Croajingolong National Park wildflowers - still some late waxlip orchids flowering on the edge of the forest in late October with an occasional flying duck out in the fields of pink trigger plants (plus sundews!) near the Genoa River, East Gippsland, VIC.
Top : Waxlip orchid (Glossodia/Caladenia major) + Trigger plant - Stylidium sp.
Bottom: Sundew - Drosera sp. + large duck orchid (Caleana major).
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #CarniverousPlants #Wildflowers
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This time next week, the U.S. will have voted. Anyone else feel sick?! This is our regular #NewstodonFriday thread, which highlights the newsrooms and reporters who have an active presence in the fediverse. Inevitably, we have political stories and politics-adjacent stories, along with some lighter fare, and some that straddle the two (@TexasObserver’s story on a new Greg Abbott musical fits perfectly into that category). Please check out the stories, follow the publications, click on the stories, subscribe, donate and otherwise support if you can. See you on the other side.
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"Haaretz has been far more critical of Israels actions than western media outlets have been. It recently published an editorial titled “If It Looks Like #EthnicCleansing It Probably Is” (nonpay link). Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken is now publicly advocating international sanctions on the Israeli government for its apartheid abuses and opposition to a #Palestinians state, drawing an outraged response from the #Netanyahu regime" caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/1…
#CaitlinJohnstone #EthnicCleansing #Palestinians #Netanyahu
Many articles published by Haaretz would result in uproar, loss of job and possibly prosecution in many parts of the "free world" specially Germany and UK
#bcon24 update: it's with a heavy heart that I say I will no longer be attending. I've gotten sick and don't feel comfortable traveling, let alone potentially getting fellow Blender-ers sick.
Regarding my extensions presentation, I'll see if I can record a video so #Blender Foundation doesn't have to rush to find a presenter. But if someone at Blender is comfortable presenting, they can message me.
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Harris Campaign Video
11/1 - VP Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, WI With Guest speakers Cardi B and Keegan-Michael Key, featuring performances by Flo Milli, GloRilla, and MC Lyte.
Vice President Kamala Harris is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin getting voters fired up.
Tune in.
@KamalaHarrisWin
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Generation Zero: The Ultimate Resistance
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ABC Lost 1M Viewers After Elon Musk Called for People To Boycott the Network?
"I hope they go bankrupt or Elon buys them out," a commenter said. "It’s a giant outhouse."
Supreme Court sides with Democrats in Pennsylvania voting case
It is hard to estimate how many ballots will be affected by the decision or whether it will ultimately impact the outcome of the presidential election.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Hyundai’s cutesy Inster EV doesn’t need to be quick
This extra-small SUV has good electric range for its size but no plans for release in the US.
Works by Ryan Dang,blendervacations .,Felipe de Melo.
#b3d #BlenderKit #Blender3D #3Dmodeling #3Drendering #GameDev #ArchViz #3Danimation #DigitalArt #CGI #OpenSource #ArtWithOpenSource #3DAssets #GameAssets
Linux on Apple Silicon with Alyssa Rosenzweig
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Ja, das #Nokia #N900 habe ich wirklich geliebt. Das Teil mit neuer Hardware würde ich sofort wieder kaufen.
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Der Werbespot ist mir neu - glaube ich hätte gerne damals bei Nokia gearbeitet.
A Brief History of Cyrix
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Litigation: it's the American way
← interesting but atypically for this site, way too short and scant on detail of what brought about the decline & fall.
"Tricks AND Treats" buy #ArtFED & #ResInt
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Read some #Kropotkin & listen to an antifascist collaborative creative commons audio collage album, "This Cassette Kills Fascists" #TCKF
#Halloween #meme #CreativeCommons #NotBonkWave #FediRadio #FediMusic #MyMusic #AntifaAF #Antifa #ActivistArt
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in reply to Flipboard • • •Yes, Texas’s abortion laws are killing women. @ProPublica reports on another case — 18-year-old Neveah Crain, who was diagnosed with sepsis but sent home because her six-month fetus had a heartbeat, and on a subsequent visit, had delayed care because the obstetrician insisted on two ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise.” She died hours later. She and her mother, Candace Fails are both devout anti-abortion Christians, but supported it in the event of life-threatening illness. “I know it sounds selfish, and God knows I would rather have both of them, but if I had to choose,” Fails said, “I would have chosen my daughter.”
propublica.org/article/nevaeh-…
#Texas #RoeVWade #Abortion #Healthcare #WomensRights #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •AI-generated slop is all over Facebook, and it looks like that will be continuing. In a quarterly earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said he is excited for the “opportunity for AI to help people create content that just makes people’s feed experiences better.” What might that look like? “I think we’re going to add a whole new category of content, which is AI generated or AI summarized content or kind of existing content pulled together by AI in some way,” he explained. @404mediaco has more.
404media.co/zuckerberg-the-ai-…
#Facebook #Threads #Meta #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #TechIndustry #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •“We’re drowning in a sea of misinformation, much of it spread on a social network controlled by the world’s richest man. This isn’t a new problem, of course, but it’s reaching new levels of absurdity and concern,” writes our managing editor @csullivan in a new blogpost. He breaks down America’s truth crisis, and how Flipboard is maintaining a fact-first approach through it all.
about.flipboard.com/inside-fli…
#Flipboard #Misinformation #Disinformation #Technology #AI #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •Last year, New Mexico adopted House Bill 4, which establishes that those convicted of a felony can still vote, providing they are not incarcerated. A crew of people set to work registering newly eligible voters and in doing so discovered thousands of people who had been wrongfully denied their voting rights, for many years before. They’ve successfully sued the state so that those affected will be able to vote next Tuesday. It’s a victory, but some voters still feel mistrustful of the government. @bolts explains more.
boltsmag.org/voting-rights-res…
#NewMexico #Voting #USElection #VotingReform #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •Eritrean journalist Akberet Beyene was placed under house arrest in her home country as part of a crackdown on the media, and eventually fled the country dressed in her mother’s clothes and carrying her sister’s passport. It was just the first step in her journey to Canada as an asylum seeker. She tells her story in a new book, Geographies of the Heart,
which is excerpted in @thetyee.
thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/10/31/…
#RefugeesWelcome #Books @bookstodon #Culture #Canada #Journalism #Media #Eritrea #AsylumSeeker #Immigration #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •According to a story in Popular Science that our @ScienceDesk shared, humans just love to physically attack robots — but not if they appear to be in emotional distress, for example, crying out or widening their eyes. Here’s a look at our history of hurting robots, and what that might mean if they become more integrated into our lives in the future.
popsci.com/technology/people-h…
#Robots #Technology #Psychology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •How best to tell the story of Texas’s frustration with Gov. Greg Abbott? Through the medium of song. “Young Greg Abbott: A FuQusical” had its first two full performances on Oct. 18 in Austin. @oconnell reviewed the show for @TexasObserver. The team behind it now want to take it on the road. “We really don’t want him to have a national profile, and, if he thinks of having one, we want to be in his ear as this very annoying little pesky punk show following him around,” co-creator Brently Heilbron says.
texasobserver.org/young-greg-a…
#Texas #MusicalTheater #GregAbbott #Culture #Music #Theater #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •Just when you thought Halloween was done, @KnowableMag hit us with this true-life horror story of a parasitic fungus, Entomophthora muscae, which translates to “destroyer of insects.” “After the fungus infects the fly, it doesn’t go straight to the vital organs but starts consuming fats and other nutrients first, gradually starving the fly but keeping it alive,” writes Rohini Subrahmanyam. “Only when it runs out of non-vital organs to chomp on does it start to control the fly’s behavior, thus ensuring its continuity: By forcing the fly to seek some height and get stuck there, it ensures wide distribution of its spores.”
knowablemagazine.org/content/a…
#Science #Insects #Entomology #Fungus #Zombies #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •For @damemagazine, Parker Molloy reports on a new Pew Research Center survey that shows that only 13% of U.S. adults say they have “a lot” of trust in the information they get from national news organizations. She discusses what the media needs to do to save itself.
damemagazine.com/2024/10/28/ca…
#Media #Journalism #News #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •The fast-growing, supremely dangerous sport of base-jumping is the subject of @thecontinent’s latest photo essay, which shows the nascent scene in South Africa.
continent.substack.com/p/photo…
#ExtremeSports #BaseJumping #SouthAfrica #Africa #Photography #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •AI regulation and privacy laws in Spanish-speaking Latin America are either dated or non-existent, which means that Meta users there can’t prohibit the company from using their content for training. “Artists are particularly vulnerable, as many promote their creative work on Meta’s platforms,” writes Lucila Pinto for @restofworld. She talked to creatives about what they plan to do.
restofworld.org/2024/meta-is-t…
#Technology #Tech #Art #Artists #Meta #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •When Manasvi Verma moved from India to St. Louis, Missouri, for college, her diet changed — and so did her gut microbiome. She wrote this beautiful essay, which is about food, science, sociology, and friendship, for @thexylom.
thexylom.com/post/a-journey-th…
#Science #Sociology #Food #Microbiome #GutHealth #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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in reply to Flipboard • • •Some of us may be checking our screens a little more often than usual over the next few days, weeks, or (god help us) months. @TheConversationUS has a great article on overcoming device dependency and digitally detoxing, with tips that go beyond the usual “just put your phone in another room.”
theconversation.com/how-to-ove…
#Technology #Lifestyle #DigitalDetox #PhoneUsage #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday