Hey folks,
this may come surprising: Here’s my farewell.
I finally accept that I currently just don’t find sufficient spare time for my beloved little blogging engine anymore. From now on, Fraenkiman is head of the FlatPress project. Looking at the development history of the last months, this actually isn’t that surprising: He did basically all the work lately.
How can this farewell…
A storm approaches Cape Shirreff in Antarctica. Credit: Ray Buchheit, NOAA NMFS SWFSC Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program/Flickr, CC BY 2.0
By Damien Linnane
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https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/africas-amphibians-are-overlooked-in-conservation-planning-experts-warn/
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/8484458
Banner image: The golden mantella, an endangered frog species found only in Madagascar. Image by Frank Vassen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).
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Wastewater treatment plants, like this one in Minnesota, are sources of urban methane emissions, which are on the rise around the world. Credit: Chad Davis/Flickr, CC BY 2.0
A new study using simulations of Earth’s past sheds light on how the ocean current that swirls around Antarctica first formed. Credit: Martin Klingenbock, IAEA/Flickr, CC BY 2.0
“When you see 4 feet of sandy soils on top of your topsoil, you know that’s going to be a challenge,” said one farmer in response to the debris left by Hurricane Helene in 2024. The debris in the photo above settled as a result of hurricane-related flooding of Lower Brush Creek in North Carolina. Credit: NCDOT, CC BY 2.0
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
One of my favourite retro-futuristic science fiction aesthetics is that of cassette futurism. It’s built with the technology and world of the latter 20th century (up to the early 1990’s). Think of a world built with pay phones, film photography, fax machines, CRT monitors, dial-up modems, Nintendo Gameboys, Apple II personal computers, dot matrix…
Ich muss damals so 4, 5 Jahre alt gewesen sein. Der Fernseher stand da noch in unserem Esszimmer und ich schaute, wie damals üblich, meine Stunde Kinderprogramm auf ORF1[1]. Es lief grade die Mini ZiB. Das war so eine Art logo, halt nur speziell für Österreich. Jedenfalls… die Nachricht, die da lief, hat mich damals zutiefst verstört und ein paar schlaflose Nächte beschert (ich war ein…
A glacier’s surface crevasses, seen here, form in response to faster flow and higher stresses. New research found that a key modeling variable may be causing scientists to underestimate ice flow. Credit: J. Millstein, CC BY 2.0
The long Easter weekend has arrived. Just because it's been a short week doesn't mean less has happened in the world. There has been a lot of news, both good and bad, this week.
There are some issues that are worth spending time reflecting on. The Prime Minister's increasingly brazen and rapid move towards European reintegration, as well as the US President's dismissal of close allies, seem to…
_Once a month, someone in Indieweb hosts the "Indieweb carnival", a monthly theme which a bunch of bloggers all write about the same theme, and the links to posts are collected in a page together. This month's theme: Museum Memories (see the announcement post, and the roundup and recap of all submissions.)_
Like many people, I have many fond memories of museums. Here are some…
Nigerian soldiers introduce themselves after completing a “Silent Kill” demonstration at the African Land Force Summit, Abuja, April 17, 2018. Photo: Spc. Angelica Gardner / U.S. Africa Command (CC BY 2.0).
For years, a Nigerian…
A new chapter on climate science was recently added to—and swiftly removed from—a reference manual designed to give judges an unbiased source of scientific information. Credit: Davis Staedtler/Flickr, CC BY 2.0
The morning of April 12, 1981, 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, the Space Shuttle thundered into the Florida sky. Commander Young and Pilot Crippen were at the controls as the Shuttle ascended on its first flight. But the launch, like much of the flight, was really under the control of four computers in the avionics bays one deck below the crew. A fifth…
Street scene in Old Town, Mombasa, Kenya. Image credit Francisco Anzola via Flickr CC BY 2.0.
Mombasa is a tapestry of rich history, vibrant culture, and renowned cuisine. The latter draws notably from Swahili, Indian, and Arab inspirations. Its famed…
Mathare, Nairobi. Image credit Ninara via Flickr CC BY 2.0.
Milkah, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), arrived in Nairobi in 2021, accompanied by her three children: a ten-year-old daughter and two sons aged eight and three.
She was seeking to reunite…
Crazy how time flies: The FlatPress project is around for a solid 20 years!
What Edoardo Vacchi a.k.a. the NoWhereMan started with great dedication in 2006, has grown into a global community over the years. You helped testing new versions, contributed many themes and plugins, reported bugs and security issues, helped and supported each other. With all…
A street fair during Somali Week in Minneapolis, 2016. Image credit Fibonacci Blue via Flickr CC BY 2.0.
The Trump administration’s crackdown on Somali refugees, immigrants, and US citizens of Somali descent…
Im Februar wurden folgende Artikel in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia besonders häufig gelesen:
U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Justice, U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Justice, Sexual Offender Registry Photograph 4, als gemeinfrei gekennzeichnet, Details auf Wikimedia Commons
Im Januar…
Cleaner wrasse, _Labroides dimidiatus_
By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Cleaner wrasse with giant moray eel client
By Silke Baron - originally posted to Flickr as Giant Moray Eel getting cleaned,
CC BY 2.0, Link
Cleaner fish show intelligence typical of mammals | Osaka Metropolitan University
A central dogma of creationism—indeed one reason why it persists and is clung to in…
Tear gas is thrown at a demonstrator who had come to march with the unions against the WTO in Seattle, WA. (Sion Touhig / Sygma via Getty Images)
WTO/99 opens not…
Since consent was obtained for a product without SV40 sequences, the injection of a product with such sequences potentially constitutes an unauthorized physical trespass, regardless of the biological outcome.
Über 30 Jahre ist es jetzt her, dass Jeff Mills im Liquid Room Shinjuku, Tokyo, dieses Set ablieferte und die elektronische Tanzmusik in eine neue Richtung schubste. An einem Abend in einem Set verlagerte sich der Schwerpunkt endgültig von Chicago nach Detroit, von House zu Techno, vom weichen Discosound zum brutal stampfenden Beat. In 67 Minuten zusammengeschnitten aus zwei Sets, die Mills an…