Eat the rich - it's good for the climate
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/oxfam-klima-ungleichheit-100.html

#Georgia: On top of the electoral integrity violations reported by observers, the widespread tampering in favour of the government is visible also in the detailed official results counts.

Europe Elects was independently able to reproduce the markings of fraud.

The biggest telltale sign of tampering with the results is implausible deviations from normal distribution when it comes to vote shares of a relevant party.

In more rural municipalities, the governing GD raked up disturbingly high vote shares much in excess of the expected.

Detailed election results are exceedingly hard to tamper with convincingly, as such tampering has to take into account a whole slate of variables and dimensions to remain credible.

Most of the time the tampering does not succeed and leaves its marks to the data.

We have followed and analysed hundreds of elections during the past decade.

It is safe to conclude that the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election exhibits clear fudging with the results, on top of the electoral violations reported elsewhere by observers.

All data used in our analysis is publicly available by Central Electoral Commission of Georgia, including the certification notes from each electoral station: https://results.cec.gov.ge/#/en-us/election_57/tr/prot

Generative AI could create 1,000 times more e-waste by 2030. Generative AI technology could create between 1.2 and 5 million tonnes of e-waste between 2020 and 2030, predicts new research in Nature Computational Science.

Read Full Article

#GenerativeAI #EWasteCrisis #SustainableTech #EcoFriendly #TechnologyTrends

"Vote for your next warlord"

Seen in Detroit, Michigan

TIL Peru has so many convicted ex-presidents it has set up a special prison for them. [source, comments]

Song of the Day 🆕️🔥: https://youtu.be/Qer3lwd5hyA

Angeblich schon 250'000 Abo-Kündigungen bei «Washington Post» https://www.watson.ch/!932262943

Nach 5 Jahren zum Schweizer Pass: Einbürgerungs-Initiative kommt zustande https://www.watson.ch/!959913450

"Boycott Nestlé for unethical promotion and sale of infant formula in the third world Genocide for profit" - USA, 1974.
https://redd.it/1gfbvh0
@r_propagandaposters

"The USA is built on and funds genocide"
Seen in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

30-Year Experiment Shows Evolution in Slow Motion | In 1988, toxic algae wiped out a population of rough periwinkle sea snails in Sweden. An ecologist re-introduced 700 snails of a different ecotype in 1992. Over 30 years, the colonists evolved down a strikingly similar pathway to their predecessors

Read Full Article

#EvolutionInAction #ConservationSuccess #MarineEcology #LongTermStudy #BiodiversityResearch

Good idea: fight back against location tracking of phones

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/

Did you know that companies like Babel Street are quietly tracking the movements of millions of phones? Their service, Location X, can follow your phone's location over time, mapping out your daily routine—where you live, work, shop, or even visit a clinic. This is possible because apps on our phones often have access to location data, sometimes without us even realizing it. But we don’t have to let that slide. By adjusting a few settings—like turning off location permissions for unnecessary apps and deleting ad IDs—you can take control and push back against this kind of tracking. It's your privacy, and it’s worth protecting!

Doesn't everyone sell his soul? I tell you, sir: the devil does not exist, there is no devil, yet I sold him my soul. That is what I am afraid of. To whom did I sell it? That is what I am afraid of, my dear sir: we sell our souls, only there is no buyer.

João Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão: Veredas

TIL that the Suez Canal closed for eight years from 1967-1975, costing billions in trade [source, comments]