But this is just about quantity, not diversity.

Top comment points out that it might be more cyclical

Options:

- Switch to an alternative like Flashes, Pixelfed or Foto, and hope that others join with time...
- Flickr?
- Post on a blog or website.
- Print the best ones in photo albums.
-???

I suppose I feel more pessimistic. What do you think is the most interesting stuff that people are working on right now?

This confuses me on multiple levels!

Eating alone at a restaurant =\= loneliness, and loneliness =\= distrust.
And don't you mean to say... loneliness could have caused Trump's re-election?

I agree this seems like a pointless guardian article, but... When most biodiversity loss is due to habitat destruction, which is mostly for agriculture - which we all partake in - then does it really make sense to single people out? Seems to me like it makes sense to take collective responsibility.

Thanks Rosaleen!

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You're partially right, but not entirely. Anti-speciesism means you need good reasons for treating species differently. So what's the good reason here? We're talking about species where the majority die at a young age. Simply saying that's characteristic for their species isn't enough.

Absolutely. Where's the argument here? Anti-speciesism is about applying the same ethics to other animals as to ourselves...

As the authors argue, this is a reason to focus on those populations that are faring very badly, rather than assuming that things are bad across the board. And the main driver of population declines is habitat being converted for agriculture. Which would be avoided if people ate less meat.

The most important point is that the Living Planet Report, from which the statistic is derived, only counts native species. Another important point is that it only claims that the average population studied is decreasing by 73% - in fact, almost as many populations are increasing as decreasing.

For many land animals, life is short and painful. Recent estimates indicate that globally, most animals are raised on factory farms. In the US, where better data and research are available, 99% of livestock is factory-farmed.

(This Daily Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)

Probably because of the school shooting in Wisconsin in December - the shooter was a 15 year old girl.

Idk what normal people can do except donate to AI charities/funds or to spread the word?

But more generally, this shows how out of control growth in AI is. I think that's reason for concern - anything that accelerates is hard to control.

Probably not what you're looking for, but: for AGI, I like the analogy of cows not worried about these new smart apes. They're so small! They lack physical strength. What could they possibly do? But because of their lesser intelligence, they literally couldn't imagine what we could do.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_de...