Author: Yeri Tiete
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Bakfiets
Wish this was an option in Singapore — sadly, driving a bike here is needlessly dangerous. But likely a viable mode of transportation when we move back to Europe.
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Shifting Baseline Syndrome
“Due to short life-spans and faulty memories, humans have a poor conception of how much of the natural world has been degraded by our actions, because our ‘baseline’ shifts with every generation, and sometimes even in an individual. In essence, what we see as pristine nature would be seen by our ancestors as hopelessly degraded,…
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Gecko
Using Van Der Waals force, geckoes are able to stick to pretty much any surface, including slippery windows. Their feet have millions of tiny hairs. Pretty damn cool — never thought about it (*) until Nerdland talked about it. (*) Singapore has a lot of geckoes. They are considered to be pests here… But I…
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Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss
– A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. – Biodiversity loss will continue to accelerate, unless we change the way we produce food. Further destruction of ecosystems and habitats will threaten our ability to sustain human populations. – The new report calls for an urgent reform of food systems, suggesting three interdependent…
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DALL-E: Tigers
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Cost of Cars
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DALL-E: Cats
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DALL-E: a bowl of soup with koi fishes inside
Been playing around with DALL-E (and burned through all my free credits in no time). Amazing.
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Rabies
