Satellite images reveal Thai military destroyed 600+ occupied homes in Banteay Meanchey
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/satellite-images-reveal-thai-military-destroyed-600-occupied-homes-in-banteay-meanchey/
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Stéphane De Greef
@stefdegreef.bsky.social
Belgium-born explorer, science communicator and more. #entomology #maps #exploration #photography #OSINT www.stephanedegreef.com
Cool, they've invented something that can run their own spearphishing campaigns with malicious code, that'll help society - OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test
AI Security Institute says tools engaged in potentially harmful activity and incident reveals new type of risk
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It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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Ce gros #ThumbnailFail de @rtbf-info.be - l'article (d'avril , aucune idée pourquoi il est aussi en évidence) parle d'un nématode (un ver rond) mais l'image montre le coléoptère longicorne qui le transporte.
The Frosted Phoenix is sometimes called the “holy grail of New Zealand moths” — it was missing for about a century and thought to be extinct ... 🧵⤵️ 📷 by community members on iNaturalist: 1. pav_johnsson 2. carey_knox_southern_scales 3. jaega #Mothing #CommunityScience
While this place is 100x better than the hellsite, there are still a few people who seem determined to spoil the experience. So here are my instant blocking criteria: - Insults or abuse - Performative idiocy - False accusations - Pointless conflict - Racism, sexism or other prejudices.
Maybe you're cheered by the perseverance of leaping salmon hurling themselves upstream, or perhaps you marvel at the patience of the bears that park themselves in the water to hunt the fish Either way, this live feed from Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai National Park will greatly improve your day
LIVE Brooks Falls - Katmai National Park, Alaska 2026 | explore.org
YouTube video by Explore Live Nature Cams
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South Korean prosecutors sought a one-year jail term for the owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant accused of using ants as a dessert garnish, local media reported. Ants are not among the 10 insect species approved for human consumption under the country's laws. www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Korea: Michelin-starred restaurateur faces jail for using ants as garnish
Officials say the restaurant in South Korea used some 49,000 ants in various dishes over four years.
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Semifinal matchups are here! The Moth Cup continues, and these four moths are up for a spot in the finals. (Psst, the Large Yellow Underwing was our wild card from the first round!) Voting starts the morning of 7/21 Pacific time in our Instagram stories, one match per day. Who's your pick?
that's samples with the exoskeleton breached ("slightly squished") and stored in 100% EtOH + Qiagen "Allprotect" buffer, if you were wondering
Earth BioGenome Project 🌍@ebpgenome.bsky.social · 3w ago❄️🧬 Can we generate high-quality reference genomes without the cold chain? A new study suggests the answer is yes. DNA preserved at room temperature for up to one week produced chromosome-scale reference genomes. 📖 tinyurl.com/3zwtj9ka #Genomes @gigascience.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
Other types of A.I. to invest in this week: Artificial Isopods Antagonistic Insects Amblyomma Infestations Accessorized Isoptera Apterygota Identification
If only a dedicated group of scientists had warned us about the record heat, torrential flooding, continental scale wildfires, and apocalyptic orange skies
On the other hand, Switzerland thinks highly enough of myrmecology that they put Auguste Forel and some ants he described on their 1000 franc note for a few decades.
Since apparently this isn't making it beyond UK news yet, Rockstar petitioned a British court to section an 18 year old autistic kid under the mental health act for hacking their server and leaking a short GTA 6 clip a couple of years ago. No trial, no term of sentence, just locked up in hospital.
Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order
Judge says hacker remains a high risk through his skills and motivation to carry out cyber-crime.
bbc.co.uk
Winter@kernowshark.bsky.social · last mo.Locking up an autistic kid in a mental hospital for life for leaking a clip of a game is bullshit. Guess I'm never playing a Rockstar game again.
I can't bear to watch or listen to it live, but Aaron makes it palatable by providing the key moments without me having to actually hear “the voice."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.we're just a minute in to Trump's speech and he's already short circuiting
Happy Taylor Swift Wedding Day to all my US friends ! #SwiftieForever
"As we describe in a paper published today in Current Biology, it constructs a unique spring-loaded snare triggered only by a single kind of prey: the highly territorial and aggressive green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)." #Spiders #Ants #Hunting #Webs #Nature
This tiny Australian spider uses a high-powered web catapult to trap and eat aggressive ants
The ballista spider only feeds on extremely fierce green tree ants – so it has evolved sophisticated tools to safely catch its prey.
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Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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As a (desk) traffic 👮 and a no-motor user (public transportation excluded, of course 🙄), it's always ok to raise traffic fines. But there should be 1) more radical enforcement of no-motor penalties (condemned drivers go on driving 🤷) 2) much higher fines in relation with REAL revenues/properties
Belga_English (Belga News Agency)@belgaenglish.bsky.social · last mo.Belgium gets tougher on traffic offenders
Do you want Skynet and the Matrix? Because that's how you get Skynet and the Matrix.
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last mo.Peter Thiel, Palantir, and enriched uranium. Cool. Cool. 1/
I laughed way too hard at this.
xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot.bsky.social · 2mo agoBeam Pipe https://xkcd.com/3257/ 'If you keep trying to spray your collaborators with the beam when they're not looking, I'm turning off the ion source and NO one will get to play with the beam!' --Physics's mom Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3257
One of the things that irritates me the most are people with no entomology training claiming loudly and confidently on social media that European honeybees are essential to life on Earth and human survival, that they are being wiped out, and that saving them is the ultimate priority in conservation.