"Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds"
#Rainforests #Nature #Environment
✍️ New post: The Shape of Friction
I wrote a short blog post reply to @…’s recent post (👏) about generative AI, friction, and people.
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-shap…
The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands across 43 states, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
As part of the changes, 57 of 77 research stations across the country will be shuttered,
with the headquarters relocating from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City.
While the overhaul is billed as an effort to improve efficiency, conservationist…
Sources: advertisers that bought ChatGPT's first ad campaigns say the process was low tech and that they haven't received much data showing if their ads worked (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais…
I do miss condors and hummingbirds. This is such good news:
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/california-condors-nesting-in-pacific-northwest-for-first-time-in-a-century-on-yurok-territory/
NFL Nation mock draft: Our team reporters predict landing spots in the first round https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/48494104/mock-draft-2026-nfl-nation-first-round-predictions
🌳 Forests = carbon sinks, water cycles, biodiversity, and beauty.
Defending forests is defending the future. Happy International Day of Forests 💖
#IntlDayofForests #ClimateSolutions
"Conservation Groups Push for Fossil-Free Forest Zones at COP30"
#COP30 #Environment
https://h…
Humble unveils a fully electric cabless autonomous truck called the Humble Hauler and comes out of stealth with a $24M seed led by Eclipse (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/21/exclusive-humble-freight-autonomous-truck-eclipse-tr…
Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to "the return of Xbox" and that the company won't "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/882326/read-microsoft…