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The Man Who Would Kill Wolf Pups: CounterPunch SEO Guide Preserving nature’s balance is critical, yet human interference continues to tip the scales. This clash often brings to light deeply unsettling actions by individuals who consider eliminating wildlife as a solution. At the forefront of such actions is the controversial figure known for targeting wolf pups.

What is uv I’ve recently started using uv to manage Python projects and packages: many projects at work and the one active package I have on pypi.org (habanero). I don’t really know enough about all the various Python tools similar to uv to give an informed opinion. Rather, this is purely reflections on using uv. uv’s tagline is: uv docs and source code. Reflections Fast It’s super fast.

This week I've been reading three really nice pieces of work by my colleagues, in the form of a review paper on biodiversity and AI, a benchmark for 3D forest reconstruction using laser scanners and a mobile app for measuring the width of tree trunks. A real bonanza for forest lovers!

🔗Context setting rOpenSci organizes monthly co-working hours on a variety of topics.But the constant is the quality of the discussion that ensues and the renewed energy that comes from it. The November coworking session welcomed Stefanie Butland from Openscapes as a co-host.She shared Openscapes’ approach of “Forking as a worldview”.Forks in the open-source software world refer to copies of an existing open-source project that add their own

The Grignard addition is one of those reactions you learn during your first year of Organic chemistry and probably the last you forget when you become a computational chemist. It was Victor Grignard who became one of the earliest Nobel Laureate in Chemistry ever, and I know it took me a while to recognize it as an organometallic reaction. But the Grignard reaction is far from simple and its versatility keeps it as a rich source of study.

„Ich möchte gerne irgendwo in einer öffentlichen Institution arbeiten, damit die nicht denken, dass alle, die ein Kopftuch tragen, nur Kinderwagen schieben oder Kinder haben können. Sondern wir zahlen genauso Steuern, wir arbeiten genauso wie alle anderen.“ Perspektive einer geflüchteten Mutter Factsheet #3 | 2025 Beim Arbeitsmarkzugang von Geflüchteten zeigen sich deutliche Unterschiede zwischen Frauen […]

Factsheet #1 | 2025 Die eigene Wohnung ist ein zentraler Rückzugsort für alle Menschen. Wie und wo gewohnt wird, hat daher auch erheblichen Einfluss auf das Wohlbefinden von Geflüchteten, etwa durch die soziale Einbindung in die Nachbarschaft. Gleichzeitig ist das Thema Wohnen eine der größten praktischen und gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen für Kommunen. Wohnungsknappheit ist nicht nur […]

This post is part of a living literature review on societal collapse. You can find an indexed archive here. Imagine a row of dominoes where knocking over one piece triggers a cascade that topples them all. This is systemic risk - when a single failure can bring down an entire system. Now imagine several such cascade failures happening simultaneously at a global scale and making each other worse.

The transition towards open research practices has been a longstanding priority for Dutch academics. Over the last decade, the bottom-up support for open research practices has been accompanied by consolidated, national-level support. This country-level initiative has resulted in the 2017 National Plan for Open Science (NPOS) and the 2022 Open Science in 2030 in the Netherlands.

Factsheet #2 | 2025 Soziale Begegnungen und die Verfügbarkeit von Gemeinschaftsorten können das Zusammenleben und Integrationsprozesse beeinflussen. Um Begegnungen zu ermöglichen braucht es unterschiedliche Orte der Zusammenkunft. Klein- und Mittelstädte stehen dabei vor besonderen Herausforderungen. Handlungsimpulse Ambivalenzen von Begegnungen bedenken Begegnungen im Alltag können spontan oder geplant erfolgen und eine große Bandbreite unterschiedlicher Formen annehmen. […]