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Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters
act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea creatures, new observations reveal
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bizarre-ecosystem-disco…

Bizarre Ecosystem Discovered More Than Two Miles beneath Arctic Ocean
Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea creatures, new observations reveal

"Mediterranean Coral Reef Discovery Unveils Rare Deep-Sea Ecosystem Off Naples Coast"
#Mediterranean #CoralReef #Oceans

Mediterranean Coral Reef Discovery Unveils Rare Deep-Sea Ecosystem Off Naples Coast | Happy Eco News
A Mediterranean coral reef discovery off Naples reveals massive white coral formations at 500 meters depth, providing crucial insights into threatened deep-sea ecosystems and supporting conservation efforts.

ICYMI
We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
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Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

The Bloomberg Story Demonstrated Just How Much Some People Will Make Excuses For Trump.
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-bloomberg-story-demonstrated?utm_medium=ios

The Bloomberg Story Demonstrated Just How Much Some People Will Make Excuses For Trump
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Pandacetamol – Below The Surface
#bync

How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-…

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

A test of ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare with data from Apple Health finds the chatbots provided questionable and inconsistent responses (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)

I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor.
I gave the new ChatGPT Health access to 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements. It drew questionable conclusions that changed each time I asked.

We plan to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution.
Short country updates and longer issue-based pieces.
Follow the link for details.
#degrowth #ecosocialism

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending frenzy in India (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

AI spending frenzy reaches India, sparking enthusiasm and concern
Amazon, Microsoft and Google have pledged a combined $67.5 billion in Indian investments since October. Eighty percent of those commitments came this month.

Chinese-language crypto laundering networks processed ~$16.1B in 2025, or $44M per day on average across 1,799 wallets, representing 20% of laundering activity (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2026-crypto-money-laundering/

The Chinese-language Underground Crypto Money Laundering Ecosystem
Chinese-language money laundering networks processed $16.1 billion in illicit funds in 2025, dominating over 20% of crypto money laundering activity.