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#DidYouKnow: #Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust that subsided after breaking away from Gondwanaland 83 - 79 million years ago. It has been described variously as a submerged continent, a continental fragment (or microcontinent), and a continent.
It is sometimes referred as the "#EighthContinent of the world".
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A raccoon named BuriBuri climbed into an empty baby bouncer in the living room, got very comfortable and then went to sleep.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Some experts say the values of fun and personal development in youth sports are being replaced by performance and victoryAdrienne Matei (The Guardian)
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Table to seat 60 being built by local artists and craftspeople in woodland on edge of DartmoorAmelia Hill (The Guardian)
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Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollutionTom Perkins (The Guardian)
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A golden retriever named Kobe with "only child syndrome" who thought the baby stuff was for him became a protective big brother to the baby.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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One of the creators of the iconic early videogame The Oregon Trail talks about the unexpected impact the game has had, not having made any money from it, and picks his favorite way to die in the game.
"It only happened once every several hundred times, and so people could've played it for months and all of a sudden, 'What? I got bit by a snake and died? This has never happened to me before!'"
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One of the most successful computer games of all time is currently being developed by Apple as a forthcoming movie.David Schuman (CBS News)
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Long thought to be sterile, our brains are now believed to harbour all sorts of micro-organisms, from bacteria to fungi. How big a part do they play in Alzheimer’s and similar diseases?Amy Fleming (The Guardian)
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Environmentalists say marine park waste regulations need updating to limit grey water and exhaust chemicals as passenger cruise numbers riseBen Smee (The Guardian)
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Chair of talks in Busan says progress has been made but ‘a few critical issues’ are unresolvedGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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A brilliant young scientist believes that if we preserve our brains, they could be revived in the future, helping us live for centuriesMichael Segalov (The Guardian)
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Akiyoshi Nagai posted an adorable video of his young son making his debut in the ring where he knocked his opponent over with a single blow.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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This is locally known as Eel Bridge, and for good reason.
There lots of eels living in the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River, and whenever I pass this bridge there's usually a group of walkers watching them.
I like how the #ChristchurchCityCouncil has erected a sign asking people to look after the eels.
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#nature #eels #fish #nz #Ōtautahi #Christchurch
Short-finned Eel from Hillmorton, Christchurch, New Zealand on November 30, 2024 at 04:27 PM by Jon SullivaniNaturalist NZ
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Valley of Song was every bit as wonderful as I thought it would be. It's the first time, though, that I ever saw a Novello play without any of his own songs. Christopher Hassall did such a good job finishing it that I couldn't tell where one man's work ended and the other's began. What really touched my heart, though, is that this took place in Wales, where Ivor was born. More so, was that some of the songs I know as a fact were sung by the Royal Welsh Ladies Choir, and probably by the Novello Davis Choir, both of which were conducted by his mother. It is the closest I will ever come to hearing them, other than one recording I have under another conductor. I almost cried when they sang Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), which I know they sung and even recorded in 1915 (I don't have it). And of course, there was a beautiful love story, too, as always.
#ChristopherHassall #ClaraNovelloDavis #IvorNovello #ValleyofSong
🌊📸 Spectacular Close-Up of a Pregnant Plankton Mother! 🦐💧
This tiny beauty is a Daphnia magna, a freshwater planktonic crustacean you might find drifting in ponds, lakes, and even puddles. These little creatures, also called "water fleas," play a big role in freshwater ecosystems, filtering water and serving as food for fish.
📷: Marek Miś - Mikrofotografia
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#NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photographer
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Takayna’s forests
"Old-growth forests (forests unscathed by industrial-scale human development) are complex places. “They have structural components that are completely absent from a forest that could be 150 or 200 years old, so they’re essential for biodiversity,” says Prof Hugh Possingham, a conservation researcher and Queensland’s former chief scientist. Achieving such structural ecological complexity takes aeons">>
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Land use: Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area, destruction by all-terrain vehicles
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#Rainforest #oldgrowth #Tasmania #Gondwana #conservation #biodiversity #ATV #destruction
Teeming with wildlife under lush canopies, this area in Australia’s island state is one of the world’s most remarkable – and one most in need of protectionElfy Scott (The Guardian)
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Items such as coffee cups and bin liners are wrongly labelled ‘compostable’, leading to calls for governments to impose standardsKate Lyons (The Guardian)
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One new theory has been added to the mix about why many – but not all – humans lock lips in loveDonna Lu (The Guardian)
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CounterPunch: Emergency Summit Regarding Antarctic Meltdown…
Hundreds of scientists gathered in Australia for an “emergency summit” within the auspices of the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference d/d November 2024... Counterpunch.org #environment #antarctica #climatechange #conservationissues
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Hundreds of scientists gathered in Australia for an “emergency summit” within the auspices of the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference d/d November 2024… Counterpunch.org #envir…for much deliberation
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A golden retriever named Ellie watched "Star Wars" for the first time and hid behind the couch when Darth Vader appeared.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzesMolly Oldfield (The Guardian)
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It has just come to my attention that there is only one developer of Friendica. It's a truly wonderful site, with a lot of potential, particularly for those of us coming from Facebook. It allows for extremely long posts, local posting, and you can follow and interact with people from various sites in the Fediverse. But there are a few issues regarding screen reader accessibility, and perhaps some things that I'm not aware of. I have therefore decided to create a Friendica development tag, in order to find people who are willing and able to help resolve these issues.
#accessibility #accessibilitytesting #Android #blind #blindness #Facebook #Fediverse #Friendica #FriendicaDevelopment #html #NVDA #screenreaders #Talkback #websites #Windows
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I am not sure how much Friendica has diverged from Hubzilla, Streams, or Forte, but they are all from the same family tree. They all come from Mist Park and Friendika (the MIT licensed version of Friendika before it was renamed Friendica and switched to AGPL).
There are some opportunities for collaboration, but the biggest obstacle is incompatible licenses. Hubzilla is MIT licensed and Friendica is AGPL. That means that Friendica can use code from Hubzilla, but Hubzilla can never use any code from Friendica. The exception being addons, themes, and widgets, that can be any license.
Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders:
* No lungs
* Billions (!) in eastern US
* Offer excellent insect control
* Make A+ useful soil tunnels for ecosystem success:
"Eastern red-backs spend much of their lives underground, tucked away in small holes and decaying root systems. While buried in the soil, these tiny predators tunnel through the earth, pushing around dirt and preying on soil invertebrates. This tunneling activity has a dual role in engineering the micro-habitats that keep nutrients cycling through the soil." - smithsonianmag.com/blogs/natio…
#nature #ecology #animals #salamanders #amphibians #environment #ecosystem #soil
Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small woodland creature with a huge role to play.Smithsonian Magazine
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Friendica seriously needs to do something about their accessibility. I was able to edit one post directly on the site, but it was apparently a lucky click. I keep trying, but though there is an "edit" option,, when I hit it, it never sends me to an edit page. There is some kind of dialogue and I can never get into it. Even the homepage doesn't have normal links. It's some kind of menu bar, and if I go to profile, for example, it reads as a link, but I had to tab through everything else to get out of it. Why can't people just make normal links! This is why I use TweeseCake.
#accessibility #blind #blindness #friendica #html #menus #NVDA #technology #TweeseCake #websites
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Usually, I post from TweeseCake, but I saw something interesting on the Friendica site itself. What is the difference between "Reshare" and "quote share"?
The Time When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place
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Charlie Chaplin started appearing in his first films in 1914---40 films, to be precise---and, by 1915, the United States had a major case of 'Chaplinitis.OC (Openculture.com)
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Dolly Parton entered a Dolly Parton drag queen look-alike contest -- and lost. The other contestants didn't know they were going up against the real Dolly.
"All these beautiful drag queens had worked for weeks and months getting their clothes. So I just got in the line and I just walked across, and they just thought I was some little short gay guy... but I got the least applause."
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Country music legend talks about her love life and supporting gay rights.ABC News
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Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the worldAndrew Gregory (The Guardian)
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Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying
Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season has scientists on edge.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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💾 Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds
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It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, opening new pathways for understanding how memory…James Devitt (Medical Xpress)
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I do not know if this is helpful but at one point there was a blind dosemu user who was running dosemu in terminal mode. He ended up reaching out through the mailing list despite most of the current development and related discussion taking place on github nowadays as part of the dosemu2 project, possibly due to accessibility problems with github.
Maybe the knowledge that dosemu2 is getting a lot of development helps. If you have trouble to find info on it, we should solve that.
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Over 500 fossilized poops show how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth
Researchers reconstructed the Triassic food web using nothing but scat.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Make sure that you don't accidentally mistake an orange cat who is busy cleaning itself as a Thanksgiving turkey!Scott Beale (Laughing Squid)
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