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jasonkoebler, 28 days ago to random

Scoop: Solar storm is causing farmers' tractor GPS systems to go haywire. Many have shut down planting altogether during a critical period. A Deere dealer said accuracy is "extremely compromised"

https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

futurebird, 28 days ago to random

Politicians and political commentators whine about young people not buying homes and starting families (not getting married) and then do NOTHING to help the young people (who do exist) who would love to do one or more of these things but can't because it's too damn expensive.

Build housing and coops where young people want to live. Protect their jobs with unions. Make health care not an issue.

Do not make some marriages impossible because you don't like the genders.

Not rocket science.

futurebird, 28 days ago to random

You know the early humans who lived in Europe 25k years ago? The ones with stone tools who carved thicc portable woman statues?

How many do you think there were in all of Europe?

I'm shocked to learn the estimates are only 30,000 people! Hardly even a small town... and spread over so much space. Humans were rare animals. Our shift to numerous is more extreme than I think we realize.

It explains why technology changed so slowly. Not enough people!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTn5KdsxZ0E

augieray, 28 days ago to queer

Target is scaling back LGBTQ+ merchandise this year after "right-wing backlash" last year. It can couch this decision in all the research-supported logic it wants, but it's still a capitulation to bigots. #Target is betting those of us who support equity will be more accepting of this decision than bigots will of the retailer carrying #Pride products. Those who care need to raise their voices and make their wishes heard by curtailing their spending at Target.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/business/target-pride-merchandise-june-2024/index.html

metin, 28 days ago to Humor

Every large corporation…

@workchronicles ]

#comic #cartoon #satire #humor #corporations #capitalism #humour #sarcasm #comic

grvsmth, 28 days ago to random

Sadie was my cat mom. We got her as a kitten when I was three or four. I remember the room she lived in with her mother and littermates.

At first I didn't know any better, so I handled her roughly, carrying her over my shoulder. She bit me and ran away.

Then one day I was sitting quietly and Sadie came and crept into my lap. I was always gentle with her after that, and she rewarded me with nuzzles and kisses.

I'm thinking of her on this Mother's day, and her mother, and her kittens.

fheinderyckx, 28 days ago to privacy

A few months ago, I added this image to my homepage for anyone to see, at a glance, where I stand when it comes to social media sites. Feel free to reuse!
#privacy #TakingBackControl

lehtimaeki, 28 days ago to random

Carbon offsetting is bullshit.
https://youtu.be/P1NBGM1ZJ10?si=QJFW-KL3wUgAxGys

You're just buying feel-good but nothing real.

We must reduce before looking for a quick fix to make our products look green.
Capturing might be part of the solution eventually, but you don't get to sell ICE cars or fossil fuels guilt free by buying carbon credits.

NatureMC, 28 days ago to Birds

Very bad photo: I can't and especially don't want to approach. Never disturb animals with babies!
The black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) above my door have youngsters (I counted 3). They come every year and I have to leave very carefully. The chicks react to my movements and open their beaks. Then my primal reflex: I would like to catch a fat insect to feed them. But no, little chirpies, I'm not your mum! I continue very calmly to clear mum's flight path.

#birds #redstart #Rotschwanz

bethsawin, 29 days ago to random

You know this planet with auroras and eclipses? It has orchids, grass snakes & mangoes too. Rainbow trout and diatoms and self-organizing college students and star fish. What are the odds of it all & how about a just and equitable economy and then living lives of awestruck peace?

David, 28 days ago to climate

When are we going to fucking wake up?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

#climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis

jonny, 28 days ago to random

Nothing dismays me more in academia than my colleagues excusing themselves from the world because they have internalized their job as their identity, and exist in a separate domain from everyone else. every time I knock on doors with my union I get someone, sometimes angrily, wondering what any of this has to do with them - they're here to just do science.

luckytran, 28 days ago to random

And sometimes we pause to watch the universe in awe….

Northern lights in New York 🌌

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J12t, 28 days ago to climate

Compliments to The Guardian for polling #climate scientists recently and publishing their predictions that are so much scarier than the official ones.

But in spite of their coverage, the Guardian has a hard time accepting it themselves. At +2.7°C, they say, 2 billion people will be pushed out of the conditions that allow humanity to live. And at above +3°C, they say we will have “millions of refugees”. Ahem.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/11/brutal-heatwaves-submerged-cities-what-3c-world-would-look-like

David, 28 days ago to random

Long overdue #CrowUpdate So yeah, I haven' given any news about the #crows because the past two weeks were some confusing times. I saw them every day, but they always were either far or in a rush, and quite tense (they wouldn't approach me much). Their behavior would greatly vary from one day to the other and I couldn't tell why.
Of course, it had to be related to the nest. While on the other side of the neighborhood, three fledglings are coming out of their nest, here, mystery. (1/?) 🧵 ⤵️

iris, 28 days ago to random

Happy #Caturday. This is how my little one sleeps in my arms basically anytime I'm stationary.

googlyeyesonmagiccards, 28 days ago to mtg

It's the dang varmints. AGAIN!

#RiseOfTheVarmints #mtg #MagicTheGathering #OTJ

rolle, 28 days ago to Eurovision

🇬🇧 Oh no. Zero points for UK.

#Eurovision #Eurovision2024 #ESC #ESC24 #ESC2024 #Euroviisut #Euroviisut2024 #EurovisionSongContest

loosenut, 29 days ago to Rats

Alex 🌈, Quincy 🌈, and Lionel: Albino #rats I have known and loved.

#Raturday

Quincy, an albino rat, ponders the nature of reality
Lionel, an albino rat, munching on a morsel

knutson_brain, 29 days ago to random

Finally saw "Contagion" last night -- now views more like a documentary than a disaster thriller.
How can we do better next time? (#covid19)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c72Pt575fnA

arstechnica, 29 days ago to random

NOAA says ‘extreme’ Solar storm will persist through the weekend

So far disruptions from the geomagnetic storm appear to be manageable.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/noaa-says-extreme-solar-storm-will-persist-through-the-weekend/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

vega, 29 days ago to animals French

Tourou:
Attends, je te chauffe tes chaussettes avant que tu les mettes 😃

Wait, I'll warm your socks before you put them on

#caturday
#catsofmastodon
#cats

chat roux pétrit des chaussettes

thisismissem, 29 days ago to random

Will there be more #aurora tonight in the northern hemisphere? (e.g., visible from berlin or new york?)

ntoine, 29 days ago to random French

C’est quoi cette arnaque aujourd’hui ? Il y a plus d’aurores boréales que de chats.
C’EST CATURDAY LÀ

AkaSci, 30 days ago to random

Incoming! A severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to arrive around 02:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning.

At least 5 Coronal Mass Ejections took place over the past 24 hours, directed towards Earth. These originated from a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664).

There is potential for disruption of communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.

And bright auroras as far south as Alabama!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
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