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Californian - Shoot Recordings www.subvert.fm/calculon
todays video of Alaska features Muskoxen - music is Clementine Dub by Kodama & Calculon 🍊🍊🍊
video of Alaska in summertime - music is Acrylic Colours by Kodama & Calculon
The largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.
video of Alaskan river summertime: music is Mixmaster Doc remix of Clementine Dub 🍊🍊🍊 out now on Shoot Recordings
Roberta Flack performs 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' released in 1973 💫 She features in this week's On Repeat Playlist, alongside tracks from @fourtetkieran @haaihaaihaai & more. Link: ninjatune.lnk.to/onrepeat Vid credit: RHINO
The court ruled that the AI platform is in breach of both the German and US copyright law, and that it had used, stored and reproduced copyrighted material without licence
AI music generator Suno loses copyright infringement court battle
The landmark ruling was made by a German court last week in favour of performance rights organisation GEMA
mixmag.net
The Blend tonight on PBS 106.7FM: Are You Ready festival special (w/ guests TSV DNB) + new WEAPONS GRADE, DJ bwin, noRecall, Carré, NINA, SKALAH, Seekers International, Tommy the Cat, FFF, RYDEEN & SOVBLKPSSY, Statik, SHYRKA, Wren Bird 10pm AEST / 1pm UK 0400 03 1067 text line stream pbsfm.org.au
I'd be all "I don't mean to alarm anybody" but kinda thinking we may be well past that into the territory now of all "I actually DO mean to alarm everybody" 📢 +adding alt
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d agoThere’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.
Perhaps this Amazon delivery robot read some online papers about climate change and decided it wasn’t worth waiting around.
New article! On AI, war, and other bad things: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand
Quicksand
Gen X was right after all.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
People might shut their ears to what I'm saying, but if it's music it will go down into their subconscious and stay there. (Sun Ra)
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
cool but lovely
Rick Thoman@alaskawx.bsky.social · 3d agoNearly everywhere in Alaska was cooler than normal in July. Some place by little, other places by quite a bit. McGrath had the coolest July since 1981, Fairbanks coolest since 2001, Anchorage coolest since 2008. #akwx #Climate #Summer2026 @climatologist49.bsky.social
video of Alaskan river summertime: music is Mixmaster Doc remix of Clementine Dub 🍊🍊🍊 out now on Shoot Recordings
“In 2024, an uncertified company [in Jiangxi Province] was found to have improperly dismantled 364 metric tons of waste lithium iron phosphate batteries. The resulting contamination caused vegetation to die across 6 acres of forest and killed more than 420 cubic feet of standing timber.”
China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem
More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.
wired.com
what a sweet view of july in Alaska. music is Clementine Dub 🍊🍊🍊 by Kodama & Calculon. out now on Shoot Recordings
video filmed in Alaska - music is Acrylic Colours by Kodama & Calculon on Shoot Recordings
Wildfires rage across the Pacific Northwest this evening. Parts of Spokane, Washington are under evacuation due to the blazes.
A new study examining pollution levels across a 16-year span found recent increases in wildfire smoke air pollution could be contributing to negative outcomes for pregnant women and babies. From @statesnewsroom.com
Wildfire smoke is now the primary pollutant affecting pregnancy, study shows • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A new study examining pollution levels across a 16-year span found recent increases in wildfire smoke air pollution could be contributing to negative outcomes for pregnant women and babies.
penncapital-star.com
Much of California will experience unseasonably hot weather into next week, with large portions of the state under Heat Advisories or Extreme Heat Warnings. The National Weather Service HeatRisk forecast shows where heat may have the greatest impact. #CAWx #Extremeheat #heatsafety
