RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116460265825917618

the USA-Iran war is not a #NATO war.

I'm endlessly confused by the wave of legislation to ban children from accessing social media, rather than banning social media companies from harming children.

And yes I know Free Speech but now we know that we can torture and sicken people, including kids, in this medium. Some of the things we currently call Free Speech turn out to be poison, mental control, and torture.

At some point we have to separate the "innovation" from the digital lead and asbestos tech companies are feeding people.

RE: https://mastodon.green/@ronanmcd/116459198153461110

Dutch cyclists, you are warned. Self-driving cars are a new risk.

BBC: The unusual ways Fijians predict when a cyclone is approaching

"Creeping yams and bees behaving strangely – in Fiji, farmers read nature's warning signs to predict hurricane season.

It's July, a month when Fijian farmers begin watching wild yams closely. "If they see wild yam vines creeping along the ground, there's going to be a hurricane in between November and April – the hurricane season," says farmer Marika Radua. If the vines shoot upwards, it's unlikely a hurricane will hit, he says....Many Fijians – especially those from older generations who are more likely to use traditional farming methods – believe other organisms act as natural weather forecasts, such as bananas, bees and breadfruit...."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260422-bees-and-breadfruit-how-fijians-predict-cyclones

#wx #cyclones #hurricanes