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Banks still provide far too little green financing compared to fossil fuel financing. Banks have made headlines in recent years for committing to reach "net-zero emissions" by 2050 and pledging to mobilize trillions of dollars in the fight against climate change. But are banks on track to fulfill their promises? World Resources Institute's Financial Institutions Net Zero Tracker focuses on Transparency & Ambition; Implementation;...

How Deep-Sea Comb Jellies Hold Their Shape Under Crushing Pressure. The delicate sea creatures fall apart when brought to the surface but can survive miles deep in the ocean due to special cell wall structures, according to a new study.

Across the nation, Republican-controlled state legislatures and conservative activists have passed bills and embraced legal strategies that encourage Americans to monitor one another's behavior and report their friends, family members, and neighbors to the authorities. [...] Republican legislators in Texas have proposed numerous additional restrictions since Roe v. Wade was overturned, including bills that would punish employers who help their workers get abortions, outlaw...

"Footnotes" is a very short science fiction story by C.C. Finlay, originally published in 2001. 1. Report of the Joint Investigating Committee (Washington DC, 2027) pp. 2-3.... 4. Werks to Beverly Dohnt (and 79 others), 11:21 a.m. PST, 8 Jan 2019, Subj: Fw: one more thing.

The Golden Owl is won after 31 yearsLe trésor de la « chouette d'or » déterré après trente et un ans de mystère, annonce le dépositaire du jeu La Chouette d'Or Previously

SciTechDaily: Groundbreaking Study Finally Reveals How Rubbing Generates Static Electricity. ACS letter: An enduring question in science has been why sliding plays a major role in the triboelectric generation of static electricity–the "tribo" in triboelectricity. We provide here a general explanation which is rooted in established science . ARXIV: A Quantitative Model of Triboelectric Charge Transfer. Bonus Quanta: The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology...

Here's how microgrids are empowering regional and remote communities across Australia. Small renewable energy systems are replacing dirty diesel generators in remote communities. This study of 20 Australian microgrid feasibility projects reveals widespread benefits.

Fat Bear Week 2024 The first day of voting for Fat Bear Week closed today with Gully (903) deftly defeating 909, and 909 Jr pulling ahead of 519. Nice going, (not so) little guy!Previously, more previously. It's voting season, and not just in the US. Take the time to vote for the fattest bear in the world's chubbiest showdown based in Katmai National Park,...

phunniemee has kindly started a thread for the Vice President debate over on Fanfare. Join us! (Or, pop in tomorrow, if, like me, you can't bear to watch tonight.)

On Sunday, September 29, Giro d'Itaia and Tour de France winner, Tadej Pogačar won the World Championship race in Zurich, becoming the third male cyclist to win the sport's triple crown since the last winner in 1987.The cycling triple crown is won when a cyclist wins two grand tours (multi-week stage races) and the World Championships in one season. One of the grand tours...

Jugendsinfonieorchester Leipzig, "W.A. Mozart - Serenate ex C - Ganz kleine Nachtmusik KV648." AFP: "Unknown Mozart string trio discovered in Germany": "The piece dates to the mid- to late-1760s and consists of seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting around 12 minutes ... 'the inspiration ... apparently came from Mozart's sister.'" International Mozarteum Foundation's media kit and press release for The New Köchel....

CNN has put out a list of twenty great American dishes - a list that shows the surprising breadth of the food we eat that have become iconic in American cuisine. (SLCNN)What makes the list transcend the usual sort is the thought put into the choices - while there are foods you would expect like barbecue and chili, you also have things like the...

America's Hidden Meals: The History of Vegetarianism in the U.S. (Arc GIS StoryMap from the Vegan Museum). "In 1970, a group of friends in Canoga Park, California turned a juice bar into a vegan restaurant named Follow Your Heart. The owners soon concocted a vegan mayonnaise called Vegenaise, which the restaurant first sold in 1977." Two important books in the timeline are Helen Nearing...

It's October, so it's time for Matthew Meyer to share and illustrate A Yokai A Day.He's picking up where he left off last year with the Edo period collection Shokoku hyakumonogatari ("100 Tales from Various Provinces") starting with How the Power of Sake Overcame a Bakemono.

This is how to poach an egg. This is how to poach 30 eggs at once. Any questions?

Here is a collection of more than 700 88x31 web buttons from the 1990's and 2000's, including the famous "Netscape NOW" and "Internet Explorer" buttons as well as various other buttons for websites of past and present. All were rescued from a now defunct http://harrypagerubbish.webs.com/buttons just before it disappeared without warning. These buttons are an historic example of advertising in the earlier days of...

LinkMe, Spooky Season edition: Come across an interesting link recently that you'd like to share, but don't want to work it up into a full post? Share it here for our perusal, nbd. And if you'd like to post something but need some inspiration, check out the links here to see what other members have found interesting and would like to read more about!...

The woman in Hitler's Bathtub - revisited (22 years later!). Or, The Lives of Lee Miller. A biopic of Lee Miller is now in theaters, with Kate Winslet portraying Miller, focusing on her years as a war correspondent in WWII. But who was Lee Miller? Her son, Antony Penrose, wrote about her many lives in the book The Lives of Lee Miller. I count...

"I'm not worried," he told me, shrugging his shoulders. "I have to do what I have to do. I'm sad, but I was so enraged. If I went over there and saw what I saw and didn't write it, I am fucking worthless." (archive link here just in case)

Certain themes recur in this reading list: "us" versus "them" thinking that fuels stereotypical humor; humor's ability to make hatred pleasurable (and even attractive); humor as a mechanism for race-based solidarity; and most significantly, humor as a mechanism through which violence is reduced to a laughing matter. Notably, participation in racist humor is not necessarily restricted to people who identify with any political affiliation....

Victorian town falls in love with Sammy the four-tonne elephant seal. Sammy the elephant seal weighs thousands of kilograms and normally lives near Antarctica. But Portland (in Australia) locals have embraced him, while avoiding some of the trouble Tasmanians have experienced with another of his kind.

It's a cheese that's been made for over 2000 years. How The Most Ancient Roman Pecorino Cheese is Made in Italy (Caciofiore) [20m] But also, check out all of Claudia Romeo's YouTube Channel which is full of interesting videos about foods, mostly cheeses.

Pete Rose Dead at 83 Leaving behind a very complicated history full of on the field accomplishments and a disastrous personal life - including allegations of statutory rape, tax evasion and the betting scandal that led to his permanent ineligibility.