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momo @momozou@fedibird.com
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個人的には言語分野におけるAI万能論はさほど万能とは思ってなくて、AIの衣を纏っていなくても裸でそれができるという強みは奪えないどころか、AIを着ていないとまるでポンコツという、学習しない故のAI使用者無能論になってしまうのではないか的なヤバさを感じるところもある。

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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When my mom was born in 1955, there were days when she wasn't allowed to go outside to play, because of the air pollution. When I was born, that never happened anymore.

When I was born, humpback whales were critically endangered, and people thought they were going to go extinct. Today, they've recovered to exceed their recorded numbers. Other whales too!

We fixed it.

We CAN fix it and we ARE fixing it and we DID fix it.

aetherograph




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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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In 1982 there were only 22 California Condors left in the world. In 1992, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with its public and private partners, began reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2001 the first wild nesting occurred in Grand Canyon National Park since re-introduction. In 2002 there were only 8 pairs of wild nesting birds population-wide.

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In 1982 there were only 22 California Condors left in the world. In 1992, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with its public and private partners, began reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2001 the first wild nesting occurred in Grand Canyon National Park since re-introduction. In 2002 there were only 8 pairs of wild nesting birds population-wide.

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that.

People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets.

Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day.

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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And we've won a lot already, mind you.

The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling.

It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens.


And we've won a lot already, mind you. The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling. Children are kinder than previous generations. Parents are stopping the abuse cycle. Being trans and queer is more acceptable than ever on a ground level. It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens. We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that. People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets. Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day. Unprecedented numbers of acres are being bought back or given back to their rightful stewards, and the world heals because of it. People are working hard every day to learn how to help a forest recover faster. We are not at zero. We are at decades of effort to heal the world. We've come SO far.
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We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that.

People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets.

Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day.

aetherograph



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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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What if we win?

What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets?

What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving?

What if the rainforest ADVANCES?

What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants?

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What if we win? What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets? What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving? What if the rainforest ADVANCES? What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants? What if you baked your neighbor bread, and they shared their home-grown blackberries? What if every person who needed a home, had one? What if every person who needed healing was healed? What if every body was treasured for what it was, not what it should be? What if every trans child's parents attended their graduation, their wedding, their new-name-day? What if every warehouse became a closed-circle repair station? Goods flowing out, and back, and out again? What if landfills started to SHRINK? What if the water and air were clean? What if there was enough public transit that the cars dwindled, leaving the streets safe for kids on bikes, evening deer, midnight cats and foxes? What if we win? How would you win?
earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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And we've won a lot already, mind you.

The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling.

It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens.


And we've won a lot already, mind you. The condors are back. The whales are saved. The sea turtles are no longer endangered. The cranes are back. The bees are recovering. The air in LA and Tokyo and London is clean again. The aquifers in the LA Basin are refilling. Children are kinder than previous generations. Parents are stopping the abuse cycle. Being trans and queer is more acceptable than ever on a ground level. It's hard to see if you're young, if you don't know how to step back from social media and the news. But remember--bad news sells, and the algorithm knows despair keeps you scrolling. It's a skewed lens. We are fighting and we are winning against this adminstration's bullying. We are coming together against the bullies and they are running away scared because they don't understand that we will do that. People are working hard every day to find ways to make sure fewer animals get hit by cars and planes and rockets. Maker spaces are more common than ever. Solar and wind are more common than ever. Coal plants are shutting down every day. Unprecedented numbers of acres are being bought back or given back to their rightful stewards, and the world heals because of it. People are working hard every day to learn how to help a forest recover faster. We are not at zero. We are at decades of effort to heal the world. We've come SO far.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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What if we win?

What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets?

What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving?

What if the rainforest ADVANCES?

What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants?

(see ALT text)

by solarpunkfool


What if we win? What if the children go to schools unafraid of tear gas and bullets? What if the birds come back, and the bees are healed, and every species moves from endangered, to threatened, to thriving? What if the rainforest ADVANCES? What if every parking lot had solar panels? What if every structure had solar panels? What if we built climbing gyms and terraced gardens in the skeletons of old coal power plants? What if you baked your neighbor bread, and they shared their home-grown blackberries? What if every person who needed a home, had one? What if every person who needed healing was healed? What if every body was treasured for what it was, not what it should be? What if every trans child's parents attended their graduation, their wedding, their new-name-day? What if every warehouse became a closed-circle repair station? Goods flowing out, and back, and out again? What if landfills started to SHRINK? What if the water and air were clean? What if there was enough public transit that the cars dwindled, leaving the streets safe for kids on bikes, evening deer, midnight cats and foxes? What if we win? How would you win?
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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When my mom was born in 1955, there were days when she wasn't allowed to go outside to play, because of the air pollution. When I was born, that never happened anymore.

When I was born, humpback whales were critically endangered, and people thought they were going to go extinct. Today, they've recovered to exceed their recorded numbers. Other whales too!

We fixed it.

We CAN fix it and we ARE fixing it and we DID fix it.

aetherograph




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overmocha1068

There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

It's still far from our reach.
But it's there.

hope-for-the-planet

Believing that things can get better is not blind hope or optimism--it is based on hard data that many things have consistently gotten better over the arc of history.

Is it silly and naive to believe we might actually be able to make things better? Not at all. We have many times before. We are doing it right now.



hope-for-the-planet Believing that things can get better is not blind hope or optimism--it is based on hard data that many things have consistently gotten better over the arc of history. In addition to all that was mentioned above: The likelihood of dying in infancy or childhood--or losing a child--has plummeted just in my lifetime. The likelihood of dying in a natural disaster is the lowest in recorded human history. Yes, even with the uptick in natural disaster intensity from climate change! Humans alive right now are more likely to have access to healthcare, electricity, education, birth control, clean water, and nutritious food than at any other point in human history. There are so many diseases we can treat now that were a death sentence for 90% of human history. This is not by accident. This is because generations of humans put in work to make life better for their communities. Some of our solutions had the side effect of creating other problems--better access to electricity that ultimately made people's lives easier and safer led to pollution and climate change, for example--but we are tackling those knock on problems too. Our generation's solutions to our current problems will probably create their own less-bad side effects for the humans after us to deal with. Is it silly and naive to believe we might actually be able to make things better? Not at all. We have many times before. We are doing it right now.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Today’s Exhibit of the Day? The lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata). Jelly-ve it or not, this critter is one of the world’s longest animals. This jumbo-sized jelly trails a “mane” of more than 800 stinging tentacles that are covered in cells with venom that stun prey, including other jellyfish, small crustaceans, and zooplankton.

Photo: R. Mickens/ © AMNH

via amnhnyc


Image Description A photo of the Museum’s Hall of Biodiversity. Overhead, a model of a lion’s mane jellyfish hangs from the ceiling. Its “mane” of tentacles trail backwards revealing the sheer size of this marine animal. Just how long is the lion’s mane jellyfish? Well, its tentacles can grow more than 100 ft (30 m) long! In fact, the longest examples of this species—which inhabit the Arctic Ocean—are even longer than the longest known blue whale. Come see a life-size model of one at the Museum’s Hall of Biodiversity.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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As ethnic slaughter engulfed Darfur, huge numbers of people streamed west over the border to Chad to escape the RSF. Newly arrived refugees built shelters in makeshift camps within the Chadian border town of Adré. By the time this image was taken in September 2023, more than 120,000 had already fled Darfur. Most arrivals were from the Masalit community, victims of an RSF and Arab militia rampage in which up to 15,000 people were killed in West Darfur’s capital, Geneina.


A displaced woman building a makeshift shelter from branches.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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As ethnic slaughter engulfed Darfur, huge numbers of people streamed west over the border to Chad to escape the RSF. Newly arrived refugees built shelters in makeshift camps within the Chadian border town of Adré. By the time this image was taken in September 2023, more than 120,000 had already fled Darfur. Most arrivals were from the Masalit community, victims of an RSF and Arab militia rampage in which up to 15,000 people were killed in West Darfur’s capital, Geneina.


A displaced woman building a makeshift shelter from branches.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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During the summer of 2024, exceptional rains fell, causing floods that broke bridges including a critical crossing over the Wadi Bare River. As a result, the main road between the city of Nyala and Chad was disrupted. For months, people were forced to cross the river by foot. Crucial food supplies were hampered, exacerbating a growing hunger crisis.



People crossing the river by foot.
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Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.



People fleeing by a truck. At the time of this picture, taken in October 2024, El Fasher had endured a near-impenetrable siege by RSF fighters for six months.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Civilians who escaped El Fasher reach a welcome checkpoint outside the safe haven of Tawila. For truck drivers carrying the civilians, it is a fraught and expensive journey. Taxes have to be paid to militias at numerous checkpoints. The checkpoint pictured – protecting Tawila from further attack by the RSF – is guarded by the Sudan Liberation Army’s Abdul Wahid faction,which has remained neutral in the current war.



People fleeing by a truck. At the time of this picture, taken in October 2024, El Fasher had endured a near-impenetrable siege by RSF fighters for six months.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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As the war intensified amid mounting evidence that the RSF wanted to eradicate Darfur’s non-Arab communities, thousands of and girls took up arms to defend their lands. It is unclear how many have been killed attempting to protect their territory. A handful, however, have become legends. They include Hanadi Dawood, 22, who died defending Zamzam, and Sāra Bakhit, 43, who perished in the fall of El Fasher. This picture was taken in Dar Zaghawa in October last year.


Women fighters.
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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As the war intensified amid mounting evidence that the RSF wanted to eradicate Darfur’s non-Arab communities, thousands of and girls took up arms to defend their lands. It is unclear how many have been killed attempting to protect their territory. A handful, however, have become legends. They include Hanadi Dawood, 22, who died defending Zamzam, and Sāra Bakhit, 43, who perished in the fall of El Fasher. This picture was taken in Dar Zaghawa in October last year.


Women fighters.
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OSNews @osnews@mstdn.social
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Why do I not use “AI” at OSNews?

In my fundraiser pitch published last Monday, one of the things I highlighted as a reason to contribute to OSNews and ensure its continued operation stated that "we do not use any 'AI'; not during research, not during writing, not for images, nothing." In the comments to that article, someone asked:

Why do I care if you use AI?
↫ A comment posted on OSNews

A few d

osnews.com/story/144405/why-do

Why do I not use “AI” at OSNews? – OSnews

www.osnews.com

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

For decades, the Palestinian cause has found its most receptive audiences on the political left. Progressive movements, human rights organisations and anticolonial traditions have offered language, solidarity and moral clarity. That alignment made sense. It still does. But in today’s political landscape, it cannot on its own shift policy.

Ahmed Najar


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If policy is shaped in spaces dominated by security thinking and conservative power, then advocacy must reach those spaces too.

aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/


The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

Moral clarity has not shifted Western policy; persuasion must extend into the arenas where power actually sits.

www.aljazeera.com · Al Jazeera

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

For decades, the Palestinian cause has found its most receptive audiences on the political left. Progressive movements, human rights organisations and anticolonial traditions have offered language, solidarity and moral clarity. That alignment made sense. It still does. But in today’s political landscape, it cannot on its own shift policy.

Ahmed Najar


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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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People in Gaza feel forgotten after ‘ceasefire’

Only 20 people are able to leave the Gaza Strip every single day through the Rafah crossing.

People don’t really see change on the ground after the “ceasefire”. They are still waiting for humanitarian aid, and they still don’t have any source of income. Their tents are ruined and not suitable for them to continue the summer that is coming, after they have been flooded during the winter months.

Hind Khoudary



A Palestinian child looks on as he stands next to a tent at a makeshift camp for displaced people during a dust storm in az-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, February 14, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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ICU patients’ lives at risk in Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital amid Israel’s war

Israel’s genocidal war has decimated Gaza’s health system, as medical personnel and doctors struggle to treat patients with limited and damaged equipment, with a “ceasefire” doing nothing to ease the peril and suffering the ill face.

aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/i


A Palestinian patient with kidney failure undergoes dialysis treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on February 1, 2026 [Eyad Baba/AFP]
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Meet the duck-billed tree frog (Triprion spatulatus). Found on Mexico’s Pacific coast, this species inhabits altitudes of up to 1,640 ft (500 m). Arboreal and primarily nocturnal, it feeds on invertebrates including crickets, grasshoppers, and spiders.

Photo: Cheryl Harleston López Espino (magazhu), CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, iNaturalist

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Image Description A photo of a duck-billed tree frog perched on a human hand. The amphibian is green in color with dark patterning and a pale white underbelly. Scientists have observed this critter using its shovel-like head to plug the openings of its burrows, guarding itself while it rests inside, which is why it’s also known as the shovel-headed tree frog.
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「推しのためにApple Musicで曲を聞け、収益が高いから」は事実か？　レーベル運営者の実データで確認（1/2 ページ） - ITmedia NEWS itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/26

CD買えばよくない？w

「推しのためにApple Musicで曲を聞け、収益が高いから」は事実か？　レーベル運営者の実データで確認

1月下旬、Xにおいて、SpotifyとApple Musicにおける収益を巡り論争が話題となった。「推しのためにApple Musicで曲を聞け、収益が高いから」といった主張は事実か、実データから確かめる。

www.itmedia.co.jp · ITmedia NEWS

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