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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-05 01:55:44

AWS says Mechanical Turk will no longer accept new customers and that it is placing the crowdsourcing service in maintenance, signaling its future retirement (Simon Sharwood/The Register)
theregister.com/off-prem/2026/

Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to stop accepting new customers – and not even AI can save it
Workers who use OG crowdsourcing platform say AWS is closing accounts

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-07-04 15:25:20

Tardigrade hunting is the first small step in a gargantuan, wildly ambitious scientific undertaking:
to sequence the genomes of all life on Earth.
Accompanied by Prof Mark Blaxter,
who leads the institute’s Tree of Life program,
Morek, a postdoctoral researcher and tardigrade expert,
goes on to collect lichen from a walnut tree on the lush campus, before returning to the lab with his samples.

Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth
As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-07-03 15:15:30

#“I think a lot of people picked up smoking cigarettes as a way to weirdly try to stop vaping,” says Levi" - And I thought vaping was supposed to stop smoking. After all, isn't that what the vape manufacturers told us?
It kills two-thirds of lifetime users – so why is smoking cool again?

It kills two-thirds of lifetime users – so why is smoking cool again?
Australian nicotine consumption is on the rise, the illegal tobacco trade is booming and cigarettes have returned to pop culture – and experts are worried

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-07-03 15:15:30

#“I think a lot of people picked up smoking cigarettes as a way to weirdly try to stop vaping,” says Levi" - And I thought vaping was supposed to stop smoking. After all, isn't that what the vape manufacturers told us?
It kills two-thirds of lifetime users – so why is smoking cool again?

It kills two-thirds of lifetime users – so why is smoking cool again?
Australian nicotine consumption is on the rise, the illegal tobacco trade is booming and cigarettes have returned to pop culture – and experts are worried

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-06-03 23:35:23

Will existing staff be retrained?
ICE to Restore Full Training Standards July 1 | Associated Press
newsmax.com/newsfront/markwayn

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-06-03 15:27:40

Former Raiders QB Officially Leaving NFL to Pursue New Career in Football heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas

Former Raiders QB Officially Leaving NFL to Pursue New Career in Football
The former quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders has decided to step away from the field, but still wants to be involved in football.

@outer@mas.to
2026-05-03 15:30:17

What is the difference between profabulate and befabulate?
All the search engines just return made up stuff.
#Vocabulary #ConVocabularance

@jake4480@c.im
2026-05-04 18:40:38

Winners of the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year #nature #photography

Emerald Glow. 3rd Place, Young. A Cuban tree frog in the photographer’s backyard in Florida. Hawkins-Kimmel: “During the heat of the day, I uncovered this Cuban tree frog hiding in the leaf of a banana tree in my backyard. The frog was very calm and allowed me to slip a flashlight under the leaf to create this effect. My 100mm lens ensured that I didn’t need to get too close, so as not to stress out the frog.”
In the Crowd. Finalist, Young. A group of flamingos in Camargue, France. Godin: “It was the courtship season for flamingos. They were constantly lowering and raising their heads. I had this photo in mind and wanted one flamingo to be sharp in the middle of other blurred flamingos. So I concentrated on one particular flamingo and followed it with my eyes, only pressing the shutter button when it was surrounded by several other flamingo heads.”
Inside the Pack. 2nd Place, Animals. Arctic wolves on the sea ice in a frozen fjord on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Eshel: “Lying on the sea ice of a frozen fjord, I experienced a moment of pure magic when a pack of Arctic wolves approached me out of sheer curiosity. They came so close I could feel their breath, yet I never sensed aggression, only wonder. These wolves, unlike others, have never been hunted or threatened by humans. In the remote wilderness of northern Ellesmere Island, they have no…
Spider Web. 3rd Place, Animals. A Eurasian beaver approaches a spider’s web in Kiskunság National Park, Hungary. Máté: “Years ago, I managed to intervene at the last minute to stop the water department from clear-cutting trees along a 2km stretch of canal. Since then, we’ve worked together. I monitor and notify them of any trees obstructing water traffic, while they avoid unnecessary clear-cutting, preserving a thriving habitat. Beavers returned to this area in 2015, nearly two centuries after …
@KazuShuSora@social.tchncs.de
2026-07-03 22:00:11

The bad news won't stop coming..
golem.de/news/archiv-game-over

Archiv: Game over für die weltweit größte Computerspielesammlung - Golem.de
Millionenförderung, mehr als 60.000 Spiele und jahrelange Vorarbeit: Die Internationale Computerspielesammlung steht vor dem Aus.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-01 05:30:50

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-

The "Father of the Internet" is finally retiring | TechCrunch
Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week.