#website changes

[scanline-angel]

what is the boop-o-meter and why is it here? it's cute and I like the form I just don't get it

[eggsistential-breakdown]

Okay, but hear me out -- what if his parents weren't usually red and blue?

[konnetwork]

October Update: Website Improvements and New Features

Exciting changes are here! Check out the latest improvements to KonNetwork, including a revamped visual design, new navigation features, and upcoming game reviews. Your feedback is welcome—let's shape the future together! 💬

As October wraps up, it’s time to share the latest updates to KonNetwork: Visual Update Improved the visual presentation for a more uniform look and a better user experience. Resolved an issue with background colors not applying consistently across the site. Expanded navigation bar categories to enhance access and organization. Adjusted margins sitewide for a more polished…

[callmeblake]

website changes is not my tag for when the website changes

fuck

it's website change, I have replaced the tags

[cozylittleartblog]

@staff if you [change] the [design] of the fucking [dashboard] i will kill you

edit. i want it on the actual post that i am not actually making a de-th threat against the staff. that's shitty. the caption quotes the fucking costco hot dog meme, which i originally said in the tags. if any staff member sees this please do Not take it personally

[oobbbear]

I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times

Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use

[papasfilms]

PapasTM has been updated to include my new mouse. Also, the “distro” section is now up-to-date.

[krisvsthew0rld]

holy fuck i hate the profile pic change. i read whose blog the posts are from by pfps and they just removed them.

[2eds]

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Earth’s hottest day ever recorded by human instruments

Better way to phrase this is : top 3 hottest daily average-global-temperatures ever recorded by human instruments were this week.

[heartorbit]

find another role, carry on the show

[reasonsforhope]

"In an unprecedented step to preserve and maintain the most carbon-rich elements of U.S. forests in an era of climate change, President Joe Biden’s administration last week proposed to end commercially driven logging of old-growth trees in National Forests.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, issued a Notice of Intent to amend the land management plans of all 128 National Forests to prioritize old-growth conservation and recognize the oldest trees’ unique role in carbon storage. 

It would be the first nationwide amendment to forest plans in the 118-year history of the Forest Service, where local rangers typically have the final word on how to balance forests’ role in watershed, wildlife and recreation with the agency’s mandate to maintain a “sustained yield” of timber.

“Old-growth forests are a vital part of our ecosystems and a special cultural resource,” Vilsack said in a statement accompanying the notice. “This clear direction will help our old-growth forests thrive across our shared landscape.”

But initial responses from both environmentalists and the logging industry suggest that the plan does not resolve the conflict between the Forest Service’s traditional role of administering the “products and services” of public lands—especially timber—and the challenges the agency now faces due to climate change. National Forests hold most of the nation’s mature and old-growth trees, and therefore, its greatest stores of forest carbon, but that resource is under growing pressure from wildfire, insects, disease and other impacts of warming.

Views could not be more polarized on how the National Forests should be managed in light of the growing risks.

National and local environmental advocates have been urging the Biden administration to adopt a new policy emphasizing preservation in National Forests, treating them as a strategic reserve of carbon. Although they praised the old-growth proposal as an “historic” step, they want to see protection extended to “mature” forests, those dominated by trees roughly 80 to 150 years old, which are a far larger portion of the National Forests. As old-growth trees are lost, which can happen rapidly due to megafires and other assaults, they argue that the Forest Service should be ensuring there are fully developed trees on the landscape to take their place...

The Biden administration’s new proposal seeks to take a middle ground, establishing protection for the oldest trees under its stewardship while allowing exceptions to reduce fuel hazards, protect public health and safety and other purposes. And the Forest Service is seeking public comment through Feb. 2 (Note: That's the official page for the proposed rule, but for some reason you can only submit comments through the forest service website - so do that here!) on the proposal as well as other steps needed to manage its lands to retain mature and old-growth forests over time, particularly in light of climate change.

If the Forest Service were to put in place nationwide protections for both mature and old-growth forests, it would close off most of the National Forests to logging. In an inventory concluded earlier this year in response to a Biden executive order, the Forest Service found that 24.7 million acres, or 17 percent, of its 144.3 million acres of forest are old-growth, while 68.1 million acres, or 47 percent, are mature."

-via Inside Climate News, December 20, 2023

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Note: This proposed rule is current up for public comment! If you're in the US, you can go here to file an official comment telling the Biden administration how much you support this proposal - and that you think it should be extended to mature forests!

Official public comments really DO matter. You can leave a comment on this proposal here until February 2nd.

[konnetwork]

September Recap: Highlights and October Plans for Our Community

Hello everyone! As we wrap up September, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the changes made this month and share some exciting plans for October. Your support and feedback have been incredible, and I’m looking forward to continuing this journey together. Here’s what’s new and what’s coming next! September Highlights This past month has been quite productive! Here are some of the key…

[whalefill]

feel the need to share this where I can hopefully get more people to see it. video posted by iamsbeih today, 10/23/23

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[taffywabbit]

beautiful women with cute names like "google" and "pay pal" keep sliding into my email inbox to tell me about their updated terms of service