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A random ne’er-do-well wandering through life.
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Climate change update: We're far more fucked far sooner than previously assumed.

"we thought the chance of an Amoc shutdown was maybe 5%, and even then we were saying that risk is too high, given the massive impacts. Now it looks like it’s more than 50%."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought

#Climate #ClimateChange #AMOCCollapse #AMOC

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

The Guardian
The trend of building surveillance into all new smart TVs is "incredibly invasive and little understood,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @arstechnica. "Nobody wants a snooping and snitching television, but lately that's all you can buy.” https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store/
Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.

Ars Technica
The impact of this legislation isn’t entirely clear yet, but what is clear: whether #TikTok is banned or sold to new owners, millions of people in the U.S. will no longer be able to get information and communicate with each other as they presently do. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/biden-signed-tiktok-ban-whats-next-tiktok-users
Biden Signed the TikTok Ban. What's Next for TikTok Users?

The impact of this legislation isn’t entirely clear yet, but what is clear: whether TikTok is banned or sold to new owners, millions of people in the U.S. will no longer be able to get information and communicate with each other as they presently do.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Hey since we've got everyone looking at neat painterly dreamlike surreal and quasi-surreal art, I'm gonna take this moment to turn ya'll on to one of my all time faves, Wayne Barlowe. Notably a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro.

https://waynebarlowe.com/

waynebarlowe

Artist, author

waynebarlowe

2022 has seen many gaps grow wider

Equity gap
Health gap
Wealth gap
Caring gap

May 2023 spark the action towards change

And may the influence of those who serve only themselves shrivel

#HappyNewYear
#Welcome2023
#HappyNewYear2023

Monday motivation? Is cats. It's always about cats.  
Here is a collection of purritos to overcome the day.  

#monday #mondaymotivation #cats #cat #catsofmastodon #mastocats #caturday

Oaks near Sheepstor in low cloud last December #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #mosstadon
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residence watches helplessly as elephant die of hunger in Ncoroiboro village in Meru county.
#ClimateChange