Ghosts in the machine: Malicious bots spread COVID untruths | CIDRAP

Malicious bots, or automated software that simulates human activity on social media platforms, are the primary drivers of COVID-19 misinformation, spreading myths and seeding public health distrust exponentially faster than human users could, suggests a study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Led by University of California at San Diego (UCSD) researchers, a team analyzed a sample of roughly 300,000 posts on heavily bot-influenced public Facebook groups to measure how quickly the posts’ links were shared.

When multiple accounts share links within seconds of each other, it is a sign of bot accounts controlled by a computer program that coordinates their operations. The researchers found that the most heavily bot-influenced Facebook groups shared identical links within, on average, 4.28 seconds, versus 4.35 hours for the least-influenced groups.

Source: Ghosts in the machine: Malicious bots spread COVID untruths | CIDRAP

World Oceans Day: The Caribbean Sea faces dual threat of climate change and overfishing · Global Voices

Oceans cover approximately 71 percent of the earth’s surface, and contain 97 per cent of its water, so how is our “blue planet””—and specifically, the Caribbean Sea—faring? Is the blue economy, touted as a sustainable solution to the region’s concerns, little more than a catchphrase, or the Caribbean’s last hope?

The theme of World Oceans Day 2021 is “Life and Livelihoods.” Although the Caribbean Sea, with an area of just over one million square miles, represents only around one percent of the global ocean area, it is a critical resource for its people, just about 70 percent of whom live in coastal areas. Certainly, the Caribbean depends in some way on the sea and its coastlines for a living.

Source: World Oceans Day: The Caribbean Sea faces dual threat of climate change and overfishing · Global Voices

More about Swara Acacia Lodge…

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While staying at Swara Acacia Lodge, you’re going to enjoy Kenyan art style and sculptures . Most of the furniture are made from dhow wood like this majestic coffee table inviting you for drinks at breakfast .

Hanging on the walls, a few portrait paintings on canvas : representing the well known tribe Masai Warrior people with their traditional jewelry.

The crafted table and chairs making a dining room stylish and fashioned with the ceiling and its elegant lampshades.

The traditional thatched roofs cottages , the stoned wall half jute , furniture made of ethical materials are ready to welcome you in Africa and its hospitality ! And perhaps to give you the desire to visit Kenya after this covid-19 pandemic or to know more about Africa.

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Funghi Pleurotus e patate al forno

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Sia in inverno che in estate uno  sformato rappresenta un’appetibile proposta culinaria.

Che sia esso fumante o servito freddo questo dipende dal contesto in cui lo proponiamo,  e anche dalla stagione in cui viene realizzato.

Io dico che data la vicinanza dell’imminente inverno sarebbe il caso di servirlo e di gustarlo ben caldo…

Siete pronti a seguirmi nella realizzazione?

Ingredienti:

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1 carota

500gr di funghi Pleurotus

Cipolla rossa

1 spicchio d’aglio

Rosmarino

Prezzemolo

Vino Bianco

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Paprika dolce

Curry

Principalmente ci accorreranno  dei freschissimi funghi Pleurotus (il cui cappello per la forma ricorda il guscio di un’ostrica) e delle ottime patate!

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Per chi non lo sapesse pare che questa varietà di funghi contenga una sostanza utilizzata come medicamento per abbassare i livelli di colesterolo nel sangue.

Iniziamo col mondare accuratamente i funghi che abbiamo a disposizione eliminando terriccio ed eventuali parti legnose.

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Väter und Kinder in Asien

Google translation of introduction: Fathers and children in Asia May 30, 2019
Fifty years ago it was rare to see fathers in public holding their children or playing with them. Fortunately, that has now changed, and you can often see that fathers care for their offspring just as caringly and lovingly as mothers.

Senioren um die Welt

Noch vor 50 Jahren war es eher selten, dass man in der Öffentlichkeit Väter sah, die ihre Kinder auf dem Arm hielten oder mit ihnen spielten. Inzwischen hat sich das glücklicherweise geändert, und man sieht häufig, dass sich Väter genauso fürsorglich und liebevoll um ihre Sprösslinge kümmern wie die Mütter.

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Pećine Agteleka i Slovačkog karsta, Slovačka i Mađarska – Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, Slovakia and Hungary

Google translation of title: Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovakia Karst, Slovakia and Hungary –

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Speleolog Jožef Šartori je 1794. godine nacrtao mapu na kojoj je predstavio preko kilometar i po pećine Baradla, karstne formacije u sjeveroistočnoj Mađarskoj. Ovo je bila prva mapa neke pećine, uopšte, ali je tek poslije 30 godina Šartorijevo djelo završeno da bi predstavilo osam kilometara podzemnih odaja i hodnika. U međuvremenu, 1806. godine, poslije ugrađivanja stepenica i zaštitne ograde, neobični prirodni fenomen privukao je svoje prve turiste. Prošlo je više od jednog vijeka prije nego što je jedan drugi speleolog, Jan Majko, svojom istrajnošću otkrio da je pećina Baradla povezana sa obližnjim pećinama Čertova Djerom (“đavolji ponor”) i Liščija Djerom (“lisičja jazbina”). Ono što je više čudilo bila je činjenica da pećina Baradla s pećinom Domica na padinama Karpatskih planina, koje se danas nalaze u Slovačkoj, obrazuje jedinstven kompleks dugačak 21 kilometar.

Godine 1977. Slovačka je ustanovila Zaštićenu oblast slovačkog karsta, a dvije godine kasnije Mađarska je osnovala Nacionalni park…

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Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years – BBC News

Now the community has turned things around.

These days, it’s not uncommon for there to be zero active cases and no hospitalisations or deaths.

The majority of adults are now vaccinated and the tribe has launched a special pop-up clinic at the Canadian border to offer their spare shots to their northern neighbours who are facing longer waits for inoculation.

Source: Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years – BBC News

COVID devastated the Blackfeet nation in Montana, but now they’re vaccinating their neighbours with spare shots – ABC News

Now the community has turned things around.

These days, it’s not uncommon for there to be zero active cases and no hospitalisations or deaths.

The majority of adults are now vaccinated and the tribe has launched a special pop-up clinic at the Canadian border to offer their spare shots to their northern neighbours who are facing longer waits for inoculation.

Source: COVID devastated the Blackfeet nation in Montana, but now they’re vaccinating their neighbours with spare shots – ABC News