Fascinating study. One thing I’ve said a lot is that in a post-skinnerian field we are finding cognitive complexity wherever we look in the animal kingdom and this study starts by saying that where sentience can’t be confidently stated it’s in cephalopod species that haven’t been studied much.

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues

Headline should read, UN in danger of collapse because of unpaid United States dues.

“Make no mistake, this is a rupture.”

U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...

Greenland Get the latest news about the tensions between United States, Denmark and Greenland from Politiken Edition. US President Donald Trump is causing tremors with his statements about Greenland. He calls...

Danish newspaper @politiken.dk opens ENGLISH LANGUAGE section of its coverage of Greenland. Resource to understand local coverage, analysis, politics, and public opinion ⬇️

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An image of the book cover: a ringed planet in greens and blues with organic-looking growths seeing to sprout from the rings, and a spaceship in the foreground.

The eagerly awaited follow-up to @aptshadow.bsky.social's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife follows our MC as she tries to determine what has happened to her crewmates who left the ship to explore an interstellar ark.

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I'm a broken record on this but we absolutely do not talk enough about the fact that ~20% of injected CO2 for EOR-CCUS can be microbially converted to methane. coupled with lax MVA regimes, EOR "storage" could easily produce a net increase in GHG emissions!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

UN hits out at global "apathy" over widespread suffering as it launches its 2026 appeal for humanitarian aid

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As my teacher Donella Meadows said, when systems science & wisdom traditions point the same way, when the analytical & the intuitive line up, pay attention. I'm grateful for all the systems teachers and all the contemplative teachers - may we heed them now in this critical moment for life on earth.

Thiiiisss.
I had /have issues with Amazon, Ebay, Apple AND Audible because I moved countries. Digital world my a**.

Still can’t get certain apps, had to close and reopen accounts because they can’t change things, it’s beyond absurd.

Very grateful to have been part of this wonderful show over the years! ❤️

*phishing

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

17% turnout in my Ga county, it was 11% in 2021

Possibly the most obscure Civ franchise snark in the world

They allow you to install on your own system at no cost. They provide a hosting service but it's not obligatory. I have a discussion forum using discourse that I host via Digital Ocean for about 14 euros a month. Couple hundred users.

Discourse is a great product. Have been using it for years.

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

“I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s ... regression back into a petrostate... “China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate - on.ft.com/473JgPQ via @FT

It has been said: start an email with normal human pleasantries and only later get to your request for work.

But I say unto you: no, get your request into the first line so I can see it in the preview without having to click anything.

Now I'm curious. Are they looking to talk about the bible? Or finding work?

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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

Image of an annoying coworker.

Work colleague has a new outfit and keeps peacocking around the office complex.

i’m a believer in ineffective altruism. i think that everyone in america should be issued a vga to s-video cable adapter and a bale of hay

Is green growth happening? An empirical analysis of achieved versus Paris-compliant CO2–GDP decoupling in high-income countries The decoupling rates achieved in high-income countries are inadequate for meeting the climate and equity commitments of the Paris Agreement and cannot legitimately be considered green. If green is to ...

"To achieve Paris-compliant emission reductions, high-income countries will need to pursue post-growth demand-reduction strategies, reorienting the economy towards sufficiency, equity, and human wellbeing, while also accelerating technological change and efficiency improvements."

Happy Bellini Day to all and happiest of birthdays to our toweled king. 🤴🏻

I've never been partial to Art Dico

i think both the "fuck the south forever" people and the "the south is Totally Fine, actually" people miss that. the south is a uniquely broken place, but there are also extremely good and principled people who have been working within that brokenness for a long, long time.

BREAKING 'Very serious danger' if Trump controls US monetary policy, says ECB chief

bad news for countries still hitching their carts to expanding fossil fuel production

Our tame nostalgia page is doing the “We grew up not worrying about germs” thing, and people replying “And we survived!”

You know who didn’t survive? Millions of people, but they’re not on Facebook.