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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are invasive in North America, and spread diseases faster than the native varieties. Now scientists have released sterile male Aedes aegypti in Southern California, reducing Aedes aegypti populations by 44-82% in target areas. This environmentally-friendly approach could help combat mosquito-borne diseases, never mind reducing the number of bitey bugs. LA Times https://archive.md/EjQuT
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https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/03/warning-over-free-online-file-converters-that-actually-install-malware

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Warning over free online file converters that actually install malware

The FBI has warned about free file converters that are up to no good and can lead to ransomware and identity theft.

Malwarebytes

tbs 2d ago

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/25/agrivoltaics-with-sheep-solar-benefit-all-especially-the-sheep/

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Agrivoltaics With Sheep & Solar Benefit All — Especially The Sheep! - CleanTechnica

Agrivoltaics studies in Australia and Pennsylvania show sheep that graze under solar panels thrive and produce more and better wool.

CleanTechnica

tbs 4d ago

AusderPampa 5d ago

Freitagabend

#landscape #naturephotography #fotografie #photography #nature

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Ada Palmer 5d ago

“The cost of living is still too damn high.” New York’s governor Kathy Hochul has announced plans to distribute $2 billion to more than eight million New Yorkers under an inflation refund scheme. Also part of the fiscal year 2026 budget is Hochul’s plan to ensure free school meals - breakfast and lunch - for all of the state’s 2.7 million students. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/new-york-inflation-refund-checks-kathy-hochul?ref=fixthenews.com
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More than 8 million New Yorkers will get inflation refund checks, says governor

Kathy Hochul announces ‘first-ever’ plans to distribute $2bn, as well as plans for free meals for 2.7 million students

The Guardian

tbs May 21

Meredith Whittaker May 21

📣 The rushed integration of AI into everything is a major threat to privacy, as we've been saying.

Microsoft Recall is a great (not great!) example of exactly why--it screenshots everything on your desktop, to give AI the data to tell you...what you were doing on desktop.

So, Signal took steps to protect you and everyone using Signal on Windows 11 from Recall's hunger for (Signal) data.

Read more about how we navigated, and why we need to ecosystem to a lot more 👇

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11. If you’re wondering why we’re on...

Signal Messenger

tbs May 21

Norcal Gma 2 May 21

I spent more time outside today than normal. Because I am wearing an N95 mask, in the house, until we are sure that my husband didn't pick up anything a mask can protect me from at the hospital.
I really would like it if only one of us is sick at a time. We will see how the next couple of days go.
Today, was again better than the day before.
While Summer and I watched the sunset turn into a wildly red sky we talked.
I told her that the hospital workers told us how much they appreciated our attitudes towards them, because we thanked them, and worked with them to help us, instead of against. They said that they wished more patients, and families were like us. They think attitude is a factor in a positive outcome.
I hope they are right.
I wish more people were kind to service providers.
Summer says she tries to be nice all the time. I'm glad because it really does help.
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Hidden optical secrets of the Parthenon revealed by Oxford archaeologist

In a remarkable breakthrough blending archaeology and advanced 3D technology, Oxford University archaeologist Professor Juan de Lara has shown how the ancient Greeks used advanced lighting techniques to transform the inside of the Parthenon into a stage of divine spectacle...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/hidden-optical-secrets-of-the-parthenon-revealed/

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Hidden optical secrets of the Parthenon revealed by Oxford archaeologist

Oxford archaeologist Juan de Lara used 3D tech to reveal how light dramatically illuminated Athena’s statue in the ancient Parthenon.

Archaeology News Online Magazine

tbs May 20

G'MIC 🎩🐯May 19

Did you know that you can generate a 3D forest moss ball with a G'MIC script? There's absolutely no need, so it's really essential! 😅 Who knows?

▶️ Details: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/gmic-adventures-3-pseudo-diffusion-limited-aggregation

G'MIC Adventures #3: (Pseudo)-Diffusion-Limited Aggregation

Today, I’d like to start a third episode of my G’MIC Adventures serie, with a quick exploration of Diffusion-Limited Aggregation: How to implement it as G’MIC scripts, and what cool things can be derived from it? Ok, so first, what is Diffusion-Limited Aggregation ? @Reptorian already implemented it inside G’MIC a few years ago, so that’s something you may be already familiar with. But for this episode, I’m gonna re-implement it from scratch, for educational purposes (and for fun, let’s not ki...

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