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EZB peilt Einführung des digitalen Euro 2029 an
Seit Jahren wird getüftelt, nun geht der digitale Euro in die nächste Phase. Bis Verbraucher damit bezahlen können, wird es aber noch dauern.
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An American crow, Corvus brachyrynchos, keeping watch at the water taxi landing by Sunset Beach, Vancouver
#naturalist

Trump Mobile delays plan to launch its gold-coloured smartphone, initially promised for August 2025, saying the recent US government shutdown delayed deliveries (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/29fc1e75-7bec-4011-acc3-603e51cf9fe2

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Many aquatic animals are described as "filter feeders" but this is not functionally correct since it would require water forced through a mesh. Instead, most zooplankton, including copepods, are suspension feeders. They create feeding current gyres using appendages, and use spiny modified ones (maxillae) to intercept individual algal particles and move …

this is an incredibly funny sentence
"the thin films are fairly thin"
well what else would they be, robert? thick? if they were thick they'd be called thick films!!

🛀 Japan Unveils Human Washing Machine, Now You Can Get Washed Like Laundry
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/japan-launches-human-washing-machine-for-public-use-after-expo-success-9721446

Experimentally co-evolved E. coli and yeast achieve stable coexistence — and the coevolved E. coli, but not the yeast, is able to resist invasion by other bacterial strains
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-025-02618-w

I haven't been actively installing feeders this winter with bird flu outbreaks in our rural area, but decided to put out a seed cylinder for the holiday. This resulted in a common, but new bird for me: a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker.
#birding

Orchids are famous for specialized flowers that create species isolation by manipulating pollinators— but these ones don't have specialized pollinator relationships. Instead, they're isolated by pollen incompatibilities.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf271

The ridgeline of Mount Roosevelt overlooking Snow Lake, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington State
#naturalist #photography #mountain