Gustavo Ogasawara @gojonnes@qoto.org

Latest comic: Tech billionaires just want to save humanity!

#tech #inequality #economy #philanthropy

I'm following the devastating news from Slovenia, where one month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours. It's the biggest natural disaster in the young country's 32-year history. Large parts of the country are flooded. I can't even begin to imagine the time and money needed to recover from this.

But it's hard to find non-Slovenian coverage of this disaster. Press agencies like Reuters and AP are reporting it, but newspapers in, say, Germany or the US aren't picking it up.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/floods-hit-slovenia-forcing-evacuations-disrupting-transport-2023-08-04/

Long-term study finds #nitrogen_fixation hot spots in Atlantic seaweed.

#diazotrophs #epiphytes #Sargassum #oceans

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-long-term-nitrogen-fixation-hot-atlantic.html

@TomGauld hits the nail on the head - the corporate #climatechange deniers have their PR strategies in place... the pivot is coming

Isso tem se tornado um pesadelo para quem trabalha com corais. Os recifes de coral são cerca de 1% do oceano, mas eles são essenciais para 25% da vida marinha. Os recifes de coral seriam algo equivalente às florestas tropicais em terra, um hotspot de biodiversidade.

Research Data Coordinator I

Moffitt Cancer Center

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-data-coordinator-i/?feed_id=53621

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Tampa #UnitedStatesUS #ProjectManager #ResearchAssistant #ResearchTechnician
https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-data-coordinator-i/?feed_id=53621

»Stop asking candidates if they ›believe in‹ climate change and start asking if they understand it.

It’s science, not Santa Claus.«
( via @TheValorieClark auf Twitter )

Today I learned that Saturn's north pole is a hexagon-shaped storm.

And each side of the hexagon is longer than the distance around the Earth!

How many times you have switched instances? #Mastodon #Fediverse

Ouvi uma pessoa dizer que ela não acha que IA vai ter impacto em resultados eleitorais e me deu vontade de dizer “meu irmão em Cristo, as pessoas dão leite pra gato até hoje porque viram no Tom & Jerry”…

Obrigada #Isaltino por teres feito chegar ao Politico a noticia que mais de 4815 crianças foram sexualmente abusadas pela igreja católica em portugal! #JMJ
🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-portugal-censorship-scandal-catholic-church-sexual-abuse/

Increased atmospheric CO₂ is expected to expand the Hadley cell, leading to more droughts in the subtropics and rainfall in the tropics.

A study finds that CO₂ removal (CDR) will not return the Hadley cell to its original state for centuries.

It’s best not to emit CO₂.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/26/23807051/climate-change-carbon-removal-desert-drought-hadley-cell-research

#AdamZyglis @adamzyglis #cartoon: July was the hottest month on record... @TheBuffaloNews #ClimateCrisis #climatedenial https://buffalonews.com/opinion/hottest-month-on-record/image_98ad8588-3149-11ee-9b74-07d831625299.html #alttext

Maybe someone can explain this. I"m being serious, not sarcastic. What is the fascination with gossip about the personal lives of celebrities? Marriage, divorce, etc. What exactly is the fascination? For some reason, the example that popped into my head is a relatively older one - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Remember that? I bring it up ONLY as an example.
What's the fascination? Is it escapism? A bonding experience with other people over a drama being played out in public? What am I missing?

[Paleontología]

El animal más pesado que ha existido

Un equipo de paleontólogos ha creado el modelo 3D de una nueva especie de cetáceo arcaico, descubierta en la costa sur de Perú

Bautizado como Perucetus colossus, los autores calculan que su peso y tamaño pudo haber superado al de la ballena azul, hasta ahora considerada la criatura más pesada jamás registrada

Leer más en Agencia Sinc #ciencia #paleontología #science

https://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/El-animal-mas-pesado-que-ha-existido

Was reminded of Noriyoshi Ohrai's Star Wars illustrations yet again, so adding this to the old thread:

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai, for the release of the dubbed version of the film in Japan in 1982.

#StarWars #film #movie #cinemastodon #cinema #art #NoriyoshiOhrai

Here's a #QuestionOfTheDay for you all.

Which of the following musical artists has the greatest "albums per year" ratio? By that, I mean, the number of full length studio albums (excluding live albums, collabs, or compilations) recorded over the number of years they have been or were actively a recording artist or band.

Vote now!

The ratios are in the following toot behind a content warning.

Tags: #Music #TheBeatles #DollyParton #BruceSpringsteen #ClassicRock #RockMusic #SnoopDogg #HipHop #AltRock #Weezer