WebODM has officially decoupled from OpenDroneMap! Read the full announcement. webodm.org/blog/announc... #gischat #gis

That’s what westernized garbage does. Israel has done the same to 12 Palestinian Universities. Palestine has one of the highest literacy rates in the world - 99.24%.

Disgraceful! The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering. It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov And Trump just bombed it...

Minerals Council Australia is asking for a $13 million🤯 handout of public $$ for an AI pilot proj as a trial to "embedding AI" in EPBC assessments ‼️STOP using 'EPBC/enviro approvals' as a synonym for ASSESSMENT processes ‼️See MCA's details-, methodology-, rigour-free proposal for what it is (p22)

The radical Right is zealously determined to rip away threats 🙄 to “Western Civilisation”: that’s Islam & “the Left”/“woke” The transnational activists believe in “race suicide” and will destroy lives to make women submissive breeders, eliminate LGBTQIA, and deport non-White, non-“Christian” #auspol

There's a nice #Artemis II mission tracker here: artemis.cdnspace.ca LOTS of data about its current position, crew activities, and whether or not the toilet is currently "Go"

not to downplay the severity of what's cominb but the entire fall campaign of just executing boats full of civilians in the caribbean was a screaming klaxon that illegality of the order is no obstacle for Hegseth's Department of Warcrimes

Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲 “One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...

A longer version of this argument with more historical detail is on my substack under the title “The Next Coup Attempt.” (17/17) snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Ohh, no! :( www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...

So anyway, I lucked out and was picked up by two amazing indie publishers. Profile coached me through writing it, edited it, printed it beautifully, promoted it wonderfully. If you’re in UK, EU, ANZ, etc please buy their edition… @profilebooks.bsky.social profilebooks.com/work/the-not...

The White House holds its beacons of innovation with disdain and treats agencies as targets for elimination rather than as opportunities to advance America's interests and global leadership. The language is backed up by a proposal to cut NSF discretionary funding by ~$5B (55% cut).

🇺🇦🙏 Sybiha: Almost half a thousand drones and cruise missiles attacked Ukraine. At least one person was killed and others injured. In Obukhiv, a drone smashed into a residential building. Terrorist Russia strikes in broad daylight deliberately—to maximise civilian casualties and damage.

British politicians have just absolutely given up on breaking bad news to the electorate, or publicly acknowledging difficult situations or decisions. So they duck everything hard and get caught in their own impossible promises. Mainstream parties then get mad voters turn to even madder populists.

A Radio-Canada reporter noticed his maple syrup tasted odd; testing revealed it was adulterated with cane syrup

"Depuis le début de l'invasion terrestre 🇮🇱, les villages situés dans le sud du Liban sont massivement détruits. En seulement quelques semaines de guerre, 34 villages ont disparu de la carte en trois semaines. Tous entièrement rasés, au bulldozer" www.geo.fr/histoire/sou...

The Israeli defense minister threatens an illegal occupation and crimes against civilians www.reuters.com/world/middle...

On Sunday, Paris, London, and Rome criticized Israel’s plan to introduce the death penalty for terrorism. Yesterday, the law was passed. Given how broadly “terrorism” can be defined in Israel, this is extremely worrying. We wait for strong condemnation, or will double standards prevail once again?

The 2025 numbers are really striking. www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...

Despite travel disruptions, our group is present in strength at the #CAA2026! We have four exciting talks covering geospatial methods in digital arcaheology, from landscape-scale to underground, from ancient water flows to new-gen cultural heritage reports #GIScience #digitalarchaeology #CAA2026

🇬🇪❌ The Kulevi Oil Refinery, the only oil refinery in Georgia, will not accept or use Russian oil, CEO of Black Sea Petroleum said. He said the company plans to replace Russian oil with Turkmen and Kazakh crude, as well as use "other alternative sources."

Ok, so I knew it would be an anger-inducing and triggering watch, but OMG. Bravo ABC Four Corners, and the brave souls that spoke out on the show. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Vaping shown to likely cause lung and oral cancer in strongest review yet, Australian researchers say

I have never wavered in my position that there can be no compromise with RFK Jr. He is a dangerous fraud who has caused incalculable damage to public health. It’s extremely disappointing that the President of the American Medical Association was doing a photo op with RFK Jr. this morning.

A close friend wrote: “They will reap the whirlwind. Never forget that the Talmud describes any court of law that institutes the death penalty more than once in 70 years as cruel and unusual. There is no clearer evidence that we are regressing into dark times as a civilization than this”

Twinning! Something important is going on this week that will have world-wide implications! Like an egg splitting in half, a tropical wave gives birth twin tropical #cyclones in the Equatorial Pacific. Notice how one spins clockwise I the Northern Hemisphere, the other counterclockwise SH… 1/

Ron De Santis bans sociology from the core curriculum at state universities, and in particular, forbids any teaching or discussion of cults, their characteristics and psychology. Wonder why. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

🚨 Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi published transcribed communication between Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó and Kremlin fascist Sergey Lavrov in which they conspire to subvert the election in Slovakia with Russian help. Hungary and Slovakia are both NATO/EU members.

🚨 European Union is a fucking joke: Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó admits he takes direct orders from the Kremlin on Hungary's positions and votes in the EU. Kremlin puppet Hungary has been vetoing lots of EU projects that require a unanimous vote.

Australia: Australia says it will be part of A$155 billion Horizon Europe research fund in 2027 (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

‘The FT’s analysis shows that 14% of all the funds awarded in state tenders under Orbán went to 42 companies owned by the 13 associates. They had won just 1% between 2005 and his election in 2010. In total, they netted more than €28bn in government tenders from 2010’ www.ft.com/content/70c2...

Trump’s sanctions against a UN human rights expert show free speech is dying |

NSW will continue to green-light coalmine expansions – ignoring a warning from its own climate agency www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A helpful summary of the government report on the state of research funding in Australia (spoiler alert: it's bad). Maybe now we can actually see some improved investment in Australia's research sector?

A 50-year sequence of Peru’s Ucayali River shows how a river constantly shifts its bed, reshapes landscapes and redraws maps. Rivers move, ecosystems respond and planning must learn to work with that movement rather than pretend landscapes stay fixed. Source: buff.ly/jNmzCQG

Just out: the new @vdeminstitute.bsky.social is clear: "The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history" V-dem uses a global dataset on democracy with over 32 million data points for 202 countries, from 1789 to 2025. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

In the time it takes you to listen to this (great) podcast episode, fossil fuel companies will have received 6.7x the average Australian annual salary

Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.

Declaring that no quarter will be given unequivocally violates international humanitarian law. Indeed, ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited and constitutes a war crime.

You can see @agu.org's letter to NSF to get an idea about why it's important to keep NCAR intact: news.agu.org/files/2026/0...

This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: [email protected]

Did you know that the spinning top is one of the most common forms of traditional play worldwide? Our research found tops to be nearly universal across human cultures. Wherever you come from, your ancestors probably spun tops. New preprint: Top of the World osf.io/preprints/so... Thread:

We all lose – and future generations will lose even harder – when governments cut investments in research & researchers. Or fail to increase them to the levels actually needed. 😡

Meanwhile we keep funding useless virtual submarines that will never materialise...

The prescription to #fossilflation? Get off fossil fuels. "Reaching Net Zero by 2050 'cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis'"

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

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