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Humans and great apes show similar rhythmic pattern in laughter

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2026/07/29/315740/humans-and-great-apes-show-similar-rhythmic-pattern-in-laughter/

Remote Sensing, Real Impact - Technology-Driven Conservation At The Jane Goodall Institute
(How the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] is using satellite imagery and spatial technology to help people and animals thrive.)
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https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/conservation-at-the-jane-goodall-institute <-- shared technical article
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https://www.iceye.com/blog/government/solutions/how-the-jane-goodall-institute-uses-iceye-sar-to-protect-ecosystems <-- shared technical article
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[this post should not be seen as endorsement of a particular provider and/or approach]
“Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research at Gombe National Park in Tanzania began in 1960, and transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to conservation and community empowerment. Her recent passing marks the end of an extraordinary career in ethology and conservation science. Yet her legacy lives on powerfully through the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] and the countless individuals and communities she inspired worldwide. Her pioneering work revealed that chimpanzees make and use tools, have complex social structures, and possess individual personalities; discoveries that fundamentally challenged our understanding of what it means to be human, for the better…
The institute's current work embodies Dr. Goodall's profound philosophy: that humanity can only reach its full potential "when our clever brains and our compassionate hearts are connected."
This principle guides every aspect of JGI's conservation science strategy, from analyzing satellite data to providing local communities with the tools they need to strengthen their environment. Dr. Goodall's vision that conservation must be rooted in compassion, scientific rigor, and respect for local communities continues to shape the institute's innovative approach to using technology for conservation action.
As time has gone on, geospatial technologies have become increasingly indispensable to this mission, enabling JGI to monitor forest health in real-time, map critical chimpanzee habitats and migration corridors, and measure the tangible impact of community-led conservation initiatives. But perhaps most importantly, these technologies help the communities understand that the lives of people, animals and their shared environment are all interconnected…”
#ConservationTechnology #illegal #Deforestation #hunting #mining #GombeNationalPark #remotesensing #radar #earthobservation #chimpanzee #conservation #communityempowerment #JaneGoodallInstitute #JGI #satellite #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #habitat #destruction #migration #corridors #monitoring #conservationscience #strategy #resource #cloudcover #alerts #foresthealth #protection #SAR #vegetation #ecosystems #rainforest #greatape #disease #foodsecurity #DRC #Tanzania #CongoBasin #nationalpark #ranger #parkranger #security #safety #alerts #wildlifetrafficking
@JaneGoodallInstitute @iceeye

Remote Sensing, Real Impact - Technology-Driven Conservation At The Jane Goodall Institute
(How the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] is using satellite imagery and spatial technology to help people and animals thrive.)
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https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/conservation-at-the-jane-goodall-institute <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.iceye.com/blog/government/solutions/how-the-jane-goodall-institute-uses-iceye-sar-to-protect-ecosystems <-- shared technical article
--
[this post should not be seen as endorsement of a particular provider and/or approach]
“Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research at Gombe National Park in Tanzania began in 1960, and transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to conservation and community empowerment. Her recent passing marks the end of an extraordinary career in ethology and conservation science. Yet her legacy lives on powerfully through the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] and the countless individuals and communities she inspired worldwide. Her pioneering work revealed that chimpanzees make and use tools, have complex social structures, and possess individual personalities; discoveries that fundamentally challenged our understanding of what it means to be human, for the better…
The institute's current work embodies Dr. Goodall's profound philosophy: that humanity can only reach its full potential "when our clever brains and our compassionate hearts are connected."
This principle guides every aspect of JGI's conservation science strategy, from analyzing satellite data to providing local communities with the tools they need to strengthen their environment. Dr. Goodall's vision that conservation must be rooted in compassion, scientific rigor, and respect for local communities continues to shape the institute's innovative approach to using technology for conservation action.
As time has gone on, geospatial technologies have become increasingly indispensable to this mission, enabling JGI to monitor forest health in real-time, map critical chimpanzee habitats and migration corridors, and measure the tangible impact of community-led conservation initiatives. But perhaps most importantly, these technologies help the communities understand that the lives of people, animals and their shared environment are all interconnected…”
#ConservationTechnology #illegal #Deforestation #hunting #mining #GombeNationalPark #remotesensing #radar #earthobservation #chimpanzee #conservation #communityempowerment #JaneGoodallInstitute #JGI #satellite #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #habitat #destruction #migration #corridors #monitoring #conservationscience #strategy #resource #cloudcover #alerts #foresthealth #protection #SAR #vegetation #ecosystems #rainforest #greatape #disease #foodsecurity #DRC #Tanzania #CongoBasin #nationalpark #ranger #parkranger #security #safety #alerts #wildlifetrafficking
@JaneGoodallInstitute @iceeye

Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki

Deep inside a limestone cave in southern China, paleontologists have uncovered an assemblage of thirteen fossilize…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #China #Climate #climatechange #Early-MiddlePleistocenetransition #Fossil #Gigantopithecus #Gigantopithecusblacki #Greatape #Guangxi #Hominid #paleoclimate #Pleistocene #Primate #Teeth #YanliCave1
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/708719/

Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music

Researchers who analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances by a captive male chimpanzee named Ayumu say the animal’s steady rhythms and expressive ‘play face’ hint at how early humans may have …
#Japan #JP #Kyoto #Ape #chimpanzee #drum #evolution #Greatape #kyotonews #music #musicalinstrument #news #pan #Pantroglodytes #Rhythm #sound #Tooluse #京都 #京都府
https://www.alojapan.com/1470866/chimpanzees-drum-solo-offers-clues-to-origins-of-music/

https://www.alojapan.com/1470866/chimpanzees-drum-solo-offers-clues-to-origins-of-music/ Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music #Ape #chimpanzee #drum #evolution #GreatApe #Kyoto #KyotoNews #music #MusicalInstrument #news #pan #PanTroglodytes #Rhythm #sound #ToolUse #京都 #京都府 Researchers who analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances by a captive male chimpanzee named Ayumu say the animal’s steady rhythms and expressive ‘play face’ hint at how early humans may have transformed vocal emotion into instrumental soun

@lou
> They are now allowing creators to do livestreams and then afterwards also host the recorded steams for later viewing. I don’t believe we have anything like this currently in the OSS world

You may have missed my mention of @peertube, which does both of these things;

https://joinpeertube.org/

Also there's @owncast for livestreaming;

https://owncast.online/

Not sure if #GreatApe is still going to be a thing, but I IIRR that was intended to be a federated Twitch (@atomicpoet?)

@FediTips

@lou
> They are now allowing creators to do livestreams and then afterwards also host the recorded steams for later viewing. I don’t believe we have anything like this currently in the OSS world

You may have missed my mention of @peertube, which does both of these things;

https://joinpeertube.org/

Also there's @owncast for livestreaming;

https://owncast.online/

Not sure if #GreatApe is still going to be a thing, but I IIRR that was intended to be a federated Twitch (@atomicpoet?)

@FediTips

Good day all! Fireside Fedi episode 43 starts NOW! With me today is @reiver . If you don't know Reiver, go check him out. He works on TONS of projects such as #GreatApe , #SpaceHost , #HootSuite , #CrowdBucks , #Fedicon , etc.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

If you're enjoying the show, please consider supporting our new nonprofit btfree.org at https://givebutter.com/btfree. We're currently running https://tubefree.org which is a moderated peertube open for signups right now!

Good day all! Fireside Fedi episode 43 starts NOW! With me today is @reiver . If you don't know Reiver, go check him out. He works on TONS of projects such as #GreatApe , #SpaceHost , #HootSuite , #CrowdBucks , #Fedicon , etc.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

If you're enjoying the show, please consider supporting our new nonprofit btfree.org at https://givebutter.com/btfree. We're currently running https://tubefree.org which is a moderated peertube open for signups right now!

International Orangutan Day.

#orangutan #orangutans #monkey #ape #wildlife #primates #primate #apes #borneo #zoo #monkeys #indonesia #gorilla #nature #animals #saveorangutan #chimpanzee #tanjungputing #conservation #chimp #sumatranorangutan #memes #greatapes #animal #greatape #orangutanfreedom #wildlifephotography #monke #orangutantour #tanjungputingnationalpark

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/international-orangutan-day/

"What a legacy to leave your son."
#DragonBall ep. 12 & #DragonBallZ ep. 08.

#anime #manga #oozaru #gifs #greatape #ape

"What a legacy to leave your son."
#DragonBall ep. 12 & #DragonBallZ ep. 08.

#anime #manga #oozaru #gifs #greatape #ape

TEST BEENDET (= mit zwei Personen hat es gut funktioniert, eine dritte konnten wir nicht zuschalten)

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Mag mal kurz jmd mit mir #GreatApe testen? (= Videokonferenztool für das Fediverse, ich bin jetzt bis 17.45 Uhr im Raum)
https://greatape.social/@nele@fedilab.de/conf/1749223905

TEST BEENDET (= mit zwei Personen hat es gut funktioniert, eine dritte konnten wir nicht zuschalten)

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Mag mal kurz jmd mit mir #GreatApe testen? (= Videokonferenztool für das Fediverse, ich bin jetzt bis 17.45 Uhr im Raum)
https://greatape.social/@nele@fedilab.de/conf/1749223905

Çağan Mert İŞLEK ( @islekcaganmert ) asked this question at FediForum 2025 (in the comments).

The answer is — it already exists.

It is called GreatApe.

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

You can try an early MVP here:

https://greatape.social

With more features being added every week.

#FediForum #GreatApe

Çağan Mert İŞLEK ( @islekcaganmert ) asked this question at FediForum 2025 (in the comments).

The answer is — it already exists.

It is called GreatApe.

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

You can try an early MVP here:

https://greatape.social

With more features being added every week.

#FediForum #GreatApe

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

GreatApe is made up of a number of components — LittleApe (front-end), LogJam (back-end), GoldGorilla (sfu for video), etc.

If you had a really good Internet connection at home (ex: Internet over fiber optics) — you could run GoldGorilla at home on something less powerful than a Raspberry Pi

#GreatApe #Fediverse #SocialWeb

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

GreatApe is made up of a number of components — LittleApe (front-end), LogJam (back-end), GoldGorilla (sfu for video), etc.

If you had a really good Internet connection at home (ex: Internet over fiber optics) — you could run GoldGorilla at home on something less powerful than a Raspberry Pi

#GreatApe #Fediverse #SocialWeb

This is how I am thinking about pointing to the GreatApe WebSocket API in the activity file.

The GreatApe WebSocket API — ActivitySocket ? — is sending ActivityPub activities over a WebSocket, along with some other stuff (such a queries, and commands).

Right now, I am using the "endpoints" field with the sub-field "inoutbox" to point to the WebSockets API end-point.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114590677447681643

#ActivitySocket #GreatApe #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo

This is how I am thinking about pointing to the GreatApe WebSocket API in the activity file.

The GreatApe WebSocket API — ActivitySocket ? — is sending ActivityPub activities over a WebSocket, along with some other stuff (such a queries, and commands).

Right now, I am using the "endpoints" field with the sub-field "inoutbox" to point to the WebSockets API end-point.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114590677447681643

#ActivitySocket #GreatApe #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo

2/

One thing that is interesting about the GreatApe WebSocket API is that —

Because the WebSocket can be both read from and written to — the WebSocket is in a sense both an ActivityPub outbox and an ActivityPub inbox at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114585707207505158

#ActivitySocket #GreatApe #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo

2/

One thing that is interesting about the GreatApe WebSocket API is that —

Because the WebSocket can be both read from and written to — the WebSocket is in a sense both an ActivityPub outbox and an ActivityPub inbox at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114585707207505158

#ActivitySocket #GreatApe #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo

1/

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

GreatApe makes use of a WebSocket for communications.

I am working on turning the WebSocket API that @muhammadzaidali and @benyamin0 created into something more ActivityPub / ActivityStreams like.

Interestingly —

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114585707207505158

#ActivitySocket #GreatApe #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo

1/

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

GreatApe makes use of a WebSocket for communications.

I am working on turning the WebSocket API that @muhammadzaidali and @benyamin0 created into something more ActivityPub / ActivityStreams like.

Interestingly —

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114585707207505158

#ActivitySocket #GreatApe #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo

6/

GreatApe update №5:

We are looking at adding OpenWebAuth support for logging into GreatApe.

So that people can log into GreatApe using any Fediverse software that supports OpenWebAuth — such as Hubzilla.

. @scott suggested we do this (and him and I are currently discussing it).

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

6/

GreatApe update №5:

We are looking at adding OpenWebAuth support for logging into GreatApe.

So that people can log into GreatApe using any Fediverse software that supports OpenWebAuth — such as Hubzilla.

. @scott suggested we do this (and him and I are currently discussing it).

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

5/

GreatApe update №4:

I am working on making the WebSocket API (that @muhammadzaidali and @benyamin0 already created) look more ActivityPub / ActivityStreams like.

For example, sending ActivityPub / ActivityStreams events over the WebSocket.

Although, the WebSocket protocol needs to support a QUERY & QUERY-RESPONSE pattern, too. But, so far, the QUERY-RESPONSE has been a AP / AS `Announce` of some type of AP / AS 'Object'.

#ActivitySocket #DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

5/

GreatApe update №4:

I am working on making the WebSocket API (that @muhammadzaidali and @benyamin0 already created) look more ActivityPub / ActivityStreams like.

For example, sending ActivityPub / ActivityStreams events over the WebSocket.

Although, the WebSocket protocol needs to support a QUERY & QUERY-RESPONSE pattern, too. But, so far, the QUERY-RESPONSE has been a AP / AS `Announce` of some type of AP / AS 'Object'.

#ActivitySocket #DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

4/

GreatApe update №3:

. @benyamin0 is working on fixing a UX bug — where everyone who was on the 'stage' gets kicked off of the stage if the host temporarily gets disconnected.

He is going to make it so — even if the host gets disconnected for 60 seconds, the GreatApe conference will continue.

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

4/

GreatApe update №3:

. @benyamin0 is working on fixing a UX bug — where everyone who was on the 'stage' gets kicked off of the stage if the host temporarily gets disconnected.

He is going to make it so — even if the host gets disconnected for 60 seconds, the GreatApe conference will continue.

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

3/

GreatApe update №2:

. @muhammadzaidali is doing a major refactor of the GreatApe front-end.

It is something we need to do to make future development of GreatApe better and faster.

(Once he is done, we will have to do a lot of testing to do to make sure everything went OK.)

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

3/

GreatApe update №2:

. @muhammadzaidali is doing a major refactor of the GreatApe front-end.

It is something we need to do to make future development of GreatApe better and faster.

(Once he is done, we will have to do a lot of testing to do to make sure everything went OK.)

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

2/

GreatApe update №1:

We have stopped calling what GreatApe does "live public conversations", as some people found that confusing.

We are now calling it a "Conference".

GreatApe has a concept of a 'stage' and an 'audience'. The people on the 'stage' can be seen and heard. The people in the 'audience' cannot (unless they come on the 'stage').

I updated most of the language in the GreatApe front-end to reflect that, but more to-do.

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

2/

GreatApe update №1:

We have stopped calling what GreatApe does "live public conversations", as some people found that confusing.

We are now calling it a "Conference".

GreatApe has a concept of a 'stage' and an 'audience'. The people on the 'stage' can be seen and heard. The people in the 'audience' cannot (unless they come on the 'stage').

I updated most of the language in the GreatApe front-end to reflect that, but more to-do.

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

1/

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse, and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

Some updates —

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

1/

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse, and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

Some updates —

#DeSo #GreatApe #Fediverse #FeSo #LoSo #SocialWeb

I deployed a new version of LogJam for greatape.social

Please let me know if you see any issues.

#GreatApeSocial #GreatApe

I deployed a new version of LogJam for greatape.social

Please let me know if you see any issues.

#GreatApeSocial #GreatApe

We are now live!

Join me now on GreatApe at:

https://greatape.social/@reiver@mstdn.ca/log/1748023221

You can join the live public conversation.

#GreatApe

We are now live!

Join me now on GreatApe at:

https://greatape.social/@reiver@mstdn.ca/log/1748023221

You can join the live public conversation.

#GreatApe

https://greatape.social/@reiver@mstdn.ca/log/1748023221

#GreatApe

https://greatape.social/@reiver@mstdn.ca/log/1748023221

#GreatApe

3/

LittleApe is what people see when, for example, they go to greatape.social — it is a web-based front-end.

LogJam is part of the back-end. It deals with managing the rooms people are having conversations in.

GoldGorilla is also part of the back-end, and does the heavy lifting for the non-P2P conversations.

(GreatApe has a P2P conversation mode, and a non-P2P conversation mode.)

.

#GreatApe

3/

LittleApe is what people see when, for example, they go to greatape.social — it is a web-based front-end.

LogJam is part of the back-end. It deals with managing the rooms people are having conversations in.

GoldGorilla is also part of the back-end, and does the heavy lifting for the non-P2P conversations.

(GreatApe has a P2P conversation mode, and a non-P2P conversation mode.)

.

#GreatApe

2/

The idea is — each part is a small project, with limited scope, that does one thing well.

And, could potentially (more easily) be replaced in the future.

(They could even be used by projects other than GreatApe.)

...

#GreatApe

1/

I need to find a better tool to create (better looking) diagrams, but —

This (in the diagram) is how GreatApe is currently structured.

There are currently 3 parts to it. (Although, soon to be 5 parts.)

...

#GreatApe

Going live on GreatApe in 5 hours

• 11AM Pacific Time
• 12PM Mountain Time
• 1PM Central Time
• 2PM Eastern Time
• 7PM British Time
• 8PM Central European Time
• 9PM Eastern European Time
• 9:30PM Iran Time
• 11PM Pakistan Time
• 11:30PM India Time

https://greatape.social/@reiver@mstdn.ca/log/1748023221

For a live public conversation.

#GreatApe

Join us tomorrow (Friday May 23rd) on GreatApe at:

• 11AM Pacific Time
• 12PM Mountain Time
• 1PM Central Time
• 2PM Eastern Time
• 7PM British Time
• 8PM Central European Time
• 9PM Eastern European Time
• 9:30PM Iran Time
• 11PM Pakistan Time
• 11:30PM India Time

For a live public conversation.

https://greatape.social/@reiver@mstdn.ca/log/1748023221

#GreatApe

We still need to create a proper web-site for GreatApe, at:

https://greata.pe

Right now, it is a very, very minimal single-page web-site.

#GreatApe