Some footage of Mardi Gras, said to be filmed in 1898.
Some footage of Mardi Gras, said to be filmed in 1898.
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Brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park dining on salmon
From a good round-up of nature livecams, some brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park dining on salmon as they swim upstream.
Spa hunter.
As of this weekend, the World Health Organization has three declared public health emergencies right now: monkeypox, Covid, and polio. / BuzzFeed News The WHO warns against assuming monkeypox will remain concentrated among gay and bisexual communities, and that it could turn into a wider outbreak. / CNBC In the first three
Gone to pot.
Russia launches missile strikes on the Ukrainian port of Odesa a day after agreeing Ukraine could resume grain exports. / CNN Zelenskyy: Unless Russia returns occupied areas, a ceasefire will only prolong the conflict. / The Jerusalem Post "In their adherence to invisible rules, Putin and Biden have recaptured an important
Hammer and pickle.
The Jan. 6 committee's "season finale" makes Trump's complicity clear. Four takeaways on his actions and inaction. / Slate, The Washington Post An unvaccinated young adult from New York contracts polio, the first US case in nearly a decade. / The Associated Press Amazon, "still
Take your protein pills.
A bipartisan group of senators have finalized legislation to update the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which Trump and his allies exploited to try and pressure Pence to overturn the election. / POLITICO The Secret Service has been ignoring requests for Jan. 6 records since at least October of last year, according
Dates in moonlight.
Europe's infrastructure struggles with extreme temperatures—roads buckling and train tracks bending. / Vox Extinction Rebellion protesters smash windows at Rupert Murdoch's media company for treating Britain's heatwave as an upbeat story. / The Guardian Emily Atkin: We've been pushing news outlets for years
How to program a robot dog to teach itself to walk in just one hour.
"The quadruped is controlled by a bioinspired closed-loop central pattern generator that is designed to elastically mitigate short term perturbations using sparse contact feedback." Or, how to program a robot dog to teach itself to walk in just one hour. Via Techxplore
You're not going to Disney.
The UK is now the hottest it's ever been, as record highs continue to blast much of Europe. / AccuWeather Wildfires have forced thousands to flee in Europe, and heat-related causes have killed more than 1,100 in Spain and Portugal. / BBC News, Axios See also: The dangers
Flow, flow, flow your goat.
Extreme heat batters the United States and other nations, while Democratic Senators in DC are in a frenzy to pass anything. / Punchbowl News The head meteorologist for the UK's national weather service says heatwaves caused by the climate crisis are likely to become regular things. / The Guardian People