- Letter to Canadian taxpayers: "If Trans Mountain can’t pay its bills, recover its costs, service its debt or maintain a pipeline under repeated assault from climate change, you are liable for these losses." #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/13/Dear-TMX-Oilsands-Pipeline-Owner-More-Bad-News/ 5 comments climate
- Mountain gorillas are friendly to familiar neighbours, as long as stay out of their core territory. They do not take too kindly to less familiar groups, even if they are just in the periphery of their home range. Findings suggest that gorillas may benefit from maintaining group 'friendships'. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.13355 3 comments science
- Study of 13 mountain gorilla groups over 12 years finds that as social groups get larger, most relationships become distant with a few close ties. The pattern mirrors what happens in human social circles and suggests gorillas have a limit to the close ties they maintain. https://www.inverse.com/science/gorilla-social-network-study 386 comments science
- Coronavirus: 'Unprecedented scenes' on Welsh hills, UK. There were so many people on mountain summits it was "impossible to maintain effective social distancing". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51994504 141 comments worldnews
- Just found out there is 300km of maintained trail near my house. Got a free mountain bike. What should I check on the bike maintaince wise and what tools should I have in my bag when I go exploring? https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/6p4ybv/just_found_out_there_is_300km_of_maintained_trail/ 11 comments bicycling
- Maintainer Mountaineer: OSS Maintenance as a Service https://maintainer.io 7 comments webdev
- Human waste left behind by climbers using sections of trails on Mount Fuji where there are no toilets have raised concerns about whether the mountain’s pristine scenery can be maintained, after the iconic volcano was last year added to UNESCO’s World Heritage site list. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/16/national/fuji-trail-areas-without-toilets-raising-waste-concerns/#.vbd-djsszhm 6 comments worldnews
- Apple reveals US surveillance requests - iMessage, FaceTime, location details and Siri requests remain private; “Apple has always placed a priority on protecting our customers' personal data, we don't collect or maintain a mountain of personal details about our customers in the first place” http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/17/apple-reveals-us-surveillance-requests 3 comments politics