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Surprising Cowboys rookie snatching first-team reps from ex first-rounder https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/surprising-dallas-cowboys-rookie-snatching-first-team-reps-from-former-first-rounder

I wrote about frictionlessness and "AI". The essay is admittedly a bit of a weird ride trying to connect a few very distinct thoughts. I hope it's still worth reading.
https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

Friction and not being touched
The journalist Karen Hao – who published an absolutely fantastic book about OpenAI called “Empire of AI” recently – coined (as far as I know) one of the best terms for describing modern “AI” systems: Everything Machines. “AI” systems are not framed as specific tools that solve specific problems in specific ways but just as […]

Ja'Marr Chase Wins Offensive Player of the Year? 'First Things First' Predicts NFL Awards https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/jamarr-chase-wins-offensive-player-year-first-things-first-predicts-nfl-awards…

"Animals boost tropical forests' carbon absorption by aiding seed dispersal"
#Animals #Trees #Forests

Animals boost tropical forests' carbon absorption by aiding seed dispersal
A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown that the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of Earth's most powerful levers for mitigating climate change.

Wales' 'forgotten' architect of the welfare state, Jim Griffith's.
https://nation.cymru/news/event-to-commemorate-wales-forgotten-architect-of-the-welfare-state/

Event to commemorate Wales' 'forgotten' architect of the welfare state
Martin Shipton Fifty years after the death of Llanelli MP Jim Griffiths – a man described as “one of the greatest sons of Wales” – a special memorial event will be held in the town. The politician, who has been hailed as the founding father of the welfare state, became the first Secretary of State […]

First large-scale donkey slaughterhouse opens in Pakistan in response to surging ejiao trade https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/first-large-scale-donkey-slaughterhouse-opens-in-pakist…

First large-scale donkey slaughterhouse opens in Pakistan in response to surging ejiao trade — Species Unite
Capable of processing 300,000 donkey skins annually, the facility could be the first of many as Pakistan expands its role in the global demand for ejiao.

The Utopia of “AI” is the Dystopia of never being touched by anything.
(Original title: Friction and not being touched)
https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/global-warming-is-altering-storms-lightning-impacting-tropical-forests/

Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests
A climate change-induced surge in brief but intense thunderstorms poses a growing but underrecognized threat to trees in tropical forests, a finding that could have major implications for carbon storage and tropical biodiversity under future global warming scenarios. That’s according to a recently published paper, which determines that short-lived but powerful convective storms — combining […]

Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires: monitor #Brazil

Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires: monitor
Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60% higher than average of the last four decades, said a report released Tuesday.

Brazil: Protect the mangroves and tropical forests of Tauš-Mirim! https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1305/brazil-protect-the-mangroves-and-tropical-forests-of-taua-mirim

#petition Brazil: Protect the mangroves and tropical forests of Tauá-Mirim!
The people of the Tauá-Mirim region in the Amazon are urgently calling on the Brazilian government to protect their land. The rivers, mangroves and tropical forests south of São Luís in the state of Maranhão are threatened by infrastructure, industrial, and agricultural projects. Please support our petition.