Tootfinder

This was a nice surprise. Many thanks to Will Wonks / Igloo Mag for the fascinating and encouraging review of ‘Habitations’! =)
“…Across the album, Logan unites bold experimentation with deep emotional resonance, moving seamlessly between complexity and clarity, chaos and calm. Each track offers a universe full of spectral sound, each transition a bridge between moments of wonder and enduring reflection. From the vibrant energy of its opening stutters to the meditative, elemental quiet…

Fox News-Pilled SCOTUS Invents Wild Hypotheticals to Justify Curtailing Right to Vote by Mail (Kate Riga/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-hypothetical-voting-by-mail-grace-period
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p101#a260323p101

Forget describing new species, how often are we adding new genera, families, orders, and classes? New higher-order clades are often "hidden" as symbionts or in less-accessible habitats
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2530656123

Way back in the late 1980's my cat once brought one of these to our front door. (We live in Santa Cruz county along an ever-running creek - rather the natural habitat for garter snakes.)
(Our office was located next to a site that had hundreds if not thousands of common garter snakes - enough that a state herpetologist lept back upon encountering a mass-of-snakes scene right out of an Indiana Jones movie.)

Stunning California snake endangered since the 1960s prepares to make a comeback
Listed as endangered since 1967, San Francisco garter snakes are found only on the Peninsula and in northern Santa Cruz County.

Mit dem Cyber Resilience Act zieht die EU die sicherheitspolitische Notbremse für digitale Produkte. Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik erklärt, was das heißt: Security by Design, Update-Pflichten, Meldewege. Klingt selbstverständlich – war es aber nicht. Ab 2027 gilt: Wer vernetzt verkauft, haftet auch für Sicherheit.
@bsi_bund@social.bund.de
#CyberResilienceAct

🌱 Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-fast-trees-forests-future-biodiversity.html

Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on—from timber and food to recreation and shade on a hot day.

You don't have to read the article to know how sad this is.
Canada’s Military Has Modeled Hypothetical US Invasion, Reports Say - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/canada-s-military-has-modeled-hypothetical-us-invasion-reports-say

Hypothetical George Pickens Trade Lands Cowboys Prime NFL Draft Pick From AFC Team https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/hypothetical-george-pickens-trade-dallas-cowboys-prime-nfl-draft-pick-afc-team

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm/115942181548221988
We could have more of this but folks would rather destroy our habitat and commit genocide.

Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/health/hepatitis-b-vaccine-africa-study.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260122/p142#a260122p142