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I wrote a blog post about my first impressions using an Insta360 action camera...
#blogpost

Insta360 Camera (First Impressions)
A new camera, with 360 degrees...

New research reveals repeated flooding is altering Florida freshwater resources #florida

New research reveals repeated flooding is altering Florida freshwater resources
Heavy rains causing repeated river flood intrusions into Florida's freshwater springs are changing the function of the clear natural resource. Findings from University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researchers Paul Donsky and Matt Cohen reveal that these intrusions can cause flow reversal, worsening already present problems.

Velocity, a stablecoin treasury and settlement platform, raised a $38M Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, bringing its total funding to around $50M (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/408242/dragon

Dragonfly, FirstMark lead $38 million Series A for stablecoin startup Velocity with support from Coinbase, Ripple and more
The startup enables corporate users to use stablecoins while connecting to traditional banking rails and compliance systems.

"Every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages, study finds"
#Wildlife #Environment #FossilFuels

Every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages, study finds
Every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves about $3.75 in wildfire damages, according to a new study, led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, of nearly 300 fires in the western United States. The study estimated that the treatments, such as forest thinning and prescribed burns, prevented $2.8 billion in losses, reduced wildfire spread and fire severity.

Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut for the duration of its first summer by the government’s energy system operator to avoid overloading the local grid with renewable energy.
The north Devon solar farm was ordered to shut weeks before record high temperatures across Europe
led to power supply warnings, due to concerns that the large amount of rooftop solar in the area could destabilise the power grid by triggering a “thermal overload”.

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

History of #Minnesota: forests, fires, policy
"The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires" by Hayden L. Nelson
https://niche-canada.org/2026/06/13/th

The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires
Upfront costs–in research, in personnel, and in deployment–are essential for fire prevention. Yet today, as in the early twentieth century, the federal government, despite possessing knowledge indicating the opposite, would rather spend money in disaster relief than in disaster prevention.

"We’re delighted to announce the first #GalaxyZoo workflow to include images from the NSF-DOE Vera C #Rubin Observatory, using #galaxies drawn from its first Data Preview": https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/05/12/a-first-galaxy-zoorubin-project/ - "[t]he new workflow went live on the site just now, but with only 10,359 subjects it won’t stick around for long, so do jump in and get classifying."

from my link log —
gosentry: fuzz golang with LibAFL.
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/05/12/go-fuzzing-was-missing-half-the-toolkit.-we-forked-the-toolchain-to-fix-it./
saved 2026-05-12

Go fuzzing was missing half the toolkit. We forked the toolchain to fix it.
We built gosentry, a fuzzing-oriented fork of the Go toolchain that keeps the standard fuzzing workflow while using a stronger stack underneath.

"Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns"
#SouthAmerica #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns
Up in the misty mountains, teems a kaleidoscope of life: trees drip with epiphytes, hummingbirds sip from bright blossoms, and rare creatures occupy every nook in the cloud forests, which scientists have likened to terrestrial coral reefs. But a new study warns that climate change could strip away the conditions that make cloud forests possible, […]

Despite oil spills in Nigeria’s mangrove forests, Shell continued operations, documents show https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/despite-oil-spills-in-nigerias-mangrove-forests-shell-continued-operations-documents-show/

Despite oil spills in Nigeria's mangrove forests, Shell continued operations, documents show
Global oil giant Shell continued operating a compromised pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta despite knowing it posed a pollution risk in the surrounding coastal wetland environment, newly disclosed internal company communications reveal. The emails and memos, reviewed by Mongabay, show senior leadership knew of the poor conditions of the 97-kilometer (60-mile) Nembe Creek Trunk Line […]