We set up a forest camera and this is who showed up.
Kibale in Uganda is known as the primate capital of the world, home to endangered species like chimpanzees, mangabeys, and many more.
With our local partners UCF, we’re helping native forest grow back by removing invasive plants, turning the removed plants into fuel briquettes for cooking, and planting locally grown native trees.
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The dragon has risenThe giant aoyu 鳌鱼 flower-lantern balloon from the National Games opening ceremony also appeared during the Spring Festival. (cr飞略大广东)
Aoyu is an auspicious creature from ancient Chinese mythology, with the head of a dragon and the body of a fish. It is the transitional form of a carp that has leaped through the Dragon Gate but not yet fully transformed into a Loong aka Chinese dragon.
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"My wife laid on the waiting room floor in an emergency room for 9 hours with a lodged kidney stone, without pain relief and assistance, just a vomit bag." - Dar Z., Edmonton
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"My wife laid on the waiting room floor in an emergency room for 9 hours with a lodged kidney stone, without pain relief and assistance, just a vomit bag." - Dar Z., Edmonton
Over 8,000 Albertans have shared the reality of our collapsing system. These unfiltered stories are proof we need immediate action; more beds, more staff, and sustainable funding for universal public health care.stateofemergency.ca
Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"
The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02…
Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!
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It makes zero sense to launch datacenters in space. I ain't gonna go through the technical reasons why, but you can read here where someone that actually worked at NASA and google explaining why its a bad idea... taranis.ie/datacenters-in-spac…
But if I could take a moment to poke my conspiracy brain, I think this is more for building an advanced surveillance network against the whole world. You can possibly monitor almost everything on Earth with a network like that.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.Taranis
@BrianJohnson Odds definitely say that a million AI datacenters in orbit is just more fragile ego twitter trolling for shareholders.
However playing with the numbers conservatively, using the 2025 SpaceX launch numbers (down from initial targets) and assuming starlink sattellites get retooled (or just rebranded) as "AI datacenters" for twitter/shareholder creds, SpaceX would need 125 years to launch 1mill units. 62.5 years if using Starship.
Plenty damage early on "for the lols"
DarkSky International now has a set of (very similar) instructions on how to submit a comment on the filings above: darksky.org/news/two-satellite…
They provide templates to help get you started (but be careful using templates, it's my understanding that the FCC will only consider "unique" comments that are submitted). But I think having a large number of individuals who are willing to jump through all the stupid hoops the FCC has set up is a pretty powerful statement in itself! Thanks, all.
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I followed the AAS guide last night and put in a comment on both.
I made up a fairly bare bones PDF about how I’m concerned about the light pollution destroying our dark skies, as the existing SpaceX satellites do.
Took me about half an hour. The hardest part was getting the FCC user registration form to accept my completely correct details! It seems my phone number was too short.
And then also the login page is on a different domain so it didn’t autofill.
A lot of friction.
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They will take another picture without the barn in shot. 
I know, that was not the point you were making. Agreed, space junk falling down is a very bad thing and should be stopped. I urge people to stop using any service that uses satellites in Lower Earth Orbit (LEO). Stop using services like #starlink as it is far more polluting than you think.
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actions speak louder than words
an angry crowd at spacex offices and facilities for example
A few months ago, someone tooted a pic of a Canadian farmer looking at the rubbish of a satellite which fell from the sky. If I recall correctly, an old wooden barn was in the pic. Do we really need this?
“This process is also open to those outside the United States who may be impacted by a proposed system.”
Which is everyone in the planet.
Those of us outside the US could also be asking our own governments why they are not protesting this colonisation of space.
(Other than the usual risking of economic and military warfare, of course).
Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.The Conversation
GoA's South-Athabasca sub-regional plan represents another nail in the caribou coffin Alberta’s caribou are once again taking a back seat to industry.Mark Bradley, guest contributor (www.jasperlocal.com)
“Ethical dilemmas about AI aside, the posts are completely disconnected with ManyVids as a site,” one ManyVids content creator told 404 Media.404media.co/manyvids-porn-plat…
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Oglala Sioux Tribe Rejects ICE Conditions for Information on Detained Members
Leaders of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are demanding the immediate release of tribal citizens held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and are pushing back on federal conditions for information about their whereabouts...Comes Out said the tribe sought detailed information from federal authorities about the detainees’ identities and legal status, but was provided only first names and was told additional information would be released only if the tribe agreed to enter into a formal “immigration agreement” with ICE. Tribe officials said they have no intention of signing such an agreement.
ICE Jails Oglala Sioux Members at Fort Snelling, Site of 19th-Century Concentration Camp
Among nonimmigrants who’ve been swept up by ICE’s campaign of racial profiling are four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, three of whom remain jailed at an ICE facility at Fort Snelling south of the Twin Cities. It’s the same site where, in 1862, U.S. forces imprisoned about 1,700 Indigenous men, women, children and elders following the U.S.-Dakota War, where many died of torture, starvation and disease; survivors were exiled to reservations in what’s now South Dakota.ICE detaining Native American tribal citizens at concentration camp
"The irony is not lost on us," said Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out. "Lakota citizens… at Fort Snelling — a site forever tied to the Dakota 38+2." He's referring to the 38 Dakota men executed in the largest mass hanging in U.S. history, plus two more killed later.ICE detaining Native American tribal citizens at concentration camp - Boing Boing
The Oglala Sioux Tribe demands ICE release its citizens and stop detaining Native Americans from sovereign nations.Ellsworth Toohey (Happy Mutants, LLC.)
If you're on Vancouver Island, in Washington, Oregon, or California, go outside. You might see Crew-11 coming back for an emergency landing due to a crew medical emergency.
You might also hear the sonic boom if you're lucky.
This is expected in the next few minutes!
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nose cone is closed.The capsule has now introduced cool nitrogen and oxygen into the capsule as it will be experiencing a hell of a lot of heating as it impacts the earth's atmosphere.
SPLASHDOWN
166 days in space, they're home.
Hoping the best for the injured crew member.
@jfmezei a helicopter will transport the crew from Shannon.
Yes - NASA was against landing using the Super Draco thrusters, despite approving airbag landing of Starliner.
SpaceX confirming there are dolphins in the area, very curious of what the heck is going on.
I guess this is how you train your dragon?
NASA Administrator Jared Issacman appeared in mission control, appears to be Houston from my recollection.
Dragon translation in progress
As it turns out, Alberta oil and gas doesn’t love you back.
Alberta's oilpatch cut 10,000 jobs last year — even as production soared | Edmonton Journal
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The province produced about 122 million barrels of oil in 2011. Last year, Alberta produced nearly 1.4 billion barrels of oil by November.Zac Delaney (Edmonton Journal)
"With ICE agents coming under fire for opening fire on American citizens, many are examining the agency’s Escalation Training Module, which teaches unqualified numbskulls to approach all confrontations with guns drawn and aggression dialed up to ten."
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Following the death of Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good, Trump Administration officials are unanimously insisting the officer who shot her had completed his routine ICE training on how to exacerbate all violent altercations.Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)
Rose of a Different Color
This is a rose—but let’s call it a rose of a different color. The original photo captured an orange bloom, but what remains is a yellow-orange flower streaked with red, pink, and hints of blue where the shadows settle. Around it swirls a kaleidoscope of color, transforming the scene into something more dreamlike than botanical.
If you love flowers—or just enjoy discovering their beauty and names like I do—come explore my gallery of blooms captured in moments of wonder and curiosity.
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““We’re operating in disaster mode everyday,” Dr. Parks said.”
Edmonton doctors call on Alberta government to declare state of emergency as hospitals overflow | Globe and Mail (gift article link)
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Call follows deaths of three patients in Grey Nuns Community Hospital emergency on Dec. 22Alanna Smith (The Globe and Mail)
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