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"Italy’s Forest Cover is Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages"
#Italy #Nature #Environment

Italy's Forests Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages
For locally endangered species like bears and wolves, more woods in mountain areas will go a long way toward supporting their populations. 

Didi reports Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$8.7B and a ~$177M net loss, several times larger than its Q4 loss, as it expands globally in markets like Latin America (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…

China’s Didi Deepens Losses After Stepping Up Global Investment
Didi Global Inc. reported its second straight quarterly loss, after ratcheting up investment to expand globally and defend its turf in markets like Brazil from new entrant Meituan.

Once a bunch of companies are firing people (perhaps for reasons they don't even understand), other companies will do the same because mass firings will be taken as an economic indicator. Partially, this is companies seeing other companies "tighten their belt," which smaller companies may read as an indication that larger companies are predicting an economic downturn, and because mass firings may *cause* an economic downturn.
It's easy for folks to jump from descriptions of how economic power works into conspiracy theories about economic control, but the simple fact is that it's often very easy to explain the way that small intentional manipulation by class conscious people can cascade into large emergent behaviors. This all happens without any centralized control.
That is *specifically* one of it's greatest strengths. It is not a coincidence that conspiracy theories would lead you to ignore this specific strength.

Seein's how Elvis is dead, that is a true statement...
Trump: I Might Replace Freedom 250 Concert With Trump Rally Since I Get "Larger Audiences Than Elvis" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/05/trump-i-might-replace-freedom-250-concert-with-trump-rally-since-i-get-larger-audiences-than-elvis/

This sign is hopelessly Berkeley

I have a JPC-12 vertical antenna. On the good side, it puts the coil 4' away from the base, reducing coil losses by not putting it at the point with the highest current. On the other hand, it's stainless steel with significant real resistance, so even that reduced current still heats it up substantially. Some of that heat could instead be radiated RF!
I am considering rewinding the coil with lacquered silver-coated copper wire for substantially-reduced real resistance, as KA7O…

Bremen testet als erstes Bundesland digitale Arbeitszeiterfassung für Lehrkräfte
An neun Bremer Schulen erfassen Lehrkräfte ab August 2026 ihre gesamte Arbeitszeit digital – auch Vorbereitung, Korrekturen und Elterngespräche.

Bremen testet als erstes Bundesland digitale Arbeitszeiterfassung für Lehrkräfte
An neun Bremer Schulen erfassen Lehrkräfte ab August 2026 ihre gesamte Arbeitszeit digital – auch Vorbereitung, Korrekturen und Elterngespräche.

Nationwide, wine sales are at their lowest level in more than two decades
People drink less amid growing public health warnings that alcohol is unhealthy.
Sales have also suffered as many younger drinkers have found traditional wines difficult to understand, and preferred canned cocktails, seltzers and nonalcoholic beers and spirits.

Sales Are So Low, California Wineries Are Burning Their Vineyards
The rise and fall of pinot noir symbolizes the larger struggles of the wine industry as younger generations turn to other beverages.

Dinner tonight is #lasagna. Made with #zucchini I finally figured a way to make it that is not watery and holds together when cut.
Will have 2 chunks for supper tonight and freeze the remainder do make 6 more meals for the wife and I. We do not always succeed but one of the things we thought we…

ExploitGym creator and Berkeley researcher Jingxuan He says other AI models have tried to cheat but OpenAI's "was at a much larger scale than we'd encountered" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20