an unlikely success story has emerged — not from drones or satellites, but from flip-flop-wearing locals paddling through forest rivers. A study examining 11 years […]

News Media Corporation says it will cease operations effective immediately, citing financial challenges; NMC operated local newspapers in five US states (Dan Cepeda/Oil City News)
https://oilcity.news/community/busines

Multiple small Wyoming newspapers go dark after corporate closes without warning
CASPER, Wyo. — Around 11 communities in Wyoming have lost their local newspapers after the sudden closure of their parent company. According to a company

Source: X is piloting a program to use Community Notes to highlight posts on which people of typically differing opinions agree (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/05/x-elon-musk-community-notes

Exclusive: X piloting new program to elevate content users agree on
The goal is to build momentum around opinions that are widely shared.