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Glacier Level in 1850
This sign marks the former extent of the once grand Hintereisferner, one of the key "reference glaciers" worldwide, at the peak of the LIA some ~175 years ago. By now the glacier has retracted ~5 km back into the upper valley behind the slope on the right...
More info about ongoing research @ Uni Innsbruck:

Wenn die IT ausfällt: Krisensimulation für Krankenhäuser
Wie Krankenhäuser bei IT-Ausfällen reagieren, testet Nico Brüggemann vom Fraunhofer SIT. Er erklärt, warum Abläufe oft nur auf dem Papier funktionieren.

Wenn die IT ausfällt: Krisensimulation für Krankenhäuser
Wie Krankenhäuser bei IT-Ausfällen reagieren, testet Nico Brüggemann vom Fraunhofer SIT. Er erklärt, warum Abläufe oft nur auf dem Papier funktionieren.

Sky News revamps its Sunday morning show with a rotating lineup of guest presenters starting September 6, following Trevor Phillips's departure to CBS News (Sky Group)
https://www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/article/sky

Sky News revamps Sunday morning show with rotating line-up of high-profile guest presenters
Sky News today announces a new format for its flagship Sunday morning current affairs programme, with a rotating line-up of high-profile guest presenters taking the helm from September.Launching on Sunday 6th September, the series will feature a different guest presenter each week, starting with:6th September – Jon Sopel, journalist, broadcaster and co-presenter of The News Agents13th September – Rachel Johnson, broadcaster, author and LBC Presenter20th September – Kamal Ahmed, broadcaste…

Now, it seems ICE is trying to add to the arsenal of dystopian techno-gadgetry, through the procurement of AI-integrated robot dogs.
That’s according to ABC News, which viewed a federal procurement notice showing ICE is planning to spend up to $2 million to procure a number of SPOT robots from Boston Dynamics.
Equipped with extendable arms and 360-degree cameras, the mechanical canines will supposedly help “support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remot…

ICE plans to purchase robot dogs
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.

Hmm, a brain haemorrhage - I wonder if that will show up in his plastination:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlnrn47lwo

'Dr Death', Body Worlds creator Gunther von Hagens, dies at 81
The family of the anatomist vowed to carry out his wish for his body to be preserved using the plastination technique he developed himself.

UK PM Andy Burnham abolishes the Department for Science, Innovation, and Tech and elevates UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, who oversees AISI, to attend cabinet (Philippa Wain/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz97x8k4zqzo

AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up
Kanishka Narayan will attend cabinet - but no longer have the leadership of a technology secretary.

"Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water"
#Switzerland #Plastic #Plastics

Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water
Loose fibers from functional clothing, discarded PET bottles or abandoned packaging: When such plastic materials enter the environment, they often persist there for a long time. UV radiation, precipitation and ozone cause them to become brittle—and over time, mechanical forces break them down into increasingly smaller particles. Swirled up by the wind, they are carried farther through the atmosphere. Until now, it was unclear how much microplastic ends up back in Swiss soil and water bodies t…

Good News! Hero who was arrested after saving a woman from a Pitbull has all charges dismissed
#ithaca #justice #goodnews

Trump publicly called Monday for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine
after a series of attacks by Kyiv on Moscow’s energy holdings triggered another spike in diesel fuel prices.
“Russia has unfortunately lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry due to its War with Ukraine,” the president posted on Truth Social.
“A large number of their Diesel refineries have been blown up and are, at least temporarily, out of commission,” the president went on. “This ridiculous and never endin…

Trump says Russia 'lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry' after Ukraine drone attacks, calls for end to 'ridiculous' war
Trump is scheduled to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday.

@… 😄 I bought some #DoomPrepping supplies during Covid and we ended up with a mountain of stuff that wasn't going to be nice long term, like tea bags (which presumably we'd use with hot water boiled by chopping up the furniture) so we used it all over a few months. Sad…