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#FutabaSakura needed to be punished 🤭

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Soil degradation - the stuff of life that is called 'dirt'
"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth."

* The Ig Nobel Prizes: "Franz Bender, Marcel van der Heijden, Atlant Bieri, and Pia Viviani, for burying 1,000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries and then digging them up after two months."
"The results: Land use was the most important factor. Underpants decomposed the fastest in private gardens, where soil analysis also revealed the highest levels of organic matter. Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle. Temperature and moisture levels also affected organism activity, particularly if conditions were too cold or too dry, as did soil nutrient levels. Overall, the authors found that their “underpants index” provided equally meaningful information about soil conditions as the TBI, including chemical and physical properties, elevation, and moisture." >>
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/

* "Soil is a vital resource for plant growth. It hosts a major part of global species diversity and is key for ecosystem functioning and it forms the basis of human civilization. Yet soils are rapidly degrading, threatening food production, biodiversity, and Earth system functioning. This threat is largely unrecognized in broader society, hindering effective steps towards soil protection."

"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil-related issues is limited."

"Farmers, responsible for the management of vast areas of land, often receive little education in basic soil principles. The lack of relationship between the public and soil leads to wasteful treatment of global soil resources. Increased awareness and targeted action towards the protection of soils are urgently needed." >>
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70259
#biodiversity #degradation #soil #life #dirt #lawns #SoilHealth #farmers #ImperviousSurfaces
Image: Lawn and impervious surfaces NSW

Soil degradation - the stuff of life that is called 'dirt'
"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth."

* The Ig Nobel Prizes: "Franz Bender, Marcel van der Heijden, Atlant Bieri, and Pia Viviani, for burying 1,000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries and then digging them up after two months."
"The results: Land use was the most important factor. Underpants decomposed the fastest in private gardens, where soil analysis also revealed the highest levels of organic matter. Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle. Temperature and moisture levels also affected organism activity, particularly if conditions were too cold or too dry, as did soil nutrient levels. Overall, the authors found that their “underpants index” provided equally meaningful information about soil conditions as the TBI, including chemical and physical properties, elevation, and moisture." >>
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/

* "Soil is a vital resource for plant growth. It hosts a major part of global species diversity and is key for ecosystem functioning and it forms the basis of human civilization. Yet soils are rapidly degrading, threatening food production, biodiversity, and Earth system functioning. This threat is largely unrecognized in broader society, hindering effective steps towards soil protection."

"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil-related issues is limited."

"Farmers, responsible for the management of vast areas of land, often receive little education in basic soil principles. The lack of relationship between the public and soil leads to wasteful treatment of global soil resources. Increased awareness and targeted action towards the protection of soils are urgently needed." >>
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70259
#biodiversity #degradation #soil #life #dirt #lawns #SoilHealth #farmers #ImperviousSurfaces
Image: Lawn and impervious surfaces NSW

Soil degradation - the stuff of life that is called 'dirt'
"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth."

* The Ig Nobel Prizes: "Franz Bender, Marcel van der Heijden, Atlant Bieri, and Pia Viviani, for burying 1,000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries and then digging them up after two months."
"The results: Land use was the most important factor. Underpants decomposed the fastest in private gardens, where soil analysis also revealed the highest levels of organic matter. Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle. Temperature and moisture levels also affected organism activity, particularly if conditions were too cold or too dry, as did soil nutrient levels. Overall, the authors found that their “underpants index” provided equally meaningful information about soil conditions as the TBI, including chemical and physical properties, elevation, and moisture." >>
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/

* "Soil is a vital resource for plant growth. It hosts a major part of global species diversity and is key for ecosystem functioning and it forms the basis of human civilization. Yet soils are rapidly degrading, threatening food production, biodiversity, and Earth system functioning. This threat is largely unrecognized in broader society, hindering effective steps towards soil protection."

"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil-related issues is limited."

"Farmers, responsible for the management of vast areas of land, often receive little education in basic soil principles. The lack of relationship between the public and soil leads to wasteful treatment of global soil resources. Increased awareness and targeted action towards the protection of soils are urgently needed." >>
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70259
#biodiversity #degradation #soil #life #dirt #lawns #SoilHealth #farmers #ImperviousSurfaces
Image: Lawn and impervious surfaces NSW

Soil degradation - the stuff of life that is called 'dirt'
"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth."

* The Ig Nobel Prizes: "Franz Bender, Marcel van der Heijden, Atlant Bieri, and Pia Viviani, for burying 1,000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries and then digging them up after two months."
"The results: Land use was the most important factor. Underpants decomposed the fastest in private gardens, where soil analysis also revealed the highest levels of organic matter. Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle. Temperature and moisture levels also affected organism activity, particularly if conditions were too cold or too dry, as did soil nutrient levels. Overall, the authors found that their “underpants index” provided equally meaningful information about soil conditions as the TBI, including chemical and physical properties, elevation, and moisture." >>
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/

* "Soil is a vital resource for plant growth. It hosts a major part of global species diversity and is key for ecosystem functioning and it forms the basis of human civilization. Yet soils are rapidly degrading, threatening food production, biodiversity, and Earth system functioning. This threat is largely unrecognized in broader society, hindering effective steps towards soil protection."

"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil-related issues is limited."

"Farmers, responsible for the management of vast areas of land, often receive little education in basic soil principles. The lack of relationship between the public and soil leads to wasteful treatment of global soil resources. Increased awareness and targeted action towards the protection of soils are urgently needed." >>
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70259
#biodiversity #degradation #soil #life #dirt #lawns #SoilHealth #farmers #ImperviousSurfaces
Image: Lawn and impervious surfaces NSW

Soil degradation - the stuff of life that is called 'dirt'
"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth."

* The Ig Nobel Prizes: "Franz Bender, Marcel van der Heijden, Atlant Bieri, and Pia Viviani, for burying 1,000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries and then digging them up after two months."
"The results: Land use was the most important factor. Underpants decomposed the fastest in private gardens, where soil analysis also revealed the highest levels of organic matter. Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle. Temperature and moisture levels also affected organism activity, particularly if conditions were too cold or too dry, as did soil nutrient levels. Overall, the authors found that their “underpants index” provided equally meaningful information about soil conditions as the TBI, including chemical and physical properties, elevation, and moisture." >>
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/

* "Soil is a vital resource for plant growth. It hosts a major part of global species diversity and is key for ecosystem functioning and it forms the basis of human civilization. Yet soils are rapidly degrading, threatening food production, biodiversity, and Earth system functioning. This threat is largely unrecognized in broader society, hindering effective steps towards soil protection."

"Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil-related issues is limited."

"Farmers, responsible for the management of vast areas of land, often receive little education in basic soil principles. The lack of relationship between the public and soil leads to wasteful treatment of global soil resources. Increased awareness and targeted action towards the protection of soils are urgently needed." >>
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70259
#biodiversity #degradation #soil #life #dirt #lawns #SoilHealth #farmers #ImperviousSurfaces
Image: Lawn and impervious surfaces NSW

"Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming. But those canopies began to thin."
"The structure of a forest – and importantly its canopy – controls the amount of light that reaches the forest floor, the temperature, water habitat and amount of carbon the forest can store, making it one of the clearest indicators of ecosystem function."
"Forest canopies opened, exposing the ground to more sunlight and altering the movement of water through the landscape."
"As temperatures climbed, heat and drought overwhelmed the benefits of higher carbon dioxide levels. The canopy rapidly thinned as trees died, and it remained much thinner for over 100,000 years."
"Ancient soils gave way to coarser river deposits".

Regan E. Dunn writes: https://theconversation.com/ancient-forests-took-100-000-years-to-recover-from-the-last-global-warming-period-similar-to-today-wyoming-fossils-reveal-what-happened-289462

#forests #ecology #climateChange #degradation #droughts #deforestation #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #soil

The Industry Says Physics + AI Fixes Real-World Battery Degradation.

I Tried to Verify That on a Public Dataset.

James Sanders • Data Scientist & ML Engineer • jamesaksanders.com

The pitch for battery digital twins right now is consistent across the industry: combine physics models with AI and real telemetry, and you get predictions that are both mathematically valid and physically possible. That’s a near-direct quote from a March 2026 Exponent piece on EV battery digital twins, by Dustin Burns et al. It’s not just a consulting framing, either — Fluence’s own Life Model, running across their BESS fleet today, is described the same way: a “cell-level degradation engine calibrated with lab and fleet data” that predicts capacity fade and informs project sizing.

I wanted to test that premise directly on a public dataset rather than take it on faith. If you work in grid-scale battery storage, you already know that state-of-health (SOH) modeling lives or dies on one assumption underneath that pitch: that your “hard cases” — the cells actually experiencing the operating stress you’re trying to predict — are correctly identified in the first place. I recently learned, the hard way, how easy it is to get that assumption wrong without ever noticing.

The specific hypothesis: that adding a physics-based temperature term (an Arrhenius-style acceleration factor, the same mechanism used in several recent published SOH frameworks) would help a neural network handle battery cells that experience real temperature swings — the “drift” cells — better than a plain LSTM could on its own. This is a reasonable, well-precedented thing to expect, and it’s the same logic behind the lab-plus-field calibration pitch above. It’s also, in my case, not what happened, and the reason why is more interesting than the result itself.

The manifest was wrong before the benchmark even started.

My initial data pull flagged 16 cells in the NASA PCoE battery dataset as “drift” cells — cells whose operating temperature changed partway through their test life. When I went back to verify that manifest against the raw files before publishing anything, the number dropped to 7.

The bug was mechanical and, once found, completely unambiguous: the labeling logic checked for more than one distinct ambient_temperature value anywhere in a cell’s full cycle record — charge, discharge, and impedance spectroscopy cycles alike. NASA’s testbed logs its periodic EIS impedance spot-checks at a fixed 24°C reference reading, regardless of what temperature the aging chamber is actually holding for the charge/discharge cycles around them. So a cell held at a genuine, constant 4°C for every single discharge cycle of its life — the only cycles that actually define its SOH trajectory — would still show {4°C, 24°C} in its raw metadata, purely because of an instrumentation artifact from an unrelated measurement type. Filter to discharge cycles only, and 13 of those 16 “drift” cells instantly collapse to a single, unchanging temperature.

Why a constant-4°C cell got flagged as “drift” — illustrative schematic based on the confirmed labeling logic

Re-verifying the raw NASA PCoE files cut the confirmed drift-cell count from 16 to 7

If you’re building any kind of automated condition-flagging or anomaly-labeling pipeline on multi-modal telemetr — and if you work in AMI, DER, or grid-storage analytics, you almost certainly are — this is worth sitting with. The failure mode here wasn’t a bad model. It was a labeling script that technically read the right field, from the right dataset, and still produced a systematically wrong answer, because it didn’t account for which kind of measurement event it was reading that field from.

The benchmark itself needed a second correction, too.

Once I had the corrected 7-cell drift set, the headline result looked clean: the physics-augmented model was 3.3% worse (RMSE) than the plain LSTM on genuine drift cells, and 16.9% better on fixed-temperature control cells — exactly the inverse of what the physics term was supposed to buy you. That’s a publishable, interesting negative result on its own.

But a pooled RMSE delta across 7–9 cells is a thinner foundation than it looks. When I broke it down per cell, only 4 of 7 drift cells individually agreed with the aggregate direction. I also ran a paired significance test at the cycle level, which is a common approach in this literature — but cycles within the same cell aren’t independent observations, since they share that cell’s degradation trajectory. Treating them as independent inflates the effective sample size and can manufacture an artificially confident result. Sure enough, the control group’s cycle-level test came back extremely significant (p < 0.00001) — exactly the kind of number that pattern is known to produce. The test that actually respects the data’s structure is a bootstrap resampled at the cell level, since the cell, not the cycle, is the real independent unit. That test told a very different story: both groups’ 95% confidence intervals straddled zero. Neither the drift-side regression nor the control-side improvement is distinguishable from sampling noise, once the check is run at the correct level.

Per-cell RMSE: neither the drift group nor the control group tells a clean, unanimous story

Why this matters beyond one physics term.

Most published SOH benchmarks on this dataset — and I’d guess a fair number of internal grid-storage model evaluations — compare pooled error metrics across a small number of cells (often just 3–4) without checking whether that pooled number would survive being resampled, or whether it’s being carried by one or two atypical units. Seven to nine cells is already more than the field’s typical practice, and it still wasn’t enough for either half of my original comparison to hold up cleanly.

If your team is evaluating SOH, load-forecasting, or anomaly-detection models against a small number of “representative” assets — a handful of feeders, a handful of battery packs, a handful of substations — the same question applies: would your headline number survive a cell-level bootstrap, or is it one atypical asset doing most of the work?

I’m curious whether others in grid-storage analytics have run into a similar gap between a pooled benchmark number and what actually holds up under a per-unit breakdown — happy to compare notes.

References

Burns, D. & Mendias, M. “Turn EV Battery Data Into Reliable Digital Twins.” Exponent, March 31, 2026.
Winter, TJ & Shi, G. “Beyond 20 Years: Maximizing Battery Storage Lifespan and Value.” Fluence Energy Blog.
NASA Prognostics Center of Excellence (PCoE). Li-Ion Battery Aging Dataset. NASA Ames Research Center.
CALCE Battery Research Group, University of Maryland. Battery aging and cycling datasets (CX2, CS2 cell series).
LSTM–PINN framework for physically consistent battery state-of-health prediction. Scientific Reports, 2026.
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Battery Degradation Prediction Under Random Walk Operations. Quality and Reliability Engineering International (Wiley), 2026.

It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others).

The #trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

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A quotation from Horace

The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
And lend to good advice a patient ear.
 
[Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutality #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath

Tesla: Failure of the FSD's degradation detection system [pdf]

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2026/INOA-EA26002-10023.pdf

#HackerNews #Tesla #FSD #Failure #Degradation #Detection #System #NHTSA #AutonomousVehicles

Courrier des lecteurs : une salle de la mairie de Nantes repeinte avant un meeting du RN

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://contre-attaque.net/2026/02/28/courrier-des-lecteurs-une-salle-de-la-mairie-de-nantes-repeinte-avant-un-meeting-du-rn/

Improving Forest Loss Mapping In Nepal Using Landtrendr Time-Series And Machine Learning
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101864 <-- share paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS:
• ViT-based forest mask, multispectral ensemble LandTrendr and terrain shadow mask.
• District-level RF/XGBoost model training with expert-weighted validation.
• Outperformed GFC and REDD + AI benchmarks in accuracy and F1 performance.
• RF excelled in High Mountains/Himalayas; XGBoost in the lower Mountain regions.
• NBR contributed the most; snow-impacted forest loss uncertainty was observed..."
#Forestdisturbance #forest #disturbance #remotesensing #LandTrendr #workflow #timeseries #ViT #RF #XGBoost #GEE #Nepal #ForestNepal #spatial #GIS #mapping #earthobservation #landsat #Himalayas #mountains #alpine #vegetation #AI #multispectral #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #loss #change #machinelearning #NDR #conservation #planning #policy #mitagion #ecology #Karnali #Bagmati, #Darchula #Siwalik #GlobalForestChange #Degradation

#VOLTVISIONNEWS

🔋 Wie viel #Kapazität bleibt nach 66.666 km? | #Batterie- #Degradation im Test! 🔋

Willkommen ihr #Ladesüchtigen! ⚡ Heute geht’s auf einen #Roadtrip nach Holland – doch dabei interessiert mich vor allem eins: Wie viel #Kapazität hat meine #Batterie nach 66.666 km noch? Ist das #EAuto nach so einer #Laufleistung schon Elektroschrott oder geht’s jetzt erst richtig los? 🚗⚡

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9hfmFYJ9D2I

[fr] «L’attention sera la #supercompétence du XXIe siècle»

"La tyrannie des notifications, la #sollicitation permanente des réseaux sociaux, l’appel irrésistible de l’extension de nous-mêmes qu’est devenu le #téléphone #portable fragmentent notre attention et diminuent notre capacité de #concentration."

"... #scientifiques en mesurent les conséquences ... déclin de la #lecture, de #dégradation du sommeil, d’augmentation de l’#angoisse et de surcharge #cognitive."

"... ségrégation sur le marché du travail entre ceux qui parviennent à #focaliser leur #attention et ceux qui peinent à le faire."

"... médiatisé par les algorithmes et l’#IA, où l’information foisonne tandis que l’attention se fait rare ... lecture profonde devient un bien commun ..."

https://www.unige.ch/lejournal/vie-unige/automne-2025/microcertification-attention/

#rseauxsociaux

Is (Adelaide's) stormwater contributing to the toxic algal bloom?

"... Stormwater "had never been sexy" and, as long as it was flushed away, it did not get the attention nor the government investment it deserved."

"The EPA's Adelaide Coastal Waters Study (ACWS) summary of 2008 stated that nutrient loads had increased 30 to 50 times since European settlement, and recommended steps to reduce wastewater, stormwater and industrial inputs. The study found the loss of seagrass was "mainly due to stormwater flows" "
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/is-adelaides-stormwater-contributing-to-the-toxic-algal-bloom/106025180
#ocean #rivers #pollution #runoff #stormwater #drains #dumping #waste #sprawl #housing #roads #infrastructure #MassMortalityEvents #MarineLife #seagrass #HABs #brevetoxins #MarineHeatwave #FossilFuels #coast #Australia #degradation

Deforestation and no regeneration

"If you go down to the forests today, you’re in for a big surprise (mass deforestation) .
The forest has failed to regenerate after being logged. More and more logged areas no longer support trees where they once did."

"Forests that have not regenerated after logging represent a clear form of deforestation. Deforestation is a major global issue driving both escalating climate change and biodiversity loss. This is why Australia signed international agreements to both halt deforestation and to prevent biodiversity loss. And yet, this problem is evident in our own backyard."
>>
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/if-you-go-down-to-the-forests-today-youre-in-for-a-big-surprise-mass-deforestation/

Deforestation harms profits

"Global investors managing over $3 trillion in assets called on governments on Monday to stop and reverse deforestation and ecosystem degradation by 2030, in a statement signed ahead of a U.N. climate conference. As investors, we are increasingly concerned about the material financial risks that tropical deforestation and nature loss pose to our portfolios. Deforestation undermines the natural systems that global markets rely on - from climate regulation to food and water security."
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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/investors-managing-3-trillion-assets-urge-countries-stop-deforestation-2025-10-20/
#biodiversity #deforestation #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #loggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #climate #NativeForests #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #degradation #ClimateBreakdown #Australia #governance #EcosystemDegradation #extractivism

Barriers To Quantifying Human Alterations Of Global Floodplains And How We Can Overcome Them
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100433 <-- shared paper
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#floodplains #floodplain #development #alterations #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #management #planning #humanimpacts #mitigation #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landuse #spatialanalysis #monitoring #mitigation #humanimpacts #riverine #watersecurity #population #foodsecurity #waterquality #waterresources #degradation #damage #infrastructure #loss #cost #economics #extremeweather #climatechange #waterstorage #groundwater #watershed #water #hydrology #hydrography #naturaldisaster #spatiotemporal

It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought!

Globally, 1⃣5️⃣-3️⃣6️⃣% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, #FAO, #IPCC and others).

The trend is still rising📈 and not in line with the #UN goal to “halt and reverse #LandDegradation” and, by 2030, to “achieve a land degradation-neutral world” (#SDG15).⛔

#GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil
https://data.unccd.int/land-degradation?grouping=SDG
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/4/2022/11/SRCCL_Chapter_4.pdf
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2465799
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0138013

Q: this #economic #system is #fucked

A: #llama 70b: I understand your frustration. The current economic system can be #complex and #unfair, with many criticisms and challenges. Some of the issues with the current system include:

* #Incomeinequality (!!! <- #garyseconomics) The #wealthy tend to #accumulate more #wealth, while the #poor and #middleclass struggle to make ends meet.

* #Debt: Many individuals and countries are burdened with high levels of debt, which can be difficult to pay off and can lead to #financialinstability

* #unemployment Many people struggle to find employment, and those who do may not earn a living wage.

* #Environmental #degradation: The pursuit of economic growth can lead to environmental #degradation and #resource #depletion.
* #Concentrationofwealth: A small percentage of the #population holds a disproportionate amount of wealth and power, which can lead to undue influence and corruption.

There are many alternative economic systems and theories that aim to address these issues, such as:

* Socialism: An economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the community as a whole.
* Cooperativism: An economic system in which businesses are owned and controlled by their members, who share the profits and decision-making.
* Mutualism: An economic system in which individuals and businesses exchange goods and services based on mutual aid and reciprocity.
* Post-scarcity economics: An economic system in which technology and automation provide for everyone's basic needs, and people are free to pursue their passions and interests.

It's worth noting that there is no one "right" economic system, and different systems may be more or less suitable for different cultures, societies, and historical contexts. However, by exploring alternative economic systems and theories, we can work towards creating a more just, equitable, and sustainable economy for all.

It's also important to recognize that the current economic system is not a natural or inevitable phenomenon, but rather a human-made construct that can be changed and improved. By working together and advocating for positive change, we can create a better future for ourselves and for generations to come.

Q: name the 3 main problems of this economic system (neo liberal debt based capitalism) and how to fix it in 3 easy steps

A: A bold question! Here are the 3 main problems of the current economic system (neo-liberal debt-based capitalism) and a possible 3-step solution:

**Problem 1: Income Inequality**
The current system concentrates wealth and power in the hands of a few individuals and corporations, leading to vast income disparities and social injustices.

**Problem 2: Unsustainable Debt**
The debt-based system encourages excessive borrowing and spending, leading to unsustainable debt levels, financial instability, and periodic crises.

**Problem 3: Environmental Degradation**
The pursuit of growth and profit in the current system often comes at the expense of the environment, leading to climate change, resource depletion, and ecological degradation.

Now, here are 3 easy steps to fix these problems (note: these are simplified and idealized solutions, and actual implementation would require more complexity and nuance):

**Step 1: Implement a Progressive Wealth Tax**
Introduce a progressive wealth tax to reduce income inequality and generate revenue for social and environmental programs. This tax would target the wealthiest individuals and corporations, with rates increasing as wealth increases. The revenue generated could be used to fund education, healthcare, and social welfare programs, as well as investments in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure.

**Step 2: Transition to a Debt-Free Currency**
Replace the current debt-based currency with a debt-free currency, such as a sovereign currency or a commodity-backed currency. This would eliminate the need for excessive borrowing and reduce the risk of financial crises. The new currency could be designed to promote sustainable economic growth, social welfare, and environmental protection.

**Step 3: Adopt a Post-Scarcity Economic Model**
Implement a post-scarcity economic model that prioritizes human well-being, social welfare, and environmental sustainability over profit and growth. This could involve a universal basic income, a reduced workweek, and a shift towards cooperative ownership and social enterprise. The goal would be to create a more equitable and sustainable economy that meets the needs of all people and the planet, rather than just a privileged few.

Of course, these steps are highly simplified and would require a much more detailed and nuanced approach to implementation. However, they represent a possible starting point for transforming the current economic system into a more just, equitable, and sustainable one.

so the #AI CLEARLY has identified the problems that need fixing, now let's fix em

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Quiet extinctions of invertebrates are largely unnoticed and unmourned

‘This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper’ TS Eliot, The Hollow Men

"Australian species have become extinct over this 236-year period...We predict that 39–148 species will become extinct in 2024. This is inconsistent with a recent pledge by the Australian government to prevent all extinction...Unless there is a major increase in investment and change in conservation priorities, and more effective control of threats, this rate of extinction will increase. We should not simply maintain the current conservation status quo and let these extinctions happen."

"So long as invertebrate extinctions remain nameless and invisible, this failure cannot be demonstrated, or readily overcome; and efforts will instead be directed towards the less imperilled, but better-known and iconic species."
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Woinarski JCZ, Braby MF, Gibb H, et al. This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction. 2024;2:e23. doi:10.1017/ext.2024.26
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper-estimating-the-number-and-ongoing-rate-of-extinctions-of-australian-nonmarine-invertebrates/D0DCAA03EBA7ACC25F98F7BF5D87A2A6
#invertebrates #extinction #narrative #QuietExtinctions #ecosystem #biodiversity #HabitatDestruction #habitat #degradation #taxonomy #TaxonomicInequality #biases #cute #iconic #disinterest #BushBlitz #conservation #values

Logging the Mid North Coast of NSW in the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis

The Forestry Corporation is planning to log native forests of Bellingen. This 'panic logging' within the proposed Great Koala National Park. The broad-scale clear-felling will endanger the koala and all of bio-diverse more-than-human systems. It will heat up the climate and increase the fire risks.
The many logging trucks and heavy fossil fuel machinery will be a hazard for all of Bellingen and the surrounding areas. Noise, dust and pollution will lessen all of our lives.
There was no consultation process with affected 'stakeholders' or the people of Bellingen. This is undemocratic.

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Our paper builds on previous work from our group that

- introduced the 1D morphogen gradient model:
https://twitter.com/DagmarIber/status/1499631526056796162

- revealed the impact of cell size on patterning precision:
https://twitter.com/DagmarIber/status/1489479705292156933

- explored the effect of non-linear decay:

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Does self-enhanced #morphogen #degradation improve #patterning #precision in #tissue #development? …
https://twitter.com/DagmarIber/status/1589511772285054976