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It probably won't sting you, but it WILL devour your soul. https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-NSKZhpZFQRqwrwyWaahubg:a:3199692-/0

New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia
Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns - and given it a suitably devilish name. Researchers found the Megachile Lucifer while observing a rare wildflower that only grows in the Bremer Ranges in Western Australia's Goldfields region, 470km (292mi) east of Perth. …

Red squirrels expand across Highlands after 10-year reintroduction drive | Conservation | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/05/red-squirrels-highlands-rewilding-uk

new_guinea_tribes: New Guinea Highlands tribes (1954)
A network of friendships among tribes of Gahuku-Gama alliance structure of the Eastern Central Highlands region in New Guinea. Edge sign indicates either friendship ("rova") or enmity ("hint”).
This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed
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Metal contamination reaches 'critical' level in Peruvian highlands, researchers warn https://phys.org/news/2025-11-metal-contamination-critical-peruvian-highlands.html

Metal contamination reaches 'critical' level in Peruvian highlands, researchers warn
One of the most iconic ecosystems of the Peruvian plateau, the Junín Lake basin, suffers from "critical" levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium contamination, leading to health risks including cancer, according to new analysis.

Barcelona-based Titan OS, which provides a smart TV operating system to TV makers like Philips and JVC, raised a €50M Series A led by Highland Europe (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/titan-os-raises-58-million-fr…

Titan OS raises $58 million from Highland Europe for its smart TV OS | TechCrunch
Titan OS aims to expand its independent TV operating system in Europe and Latin America.

Ooh, I feel more US sanctions on the UN coming up. https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-WOBuTLhPRXugyid_r6rXUg:a:3199692-/0

US strikes on alleged drug boats violate law, UN human rights chief says
The UN's human rights chief has condemned US military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific, saying the lethal attacks violate international law and amount to "extrajudicial killing". Volker Türk said on Friday that more than 60 people have reportedly been killed …

Also in Asterisk: an interesting article about the history of the DSM-5, and its critics.
> The psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams captures this concern with unusual clarity in her 2021 essay “Diagnosis and Its Discontents.” She reflects on a shift that began with the release of DSM-III, when psychiatry embraced a more descriptive, symptom-based diagnostic model. The change, she notes, quietly restructured how people speak about themselves in therapy. Once, a client might enter the roo…

You Aren’t In The DSM—Asterisk
Five editions on, the DSM shoulders more responsibilities than it was ever intended for. How did we get here?

We just released a new version of #kcwarden, our #Keycloak configuration auditor that checks for common misconfigurations. Among other changes, we also fixed a false positive regarding the use of unmanaged user attributes. Apologies for any confusion this one might have caused.
You can fin…

GitHub - iteratec/kcwarden: Keycloak Configuration Auditor
Keycloak Configuration Auditor. Contribute to iteratec/kcwarden development by creating an account on GitHub.

Lovely article about the magic of physical #books in Asterisk Magazine:
> Kalman is exquisitely attuned to the magic of physical books. In fact, she includes the instructions and ingredients for another type of spell in The Principles of Uncertainty.
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> Attached on a perforated edge is a folded map of the world, drawn by her mother. “Either put it on the wall,” suggests…

The Message in the Medium—Asterisk
A love story told in books.