BenjaminHCCarr

BenjaminHCCarr, 7 months ago to random

Millions of #Homes Still Being Kept #Vacant as #Housing Costs Surge, Report Finds
The nation's 50 largest metro areas have millions of homes that aren't being used. There are under 500,000 unhoused people in the entire country. #Census data on the nation’s 50 largest #metropolitan areas and found there are 5.47 million vacant #housingunits, with an average vacancy rate of 7.22%! https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkam9v/millions-of-homes-still-being-kept-vacant-as-housing-costs-surge-report-finds

BenjaminHCCarr, 10 months ago to random

The Electronic Frontier Foundation will award #AlexandraElbakyan, founder of the 'pirate' #library #SciHub, for her efforts to provide access to scientific knowledge. According to #EFF, #Elbakyan's site is a vital resource for millions of students and researchers. Some medical professionals have even argued that the site helped to save lives. https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hubs-alexandra-elbakyan-receives-eff-award-for-providing-access-to-scientific-knowledge-230728/

BenjaminHCCarr, 10 months ago to Amazon

#Amazon Told Drivers Not to Worry About In-Van #Surveillance Cameras. Now Footage Is Leaking Online
Numerous posts on Reddit show surveillance videos of #AmazonDrivers’ actions on the road, but such recordings haven’t been posted so frequently before. https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7b3gj/amazon-told-drivers-not-to-worry-about-in-van-surveillance-cameras-now-footage-is-leaking-online

BenjaminHCCarr, 8 months ago to TeslaMotors

#Oil Companies Work To Harvest #Lithium From #Fracking Wastewater
A recent research study claims that a week’s worth of wastewater from fracking in Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale could produce enough lithium for 300 #EV #batteries. However, fracking wastewater lithium would undermine one of the driving factors behind the electric vehicle transition. Fossil fuel extraction would become a necessary component of American EV battery production.
https://jalopnik.com/oil-companies-can-harvest-lithium-from-fracking-waste-1850834998

BenjaminHCCarr, 8 months ago to plant_milk

The #dairy industry is trying to outlaw #plantbased “#milk” labels—again
The FDA previously found that no one is confused about where #almondmilk comes from, if you didn't realize its from Almonds! Soy milk from Soy, Oat from oats, etc. etc. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/big-dairy-still-sour-over-plant-based-milk-labels-tries-to-outlaw-them/

BenjaminHCCarr, 4 months ago to usenet

#GoogleGroups is ending support for #Usenet to combat #spam
The upcoming changes will take effect from February 22, 2024, after which users can no longer post, subscribe, or view new Usenet content through #Google Groups.
However, historical Usenet content posted before this cutoff date will remain accessible for viewing and searching on the platform.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-groups-is-ending-support-for-usenet-to-combat-spam/

BenjaminHCCarr, 30 days ago to random

No one has seen the data behind #Tyson’s “climate friendly beef”
Tyson—one of “big four” #meatpackers—applied to #USDA, seeking a “climate friendly” label for its Brazen Beef. #BrazenBeef claims a “10% #greenhousegas reduction.”
“There are lots of misleading claims on food, but it’s hard to imagine a claim that’s more misleading than ‘climate friendly’ beef,” said #EWG
Millions of taxpayer dollars flow to #livestock companies raising "low carbon" #beef. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/no-one-has-seen-the-data-behind-tysons-climate-friendly-beef-claim/

BenjaminHCCarr, 1 month ago to random

Life boomed on #Earth half a billion years ago. You can thank #magnets.
The near collapse of #Earth’s #magneticfield coincided with a spike in #oxygen levels and a boom in #biodiversity, according to a new study.
Gift Article: https://wapo.st/3UN6LrH

BenjaminHCCarr, 25 days ago to Plants

Forget the #paleodiet fad – study shows #cavemen dined on #plants
Our #huntergatherer ancestors ate more #vegetables than meat.
Analysis of bones and teeth found in a cave in Morocco that was inhabited about 15,000 years ago revealed the #StoneAge #diet “unequivocally” had a plant-based aspect. Acorns, pine nuts and wild pulses made up a “significant” part of #paleo diet of the prehistoric community.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/29/paleo-diet-is-wrong-caveman-diet-more-vegetables-than-meat/

BenjaminHCCarr, 10 months ago to Medicine

Cancer cells-to-be accumulate a series of specific #genetic changes in a predictable and sequential way years before they are identifiable as pre-malignancies:
#Cancer’s origin story features predictable plot line, #Stanford #Medicine researchers find
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#Human cells evolving in the laboratory undergo a series of predictable, sequential genetic changes that lead to pre-cancer. Blocking these changes may allow intervention before cancer occurs. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/07/pre-cancer-evolution.html

BenjaminHCCarr, 9 months ago to climate

A cargo #ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed #sails has set out on its maiden voyage. Shipping firm #Cargill, which has chartered the #vessel, hopes the technology will help the industry chart a course towards a greener future
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66543643 #climatechange

BenjaminHCCarr, 9 months ago to climate

If #Corporations Bore the True Cost of Their #Emissions, They’d Owe Trillions
And that doesn’t even include “downstream” #carbon spewing.
The true cost of #climate #pollution? 44% of corporate profits.
Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for #fossilfuels. https://grist.org/economics/true-cost-carbon-pollution-half-of-corporate-profits-climate/
#climatechange #climatecrisis

BenjaminHCCarr, 3 months ago to homelab

@ChrisLAS can you add @ironicbadger 's #HomeLab build link to https://selfhosted.show/118 as was mentioned in the EP?

BenjaminHCCarr, 4 months ago to BMW

New #BMW i5 M60 Touring Is A 593-HP Electric #Wagon We Won't Get
The wagon version of the 5 Series will also be offered in less-powerful #EV and internal combustion forms https://jalopnik.com/new-bmw-i5-m60-touring-is-a-593-hp-electric-wagon-we-wo-1851233043

I don't need a 600HP BMC #Mcar, a 300HP AWD EV Wagon would be amazing though.

BenjaminHCCarr, 4 months ago to random

The next generation of #mRNAvaccines is on its way
Japan recently approved a new #mRNA #vaccine for #covid. And this one is pretty exciting. Just like the mRNA v#accines you know and love, it delivers the instructions for making the #virus’s #spikeprotein. But here’s what makes it novel: it also tells the body how to make more mRNA. Essentially, it provides instructions for making more instructions. It’s self-amplifying.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/02/1087536/the-next-generation-of-mrna-vaccines-is-on-its-way/

BenjaminHCCarr, 18 days ago to DigitalNomadHub

#ReturnToOffice (#RTO) mandate is backfiring on a key federal agency
In offices where routine #telework has been curtailed, a staggering 81% of respondents admitted they were actively seeking alternative #employment opportunities. This dissatisfaction stands in contrast to offices where some level of telework is maintained, where only 42% of respondents expressed a desire to leave their current positions.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4663587-return-to-office-mandate-is-backfiring-on-a-key-federal-agency/ #WFH

BenjaminHCCarr, 25 days ago to asia

#ExtremeHeat continues to scorch large parts of #Asia
Large swathes of Asia are sweltering through a #heatwave that has topped temperature records from #Myanmar to the #Philippines and forced millions of children to stay home from school. Experts say #climatechange has made #heatwaves more frequent, longer and more intense, while the #ElNino #weather phenomenon is also driving this year's exceptionally warm weather.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/extreme-heat-continues-to-scorch-large-parts-of-asia

BenjaminHCCarr, 20 days ago to Dogs

#Microplastics found in every #human #testicle in study
#Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in #sperm counts in men around the world
Scientists tested 23 human #testes and 47 from #dogs. They found microplastic #pollution in every sample. The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm count could not be measured. However, the sperm count in the dogs' testes could be assessed and was lower in samples with higher contamination with PVC
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

BenjaminHCCarr, 4 months ago to california

The #EndangeredSpecies Act, 50 years in: $1.2B per year, but mostly a few #species
Associated Press analysis of #2020 data found #fish got 67% of spending, the majority for several dozen #salmon and #steelhead populations in #California, #Oregon and #Washington. #Mammals were a distant second with 7% of spending and #birds had about 5%. #Insects received just 0.5% of the money and #plants about 2%. Not included in those percentages is money divided among multiple species. https://fortune.com/2024/01/03/endangered-species-act-50-year-anniversary-salmon-trout-grizzly-bears/

BenjaminHCCarr, 18 days ago to renewableenergy

The One Thing That’s Holding Back the #HeatPump
One recent study found that if everyone in #US got a heat pump, it’d slash emissions in building sector by 36 to 64%, and cut overall national #emissions by 5-9%. (Because they’re fully electric, #heatpumps run on a grid increasingly loaded with #renewableenergy.)
It’s not the technology itself. It’s that we don’t yet have enough trained workers to install heat pumps for full-tilt #decarbonization.
https://www.wired.com/story/heat-pump-worker-shortage/
https://archive.ph/dA2mV

BenjaminHCCarr, 3 months ago to Sony

#Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
So even if you, understandably, thought you were buying a "forever" digital copy, the wordy truth is that you never really owned it. Yet, it wouldn't be surprising to hear that someone relying on digital copies to preserve their purchased media didn’t properly understand (or read) those terms before discarding their physical copies. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/02/funimation-dvds-included-forever-available-digital-copies-forever-ends-april-2/ hate #TOS

BenjaminHCCarr, 3 months ago to ocean

Skyrocketing #ocean temps have scientists scratching their heads, "it’s looking like it’s already June out there"
Oceans steadily warmed over decades, absorbing ~90% of extra heat humans have added to the atmosphere. “The oceans are our saviors, in a way,” says #oceanographer #FranciscoChavez of #MBARI “Things might be a lot worse in terms of #climate impacts, because a lot of that heat is not only kept at the surface, it’s taken to depths.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/skyrocketing-ocean-temperatures-have-scientists-scratching-their-heads/ #climatechange #climatecrisis

BenjaminHCCarr, 2 months ago to Canada

#Canada's #maplesyrup reserve hits 16-year low
"The strategic reserve is holding its lowest amount of maple syrup since 2008," Simon Doré-Ouellet, deputy director general of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, told BBC.[...]
amount of maple syrup in the national reserve - stored in tens of thousands of barrels in several warehouses across Quebec - has dwindled significantly since 2020. That year, the reserve had more than 103 million lbs.. only 7% of what it was four years ago"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68657703

BenjaminHCCarr, 30 days ago to ocean

The deep #ocean #photographer that captured a 'living fossil'
The youngest known #fossil #coelacanth is 66 million years old, leading to the assumption that these animals were long extinct. Then, in 1938, a #fish with iridescent blue-green scales and four limb-like fins, was caught in a trawl net off the coast of South Africa. This #coelacanth was dubbed a #livingfossil
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240507-the-deep-ocean-photographer-that-captured-a-living-fossil

BenjaminHCCarr, 4 months ago to random

#Windturbines are friendlier to birds than #oil-and-#gas drilling
A new analysis suggests that wind turbines have little impact on #bird populations, according to the Economist — and that oil-and-gas extraction may be worse
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wind-turbines-friendlier-birds-oil-174713316.html