Dr. Roar

I don't know what I'm doing and I like puns. Behavioral ecologist; sexual selection, animal personality, and community interactions. Meadow voles.

[Wendigoon @Wendigoon8]

One of the only existing groves of American Chestnut trees is scheduled to be destroyed next month to make room for a datacenter. I made an entire video about what this tree meant and the efforts to bring it back that have lasted decades. Consumption knows nothing of sacrament.

[Paige Madison @FossilHistory]

#OnThisDay in 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

[alex 🕊️ 🦖 @dove_of_babylon]

theropod dinosaur defends his nest from mammalian intruder (holocene, 20 minutes ago)

[Néstor Siurana @NestorSiurana]

Níger ha construido junto a China un hospital que no funciona con electricidad para su refrigeración.

Es el Hospital General de Níger, en los alrededores de Niamey. Una región del Sáhara donde la temperatura media alcanza los 35 °C.

Completado hace 10 años, el hospital se construyó en asociación con el Gobierno de Níger y el CADI, un prestigioso estudio de arquitectura chino.

Las paredes usan un método local llamado "Tyrol", hecho de arena de río y cemento blanco, elegido porque importar materiales de pared a Níger, un país sin litoral, cuesta demasiado dinero.

Los pilares anchos actúan como parasol. Los patios enfrían el ala de pacientes mediante microclimas sombreados, y las paredes perforadas mantienen el aire en movimiento.

El aire acondicionado sólo funciona donde es necesario, como las salas de operaciones, laboratorios o farmacias, en ningún otro lugar.

[Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) @SergeZaka]

Tous les facteurs d'une crise agricole majeure sont en train de se conjuger.

La situation hydrique en France se détériore rapidement, au point de compromettre les semis d’automne et d’hiver. C'est indiscutable : sur 95 % du territoire, l’indice hydrique des sols atteint 0 % dans les neuf premiers centimètres (carte de droite). Les horizons superficiels sont totalement desséchés, rendant les conditions de germination et de levée particulièrement défavorables.

Et les perspectives météorologiques n'offrent guère de répit : aucune pluie véritablement efficace n'est attendue à l'échelle nationale avant le 27 septembre au plus tôt (carte de gauche).

Je ne sais pas si vous mesurez pleinement ce qui est en train de se jouer. Nous assistons à une convergence de facteurs susceptibles de provoquer une grave crise agricole et alimentaire :
➡️ L'énergie : des coûts énergétiques élevés qui fragilisent les exploitations agricoles et renchérissent les coûts de production, de transformation et de transport.
➡️ La géopolitique : des tensions internationales croissantes qui accentuent l'incertitude sur les marchés agricoles, énergétiques et alimentaires.
➡️ Le climat : cinq mois de conditions climatiques particulièrement éprouvantes, qui ont déjà lourdement affecté les récoltes de 2026. Désormais, la sécheresse se prolonge jusqu'aux semis des cultures qui seront récoltées en 2027. Nous ne parlons donc plus seulement des conséquences sur une campagne agricole, mais d'un risque de transmission des difficultés d'une année à l'autre.
➡️ El Niño : le réchauffement des eaux du Pacifique équatorial constitue un facteur de risque supplémentaire pour les productions agricoles mondiales. Selon son intensité et son évolution, il pourrait perturber les régimes de précipitations de plusieurs grandes régions productrices, avec des répercussions possibles sur les récoltes et les prix alimentaires internationaux.

J’observe les crises climatiques, je les analyse et je les documente depuis des années. Mais aujourd’hui, nous entrons dans une multicrise.

Une situation où les crises climatiques, agricoles, énergétiques et géopolitiques ne se succèdent plus, mais se superposent, interagissent et amplifient mutuellement leurs conséquences.

Le danger ne réside plus seulement dans la gravité de chaque crise prise isolément, mais dans leur accumulation et leurs effets en cascade. Et c’est précisément ce qui rend la situation actuelle particulièrement préoccupant...

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

The goal of pedagogy (again, at least in principle) is not OUTPUT or EFFICIENCY, it’s the PROCESS of teaching itself. LLMs run counter to this goal for fairly obvious reasons. We now have mounds of evidence the slop mongers are undermining learning.

[James Rosen-Birch ⚖️🕊️ @provisionalidea]

one of the biggest lessons I learned from being in climate science in the 00s, which I often need to remind myself, is that scientifically-minded people who care about truth and accuracy are poorly-suited to engaging with people who lie through their teeth for a living.

[Carlos the Guaiki @Carlosarty12]

I find it awesome that out of all Feliformia species, otter civets are the closest to a “true aquatic lifestyle” because unlike other “aquatic” species, they developed huge lips, longer whiskers, and webbed feet meant to eat a greater diversity of aquatic animals than just fish

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports:

[All about Steve @1StevieKilner]

If anyone would like to see a short video of a Potoroo and her baby eating a strawberry, this is your lucky day.

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

They want to build an AI data center ten miles from Mammoth Cave.

The longest cave system on Earth. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over 400 miles of passageways, still being discovered.

This ground doesn't hold water, it swallows it. Rainwater drops straight down through sinkholes into the same channels that feed the cave.

One farmer nearby had to take out special sinkhole insurance, just from living on this land. She's counted seven sinkholes on her own property.

Now they want to build a $4.8 billion, 600 acre data center right on that ground, ten miles from the UNESCO site. Heavy construction. Its own power plant.

Research has already linked construction like this to sinkholes collapsing. Not a theory. Documented.

No environmental review required or done. Private land beats World Heritage status every time.

No one will even confirm who'd run the place. The operating company isn't registered anywhere in Kentucky. No construction start date. No public permits.

And the "safe" water system they're promising? No binding contract behind it. Just the company's own self-published paperwork.

The only thing standing in the way right now is a tiny town's one year moratorium. So the company is suing them.

A local council member already warned it'll likely take land from someone. "There's going to have to be land taken from somewhere," she said. That's not a guess. It's already happening to families in five other states right now, land seized through eminent domain for the exact same kind of AI infrastructure.

A cave that took millions of years to form. A family that might lose their land to build it. And nobody who'll even put their name on the project.

Who do you trust more to protect a cave that took millions of years to form? A small town that just found out what was coming, or a company that won't even say who'd run the place?

#DemsUnited

[FactPost @factpostnews]

An Indiana data center project cut power for tornado warning sirens ahead of severe local storms.

[César Dorado 🏺🏛️ @CDorado75]

Es en la Casa del II Cenacolo donde aparecieron los grafitis. La simplicidad de líneas e iconografía y la representación de unas manos, ha llevado a los investigadores a concluir que fueron elaboradas por unas manos infantiles, de unos 5 a 7 años aprovechando obras en la casa.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit.

Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people ​for mass layoffs.

https://t.co/iMKXjhkzV1

[Dr. Roar @knraki]

@amazonmilkfrog @anotheranarch Mustelidification, ophiufication, and eel-ification are just shades of the true goal: Vermification!

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Colima spider-shaped vessel, Late Pre-Classic period, ca. 300 BC–300 AD, crafted from terracotta with a reddish-brown slip. Previously part of private collections in New York and Florida.

Photo Credit: Bonhams.

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

And then you look at the median wealth and everything makes sense.