PepsiCo
Despite decades of promises to end deforestation for palm oil PepsiCo (owner of crisp brands Frito-Lay, Cheetos and Doritos along with hundreds of other snack food brands) have continued sourcing p…Palm Oil Detectives
I love love love love (in a sarcastic, dark humour sort of way) the title of the article Dr. Laura Revell, Dr. @astrokiwi.bsky.social and I wrote last week theconversation.com/a-new-spac….
But one thing got cut in the final edit: simulations of the night sky with 1 million satellites. I just tried to pitch a separate article on that, I'll see if that gets picked up this coming week or not.
A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’
Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.The Conversation
The dots in each grey circle are sunlit satellites, and the colour tells you how bright they are. Anything pink, orange, or yellow is naked-eye visible.
Below each circle is "Nvis" which tells you the number of satellites bright enough to be visible with the naked eye, and "Ntot" which is the total number of sunlit satellites above the horizon.
There are only ~4,500 stars that are naked eye visible.
A million sats this big would be more visible satellites than stars.
Of course, there's no way in hell we'll ever get to 1 million satellites in orbit. We'll be in Kessler Syndrome long before that (many experts say we're already in Kessler Syndrome now, and the timescale between collisions will continue to get shorter).
I"ll also note we're making huge assumptions here on size and orbits, because SpaceX hasn't actually said what they're going to do. And that's fine with the FCC, they're going to approve it anyway. Fuckers.
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A lost Amazon world just reappeared in Bolivia
Researchers exploring Bolivia’s Great Tectonic Lakes discovered a landscape transformed over centuries by sophisticated engineering and diverse agricultural traditions.ScienceDaily
Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis
Tucuxi, small freshwater dolphins of Peru Ecuador Colombia and Brazil are Endangered due to fishing nets, deforestation, mercury poisoning from gold mining.Palm Oil Detectives
Ubuntu 26.04 looks like a packed release!
itsfoss.com/ubuntu-26-04-relea…
Ubuntu 26.04: Release Date and New Features
The development for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has started and it's time to start looking towards the features and changes it is bringing.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
friction coefficient of the floor surface is not exactly known
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I uploaded two audio tracks to the Internet! They are taken from live recordings (live-coded). They are on bandcamp but also on my website where you can just right-click save as mp3.
nervousdata.com/friction-coeff…
Gursky’s Spectral Tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae
Gursky’s spectral tarsiers AKA Wusing of North Sulawesi are vulnerable due to palm oil and timber deforestation. Take action for them and boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives
Maker of Cadbury, Belvita and other junk food: Mondelez uses “sustainable” #palmoil from #RSPO, yet this #greenwashing does NOT STOP #deforestation and #extinction. Fight back in the supermarket #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🤢🔥🐒🐘🚫 @palmoildetect wp.me/scFhgU-mondelez
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Mondelez destroys rainforests, sending animals extinct and release mega-tonnes of carbon into air for so-called “sustainable” palm oil. Boycott them!Palm Oil Detectives
Why are soap bars that don´t have palm oil so much more expensive?
Anyway I think avoiding palm oil in food makes a lot more difference. You don´t use that much soap daily.
Sunflowers may be the future of "vegan meat"
A collaboration between Brazilian and German researchers has led to a sunflower-based meat substitute that’s high in protein and minerals. The new ingredient, made from refined sunflower flour, delivers excellent nutritional value and a mild flavor.ScienceDaily
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Why are there usb ports on the microwave?
wrong answers only
Deforestation Devastates Tesso Nilo National Park’s Endangered Creatures
Act now to save Tesso Nilo Park. This vital Indonesian park has lost 78% of its primary forest, threatening the habitat of Sumatran tigers and elephantsPalm Oil Detectives
I've spent the morning fawning over the paintings of Emily Shanks and Winslow Homer, the latter, whose collection mostly revolves around "little boats in way too much weather", has also created this one, which I think is my favourite work of his.
Blackboard, Winslow Homer(1877)
the chalkboard drawing in this painting reminded me of my favorite graphic design resources.
I often assign readings from Donis A Dondis’
Primer of Visual Literacy
Handdrawn 2D animation! I repeat, handdrawn 2D animation! This is what they took from us. #Gorillaz - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
youtube.com/watch?v=ucRulNQsuY…
#NP #NowPlaying
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
“The future looks bright for Nextcloud,” says Techzine about #NextcloudHub 26 Winter
The story covers:
• Focus on sovereignty
• 100% open source code
• Better scalability with ADA
• Improved migration & federation
• €250M Sovereignty 2030 vision
Read the review 👉
techzine.eu/blogs/collaboratio…
Nextcloud doubles down on sovereign message with latest release - Techzine Global
Follow the latest developments at Nextcloud and learn more about the new features and architecture of Nextcloud Hub.Sander Almekinders (Techzine)
omg, it only took me a month and a half with 50 or so failures wipes restores wipes and finally a fresh install after losing 3 database backups and imports, lost a few days of posts over all, but I finally got my #friendica instance upgraded to Friendica 'Blutwurz' 2026.04-dev - 1589 with php 8.5.2, and so far it appears to actually be working this time, i love friendica, I just wish the @Friendica Admins @Friendica Developers @Friendica Support had made it a bit more flexible every little change breaks everything, and it becomes a nearly never ending chase to customize and keep current, anyways for now I think my quite little instance is upgraded and running;
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The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…
#OrangePiNeo #OrangePi #Manjaro #HandheldGaming #Linux
The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices
The latest update for the OrangePi Neo handheld with Manjaro Linux is not a positive one, with the whole thing now unfortunately "on ice".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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