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Record wildfire losses rocked 2025 even as global burned area neared all-time lows #environment

Record wildfire losses rocked 2025 even as global burned area neared all-time lows
A new analysis of global wildfire activity in 2025 reveals the world experienced some of the most destructive and deadly fire events in recent history, despite the second lowest area burned since 2002. It highlights a continued trend toward fires becoming increasingly extreme, costly, and disastrous—both economically and in lives lost.

when the frow show returns to the @… lineup on tuesday evening, i'll be celebrating the late great sleepy doug shaw. #radio

from my link log —
Why was Rachel Whiteread's House demolished?
https://romanroadlondon.com/rachel-whitereads-house-bows-legacy/
saved 2020-10-27

Why was Rachel Whiteread's House demolished? | Roman Road LDN
Why was Rachel Whiteread's House demolished? The story of the inside-out concrete cast of an East End terraced house and its legacy for Bow, East Lond

Viele Zugausfälle, am Gleis in Hamburg stehen mehr Menschen als in den ICE passen und so sind auch Wagen mit Gängen voll. Es gibt Gezanke, ob die Sitzplatzreservierungen noch gelten, ein älteres Paar gibt unsere Plätze frei und während ich das Gepäck verstaue, können wir in Ruhe stillen. Ich bin froh und dankbar. Das ältere Paar bekommt andere Plätze angeboten. Irgendwie alles hitzig und irgendwie schaffen es alle friedlich eine faire Verteilung in der chaotischen Mangellage zu verhandeln.

There's a new kid in town: neuro-symbolic AI (for text production)
And I surely have the best friends:
One I often cite for his phrase „LLMs are neither exciting nor scary, it’s just math.” The other one I just love for “Oh, symbolic AI, that’s easy, just first order logic or use Prolog”

A look back at Ted Turner's invention of global 24-hour cable TV news and how it dramatically changed politics, journalism, and civic engagement (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ted-turner-cnn-media-legacy-64660a245d5f52d1c466367e161bc…

Ted Turner changed the nature of news — and of those who consume it
Ted Turner’s death comes at a fraught time for cable news, which has struggled to retain viewership in an era of countless media choices and abundant streaming video. But people in the news industry left little doubt of Turner's impact. One called the discussion of it hyperbole-proof and another said he saw TV news as a global entity long before many of his contemporaries. The United States' first Gulf War against Iraq was a particular inflection point that showed both the capability of and t…

German energy giant RWE said it will abandon offshore wind leases off New York, Louisiana and California’s Humboldt coast under a $1.22-billion deal with the Trump administration,
deepening setbacks for U.S. clean energy.
The agreement, the fifth and largest such buyout this year,
is part of $2.7 billion in payouts steering companies away from offshore wind and into fossil fuel projects.
California officials and environmental advocates say the actions threaten the sta…

Another offshore wind developer exits California in $1.22-billion deal with Trump
German energy giant RWE said it will abandon wind leases off the coast of New York, Louisiana and Northern California near Humboldt, further challenging the Golden State's clean energy ambitions.

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October Friday
as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year.
The S&P 500 sank 2.6%,
its biggest one-day drop since October 10, when the Trump administration threatened to impose a 100% tariff on imported goods from China.
The losses helped push the benchmark in…

Stocks slump as Big Tech sinks and a strong May jobs report boosts odds for higher interest rates — The Associated Press
The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market.