Mastodawn

Oh, my—a Democratic woman just won a special election for a Florida House seat in a district that includes Mar-a-Lago… (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/florida-special-election-emily-gregory.html)

Democrat Emily Gregory Wins Florida Special Election in Mar-a-Lago’s District

Emily Gregory’s victory in Palm Beach brought the Democratic surge to President Trump’s backyard, while a union leader leads in a race for a state senate seat vacated by Florida’s lieutenant governor.

The New York Times

Gupperduck 1d ago

Tiny forests Australia: The growing movement to plant dense forests in urban areas

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-forests-the-size-of-tennis-courts-transform-australian-cities-20260220-p5o44d.html

> You’ve heard of tiny homes, but what about tiny forests? It’s a growing movement in Australia, based on Japanese ideas.

How forests the size of tennis courts transform Australian cities

You’ve heard of tiny homes, but what about tiny forests? It’s a growing movement in Australia, based on Japanese ideas.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Gupperduck 2d ago

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/your-every-swipe-tap-and-click-goes-through-one-of-these-buildings-they-are-also-driving-the-nsw-economy-20260320-p5qx3j.html

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Significantly, Mookhey believes global interest in locating data centres and other digital technology in NSW can also help fuel investment in the state’s transition to renewable energy, reducing the amount taxpayers will be forced to spend by asking tech companies to contribute financially.
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“I’m thinking about how we can solve two problems at once,” Mookhey said in an exclusive interview.
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#AusPol #NSWPol

Your every swipe, tap and click goes through one of these buildings. They are also driving the NSW economy

Data centres are “depicted as energy vampires, water hogs and job killers”. Not in Australia, according to the peak body for the tech super hubs.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Gupperduck 3d ago

Podcast - Future Around & Find Out helps builders think clearly about AI and emerging technologies, grapple with the implications, and decide what to build next.

Episode
"What should kids study? How should AI help? Khan Academy's learning chief on the productive struggle"

https://www.futurearound.com/p/what-should-kids-study-how-should-ai-help-khan-academy-s-learning-chief-on-the-productive-struggle

What should kids study? How should AI help? Khan Academy's learning chief on the productive struggle

Future Around & Find Out

Gupperduck 3d ago

(Very tongue in cheek but made me spit tea: New conspiracy theory - Donald Trump is actually veing contolled by Greta Thunberg.)

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast / Mad King Donald

https://audioboom.com/posts/8878233-mad-king-donald

> Ian, Helen, Andy and special guest Richard Brooks discuss the USA entering its 'insane absolute monarch' era, the ongoing mayhem in the world's oil and gas markets, and check in on the financial arrangements of 'Little Donald', AKA Nigel Farage, and his Reform UK colleagues.

Mad King Donald

Ian, Helen, Andy and special guest Richard Brooks discuss the USA entering its 'insane absolute monarch' era, the ongoing mayhem in the world's oil and gas markets, and check in on the financial arrangements of 'Little Donald', AKA Nigel Farage, and his Reform UK colleagues.

Audioboom

Gupperduck 3d ago

(NB Clear and Vivid - a great podcast.)

> Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?

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For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or LLMs. But he is even more concerned about what may come next.
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#AI #ClearAndVivid #AlanAlda #GaryMarcus

Gupperduck 3d ago

CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive 4d ago

To allow all of our users to download offline maps reliably and quickly, we need servers in many different locations. Some of these servers are rented, thanks to the donations we get.

But some of them are also hardware donations, where we are allowed to use otherwise underused hardware! A big thanks go to Mathias Klein as well as the French OpenStreetMap chapter @osm_fr, who provide us with server capacities in Germany and France respectively!

Gupperduck 3d ago

NDIS participants work more, feel better after accessing scheme, report finds - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-25/ndis-participants-work-more-and-feel-better/106490952

> New analysis by the e61 Institute, which tracks NDIS participants over more than a decade, finds substantial improvements to their workforce participation and self-reported energy levels within four years of accessing the taxpayer-funded scheme.