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The federal law that prohibits paving and logging National Forest land
is officially on the chopping block,
and conservationists warn that the cleaver could strike lands on the Central Coast. 
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
protects 59 million acres of National Forest land from logging and roadbuilding
— including 635,000 remote acres in Los Padres National Forest.
It protects the backcountry,
where old-growth forests provide shelter for wi…

Feds Moving at Full Throttle to Reverse Roadless Rule Protecting National Forests
A public comment period is now open on the proposed rule change that would allow logging and roadbuilding on National Forest land — including 635,000 acres of Los Padres National Forest.

Chinesisches Frachtschiff mit Photovoltaik-Anlage nimmt 10.800 Fahrzeuge auf
Eine Photovoltaik-Anlage reduziert indirekt den Kraftstoffverbrauch des Fahrzeug-Transportschiffes, dessen Antrieb von Schweröl oder LNG befeuert wird.

Chinesisches Frachtschiff mit Photovoltaik-Anlage nimmt 10.800 Fahrzeuge auf
Eine Photovoltaik-Anlage reduziert indirekt den Kraftstoffverbrauch des Fahrzeug-Transportschiffes, dessen Antrieb von Schweröl oder LNG befeuert wird.

Germany's Black Forest Labs launches Flux 3 and Flux-mimic, its first models for robotics, as it expands from generative AI into physical AI (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

from my link log —
SAML: A fractal of bad design.
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/09/21/saml-a-fractal-of-bad-design/
saved 2026-09-23

SAML: A fractal of bad design
SAML, the XML-based authentication protocol that birthed the SSO industry, is fundamentally flawed due to XML complexity, canonicalization issues, enveloped signatures, and design ossification, making it vulnerable to signature wrapping attacks and parser differentials that persist despite decades of awareness. Organizations should migrate to OpenID Connect (OIDC), which avoids these pitfalls through simpler JSON-based design, detached signatures, and agile evolution.

UK music blog Drowned in Sound is launching its first-ever print issue, 26 years after its launch, and will distribute 50K free copies across 500 music venues (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me

Music blog Drowned in Sound launches first print edition
Music blog and online community Drowned In Sound is launching a print magazine some 26 years after it first launched a digital publication.

"We could soon be able to track changes in Australia’s forests in near‑real time – using satellites"
#Australia #Trees #Forests

We could soon be able to track changes in Australia’s forests in near-real time – using satellites
Collecting data from sensors in remote woodlands has long required arduous treks. What if sensors could transmit data in real time?

Sea turtle nests in historic first on Southern California coast
A sea turtle has made its nest on the West Coast for the first time on record,
laying eggs on a Southern California beach.

The olive ridley sea turtle was seen digging its nest and laying eggs near Seal Beach last week,
according to officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Another sea turtle — possibly the same one — was spotted a few miles south three days later, N…

Sea turtle nests in historic first on Southern California coast
The olive ridley sighting was the first “natural nesting” on record for any sea turtle species on the West Coast, officials said.

Internal data: Meta's Muse surpassed 500,000 total users, including 250,000 daily active users, with more than 2M prompts submitted in its first week (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-metas-mus…

Exclusive: Meta’s Muse Surpassed 500,000 Users After First Week
Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, had more than 500,000 people try it out roughly a week after launch, including more than 250,000 daily active users, according to internal data viewed by The Information. Users have also submitted more than 2 million prompts. The data indicate there has been strong initial interest since Meta launched Muse on Sept. 8, initially making it available in the

"Conserving just 35% of the nation's waterways could sustain freshwater biodiversity"
#Biodiversity #Conservation

Conserving just 35% of the nation's waterways could sustain freshwater biodiversity
By evaluating the health of waterways across the U.S., researchers have identified a network encompassing about one-third of rivers and streams that, if conserved and restored, could sustain the nation's freshwater biodiversity in the face of habitat degradation and climate change. Mark Anderson of The Nature Conservancy, U.S., led the new study, published Sept. 16, 2026, in the journal PLOS One.

A look at Human Generative Workflows, a framework developed by a group led by Kathleen Kennedy, in which AI use in Hollywood stays under human creative control (Richard Rushfield/The Ankler)
https://theankler.com/first-look-hollywoods-secret-ai-talks-go-…

First Look: Hollywood’s Secret AI Talks Go Public. Here’s the Plan - The Ankler
Kathleen Kennedy quietly convened Oscar winners, actors, studio execs, Silicon Valley — and me. Now our first public framework draws a line in favor of human-controlled AI