Here’s why you must always resist when Palantir is bidding for contracts with your govt or large corps.

If you didn’t have enough reasons to leave the Metaverse already, Meta has come up with a new one!

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

Well, if no one else, at least the Guardian seems to have heard my question. And although a neighbor and not a close relative, a lot of what is argued in this article makes sense.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The artisanal ice cream vendor confided in me that the specialty ice vegan cream with “puppy seeds” I was eating, had been optimized by AI. I doubt he’s on the road to become a star chef.

“When misogyny-related stories are covered, men’s perspectives and opinions dominate. The research found that 1.5 men are quoted for every one woman in stories about misogyny – a gap that is growing.”

Media coverage of violence against women reaches ‘dismal’ low, report finds Analysis finds stories citing terms of misogynistic abuse fell to 1.3% of global online news in 2025

“It is shocking, particularly considering the scale of the problem and the ways in which violence against women and misogyny have been weaponised by authoritarian actors as part of the rollback of rights,” said Prof Julie Posetti …

What to do? An otherwise friendly dog owner and chiropractor in my neighborhood turns out to be an anti-trans, conspiracy-believing MAGA-supporter. He always compliments me on our urban gardening. I want to keep a respectful distance, while not antagonizing him. Strategy tips?

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

As voters, we should imprint it more strongly and permanently on our representatives that it’s our interests they are chosen to manage and protect, not those of big tech or large corporations that harm us, our health, or our environment.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Chef José Andrés warns of multi-year world famine from Iran war World Central Kitchen founder believes the war could cause a ‘silent’ collapse of the global fertilizer trade

Just like the war in Iran is turning people away from oil to EV, solar, heat pumps and wind farms, it might equally accelerate the search for sustainable forms of fertilizer, something that is wildly overdue and could save our soil, not to mention divert famines.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

Gašper Beguš, a linguist at University of California, Berkeley who led the new paper, said that this level of complexity in sperm whale speech was beyond anything he had studied in other creatures, such as parrots and elephants, and highlights the parallels between our lives and those of the whales.

Thanks! However, the one on the left does have a plastic base, which needed tape to secure it. Maybe I should have thrown it away, but now it may work another year or two.

Came home late & caught the unhoused 👩🏾‍🦳 bedding down in our entranceway. As I was going in, I ask if she’d like a tea. She says, Tea? Yes, please. I ask, green or black? Green, she says. Five minutes later I bring her tea and some chocolate cake. Thanks, she says and we shake hands. Goodnight, I say.

How hidden soil fungi ‘steal’ bacterial DNA to control the rain Soil fungi “borrow” bacterial genes to control the weather

Wait until you read this. Humbling: theconversation.com/how-hidden-s...

Right on.

Meet the stars of contemporary Hungarian photography New republic — Reality and fiction, nature and culture, past and present: A new exhibition examines the last three decades of image-making in Hungary.

I said ought to be, not will be :) Sadly, no time for so many posts. Here’s an article of some of the younger generations of photographers from Hungary: www.huckmag.com/article/meet...

This ought to be a very long thread, but let me highlight first Gabor Szilasi, whom I have met, and who sadly died a few days ago, before the regime change he would have welcomed, at the age of 98. Caring, kind and funny, he was one of the many Hungarians who lived in exile since the Cold War.

Alive or dead? There are so many.

Gratulálok, Magyarország, megcsináltad!

Red currants are native to this part of the world. These wild shrubs grow in dense masses in a local woodland, providing shelter for birds, nectar for insects, and later food for wildlife in the form of tiny berries that lack the sweetness of the cultivated varieties grown for human consumption. 💚

If one could win medals for sleeping, my dog would win ‘em all, easily.

Fellas, give some likes in support of @heart4ukraine.bsky.social! Their volunteers just brought another van full of donations to Ukraine last week! Way to go frens 🫡 💙💛

Funny you should say that … news.unsw.edu.au/en/meet-the-....

The weather has been sensational but I think the new cocopeat&sand soil mixture is part of the reason why I’m already seeing green, that most hopeful of colors, only three days after sowing. 💚🌻

The maker was obviously delighted that the cut fruit shows an afterimage of the flower it once was.

People / accounts posting AI slop without pointing its a fake ass photo will receive an instant block.

It ought to be. It’s by Caruso in a Loro Piana wool fabric 🤩.

“Royal-blue napped wool single-breasted 3-button knee-length overcoat with notch lapels, raglan sleeves (with single-button strap cuffs), slanted welted hand pockets, and single vent” could be found. On Vinted. But $$$.

The indoor nursery season has also begun. A time of impatience, anxiousness, hope, inevitable disappointments and with any luck, a summer full of joyous color for the neighborhood.

Uproar in Germany over law requiring men get military approval for long stays abroad Ministry clarifies clause affecting those up to age 45 that is part of legislation that came into effect in January

I heard it first on bluesky: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Happy Easter weekend from our urban garden, which is showing off its spring colors in full glory.