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The hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech | Louis de Bernières

Junk speak, like junk food, encourages verbal littering. It has to be one of the worst things about life in Britain, says author Louis de Bernières

Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself. n.pr/4opKtcL

Climate change-fuelled landslides have wiped out nearly 1 in 10 of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island. One storm alone killed an estimated 58 Tapanuli orangutans. There are fewer than 800 Tapanuli orangutans left in the wild u.afp.com/SzZ6

13+, 16+ or 18+, and 18881+ must be the fourth number @eurosky.social and @mu.social keep 🙂 Congratulations @sebastian.eurosky.social @sherif.eurosky.social @robin.berjon.com @ivansigal.eurosky.social and team 🎉 #eurosky #musocial #screenshot

Bradford painter whose sun-kissed visions of California broke world records at auction has died David Hockney, the iconic British painter who cast a revolutionary gaze across 20th-century art, has died aged 88. He made his name as a pop artist during the swinging 60s and was perhaps best known for his paintings of swimming pools that helped define the Los Angeles aesthetic. Works such as A Bigger Splash and Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) depicted hedonistic scenes of love, lust and loss taking place below the city’s sun-soaked skies. Continue reading...

Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.

That’s it, I’m going to teach my cat @sintrathecat.com how to “muu” instead of his usual meows. So, go to mu.social and start “muuing” 😻 My first tips: • You can also sign in using Bsky app password (screenshots 1) • Turn mu.social into a webapp using + Add To Home Screen (screenshot 2) (1/2)

• If you’re on iOS, make your mu.social webapp prettier using Shortcuts with Open URLs action. Rename the shortcut & Choose Icon or Photo (screenshots 3, 4) Thanks @sebastian.eurosky.social @sherif.eurosky.social @robin.berjon.com @ivansigal.eurosky.social & all @eurosky.social team 🙏💐 (2/2).

Photosynthesis does not always result in wood growth, a key factor in carbon dioxide sequestration Trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, a study suggests, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth. Scientists studied 137 sites across the US and found trees stopped growing months before the point in the year at which photosynthesis stopped. Continue reading...

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago. n.pr/4aHKqTK

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

Muve to the beat. Muve the conversation. Muve mountains. Today @eurosky.social announces mu.social, a new microblogging app to experiment with the future of social! 🪩💖

When you login to mu for the first time we ask for your birthday because of age assurance requirements but the only record we keep is if your account is 13+, 16+ or 18+