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Kiliii Yüyan puts Indigenous ‘Guardians of Life’ and their planetary stewardship in focus National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan returns to the Mongabay Newscast to share his experience creating his new book, Guardians of Life: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Science, and Restoring...

Almost three years ago I interviewed @kiliiiyuyan.bsky.social about a project he was working on documenting the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of nine Indigenous communities worldwide. He returns to the podcast to talk about the experience, and the knowledge he's gleaned. Listen here:

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We need to be kinder to humans, the animals, and the Earth.

It really is that simple.

#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

The Grand Teton mountains in GT National Park as the sun sets behind them. Sun streaks reach above the peaks as night begins to settle in.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved - Kurt Vonnegut

Pic of the day
#photography

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

Esse caso é destruidor, horrível no nível máximo. Mas, a única razão pela qual isso tomou a proporçao q tomou é porque MUITA gente em SC se mobilizou. E esta revoltada. Parem de falar como se todo catarinense fosse fascista

Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️

Planetary Nebula Abell 7 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26012...
Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies just south of Orion in planet Earth's skies toward the constellation Lepus, The Hare

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it Disney deleted a Thread post because people kept posting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies.

Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it

if you are feeling bad (understandably!) about the state of the US, may I strongly recommend visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington? I did so the weekend before the election and it has stayed with me in a very good way

It’s called civil war

Now more than ever, it’s important to understand how energy, climate, and environment are inextricably linked to finance and geopolitics. It’s a great time to follow some awesome journalists focused on those topics here. It’s free!

a useful starter pack:

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It’s a lot closer to a comedy than the bear

YouTube video by Direto dos Manguezais Algumas figuras do Cavalo-Marinho

Mestre Salu.
O tempo passa, a cultura vive.

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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

Necropolitics

Intertapes — Main Obscure tape finds and their stories

Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

‘People will listen’: turning anger into community pride in North Shields A tour of local ‘wins’ shows how the charity Citizens UK is working with residents to build a better, fairer society

‘People will listen’: turning anger into community pride in North Shields

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This is a globular cluster located in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The reason it looks so colorful is because it was imaged in red/near-infrared (the red channel filter overlaps both) and near-ultraviolet. HST is one of the only observatories still in operation capable of ultraviolet observations due to its location above Earth's atmosphere. Astronomers are especially keen to make use of its ultraviolet abilities before the harsh environment of space takes its inevitable toll on the telescope. Yes, the telescope will eventually stop working altogether, but even before that happens, the detectors which pick up ultraviolet light are also quickly losing sensitivity. Globular clusters typically take on an overall muted yellow color in visible spectrum images, but the near-infrared and near-ultraviolet filters are very good at highlighting what might otherwise be subtle differences and the result is a beautifully colorful image. You might also notice the faint red apparitions of galaxies in the background. They are relatively faint in ultraviolet light, so they appear unusually red in this particular image, but their shapes are unmistakably galactic. Data from the following proposals were used to create this image. Which stars go BOOM? Multiple Stellar Populations in Young Magellanic Cloud Clusters Red: WFC3/UVIS F814W Green: WFC3/UVIS F336W Blue: WFC3/UVIS F225W North is 2.3° clockwise from up.

NGC 1805 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2hGxYpA

Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last

The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety

This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...

Volunteering is a greatway to connect with other volunteers and with the city around you. And it‘s pretty fun.

Consider signing up for EV❤️NYC this fall
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www.evloves.nyc/volunteer/

📸Linda Hayes

This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together

But it's a story with an under-recognised hero

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The best summary of all my experiences with #ChatGPT #AI