The first kākāpō chick of the breeding season has hatched on Pukenui Anchor Island.
""Kākāpō cam is a great way for people to see conservation in real time and do their own little bit of naturing"
Word of the day: Naturing!
Natura Naturans, I guess...
https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2026-media-releases/first-kakapo-chick-in-four-years-hatches-on-valentines-day/
A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop
Two decades after a breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive—an astonishing result for metastatic disease. Scientists found their immune systems retained long-lasting memory cells primed to recognize cancer. By enhancing a key immune signal called CD27, researchers dramatic...
Two decades after a small Duke breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive — a rare outcome for metastatic disease. When researchers looked closer, they found the women’s immune systems still carried “memory” cells that recognised the cancer. Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260128075345.htm
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"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — Dave Roberts sounds off on the EPA
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/david-roberts-interview-endangerment-finding
The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed brutalities at a hospital for the criminally insane.
In addition to Duvall, another big loss for film today:
“Frederick Wiseman, Oscar-Winning Documentarian, Dies at 96
The 'silent auteur' tackled troubling social and economic issues in such films as 'Titicut Follies,' which exposed brutalities at a hospital for the criminally insane.”
We’re reaching a lot of new people this year, so here’s a re-introduction to what we’re about. The Newsmast Foundation is a non-profit, public-interest organisation building open, ethical digital infrastructure for media, institutions and communities. We support digital sovereignty, indepen...
Here's an update on what we're doing at @newsmast. We're excited to be working with ten pilot communities, building community apps and platforms on Mastodon and Bonfire. Our apps come in five flavours: news, content creators, professional networks, hyper-local and local language Fediverse communities. We're working all around the world, in the UK, Germany, Brazil, Africa, Canada and the US. If you know any organisations like this, do put us in touch!
After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
An amazing image of a dying star fried my brain
Some districts are adding programs in clean energy and sustainability, while one state is infusing environmental lessons into culinary education and construction
The greening of career education: US students learn new skills as climate crisis intensifies.
Some districts are adding programs in clean energy and sustainability, while one state is infusing environmental lessons into culinary education and construction. #ClimateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/15/us-students-energy-climate-crisis
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