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Animal Farewells for the Sixth Extinction

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/animal-farewells-for-the-sixth-extinction
Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 22:00

Scientists largely agree that Earth is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, so we will be called upon to say goodbye to animals with increasing frequency. Unfortunately, the average American knows pitifully few ways to do so. If you ask anyone on the street, their list will likely stop short after just two: “In a while, crocodile” and “See you later, alligator.” In light of this, we offer the following non-exhaustive list of animal farewells:

Take care, Polar Bear

It’s been real, Hawaiian Monk Seal

See ya mañana, Marine Iguana

Sorry we’ve been so negligent, Sumatran Elephant

It was nice to meet ya, Vaquita

Gotta bounce, Greater Sage-Grouse

Have a great day, Giant Manta Ray

Kick rocks, Arctic Fox

Sorry for revvin’ our engines, Galápagos Penguins

Wouldn’t you agree highways are fine though, Greater One-Horned Rhino?

So long, Dugong

Our bad on the grievous damage to your corpus, Yangtze Finless Porpoise

Take a hike, San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike

When in Stockholm …

https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/when-in-stockholm/
Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 18:19
You shouldn’t miss two must-visit destinations — Skogskyrkogården and Millesgården. Skogskyrkogården — a UNESCO World Heritage site — is one of the most unique cemeteries in the world. Designed by renowned architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, it combines nature and architecture in a harmonious and serene setting. Millesgården — located on Lidingö island — […]

The Bounty program: Starshot edition

https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/blog/the-bounty-program-starshot-edition
Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 18:10

With all the news and activities happening around Starshot, you may have missed this, but the Drupal Association has launched the Starshot Contribution Credits. This consists of credits granted to a series contributions, in particular:

  • contributions to any modules, themes, etc that are designated as part of Starshot, 

  • 50 credits per week for each FTE (full time employee) equivalent dedicated to starshot, 

  • 1 credit per $100 invested for financial contributions and finally,

  • Special credit bounties for individual issues of exceptional importance.

You can read more about the contribution bonuses https://www.drupal.org/about/starshot/contribution-credit

The last point, special credit bounties, opens the door to a contribution coming from the Bounty Program.

Caring for the ‘future’

https://bankunderground.co.uk/2024/08/07/caring-for-the-future/
Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 18:00
David Glanville and Arif Merali Short term interest rate (STIR) futures are the bedrock of interest rate markets, used to price expectations of central bank policy rates and other UK rate derivative markets such as swaps and options (see Figure 1). They are key for the transmission of monetary policy and provide an avenue for … Continue reading Caring for the ‘future’ →

i hope you're all enjoying experiencing being alive today!!

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Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 17:00
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Updated window for Drupal.org login flow deployment

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Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 10:37

Update: We have completed our deployment window with Drupal.org's new login flow successfully enabled.

Please contact help@drupal.org if you encounter any issues that can be resolved with the information below.

The Drupal Association engineering team is preparing to switch over to our new single sign-on solution for user login. This is an important step in our work to upgrade Drupal.org, and in the future will give you the ability to use your Drupal.org identity in new ways. 

This switchover was previously scheduled for Thursday, 25 July, but unfortunately we had to roll-back that attempt. After pausing for a week to avoid disrupting the Drupal 11 release window, we are ready to try again.

The switch-over is scheduled for:

  • Thursday 8 August - from 9am to 1pm Pacific (16:00-20:00 UTC).

Actually listening to 10cc.

https://crookedtimber.org/2024/08/06/52956/
Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 08:30
Once you know my age my musical tastes as a teenager are very easy to guess. Obviously Dylan, Mitchell, the Kinks and the Beatles – equally obviously not the Stones or the Who. Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Fairport, Steeleye Span, Roy Harper, The Watersons, Carthy, etc, etc and more than any of them, Kevin Coyne. […]

Why Are the British Race Riots Happening?

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Created
Wed, 07/08/2024 - 08:05
Why Are the British Race Riots Happening?

We’ll start with the proximate:

As mobs attempt to burn down hotels housing asylum seekers, don’t forget Nigel Farage led a campaign to publicise these hotels. He recorded himself turning up at a series of them in 2020 and asked his followers to identify more hotels, saying some residents “might be ISIS”.

Then let’s move backwards:

First there’s been a lot of anti-Muslim propaganda thru the years, including entire TV and movie eras where the most common villains.

Second is a sustained right wing campaign complaining about demographic replacement and stating that immigrants are more likely be criminals than natives.