Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees
A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of biodiversity in the neotropics.ScienceDaily
#Road building almost always precedes #forest loss, and road density is by far the strongest correlate of #deforestation out of 38 #biophysical and #socioeconomic factors.
Findings of the study imply that the most vital #conservation function of protected areas is limiting roads and road-related environmental disruption. They suggest that burgeoning, poorly studied ghost roads are among the gravest of all direct #threats to #tropical forests.
nature.com/articles/s41586-024…
Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests - Nature
An effort to map roads in the Asia-Pacific region finds that there are 3.0–6.6 times more roads than other sources suggest, and that unmapped ‘ghost roads’ are a major contributor to tropical forest loss.Nature
"Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check.
But that is not what I have found.
I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay.
Simple acts of kindness and love.”
- Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The hidden potential of bicycles - resilience
In perhaps one of the great ironies of human civilisation, mechanical devices to truly magnify human power came along as soon as we didn’t need them.Bart Anderson (Resilience.org)
Students Celebrate Rockets, Environment at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center - NASA
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, sustainability and preservation efforts here on Earth are as much of a priority as rocket launches, spacecraft, and theJason Costa (NASA)
Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash
It's not exactly confidence-inducing to see a car that's meant to serve as a rugged off-the-grid base — and even a way to get around Mars, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk — turn into a giant "Tesla Paperweight," as captain.ad quipped, after a routine hosing off.
#News #Evehicles #ETrucks #TeslaMotors #Technology #ElonMusk
Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash
As one recent Tesla Cybertruck owner found out, even a car wash was able to defeat the 6,600-pound pickup.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
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The other day I tried to read an article (on mobile) somewhere and after of it, there was a screen filling ad with a rotatable 3d model of a watch. So when I tried to scroll past it, the ad basically intercepted my swipe and started to rotate the watch, which made it literally impossible to scroll past the ad. Wtf.
In the end I scrolled up a bit and basically flung the screen past it. What a user experience
"Half of online traffic in 2024 generated by bots, report finds"
Oh god.
Perhaps my favourite shot off the black and white roll. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #FilmPhotography #35mm #NYC #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
What does that mean, "Canon AE-1 Program"? I have an AE-1 and an A-1, is yours not a real camera, but rather, a program instead?
This would really be nice in Tri-X, and is really nice on the Ilford HP5 as well.
You still need to achieve max-white, not just max-black. You can do it with what you have, just go back into the developer room and get it right this time - then I want a copy ;)
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Investigation Reveals High Risk of Zoonotic Disease Transmission in Chinese Fur Farms - One Green Planet
A recent investigation conducted by HSI has shed light on the concerning conditions prevalent in five fur farms across China.Trinity Sparke (One Green Planet)
Alta Floresta titi monkey Plecturocebus grovesi
The enchanting Groves Titi Monkey, also referred to as the Alta Floresta titi monkey or Mato Grosso titi monkey made a remarkable entry into the spotlight only recently in 2016 when they were class…Palm Oil Detectives
Sulawesi Babirusa Babyrousa celebensis
The Sulawesi Babirusa also known as the North Sulawesi Babirusa are hog-like animals are found on Sulawesi Island along with nearby islands Lembeh, Buton, and Muna in Indonesia. They have a mottled…Palm Oil Detectives
@palmoildetectives #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil
youtube.com/watch?v=fcHKvrUr8I…
Sulawesi Babirusa Babyrousa celebensis - Asia
The Sulawesi Babirusa also known as the North Sulawesi Babirusa are hog-like animals are found on Sulawesi Island along with nearby islands Lembeh, Buton, an...YouTube
Stardew Valley 1.6.4 brings even more new free content gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/star…
#StardewValley #IndieGame #SteamDeck #Linux
Stardew Valley 1.6.4 brings even more new free content
Think ConcernedApe was finished? Wrong. Stardew Valley has another free update out now and brings in even more extra content.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Action-filled naval sandbox game Windward follow-up Windward Horizon announced gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/acti…
#IndieGame #Linux #Windward #WindwardHorizon
Action-filled naval sandbox game Windward follow-up Windward Horizon announced
Remember Windward? Released in 2015, it's an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world and it's getting a sequel with Windward Horizon.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
New #Dota2 update: Crownfall. Mostly cosmetic items, and looks like some minigames, but not gameplay updates. New lore comic though!
Phantom Fury gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/phan…
Phantom Fury gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release
Phantom Fury is a new FPS from Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms, taking place a few years after Ion Fury and it's going to be Steam Deck Verified for release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Crownfall multi-act update live for Dota 2, plus a new comic gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/crow…
Crownfall multi-act update live for Dota 2, plus a new comic
Valve just released a big new update for Dota 2 with Crownfall, which not only includes a new comic to read but also what they call The Markets of Midgate. This is the first act of an ongoing story event.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Come celebrate our partnership with @OVHcloud at Nextcloud Enterprise Day!
Discover in this blog our shared values of data privacy, security and open-source standards that unite us in our mission to provide data sovereign solutions.
nextcloud.com/blog/ovhcloud-an…
OVHcloud and Nextcloud’s commitment to customers: data that stays your data - Nextcloud
OVHcloud and Nextcloud are bound by a strong partnership in sovereign cloud collaboration. Join us at Nextcloud Enterprise Day!Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
Team Fortress 2 64bit support released, plus Vulkan for Linux via DXVK gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/team…
Team Fortress 2 64bit support released, plus Vulkan for Linux via DXVK
Valve has now launched the 64bit update for Team Fortress 2, which should bring performance improvements for most users. Plus we get Vulkan now too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Chrome Embedded Framework Is A Mess On Wayland
If you try to use browser docks on OBS Wayland they simply don't work, and there's a basic reason for that. CEF or Chromium Embedded Framework is an absolute...YouTube
#CEF might also be the cause why spotify wayland just doesn't work. Sadly there is not much manpower put behind it, to a point where the community tracks down random things in chromium that doesn't (or shouldn't) even apply to CEF. Honestly wish Spotify would just go for electron at this point.
community.spotify.com/t5/Deskt…
Re: Wayland support - Page 4 - The Spotify Community
Open bug at Chromium.org Issues if there is some Chrome problem, but maybe some weird setup with some Chrome Dev help is maybe neededcommunity.spotify.com
The Great Carina Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Demison Lopes
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240419.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2024 April 19 - The Great Carina Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
SQLite Has The Greatest Code of Conduct
Back when SQLite first introduced there new Code of Conduct or now the Code Of Ethics it had a lot of drama surrounding it and recently it's been making the ...YouTube
"Night with the stars and the Milky Way On the day when the sea level is low until the coral emerges from the water at Surin Islands National Park"
Shane WP Wongperk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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I have personally encountered executives from Rio Tinto. These are not people of integrity. They have their agenda and will say and do what it takes to achieve it, regardless of the damage to the truth, to people, and to the environment. They want to dig everything up, quick, and secure it for themselves. This is regardless of whether it makes them a profit now, because later people may be desperate to pay them anything.
Resolution Copper’s Mine at Oak Flat: Myths vs. Facts.
Resolution Copper’s Mine at Oak Flat: Myths vs. Facts.
Oak Flat, or Chi’chil Bildagoteel, is a Tribal sacred site listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Property.Daniela Zavala (HECHO: Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors)
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【GoW 3】ZEUS! YOUR SON HAS RETURN!!
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AI for Earth: How NASA's Artificial Intelligence and Open Science Efforts Combat Climate Change - NASA Science
As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4159-4160: A Fully Loaded First Sol - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Curiosity continues to make progress along the margin of upper Gediz Vallis ridge, investigating the broken bedrock in our workspace and acquiring images of the ridge deposit as the rover drives south.science.nasa.gov
#FreeOlaBini: no a la criminalización de la defensa de derechos digitales
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil rechazan el uso indebido del sistema judicial en el caso de Ola Bini en #Ecuador y exigen el respeto al debido proceso y a los derechos humanos
sursiendo.org/2024/04/freeolab…
#FreeOlaBini: no a la criminalización de la defensa de derechos digitales | Sursiendo
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil rechazan la criminalización de la defensa de derechos digitales y el uso indebido del sistema judicial en el caso de Ola…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
An easy project anyone can do that would be super helpful:
Turn on the screen reader and try to navigate through various parts of the shell and apps with the keyboard
If there’s something you can’t access or that the screen reader can’t read (or what it says is too generic/unhelpful), file an issue report in GitHub!
docs.elementary.io/contributor…
Reporting Issues | Contributor Guide
elementary uses GitHub to track issue reports and feature requests publicly. You can send feedback to the team to inform us of a problem you encountered or an improvement that you would like to see.docs.elementary.io
Events – RMEOC
RMEOC is here to help you move your business forward through employee ownership.www.rmeoc.org
Have you come across the work done by The Finance Innovation Lab?
They have a Lab Fellowship programme:
financeinnovationlab.org/our-w…
One of the Alumni organisations that grew from there is the Equal Care Co-op:
They will have a lot of useful experiences to share. 😁
Finance Innovation Lab - Transforming the financial system for people and planet
Our vision is a financial system that serves people and planet - one that is democratic, sustainable, just and resilient.Finance Innovation Lab
Water Touches Everything - NASA
Real satellite imagery from NASA's Terra, Aqua, and Landsat missions takes the shape of whales and swirling clouds in the agency’s Earth Day 2024 poster,NASA
NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io - NASA
Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft provides close-ups of intriguing features on the hellish Jovian moon.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
55 Years Ago: Three Months Until the Moon Landing - NASA
The rapid pace of preparations for the first Moon landing continued in April 1969. The successful Apollo 9 mission in March cleared the way for Apollo 10 toKelli Mars (NASA)
Two NASA Sounding Rockets Launch from Alaska During Solar Flare - NASA
Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA'sNASA
Foldseek-Multimer is a protein complex aligner that is up to 10,000x times faster than SOTA methods without sacrificing quality, enabling the comparison of billions of complex pairs per day.
📄 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…
💾 github.com/steineggerlab/folds…
🕸️ search.foldseek.com
Rapid and Sensitive Protein Complex Alignment with Foldseek-Multimer
Advances in computational structure prediction will vastly augment the hundreds of thousands of currently-available protein complex structures. Translating these into discoveries requires aligning them, which is computationally prohibitive.bioRxiv
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Barry Goldman
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •we need to understand what power and evil means in human groups. most stories get it wrong with 6000s or years or more ancient misunderstandings.
it is not a thing. it does not emenate from one thing or human or god.
it is some weird group process. humans aparently like to GIVE their power (in the form of calories and attention) to charismatic leaders or ideas, WHILE in the largest groups they can find.
very weird.
evil... thats more complex.. and the stories get it more wrong. 1/n
lizardmarsh
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼
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