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Friday, 10 July 2026
quote [ As of May 2026, you can no longer buy or sell exotic cats, like servals, in British Columbia. What do we do with them now? ]
exotic my cat
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Monday, 6 July 2026
quote [ A patch of water south of Greenland and Iceland has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. A new study suggests that it shows a crucial system of ocean currents is weakening, which could alter Earth's climate ]
Given that our blood is just like the Atlantic,
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Friday, 3 July 2026
quote [ mortality risk rises rapidly as daily maximum temperatures increase (Fig. 1c). Days above 40 ?C cause a >6% increase in weekly mortality rates compared with days around 25 ?C. In most cases, warmer regions in Europe appear less vulnerable to heat, consistent with evidence of adaptation ? but this pattern reverses for days above 40 ?C, with warmer regions experiencing greater mortality risk, potentially indicating fundamental limits to adaptation (Fig. 1a). ]
The author's blog calls for better heat wave media representation ? first-aid people here were indeed very alarmed.
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Wednesday, 1 July 2026
quote [ How can we support the living ecosystems we are part of? ]
An interesting way to accomodate eco-thinking into the coop model ? or really any organizational model, as they explain ? by appointing a "Speaker for the Living", representing interests of non-human life.
For now, this is an exclusively Dutch thing (see nl.wikipedia.org). Quote ist from the video accompagnying a Dutch residency programme on the concept (see extended).
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quote [ A local chapter of a national frog survey convenes at a storied Massachusetts cemetery. ]
Sounds of frogs and crickets, I will always praise
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Tuesday, 30 June 2026
quote [ there is the challenge of finding a place to put 6 billion tons of CO2 a year. ]
Apart from explaining real-world problems it has some nice graph of projections vs actual outcome (against solar power, see thumb).
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Monday, 15 June 2026
quote [ A year after a shipwreck flooded India?s beaches with tiny plastic pieces, scientists fear the environmental damage has just begun. ]
And this network of nets and nurdles
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Tuesday, 9 June 2026
quote [ As rising seas swallow Louisiana?s marshes, oil companies are pretending nothing has changed ? and that now floatable, fishable waters remain their private property. ]
Somewhere in a marsh
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Thursday, 4 June 2026
quote [ Geopolitical tensions have Canada looking for new trade partners?with potentially unfortunate side effects for marine life. ]
Well I'm a sea-sick sailor on a ship of noise
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Wednesday, 3 June 2026
quote [ Popularity isn't always a good thing. ]
A capybara groove and a chilled-out mind
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