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Changing tracts for a moment; scientists have made an incredible discovery that alters not only how we understand the deep ocean, but also may alter what we know about the Earth's supply of the very oxygen we breathe - and unsurprisingly, capitalists are already working on fucking that up without the slightest care in the world for the harm it may cause our biosphere.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
"About half the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean. But, before this discovery, it was understood that it was made by marine plants photosynthesizing - something that requires sunlight.
Here, at depths of 5km, where no sunlight can penetrate, the oxygen appears to be produced by naturally occurring metallic โnodulesโ which split seawater - H2O - into hydrogen and oxygen."
The article goes on to describe how we discovered these deep sea nodules which may take millions of years to form, what it means that oxygen is being produced without marine plant photosynthesis, and how this probably changes our understanding of deep sea life that likely depends on that oxygen (fish need oxygen, they just get it differently than we do.) Science lovers are encourage to read the whole piece.
What I want to focus on here however, is the fact that immediately after we've discovered this natural wonder, deep sea mining companies and resource-hungry capitalists are looking to literally rip these metallic nodules from the sea floor with virtually no concern for how that might affect our oceans, or even life on Earth.
"And because these nodules contain metals like lithium, cobalt and copper - all of which are needed to make batteries - many mining companies are developing technology to collect them and bring them to the surface.
But Prof Sweetman says the dark oxygen they make could also support life on the seafloor. And his discovery, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, raises new concerns about the risks of proposed deep-sea mining ventures."
Are life-giving, water oxygenating metallic nodules our only source of lithium, cobalt, and copper? Nope. Have deep sea mining companies studied the potential harm harvesting these nodules might cause? Nope. Might ripping them out of the water affect the delicate balance of not only ocean life but potentially how the oxygen we breath is distributed across multiple ecosystems and even the whole planet? Yeap. Does capitalism give a shit about any of that? Apparently not. The simple truth here is that we don't know how important these nodules are, and if the capitalists have their way we're going to start destroying them to make batteries before we even find out.
Look you can call me an alarmist if it'll make you feel better, but this story is merely a microcosm of the entire reason you're living on a boiling planet, facing down a mass extinction event that may well wipe out billions of people and destroy a habitable biosphere for countless other species as well.
We live in an extractivist culture, driven by the capitalist profit motive, where time and time again the need to keep stacking money for incomprehensibly rich ghouls is prioritized over not only nature, but the very survival of the human species. Capitalism is killing us, and literally nobody in the wealthy ruling classes, or the governments they've bought lock stock and barrel is doing anything about it, or shows any signs of even *trying* to do anything about it.
I don't know if tearing metallic nodules that produce dark oxygen from the ocean floor to make more Tesla batteries will compromise the planet's supply of the precious air we all breathe or not. But neither do the rich bastards that want to do it anyway. And you and I both know that if even if they did know, they wouldn't care.
At some point the human species is going to have to get serious about prioritizing life on Earth over the material demands of capitalists and rich people, or we're going to run out of life to commodify; or you know, the very air necessary to sustain our own existence as animals on a planet uniquely capable of supporting that life. One thing I *can* tell you is that after hundreds of years of capitalist predation of our shared biosphere, it is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither the capitalists, nor the states they own, are going to make the right choices to ensure our survival, for us.
#ClimateCrisis #DarkOxygen #Capitalism #OceanLife
The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.Victoria Gill (BBC News)
@KayOhtie I thought it was good, and informative. There's 6 min clip on tiktok to get the shape of the coverage:
https://www.tiktok.com/@lastweektonighthbo/video/7379701265225223466
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!
Don't roll your own crypto.
I guess a blog post coming in the future.
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A shift is happening:
โขBiden has cancelled his meeting with Netanyahu
โขHarris will skip Netanyahu's speech to Congress
โขHarris will meet with Netanyahu to tell him to stop bombing Palestinian civilians
โขSeven major unions just sent a joint letter to Biden calling on him to "immediately halt all military aid to Israel" ahead of Netanyahuโs DC visit:
SEIU, NEA, UAW, UE, APWU, AFA, & IUPAT
Don't let up. Keep the pressure on until US stops funding genocide & starts rebuilding Palestine. Let's go.
This is an interesting take, the basilisk framing makes sense! But I still don't get what the trigger is. What is the SOMETHING you refer to? Do you know?
I'd like to understand it, because I like to understand why people think the way they do, especially when I disagree with them. I can't fathom TERFs. It doesn't make sense, it is so irrational. With ordinary bigotry is possible to understand where it's coming from. Racism kind of makes sense, conservative transphobia and homophobia kind of makes sense, etc.
The position that trans women is a threat to cis women is a complete mystery to me. It is, as you say, fucking stupid.
The rise of ChatGPT-style "AI tools" is a climate change issue. Advertising them is, by extension, an attempt at disengaging our sense of alarm.
Therefore, "you need to adapt and learn these 'tools'" is an anti-climate stance. Companies that engage in marketing these tools *are* engaging in the politics of climate change, even if they don't know it yet.
Did a long investigation for WIRED looking at how studios are already using AI to degrade and kill jobs in the video game industry
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-already-taking-jobs-in-the-video-game-industry/
Everybody in a UBI study could spend it all on drugs & I would still support UBI.
Stop asking virtue of the poor which you donโt of the rich.
The thing is though, we know from the doubling of JobSeeker during the COVID emergency that they won't spend the money on drugs. People will spend the money on housing and food. We've already run that experiment, we've already got the answers.
i donโt even need to hear from the EFF to have a good argument why adshit shouldnโt run on my computers
the argument is: itโs my computer
no seriously. are they paying me for the use of my computer to run their adshit? no? then it doesnโt need to run on my computer.
that shit is for me, not doubleclick or whatever the bloody thing is called now. if it ainโt making me happy or bringing me money, itโs out
@rameshgupta @tauon @silly The internet existed before corporations used it as an ad platform. They are not innocently developing cool services with ads as a monetization strategy, they're developing services as a way to force people to view their ad network content.
Ads were not inevitable, but viewpoints like yours allowed them to become ubiquitous.
Privacy should be the default. It's very simple.
โฌ๏ธ @sekka @tauon @ariadne @silly
>>Ads were not inevitable, but viewpoints like yours allowed them to become ubiquitous.
You either did not read my viewpoint or did not understand it.
I say the same thing โ email and web existed before ad monetization.
I have resisted ad monetization with good results. I wonder why others failed, why they whine, and put blame on anti-ad people like me.
Donโt eat free candy without giving up something else. Pay for services using money or your data. Simple.
By happy coincidence, Alexei Sayle was recording an episode of โStrangers on a Trainโ from London to Hereford just as people were arriving for EMF. Itโs live on the radio at 10.30am this coming Saturday, and will be available to listen/download after the broadcast.
The lost files are found!
Hrhrhrhr, awesome shots from an #EAST far far in the past by fella Dakoru appearing! ๐๐
There'll be more!
Featuring Heyz worn by Cabro ๐งก๐ค๐ค,
I wonder how they is, havn't heard from for ages!
Can someone help?
this is a good policy
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"Tory conference could be like a wake as business stays away"
Attendance in Birmingham predicted to be worst in living memory with big impact on partyโs fundraising effortsRob Davies (The Guardian)
Email received a few days ago: "We need to know which version of SSH is installed on the server, as we want to ensure it is not vulnerable to external attacks." My response: "Donโt worry, SSH is accessible ONLY via VPN, and I am the only one with access to that VPNโactivated only when neededโso there is no way for there to be any issues, regardless of the version used."
Email received this morning: "Weโre not interested; you must provide the SSH version installed and, if it's not the latest, ensure us of the update date."
My response: "Sorry, could you explain the rationale? SSH is not exposed, itโs not listening on any public IP."
Their reply: "Provide the version."
My response: "OpenSSH_9.7, LibreSSL 3.9.0, on OpenBSD."
Their reply: "This is not considered secure. It must be OpenSSH_9.2p1 Debian-2+deb12u3."
My response: "Itโs not Debian; itโs OpenBSD."
Their reply: "So the systems are insecure."
And they claim to be a cybersecurity company...
#CyberSecurity #SSH #VPN #ITSecurity #SysAdmin #TechSupport #OpenBSD #Debian
I've talked to a few friends today. Construction contractors & similar for political issues. This is the first time I've ventured into it because people in the blue collar industry around here tend to be more Republican.
They are non-social media and don't think about politics the way we do. They think in terms of common sense resolutions that will help both them and the country, and don't put political labels on them.
They thought Trump is an idiot who can't string more than a few sentences together and don't believe him capable of anything.
They were disgusted by the entire process and worried that Biden was following along that same track.
They said Harris is kind of a relief, seeing someone finally capable of stepping up and running the country the way a president should. And they will be voting for her.
I wanted to relay this because much of the time we only see Social Media feedback so some real world examples helps get a better perspective.
It's vital, over the next few weeks, to remember that Republicans, foreign powers, and extremists will be working to make Democrats and people who vote for them angry with each other.
The goal will be to create turmoil in the party and its followers, and to disrupt the Harris campaign before it gets going.
Do not be fooled by bots and extremists that try to make you hate your allies.
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In the newly-formed parliament in France, the youngest member, far-right MP Flavien Termet, was given the task of welcoming the deputies. Most of the deputies did not shake his hand.
(Extra credit to the Rock, Paper, Scissors guy!)
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If your win10 install is pushing Copilot on you:
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I did some searching but couldn't find the original source of this graphic but it's just too good not to share. My apologies for swiping this without credit.
This chubby otter, Sveni, is about to enjoy his favorite food: sushi. But not before his eyes first take in the delight before him.
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A really cool and interesting thing just happened in space. NASAโs Mars Rover drove over a rock that cracked open, revealing pure sulfur.
This is a first on Mars. Itโs also unexpected given the characteristics of its surroundings.
#NASA #Space #PlanetaryGeology #Mars #Rover #Astronomy
Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur โ a first on the Red Planet.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
It's always so refreshing to see more rubber and gear kink peeps who are also massive nerds who're into some of the same engineery shit I'm into, because it makes me feel like less of an oddball.
It makes me feel normal. Like there is absolutely a niche community for weird exotics like me. ๐
Even a big wolf looks tiny in the wide expanse of nature
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I admin a local "pantry" group on Facebook, for food sharing. Basically, if you have food (or other stuff, but mostly food) that you don't want for whatever reason you can post it in the group and give it away. It stops good being thrown out and wasted, and helps people who might be going hungry otherwise.
Tonight a woman put up a post talking about how she's a young mum with two small boys, and that they were out of food until Thursday. She talked about how she was embarrassed to ask but really needed help.
Two women answered the post, offering food. The OP explained that she didn't drive and would it be ok of people dropped things at her place, so I offered to drive around and collect the things people were giving and drop them at her place. I don't have spare food I can help with, but I have a car and I have time.
The second woman I collected from was someone I actually met at the beginning of the year, when she posted in the group and asked for help with cleaning supplies.. I gave her a bunch of things I had tucked away under the sink and didn't use.
She had told me then about how her partner had just been diagnosed with cancer. She told me tonight how she'd stayed in the group because she was waiting for the opportunity to help someone else because we'd helped her so much. She's doing better now, and it made her feel happy she could help someone else.
When I dropped the food these two women had given to the OP, she talked to me about how her partner had died suddenly the year before, leaving her with two young boys.. both with autism and ADHD. She said she's 31 and doesn't have her life together yet. I told her I'm 50 and mines a mess too. I told her that one of the women who had offered food was someone the group had helped previously, and how happy she'd been to be able to help as well. We talked about how community means not only helping people, but also being helped. We talked about how this means that our communities are stronger and prosper together. She's looking forward to being able to help someone else too.
This is how mutual aid works. No matter how dark things get, we can find hope in community.
#MutualAid #Indigenous #Aboriginal #CommunityCare #CommunityNotCops #RegionalAustralia
It's wild how many views my Leeds Furmeet videos are getting so far, over 4,800 views already! Thank you so much for watching. Here's a GIF of Nebraxas being awesome
It's been great being back at the LeedsFurs furmeet and I got some good footage from the fursuit walk and the meet. I'm looking forward to going back again s...YouTube
Rosemary Fowler discovered the kaon particle during her doctoral research in 1948 but gave up PhD to have a familyMabel Banfield-Nwachi (The Guardian)
I don't know if I'd heard yet about the oxygen part! But I feel like the fact even John Oliver reported on this very thing means there's nothing alarmist about being up in arms about capitalist bullshit here, though his was about sea life that lives only in those regions that would be likely killed by any automated harvesting methods and not like, the asphyxiation of all life, though I don't think that's alarmist either.
It's not even like it's cheap to harvest them because of deep sea; it's fuckin' expensive, but it's "more fun" I bet, and gets them all kinds of stupid fame shit. Like, they already have so much money they aren't gonna end up with a noticeable amount more from it; it's like it's just for the celebrity status in the news!
Just...arrrrghhh why can't these assholes pour that need to not be bored into painting Warhammer figurines instead?
@KayOhtie I was pleased to see Last Week Tonight covering this and naming names.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7CGTK-1vA
Deep-Sea Mining: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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