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"Who is benefiting from your despair?" - someone on here
Interesting and important reading! Uplifting at the end too thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-...
How a failure of the imagination opens the door to privatisation
When public services are failing, it's easy to look to privatisation. But that doesn't mean we should.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Interesting and important reading! Uplifting at the end too thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-...
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Interesting and thought provoking. I love these big ideas. I also love the Roosevelt Institute's work ❤️
If progressives are to compete successfully against the authoritarian vision of the post-neoliberal right, they must be able to identify and meet the widespread longing for alternatives on the terrain of culture #2024Reads: rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
January 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Interesting and thought provoking. I love these big ideas. I also love the Roosevelt Institute's work ❤️
Hell yes! Also good for wild ass, according to scientists. www.iflscience.com/one-of-the-m...
One Of The Most Significant Mammal Recoveries Ever Recorded Scoops 2024 Award
And four other reasons to feel hopeful about wildlife from the RSPB.
www.iflscience.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Hell yes! Also good for wild ass, according to scientists. www.iflscience.com/one-of-the-m...
Interesting and cool
Happy New Year from invertebrates that look like fireworks.
Credits
Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live
Anemone: Cathy Lewis
Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen
Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Credits
Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live
Anemone: Cathy Lewis
Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen
Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute
December 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Interesting and cool
Uplifting
Actually can’t believe it’s 2025 in a couple days. Here’s some of the cool stuff we did in 2024:
4400 leaks fixed
183 new affordable rentals
10 mil in social housing
110k plants/trees planted
34 safer pedestrian crossings
17 km added to bike network
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
4400 leaks fixed
183 new affordable rentals
10 mil in social housing
110k plants/trees planted
34 safer pedestrian crossings
17 km added to bike network
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...
"We've worked hard to deliver for Wellington" – Mayor Tory Whanau
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says she's proud of the major milestones achieved this year in three priority areas – water infrastructure, social housing, and climate resilience.
wellington.govt.nz
December 30, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Uplifting
Interesting!
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
December 28, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Interesting!
Funny
When I said I would do anything for my family and my country I only meant stuff I already like doing, like shooting guns for instance. If I have to do something annoying like conserve resources then obviously I'm not willing to do that
December 28, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Funny
Interesting, and also very close to my heart! (I have WORKED INSIDE that polytunnel!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Stressed out trees helping charities restore valuable aspen forests
In a little understood quirk of nature foresters have been putting the aspen tree under duress to promote flowering
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Interesting, and also very close to my heart! (I have WORKED INSIDE that polytunnel!) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Uplifting AND interesting www.bbc.com/news/article...
Skiddaw work starts to bring back lost rainforest
Cumbria Wildlife trust now officially owns Skiddaw Forest and restoration work can start.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Uplifting AND interesting www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just found this great account 😄
In need of some uplifting news?
Reasons to be hopeful: five ways science is making the world better
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Reasons to be hopeful: five ways science is making the world better
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Reasons to be hopeful: five ways science is making the world better
If Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Just found this great account 😄
Air quality in Paris
December 22, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Air quality in Paris
Costa Rica is a great place to find interesting and uplifting news ticotimes.net/2024/09/23/c...
Costa Rica’s UCR Turns Coffee Waste into Energy and Nutrients
The University of Costa Rica has developed an innovative system to repurpose coffee waste into renewable energy and nutrients
ticotimes.net
December 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Costa Rica is a great place to find interesting and uplifting news ticotimes.net/2024/09/23/c...
Uplifting 🐒➰️🦥 ticotimes.net/2024/12/11/c...
Costa Rica Installs Wildlife Crossings to Prevent Electrocutions
Costa Rica tackles wildlife electrocutions with new overhead crossings in Guanacaste. A government decree and collaboration with electric companies aim to protect biodiversity
ticotimes.net
December 21, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Uplifting 🐒➰️🦥 ticotimes.net/2024/12/11/c...
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Splitgills (Schizophyllum commune), the only mushroom ever recorded that has fruited inside the human body, it also has 23,000 mating types, giving it tremendous genetic adaptability. Edible and grows worldwide #mycology #mushrooms
December 21, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Splitgills (Schizophyllum commune), the only mushroom ever recorded that has fruited inside the human body, it also has 23,000 mating types, giving it tremendous genetic adaptability. Edible and grows worldwide #mycology #mushrooms
Uplifting
“First group of children arrive from Palestine to receive life-saving healthcare in Ireland”
The project is being coordinated between Ireland, the WHO, heath services in Egypt and leaders in Palestine. Sick children are evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, up to 2,300 so far, and later brought to Dublin
The project is being coordinated between Ireland, the WHO, heath services in Egypt and leaders in Palestine. Sick children are evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, up to 2,300 so far, and later brought to Dublin
First group of children arrive from Palestine to receive life-saving healthcare in Ireland
Eight children arrived at Dublin Airport yesterday evening, with eight carers and 11 siblings.
www.thejournal.ie
December 21, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Uplifting
Interestin Christmas shower thought 🤔
If you take it literally, “Last Christmas” by Wham! is a song about organ donation from the POV of a ghost.
December 21, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Interestin Christmas shower thought 🤔
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The Point Chev to Westmere Cycleway is open and safer summer rides to the beach are on! 🚲 🌳 🏊♂️
December 21, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The Point Chev to Westmere Cycleway is open and safer summer rides to the beach are on! 🚲 🌳 🏊♂️
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 14, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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WATCH: People celebrating after South Korea's parliament blocks martial law and soldiers withdraw
December 3, 2024 at 4:35 PM
WATCH: People celebrating after South Korea's parliament blocks martial law and soldiers withdraw
Uplifting
In these nine African countries, average incomes have more than doubled since 1990
December 1, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Uplifting
Interesting
New study finds that London's congestion charge reduced car ownership by ~7%. That's a lot!
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
December 1, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Interesting
Interesting
The Helix Nebula captured by NASA'S Hubble space telescope
December 1, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Interesting
Interesting
Scientists discovered amber in Antarctica for the first time, dating to 83–92 million years ago. This reveals a mid-Cretaceous, conifer-dominated rainforest near the South Pole, showing Antarctica was once warm and wet and hosted resin-producing trees, offering new insights into ancient ecosystems.
First-Ever Amber Discovered in Antarctica Shows Rainforest Existed Near South Pole
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs.
www.sciencealert.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Interesting