Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

More evidence of the importance of #Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00167-7

And of the urgency in transitioning from high input, high tillage monocropping toward more diversified no/low-till systems incorporating perennial crops

Omg: who did this?😱

Between Twitter and Reddit imploding, and Meta soon launching their fediverse-compatible Project 92/Barcelona/Threads, there's a great need to make https://jointhefediverse.net available in more languages.

Would you join me and the rest of the volunteers and help out?

https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net#translation

#fediverse #JoinTheFediverse #twitter #reddit #meta #project92 #threads #TwitterMigration #RedditMigration #volunteer #translation #internationalization #i18nfellow #volunteers

Myself and @gavcloud are doing some free workshops this Tuesday at https://offline.place in #Berlin! I am going to give a tour of the #fediverse fediverse with a focus on smaller less known projects and Gav will talk about using #Tiddlywiki for personal knowledge collection.

Workshops between 18:00 to 22:00, and wiki stuff is on first! Oh and there will be food!

Hope you’re not traveling around Northeast Philadelphia!

“Section of Philadelphia I-95 collapses after truck bursts into flames, officials say - All lanes of the highway are shut down between the Woodhaven and Aramingo exits in northeast #Philadelphia, the state Office of #Emergency Management said in a tweet.”

#I95 #fire #accident
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/section-philadelphia-95-collapses-massive-truck-fire-officials-say-rcna88747

Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment https://yiffit.net/post/9187

Apple previewed its next iPhone operating system this week, which is a nice reminder to dig into your phone settings and disable ad tracking if you haven’t already. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-id-tracking-ios-and-android-and-why-you-should-do-it-now

Exciting Thread from the #James #Webb #Space #Telescope
@jwst_templates https://astrodon.social/@jwst_templates/110502140226246249

Savannah is looking for #hackers! Help is needed for project submission evaluations, working on and improving the Web UI, documentation, and more! Read how you can become a Savannah Hacker and become a part of this important part of #softwarefreedom at https://u.fsf.org/hkr

At this point I am literally just begging you to stop putting hCaptcha in your apps. Please. I don't know what else to do. Please. Please don't do it. If it's on a website we at least have a chance. As bad a chance it might be. But if it's in your app anyone who can't do a captcha is completely locked out. So please. Do not do it.

Who called it Generative AI instead of Plagiarism as a Service?

"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping." -- Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist and poet.
#Quotes #Nature #environment

Earth past its safe limits for humans, scientists say

#politics #science #environmentalism #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalJustice
https://www.ft.com/content/b59f9fea-500c-43c0-9b70-f0f7e866fd0e

Science

‘Suddenly, we were in Wonderland’: Paul McCartney on his lost photos of Beatlemania
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/03/suddenly-we-were-in-wonderland-paul-mccartney-on-his-lost-photos-of-beatlemania?utm_source=DamnInteresting

There is a blue line for every year since 1982. Each line represents the surface temperature in the North Atlantic across that year.
The red line is this year.

I recommend growing food in your garden, getting an e-bike, house upgrades (solar panels, insulation), and forming a massive pitchfork wielding mob to march on the oil company HQs.

My publisher is looking for two #blind sensitivity / test readers, to make sure a story with prominent blind characters doesn't set a foot wrong.

This is a paid opportunity: a flat fee of $25 USD for feedback on a deadline. Story is roughly 20,000 words.

#publishing #FineFiction #writing

Wait for me to let my 10yo have an account on my own mastodon server would I have to be COPA compliant?