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Bangladesh turns to nature for biodegradable plates to replace plastic ones https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/bangladesh-turns-to-nature-for-biodegradable-plants-to-replace-plastic-ones/

Bangladesh turns to nature for biodegradable plates to replace plastic ones
In Bangladesh, disposable tableware, including plates made of areca palm leaves, is gaining popularity as a good alternative to single-use plastic during social gatherings and festival celebrations, Mongabay’s Abu Siddique reported in May. A survey from 2018 estimates that Bangladesh used around 250 metric tons of single-use plastic tableware and straws every month. However, since […]

slashdot_threads: Slashdot thread replies (2007)
A network of replies among users of the website Slashdot on the various discussion threads on the site. Nodes are user accounts and each directed edge represents a reply from user i to user j. Replies are timestamped.
This network has 51083 nodes and 140778 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

Indoor Positioning Based on Active Radar Sensing and Passive Reflectors: Reflector Placement Optimization
Sven Hinderer, Pascal Schlachter, Zhibin Yu, Xiaofeng Wu, Bin Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15613

Indoor Positioning Based on Active Radar Sensing and Passive Reflectors: Reflector Placement Optimization
We extend our work on a novel indoor positioning system (IPS) for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) based on radar sensing of local, passive radar reflectors. Through the combination of simple reflectors and a single-channel frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar, high positioning accuracy at low system cost can be achieved. Further, a multi-objective (MO) particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is presented that optimizes the 2D placement of radar reflectors in complex room setting…

Snake wrangler predicts Snake Oil could be the cure-all within the next six months.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91371621/perplexity-ceo-predicts-ai-could-replace-recruiters-and-assistants-in-as-little-as-six-mo…

"Study reveals foot traffic as surprising driver of river pollution"
#Pollution #Environment
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Study reveals foot traffic as surprising driver of river pollution
A pilot study has revealed that everyday pedestrian movement—such as walking, kicking, or brushing past litter—can unintentionally propel waste into rivers, adding a previously overlooked human factor to the global plastic pollution crisis.

Sinclair says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliate stations starting Tuesday as it discusses the show's potential return with ABC (Loree Seitz/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/sinclair-replace-jimmy-kimmel-liv…

Sinclair Will Not Air 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Upon ABC Return Tuesday
The broadcaster, which has demanded an apology and Turning Point USA donation from the late-night host, will replace the time slot with local news programming

Cowboys Make Decision on Signing Week 4 Injury Replacements https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/decision-on-signing-injury-replacements-week-4/?adt_ei=[email]

I've six gate posts, each twelve years old, that are rotted through at ground level and need replaced. I could replace them with posts from my wood, which would be free, but would rot very quickly; or with commercial wooden gate posts like the ones I'm replacing, which would cost about £20 each. But for either of these, I'd have to hire in a mechanical post knocker, and that I can't afford.
I'm trying galvanised posts which I'm told you can put in by hand. Maybe…

Caleb Williams reveals two specific 2025 goals with Chicago Bears

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/caleb-williams-reveals-two-specific-2025-goals-with-chicago-bea…

2025 Week 4 NFL score predictions, bets, odds, picks today: Expert reveals exact scores for all 16 games

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-we