#critically — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #critically, aggregated by home.social.
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Mighty and gentle Western Lowland Gorilla are well-loved apes 💌🦍, they are #critically endangered by #deforestation for #palmoil 🌴 #cocoa 🍫 in #Congo #Nigeria #Cameroon Help them to survive! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/07/10/western-lowland-gorilla-gorilla-gorilla/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Critically Ill Children Show Disrupted Sleep Patterns and Atypical Electroencephalograms: An Observational Cohort Study
https://1ban.news/critically-ill-children-disrupted-sleep-atypical-eeg/
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Banded Leaf #Monkeys 🐒🙈🐵 AKA Raffles Banded Langurs are #critically endangered from #palmoil #deforestation in #Malaysia 🇲🇾 Fight for their survival each time you shop #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸☠️🔥🧐⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/04/30/banded-surili-raffles-banded-langur-presbytis-femoralis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Mighty and gentle Western Lowland Gorilla are well-loved apes 💌🦍, they are #critically endangered by #deforestation for #palmoil 🌴 #cocoa 🍫 in #Congo #Nigeria #Cameroon Help them to survive! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/07/10/western-lowland-gorilla-gorilla-gorilla/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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#Aerial #lidarmapping allows #archaeologists to efficiently #map large areas with archaeologically relevant structures. However, the #article cited in the appendix #critically examines the fact that this increasingly occurs over the heads of #indigenous #tribes, whose way of life and traditional #knowledge are at risk of being #overlooked and #ignored. This raises not only #ethical questions.
©#StefanFWirth, March 2026
Reference
C.Hernandez (2026)
https://doi.org/10.64628/AAI.7evhdgdm6Picture
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Today celebrate #MonkeyDay 🐒🐵 Banded Leaf Monkeys AKA Raffles Banded Langurs are #critically endangered from #palmoil #deforestation in #Malaysia. Fight for their survival each time you shop – #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/04/30/banded-surili-raffles-banded-langur-presbytis-femoralis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer @palmoildetect.bsky.social
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#CarlSagan’s Baloney Detection Kit:
Tools for #Thinking #Critically & Knowing #Pseudoscience When You See Ithttps://www.openculture.com/2025/09/the-carl-sagan-baloney-detection-kit.html
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Only a small part of what people believe they need can be attributed to the objective #needs. The rest stems from their desires, which have no natural limits.
If we do not consciously and #critically question them, they continue to grow with every satisfaction. #Contentment is the result of this questioning.Sadly, we have banished this attitude to life because it stood in the way of capitalism. The constant pursuit of more possessions and entertainment does not make us happy – on the contrary.
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Had this article shared with me today: https://fortune.com/2025/02/11/ai-impact-brain-critical-thinking-microsoft-study/
I went through an array of #emotions. At first, I found it #awkward and #discomforting. I made jokes:
Wait, you mean people aren't thinking #critically and growing #cognitively because the #digitalization of the world is doing it for them....and it's making them (gasps) #dumber!!?? #AI is making it worse?? Is this #Idiocracy? 👀 😞 Am I being #punked right now!? Where's Ashton and the cameras! 📹
Then, I had a deep #selfrealization:
Jokes aside - This is a #sensitive topic for me. I talk about it in my closest circle too often. Unfortunately, I have a front seat to the steep cognitive #decline of some close #friends and #family members for years now, and it makes me sad - not because of disease or "old age", simply because of too much screen time and no new cognitive #stimulation. I see too many people purposefully avoiding nearly anything #cerebral, if they even approach them at all. I have many days where I wish the #Internet didn't exist - for a multitude of reasons, but this is a big one. I'm not trying to be "old fashioned" or #sarcastic, I'm just #disappointed in how we #humanz have grown to depend on #technology as a #crutch, rather than using it as the #tool it was invented to be. As the article eludes to, these technologies are supposed to #complement human #evolution, not #supplement it.
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#Educators #speakout on #justice and #liberation in the #classroom.
#Conservatives #fear the #power of #youth #thinking #critically and #exploring the #roots of #racism and #inequality in #America.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://prismreports.org/2024/10/01/zinn-education-teaching-truths/
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#Critically #Acclaimed #Author of #GayBar Has a New #Book Coming: 'We Defied the #Law in Order to #StayTogether' (Exclusive)
In his new book, #JeremyAthertonLin shares "the #story of how I #fellinlove across #borders"
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture
https://people.com/gay-bar-author-jeremy-atherton-lin-announces-new-book-exclusive-8714865
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University of Queensland research has found despite considerable conservation efforts, the illegal killing of #critically #endangered #orangutans on Borneo may be an ongoing threat to the species.
#Conservation #sflorg
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#Environmental #DNA (#eDNA) is increasingly used for rapid #biodiversity assessments in a variety of contexts.
This review paper (Shea et al. 2023) on the use of eDNA assessments in #marine #ecological #research shows just how rapidly its use is increasing – #exponential!
More importantly, quote: "Our #analysis underscores the need to #think #critically about #data #accessibility and #usability..."
🔗 https://peerj.com/articles/14993/
🧬🦞🐟🐙🐡🐋🐚🦦🪸🦭🦈🦑🐠🧬
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#Orcas off #BritishColumbia coast have been #critically #endangered for many years & #scientists have found that a lack of #genetic #variability may be why.
A new study out of #WashingtonState - published March 23 on the journal Nature, has found that $inbreeding depression — the reduced #survival & #fertility of offspring that are a product of inbreeding — is preventing the SouthernResident #KillerWhale #population from growing.
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Some reasonably good #conservation news – it seems that #EU #export #restrictions are working to keep #European #eels out of the #US market.
A few European eels still make it into the #American #supply #chain (5.2%), so not zero, which would be best.
#Regulations can work, although the authors note that trade of the eels to #Asia is still high.
Article: “Molecular identification of #critically #endangered European eels (#Anguilla anguilla) in US #retail outlets”
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Western Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla
Mighty, intelligent and gentle Western Lowland Gorillas are well-loved apes, they are #critically endangered by #deforestation and habitat loss for #palmoil, cocoa and mining along with disease and illegal poaching in #Congo #Nigeria #Cameroon Help them to survive every time you shop! Join the #Boycott4Wildlife
Western Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla
Mighty and gentle Western Lowland Gorilla are well-loved apes 💌🦍, they are #critically endangered by #deforestation for #palmoil 🌴 #cocoa 🍫 in #Congo #Nigeria #Cameroon Help them to survive! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/07/10/western-lowland-gorilla-gorilla-gorilla/
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterDespite superior intelligence and tight-knit families, Western Lowland #Gorillas 🦍 are critically #endangered by #palmoil and #tobacco #deforestation and #poaching 😓 Don’t let them vanish! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴💀🔥🚫 @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/07/10/western-lowland-gorilla-gorilla-gorilla/
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterCritically Endangered
Angola (Cabinda); Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea (mainland)); Gabon; Nigeria
Western Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorillaWestern Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorillaWestern Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorillaWestern Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorillaWestern Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorillaHabitat loss is emerging as a major threat to Western Gorillas. Other threats include disease and poaching. As oil-palm plantations in Asia reach capacity, Africa is becoming the new frontier for this crop, offering excellent economic prospects in countries with appropriate rainfall, soil and temperatures (Rival and Lavang 2014). Unfortunately, such areas coincide with good Gorilla habitat: 73.8% of the Western Lowland Gorilla’s range is considered suitable for oil palm (Wich et al. 2014).
IUCN red list
Western Lowland Gorillas are found in Angola (Cabinda enclave), Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), mainland Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon, Nigeria and Republic of Congo. Until recently, the core population had an almost continuous distribution from southern CAR to the Congo River and west to the coast. Rivers are the primary geographic barrier for this taxon, followed by habitat fragmentation: the two subspecies are separated by a major river (the Sanaga), and Western Lowland Gorillas are divided into subpopulations by other major rivers in the region (Anthony et al. 2007, Fünfstück et al. 2014, Fünfstück and Vigilant 2015).
The northwestern limit of the western lowland subspecies distribution is the Sanaga River in Cameroon; the northern limit is the forest-savanna boundary to a maximum of roughly 6°N; the eastern limit is the Ubangi River; the Congo River south of its confluence with the Ubangi then becomes the southeastern and southern limits all the way to the coast. Small outlying populations of the Cross River subspecies remain on the Nigeria-Cameroon border at the headwaters of the Cross River and in the proposed Ebo National Park in Cameroon. Most Western Gorillas are found below 500 m asl, but those living on mountains occasionally reach elevations of 1,900 m asl.
Western Gorillas are diurnal and semi-terrestrial. They build nests to sleep in every night, usually on the ground but sometimes in trees. They are social and live in stable, cohesive groups composed of one “silverback” adult male, several adult females and their offspring. Gorillas are not territorial and group ranges overlap extensively.
Western Lowland Gorillas occur in both swamp and lowland forests throughout Western Equatorial Africa. They are especially common where ground vegetation is dominated by monocotyledonous plants. Their staple foods are leaves and shoots of the Marantaceae family, whereas fruit consumption varies greatly between seasons (Rogers et al. 2004). Some populations spend hours feeding on aquatic herbs in swamps. Social ants and termites are the only animal matter deliberately eaten. Group size averages 10, but is occasionally over 20 individuals, and annual home ranges are usually 10–25 km² (Williamson and Butynski 2013).
Male Western Gorillas take 18 years to reach full maturity, whereas females take around 10 years. Their length of the reproductive cycle is unknown. Infant mortality up to three years of age is 22–65%. Infants suckle for 4–5 years, causing lactational amenorrhea in the mother. Interbirth intervals are 4–6 years. Western Gorillas appear to reproduce more slowly than Eastern Gorillas (G. beringei). The maximum length of their lives is unknown but likely to be around 40 years. Generation time is estimated to be 22 years.
The recent expansion of industrial-scale mineral extraction and the creation of open-pit mines are of great concern (Edwards et al. 2014, Lanjouw 2014), and also lead to the establishment of development corridors, which can be several kilometres wide and add to areas of “lost forest” (Laurance et al. 2015). There is a disconnect between the various bodies responsible for land-use planning in the realms of conservation, mining and agriculture in all Western Gorilla range states except Gabon. Consequently, there is increasing competition for land between long-term conservation needs and immediate financial gain as governments explore the potential of clearing natural habitat in favour of economic development. Without careful and immediate land-use planning that involves cooperation between the government bodies responsible for protected areas and wildlife on one hand, and economic and agricultural development on the other, large areas of Western Lowland Gorilla habitat could be cleared within a few decades.
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Further Information
Maisels, F., Bergl, R.A. & Williamson, E.A. 2018. Gorilla gorilla (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T9404A136250858. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T9404A136250858.en. Downloaded on 06 June 2021.
Western Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla
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