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@darwinboy

geographer living in Brisbane OZ, concerned about climate change, interested in politics and economics, but mostly the future of humanity

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"Forests are medicine that cures every environmental problem."
True story:
They store carbon, regulate rainfall, protect biodiversity (home to 80% of land species), purify air & water.
Losing them = losing our strongest natural doctor. Time to protect the pharmacy! πŸŒ²βš•οΈ
#Biodiversity #SDGs

08.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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08.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 529 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 7
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Ukraine Defeats Russia’s Winter Bombardment Campaign

Historically it’s pretty much impossible to beat Russia in winter war – but Ukraine just did.
by Stefan Korshak

Article:
www.kyivpost.com/post/71319

07.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 547 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9

Nestory Irankunda. Boy wonder.

08.03.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 30393 πŸ” 7397 πŸ’¬ 492 πŸ“Œ 330

Nothing remarkable really. Just a Paedo ruling #amerikkka.

07.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's really shocking. I wish him well.

07.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the current #amerikkkan government. What TF are you doing over there? You voted orange Mussolini in twice.

07.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 4242 πŸ” 1639 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 121
a shiny app with code on the right in the Positron IDE. Shiny app has an action bar on the left with "Upload" and "Analysis" with a file input and geometry input and a layer summary. The middle is an interactive map with puple and orange points.

a shiny app with code on the right in the Positron IDE. Shiny app has an action bar on the left with "Upload" and "Analysis" with a file input and geometry input and a layer summary. The middle is an interactive map with puple and orange points.

interactive sidebar dashboard visualizing penguins dataset.

interactive sidebar dashboard visualizing penguins dataset.

{calcite} v1.0.0 is out πŸŽ‰

Oh and {mapgl} has esri-basemap support now πŸ‘€

Try it out with
calcite::open_example("page-sidebar-penguins")

πŸ€– using Claude? Feed it calcite context! r.esri.com/calcite/llms...

A release post coming soon....
#rstats

06.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Price of Crude Oil WTI (USD/Bbl) over a five-year period, spanning from 2021 to early 2026. The chart shows a significant price peak in 2022 reaching over $120, followed by a general downward trend with various fluctuations, eventually hitting a low near $55 in late 2025 before a sharp vertical spike to the current price of 90.900. This recent surge represents an increase of +23.880 (+35.63%), highlighted in green text above the blue line graph.

Price of Crude Oil WTI (USD/Bbl) over a five-year period, spanning from 2021 to early 2026. The chart shows a significant price peak in 2022 reaching over $120, followed by a general downward trend with various fluctuations, eventually hitting a low near $55 in late 2025 before a sharp vertical spike to the current price of 90.900. This recent surge represents an increase of +23.880 (+35.63%), highlighted in green text above the blue line graph.

The real insanity isn’t how much oil prices have spiked, it’s that we’re still burning oil for energy.

07.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 1682 πŸ” 402 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 19
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Reminder that northern canada is extremely desolate but also filled with genuinely absurd fantasy terrain

07.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 1299 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 23

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

07.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 8932 πŸ” 1752 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 57

Dumbest decision ever to fire Ange.

06.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms (Berlin 2007 | Official Live Video)
Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms (Berlin 2007 | Official Live Video) YouTube video by Mark Knopfler

I'm crying...
youtu.be/EMRJT2ebvAk?...

04.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 3165 πŸ” 631 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 53

Shouldn't be trying to throw that fast at 16. #burnout

05.03.2026 06:25 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It would be inadvisable and foolish to enter into any type of military agreement with #amerikkka in the middle east. Look at the history of such folly. Where are all the Afghan, American allies?

05.03.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Weird Science (1985) movie poster

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Weird Science (1985)

Directed by John Hughes

04.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 570 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

Confirming that Trump and Netanyahu started an illegal war. Thanks

04.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sergei can FO.

04.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Treatment-resistant varroa mites spread in Queensland and New South Wales The world's worst honey bee parasite is genetically mutating, making it resistant to common treatments used to save hives.

β€œTreatment-resistant varroa mites have been detected in QLD and NSW Genetic testing has confirmed that some of the parasites are mutating. Beekeepers are being urged to rotate chemical treatments to slow the pace of resistance”

www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

03.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I started making this R package 6 years ago. I finally have it in a state I'm happy with, thanks to Claude Code #Rstats github.com/MattCowgill/...

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France to boost nuclear arsenal and extend deterrence to European allies Emmanuel Macron said eight countries could enjoy protection from France's nuclear umbrella - but that Paris would retain sole decision-making power.

"The next 50 years will be an era of nuclear weapons," he said.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew Wilkie says there’s β€œalarming parallels” b/w what’s happening in Iran now & the war in Iraq in 2003
β€œIn both cases the threat was exaggerated to justify the war”
β€œFor a country to attack another country in self defence then they have to have been attacked first.” #auspol

04.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6
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When Geoffrey Robertson speaks, I listen. #SolidarityWithIran

04.03.2026 05:49 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 4

Looks freezing and bleak. Prefer the Southern Hemisphere πŸ˜‰

04.03.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interstellar travel is impossible and aliens haven't visited Earth, physicists say β€œThere is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

Another truth most humans are just to dumb to grasp.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 794 πŸ” 171 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 0

I really like the station wagon offering. Will their be a BEV version?

04.03.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. We must always stand up to bullies.

04.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The "Middle East" is a disaster. The crucible of religion, yet a region full of hatred, bigotry and fear. At least the Gulf States have some semblance of Government and society. Still extreme.

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