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#Bonobos may combine #words in ways previously thought unique to humans - #TheGuardian

"Yelps – thought to mean “let’s do that” – followed by grunts – thought to mean “look at what I am doing”, were combined to make “yelp-grunt”, which appeared to mean “let’s do what I’m doing”. The combination, the team said, reflected the sum of its parts and was used by bonobos to encourage others to build their night nests."

#language #animal #animalCommunication #greatApes

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The Guardian · Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humansBy Nicola Davis
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Capitalism Eating Itself by Fueling Climate Mayhem, Warns Capitalist

If humanity stays on current course, warns top insurer, the "financial sector as we know it ceases to function. And with it, capitalism as we know it ceases to be viable."

According to GüntherThallinger, a former top executive at Germany's branch of the consulting giant #McKinsey & Company and currently a board member of #Allianz SE, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, the #ClimateCrisis is on a path to destroy #capitalism as we know it.

"We are fast approaching temperature levels—1.5C, 2C, 3C—where #insurers will no longer be able to offer coverage for many" of the risks associated with the #climate crisis, Thallinger writes in a recent post highlighted Thursday by #TheGuardian.

There is no way to "adapt" to temperatures beyond human tolerance. There is limited adaptation to #megafires, other than not building near #forests. Whole cities built on flood plains cannot simply pick up and move uphill. And as temperatures continue to rise, adaptation itself becomes economically unviable.

Once we reach 3°C of warming, the situation locks in. Atmospheric energy at this level will persist for 100+ years due to carbon cycle inertia and the absence of scalable industrial carbon removal technologies. There is no known pathway to return to pre-2°C conditions. (See: #IPCC AR6, 2023; NASA Earth Observatory: "The Long-Term Warming Commitment")

At that point, risk cannot be transferred (no insurance), risk cannot be absorbed (no public capacity), and risk cannot be adapted to (physical limits exceeded). That means no more mortgages, no new real estate development, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function. And with it, capitalism as we know it ceases to be viable.

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Common Dreams · Capitalism Eating Itself by Fueling Climate Mayhem, Warns Capitalist | Common DreamsIf humanity stays on current course, warns top insurer, the "financial sector as we know it ceases to function. And with it, capitalism as we know it ceases to be viable."
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Update. "Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it"
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"#TheGuardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by #FEMA but then deleted."

The Guardian · Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated itBy Oliver Milman
#Censorship#Climate#DefendResearch
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@TheCybermatron
For different reasons I use a self hosted VPN located outside UK.

#TheGuardian recently began nagging me to go to the European edition but so far that's all. Presumably due to this change.

I use Brave browser so don't see ads.

Interestingly, BBC #iPlayer which also loves to abuse everyone's #privacy, recently stopped letting me use it to see what's on (not just blocking from watching content).

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Wife of #Columbia graduate student detained by #ICE speaks out about his arrest

#MahmoudKhalil was detained by Ice agents on Saturday, part of #Trump’s crackdown on pro- #Palestinian campus protesters

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Michael Sainato
Wed 12 Mar 2025 09.26 EDT

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#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics #repression
#USA #US #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

The Guardian · Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrestBy Michael Sainato
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#LiebesTagebuch #theguardian

Wenn es tatsächlich zum Pakt zwischen Musk und Putin kommen sollte (bzw. nicht schon gekommen ist), werden wir uns alle in Europa sehr warm anziehen müssen. Und ja: die fünfte Kolonne von #Trumpoputinova ist bereits unter uns und beruft sich lauthals auf die demokratischen Regeln, die sie selbst bekämpfen.
🌀 theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its targetBy Rafael Behr
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Jonathan Cook: BBC’s ‘Road to Oct 7’ an Utter Travesty
consortiumnews.com/2025/03/10/
The series serves Israel’s interest in reviving the genocide in Gaza and spreading Netanyahu’s ethnic cleansing operations to the West Bank. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net There has been a prolonged furore over the BBC’s craven decision to ban a documentary…
#Politics #Commentary #Film #Gaza #Israel #Media #MiddleEast #Palestine #Propaganda #U.s. #ArielSharon #Bbc #DovWeisglass #EhudOlmert #Fatah #Hamas #InternationalCourtOfJustice(icj) #IsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu #IsraeliSettlements #JonathanCook #MahmoudAbbas #Nakba #OsloAccords #PalestinianGenocide #TheGuardian

Consortium News · Jonathan Cook: BBC's 'Road to Oct 7' an Utter TravestyThe series serves Israel's interest in reviving the genocide in Gaza and spreading Netanyahu's ethnic cleansing operations to the West Bank. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net There has been a prolonged furore over the BBC’s craven decision to ban a documentary on life in Gaza under I
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