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Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/08/forest-fires-likely-to-continue-to-burn-twice-as-much-without-serious…

Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change
Elizabeth Goldman is a co-director of Global Nature Watch, previously known as Global Forest Watch, a database measuring forest loss that’s frequently cited in Mongabay reporting. She joins this week’s podcast to detail GNW’s updated 25-year analysis of global forest fire trends. The picture is stark: Forest fires burn twice as much forest today as […]

Tua Tagovailoa 'frustrated and disappointed' by subpar first Falcons preseason performance https://www.nfl.com/news/tua-tagovailoa-frustrated-and-disappointed-by-subpar-first-falcons-preseason-performance

Euroopan metsistä on kadonnut biomassaa valtavia määriä 2018 lähtien.
Unprecedented biomass loss in Europe's forests since 2018 https://phys.org/news/2026-08-unprecedented-biomass-loss-europe-forests.html

Unprecedented biomass loss in Europe's forests since 2018
Using satellite data, researchers at TUM have identified an unprecedented loss of aboveground biomass in Europe's forests since 2018. Unlike previous studies that focused solely on changes in tree cover, this study provides the first Europe–wide assessment of changes in forest biomass.

California and Google will contribute $20M each over two years to the CA Civic Media Program, far below the $250M promised in 2024, with grants of up to $250K (Ethan Baron/Mercury News)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/14/new

Newsom revives local news fund at a fraction of the amount first promised
The funding follows a lengthy political battle to get social media giants Google and Meta to help support local newspapers, which have seen their advertising revenue shrink drastically as information moved online and the tech firms captured…

For The First Time, Astronomers Detect An Atmosphere Around A Rocky 'Habitable Zone' Planet : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-astronomers-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-ro…

Sources: ByteDance's H1 2026 net profit dropped by a single-digit percentage YoY to $20B and revenue rose ~30% to $120B; its 2025 revenue rose 29% to ~$200B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedances-firs…

ByteDance’s First-Half Profit Drops to $20 Billion, Weighed Down by AI Spending
ByteDance’s net profit in the first half of this year declined by a single-digit percentage to $20 billion, as the Chinese tech giant ramped up its investments in AI, according to three people with knowledge of the financial results. The company’s revenue for the period rose around 30% year on ...

«Einstellungsgespräch — Palantir fragt Tötungsbereitschaft der Entwickler ab:
Palantir testet beim Einstellungsgespräch, wie Entwickler damit umgehen, dass ihre Software Menschen tötet. Wer das Unternehmen verlässt, muss schweigen.»
Das ist Faschismuss und nichts anders! Hört auf auf irgendwelchen "Sicherheit" zu befürworten die egoistisch vorgegaukelt wird.
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Einstellungsgespräch: Palantir fragt Tötungsbereitschaft der Entwickler ab - Golem.de
Palantir testet beim Einstellungsgespräch, wie Entwickler damit umgehen, dass ihre Software Menschen tötet. Wer das Unternehmen verlässt, muss schweigen.

Ukraine update from Giorgio Provinicialli: details and perspective from inside the kill zone of Ukraine.
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Machines First, Man Last — The Fedorov Doctrine Behind History’s First Landing of the Machines
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

Forest Restoration Solutions #environment

Forest Restoration Solutions
Tree growing has become one of the most widely promoted responses to climate change and ecosystem degradation, with governments, companies and nonprofits pledging to restore hundreds of millions of hectares of forests worldwide. But restoring ecosystems is far more complex than putting seedlings in the ground. This Special examines what it takes to rebuild forest […]

John Niland, three-time All-Pro guard who helped Cowboys win their first Super Bowl, dead at 82 https://www.nfl.com/news/john-niland-three-time-all-pro-guard-who-helped-cowboys-win-their-first-super-bowl-dead-at-82…