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Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/mass-pilot-whale-stranding-in-indonesia-raises-questions-about-ocean-health/

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health
Villagers in central Indonesia rescued 34 short-finned pilot whales following a mass stranding on March 9, but despite their overnight efforts were unable to save 21 others. Mongabay Indonesia’s Ebed De Rosary reports that residents first discovered the pod in the shallow waters off Deranitan village, in East Nusa Tenggara province, at approximately 3:30 p.m. […]

Bengaluru-based C2i Semiconductors, building a "grid-to-GPU" power system for datacenters, raised a $15M Series A led by Peak XV, bringing total funding to $19M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/as-a

As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck | TechCrunch
C2i has raised $15 million as it tests a grid-to-GPU approach to reducing power losses in AI data centers.

The latest info we have on the timeline of the murder of Renee Good is that she still had a weak pulse when city emergency workers first reached her. She still had a weak pulse.
Before emergency workers arrived, a doctor on the scene attempted to render first aid. ICE pointed their guns at the doctor and forced them back.
It is possible — we can never know, of course — but it is possible that doctor could have saved Good’s life. The ICE agents who forced back that doctor should also face charges. In a just world….

Wegen Visa-Restriktionen: US-Techjobs boomen in Indien
Die restriktive Visa-Politik der Trump-Regierung entfaltet eine ungewollte Wirkung: US-Techkonzerne setzen verstärkt auf Personal in Indien statt den USA.
https:/…

"At a meeting in the Oval Office last week, a frustrated Mr. Trump pressed Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about why the United States could not immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The answer was straightforward: Even one Iranian soldier or militia member zipping across the narrow neck of the strait in a speedboat could fire a mobile missile right into a slow-moving supertanker, or plant a limpet mine on its hull."

Entering War’s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices
As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, President Trump’s options — to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#MusicPlanet
- Malagasy guitar and Somali love songs
Kathryn Tickell celebrates Valentine’s Day with an intimate acoustic session from Malagasy guitarist Damily, and cultural archivist Idel Rasheed picks out three Somali love songs.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r3xn

#PiDay
ln( 640320^3 744 )/(163)^0.5 = 3.141592653589793238462643383279...
till that last 9 it works, but then it continues with
72661...
rather than 50288... as π does. Nice hoax by Martin Gardner in 1975 [1]

Where meditation texts are starting to lose me:
"When you consciously intend to discern certain features more clearly, unconscious mental processes try to help by exaggerating the breath. That is perfectly all right, _as long as you don't do it intentionally_”.
Sounds logical, right? Now tell me how what are the mechanisms to realize when you do it intentionally version non-intentionally?

What @… says here — and it’s so reasonable, right? — is why I’m just astonished that nobody’s shot an ICE agent yet.
https://mastodon.social/@tropicalchaos/115902444835685276

More here:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115991716008786969
My request today from Minneapolis to the world, and especially the rest of the USA, is to keep the facts in that linked thread clear, and keep the pressure up on •all• the Senators accordingly.
The problem is not just that ICE murdered two people. The murders (it was more than two) are the tip of a horrible iceberg.