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@meena@scholar.social

disappointing expectations since 1894

Very fascinated by (Indo-European) languages

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futurebird , to random
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Here is a fun and silly video with a lot of good information about fireflies. (Sources included) This is a new channel I've never encountered before. "Out of Place Zoology" It's nice to still keep finding people making good content on insects ... So many neat bug fans are out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmn05qB408k

meena ,
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@futurebird I've now watched most of the videos, and started following this advice

futurebird , to random
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I decided to find out if any progress had been made on the science behind why some ants are attracted to electrical fields. After filtering out exterminators (it's so demoralizing to search for information on creatures you love and find nothing but people who know nothing about them boasting about how they will kill them all) I found what looked like a blog. But, who the heck is "James Brown"? Never heard of the dude. Maybe he could be my new friend if he likes ants enough to blog about them!

meena ,
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@futurebird it's weird how much those two sound like the same person…

jackofalltrades , to random
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I opened the first IPCC report, released in 1990, and copied their scenario graph for CO2 emissions.

I marked the latest data with a red dot. Carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 were 40.7 GtCO2 (= 11.09 GtC).

Whatever you think about the IPCC you must admit their business-as-usual calculations were pretty robust.

Edit: previous version of this post also talked about methane, but here story is not as clear, see down below: https://mas.to/@jackofalltrades/111731258956894444

meena ,
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@kta @jackofalltrades i find it really weird that the other scenarios in that report were more optimistic.

then again, we didn't have the idea of "tipping points", and maybe scientists were more optimistic about capitalism finding more creative ways to exploit and pollute, while putting governments into an arm-lock about restricting such tendencies.

meena ,
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@jackofalltrades @kta i am convinced that (the majority of) citizens would be less ambivalent about it, if the political leadership was clear on the what and the how.

But all the transition timelines communicated seem to be plans made for a dream world.

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