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Michaela Mabinty DePrince died September 10 (gift link, NYT). [more inside]
posted by BibiRose on Sep 16 at 7:22 AM - 18 comments

Dampier island's transfer to traditional owners to support World Heritage bid, further its protection. Less than 10 kilometres from the Burrup and its billions of dollars of industry, West Intercourse Island will join Murujuga National Park to protect it from future industrial development. [more inside]
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries on Sep 16 at 7:14 AM - 3 comments

Here are 7 translations and 7 interviews with the Lebanese author of the novel Gate of the Sun, which portrayed the lives of Palestinian refugees.
posted by toastyk on Sep 16 at 6:25 AM - 4 comments

Motors and specially designed legs-- it brings your snacks to you. How it was designed and made
posted by Nancy Lebovitz on Sep 16 at 5:52 AM - 21 comments

Forty years ago today, Miami Vice premiered on NBC. Born out of writer-producer Anthony Yerkovich growing awareness of the practice of asset forfeiture (and not a memo by Brandon Tartikoff that said "MTV cops"), and originally imagined as a movie, the five-season, 114-episode show would revolutionize television, with People magazine saying it was the "first show to look really new and different since color TV was invented." [more inside]
posted by NotMyselfRightNow on Sep 16 at 4:25 AM - 62 comments

Portugal's Defense Minister Nuno Melo has reignited a long-standing territorial dispute, claiming that the Spanish town of Olivenza rightfully belongs to Portugal and asserting that the country will not relinquish its claim. [AA] [more inside]
posted by chavenet on Sep 16 at 1:34 AM - 15 comments

In Britain, solar farms can benefit wildlife. [more inside]
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries on Sep 15 at 7:33 PM - 13 comments

Over on Youtube
"Haiku Beta 5 is OUT!"
Action Retro shouts

Said right: "Be Oh Ess,"
Beta 5 brings huge upgrades
in stability [more inside]
posted by JHarris on Sep 15 at 5:44 PM - 16 comments

How do you find the life expectancy of a California condor? Google it. Or the gross national product of Morocco? Google it. Or the final resting place of Tom Paine? Google it. There was a time, however—not all that long ago—when you couldn’t Google it or ask Siri or whatever cyber equivalent comes next. You had to do it the hard way—by consulting reference books, indexes, catalogs, almanacs, statistical abstracts, and myriad other printed sources. Or you could save yourself all that time and trouble by taking the easiest available shortcut: You could call me. from The Department of Everything by Stephen Akey [Hedgehog Review]
posted by chavenet on Sep 15 at 2:31 PM - 15 comments

The former president is safe after a shooting at his Florida golf course Sunday, and officials believe an armed person was trying to target Trump, according to sources briefed on the matter. A local sheriff’s office says it has taken a person into custody after the gunfire at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Please post more as you find it, I'm theoretically about to leave to drive home and this was on the TV just now.
posted by jenfullmoon on Sep 15 at 2:08 PM - 229 comments

Jane Fonda on Jimmy Kimmel, Sept 11, 2024 After a short exchange about Kamala Harris and the Orange Man (her words), she makes a compelling and immediate case for really waking up to the climate crisis. [more inside]
posted by Glinn on Sep 15 at 12:26 PM - 7 comments

Top 100 3D Parkour Montage [more inside]
posted by Gyan on Sep 15 at 11:26 AM - 6 comments

Billionare lifestyle parody Gstaad Guy's (Constance, and sometimes Colton) ongoing (TikTok, Instagram) series on behaviors from men who should immediately be dumped à la poubelle (all videos on TikTok). “Although they are fake people, they are very authentic to their values and characters. It’s either excellent or it’s à la poubelle . . . ”
posted by spamandkimchi on Sep 15 at 9:26 AM - 9 comments

Native title claim spanning 95,000 square kilometres (23,475,011 acres) recognised by Federal Court in Western New South Wales. In an open-air courtroom set up in a nature reserve at Cobar, families from the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan peoples secure one of the largest native title claims in the region's history.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries on Sep 15 at 6:44 AM - 6 comments

The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out. Ig Nobel prize winner Saul Justin Newman on his paper Supercentenarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans. [more inside]
posted by TheophileEscargot on Sep 15 at 5:26 AM - 53 comments

Watch the Greenough river in Western Australia come to life as you read the stories of the people who celebrate the return of the water flow. Odyssey Story Format (mix of images, text and video) on the ABC.
posted by freethefeet on Sep 15 at 4:25 AM - 3 comments

Greg Morton can do all the voices. I always wonder how people can do this kind of imitation. Not just one, but so many!
posted by goofyfoot on Sep 15 at 4:00 AM - 3 comments

It seems unlikely that a system relying on hallucinated base rates and numerical simulations goes all the way to outperforming (half-decent) human forecasters in any meaningful way. from Contra papers claiming superhuman AI forecasting [Lesswrong]
posted by chavenet on Sep 15 at 2:43 AM - 8 comments

Starting in 2017, NW Natural promoted the potential of “renewable natural gas” to counter the movement to ban new fossil gas hookups and electrify residential heating and cooking. A trove of more than 100 insider documents shows that NW Natural has done a lot less than promised in their Less We Can campaign. [more inside]
posted by Headfullofair on Sep 14 at 8:37 PM - 12 comments

Nausea-inducing cane toad baits help freshwater crocodiles avoid poisonous pest. New research shows taste-aversion therapy helps hundreds of freshwater crocodiles avoid poisoning by cane toads spreading across the Kimberley.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries on Sep 14 at 7:24 PM - 2 comments