SO2 actually (very temporarily) cools things down by seeding clouds and creating sulfuric acid aerosols. That's not, like, /good/, but by making more clouds (and also decreasing the size of droplets in clouds, and thus increasing their number) more sunlight is reflected to space....
At the moment the server owner effectively 'owns' magazines & communities. Is that the right balance of power? What happens when servers go offline, or server admins go rogue?...
However, when reddit crapped the bed, by comparison, the threadiverse basically didn’t have an established culture. There was a handful of lemmy instances (we were one of them), but the only one of notable size was lemmy.ml. kbin didn’t even exist in any meaningful way until a couple of months before reddit died....
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian defenders killed about 670 Russian servicemen and destroyed 88 units of various military equipment and systems at the front line over the past day (4 July).
Simultaneous harvest failures across crop-producing regions are major threats to global food security. A strongly meandering jet can trigger these, however, climate and crop models underestimate effects with consequences for climate risk assessments.
A study shows that only 17% of Western firms with local Russian units prior to the invasion of Ukraine have exited Russia. Those that remain are paying Moscow billions in taxes, indirectly bankrolling the Ukraine war.
We've been accidentally geoengineering for decades...but then we stopped:
SO2 actually (very temporarily) cools things down by seeding clouds and creating sulfuric acid aerosols. That's not, like, /good/, but by making more clouds (and also decreasing the size of droplets in clouds, and thus increasing their number) more sunlight is reflected to space....
The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future
UK gov 2013: Offshore wind? That'll cost £150/MWh in 2025...
Oops. Fuck
It's not too late. Also it's not fine
Tennis ball-sized hail pounds Italy injuring more than 100 people | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday.
North Atlantic has warmed in one year by about the same amount as during the past 15 years. Rate of warming over the past 15 years was already crazy.
Who should 'own' magazines? Federated infrastructure but user sovereignty: a “third way” between federated and P2P networks?
At the moment the server owner effectively 'owns' magazines & communities. Is that the right balance of power? What happens when servers go offline, or server admins go rogue?...
List of subs people may find familiar
General...
kbin.world
I stuck a service on https://kbin.world that redirects you based on a IP lookup for your country. In descending order it tries to;...
What would net-zero shipping look like? (www.bbc.com)
The International Maritime Organization has set a net-zero goal "by or around 2050". What is needed to reach this?
Have you had any bad experiences with people on Kbin yet? Can we do better than Reddit culture? (lemmy.world)
However, when reddit crapped the bed, by comparison, the threadiverse basically didn’t have an established culture. There was a handful of lemmy instances (we were one of them), but the only one of notable size was lemmy.ml. kbin didn’t even exist in any meaningful way until a couple of months before reddit died....
Reddit > Kbin migration script (github.com)
I didn't write it, but it seems good
I needed a world-news aggregator to help me get off that other site so I made one (kbin.social)
You may be able sign up directly on !worldnews...
KBIN running OK on $10/month managed service (elest.io)
I've been running a Kbin server on a service called elest.io for around a week....
South Korean shoppers hoard salt and seafood ahead of Japan's release of treated radioactive water (kbin.social)
In many supermarkets across South Korea, one item has conspicuously vanished from shelves: salt.
I needed a world-news aggregator to help me get off that other site so I made one (fledd.it)
You can't sign up directly on !worldnews as registration is not enabled....
Antarctic sea ice extent anomalies for each year from 1979 to 2023 (satellite-era; NSIDC, DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS).
https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/
Alexandria, Egypt has become the latest city to solve traffic. Check out their brand new 10 lane highway on the beachfront.
Russia losses 670 soldiers, air defence system and 36 artillery systems in one day (www.pravda.com.ua)
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian defenders killed about 670 Russian servicemen and destroyed 88 units of various military equipment and systems at the front line over the past day (4 July).
Risks of synchronized low yields are underestimated in climate and crop model projections - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)
Simultaneous harvest failures across crop-producing regions are major threats to global food security. A strongly meandering jet can trigger these, however, climate and crop models underestimate effects with consequences for climate risk assessments.
Anxiety and anger over Fukushima nuclear waste plan - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Japan wants to release Fukushima's waste water into the ocean - and a lot of people are not happy.
Foreign firms in Russia continue to help fund Putin's war – DW – 07/04/2023 (www.dw.com)
A study shows that only 17% of Western firms with local Russian units prior to the invasion of Ukraine have exited Russia. Those that remain are paying Moscow billions in taxes, indirectly bankrolling the Ukraine war.
Evolution of the alphabet
South African Zulu king’s entourage denies ‘poisoning’ rumours (www.theguardian.com)
Confusion as spokesperson says reports Misuzulu Zulu in hospital after falling ill were untrue