@Magpiemoth

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Dude. Not so young. Reasonable rates for carrying news. Own views, not my employer's. He/him
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Here's great graphic for those of you interested in where the rain mostly falls in Britain from Alasdair Rae (via LinkedIn):

'A slightly revised version of my 'where does the rain fall across Britain?' 3D render, just in time for the rain - the higher the spike, the soggier it is. In a shocking development, the east gets less rain than the rainsponge west. Shadow effect added as a nod to the rain shadow effect'...

#weather #UK

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The mountain Taranaki Maunga on New Zealand’s North Island was granted legal personhood in January after a unanimous parliamentary vote, following years of advocacy by Māori iwi who regard the volcano as an ancestor. By treating the mountain as a living legal entity, it now holds rights to protection, preservation, and even the ability to initiate legal action, with guardianship shared equally between New Zealand’s government and the Māori.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/travel/mount-taranaki-personhood-new-zealand-intl-hnk?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand

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The fabulous Autumn edition of the SF2 Concatenation webzine, chock full of #sciencefiction #fantasy and #science news, is up here. Check it out! :)

http://www.concatenation.org/newsindex.html

A new batch of book reviews is also on the same site here (scroll down):

http://www.concatenation.org/whatsnew.html

Includes my reviews of books from Olivie Blake, Cassandra Clare, Rebecca Ide, Cheryl S Ntumy and Rebecca Thorne!

Seasonal science and science fiction news

Seasonal Science Fiction news of SF books, film & TV, plus science fact and exotic science (as well as sci-fi).

Science Fact and Science Fiction Concatenation
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A new type of career opportunity emerged from vibe coding because vibe coders didn't know what they were doing 😉

#ai #llm #jobs