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"Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds"
#Rainforests #Nature #Environment

Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forests' least recognized services as a source of rainfall to surrounding regions, finding that each hectare generates 2.4 million liters of rain each year—enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

✍️ 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 Shape of Friction · Matthias Ott
Web design engineer, UX designer, teacher, and speaker – helping teams build websites and digital products with a focus on CSS, accessibility, and performance.

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…

OpenAI’s First Advertisers Can’t Prove ChatGPT Ads Work
As OpenAI prepares to open up ad sales to more marketers next month, it is trying to address what some advertisers say was lacking in the initial ad sales offering. Among other things, the ChatGPT creator is planning to streamline the process of ad buying, either in partnerships with ad tech ...

Dutch far-right leader Wilders is losing ground. After his failed government coalition, followed by an election defeat for his PVV (going from 37 seats in 2023 to 26 in 2025), 7 out of his 26 MPs are now jumping ship. That leaves 19, half the number of 2.5 years ago.
https://nos.nl…

Opstand tegen Wilders: zeven PVV'ers beginnen eigen fractie
Zij hebben zich in een fractievergadering uitgesproken tegen de koers en het beleid van de partijleider.

Zeven Kamerleden verlaten PVV wegens Wilders’ aanpak, starten nieuwe fractie | Trouw
#nlpol #PVV

🌳 Forests = carbon sinks, water cycles, biodiversity, and beauty.
Defending forests is defending the future. Happy International Day of Forests 💖
#IntlDayofForests #ClimateSolutions

International Day of Forests 21 March | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Home | International Day of Forests 21 March | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The United Nations General Assembly proclai...

from my link log —
Engineering and operations at the Internet Archive.
https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting
saved 2026-01-20

The Long Now of the Web: Inside the Internet Archive’s Fight Against Forgetting | HackerNoon
A deep dive into the Internet Archive's custom tech stack.

For #footpathfriday I'm using this photo!
We went out on a very cloudy day, assumig that we'd also get into rain.
But we didn't want to hold ourselfes back and hike into the clouds. of course, we didn't have epic vistas - but the mood up there was just unique. The limited visibility, the lack of sounds, the dim light.
I really enjoyed that day!

"Conservation Groups Push for Fossil-Free Forest Zones at COP30"
#COP30 #Environment
https://h…

Conservation Groups Push for Fossil-Free Forest Zones at COP30 | Happy Eco News
More than 70 organizations at COP 30 called for the establishment of fossil-free forest zones to protect tropical forests and Indigenous territories from oil and gas development.

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…

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox
Asha Sharma, formerly head of development for Microsoft’s AI enterprise teams, will lead Microsoft Xbox and gaming. Here’s her first full memo.