#Ocean Cleanup in new #TEDTalk: 'We can clean up the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch in 5 years' time'
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/ocean-cleanup-pacific-garbage-patch-ted-talk
French Pastry Chef Opens a Dessert Paradise in Pacific Beach https://www.diningandcooking.com/2007505/french-pastry-chef-opens-a-dessert-paradise-in-pacific-beach/ #a #beach #chef #Dessert #desserts #Diego #eater #francais #france #French #FrenchDesserts #FrontPage #in #openings #opens #Pacific #paradise #Pastry #San
A US Marine takes the opportunity to get a drink of water on the beach of Guadalcanal Island - Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 #ww2 #worldwar2 #usmarines #usmc #marines #guadalcanal #solomonislands #pacific #beach #water
Day eleven cont: 
The #LNP have a candidate problem continued…
“Speaking at a #RenewableEnergy conference in #Sydney on Wednesday, #SurangelWhipps Jr described seeing two-thirds of an island in his archipelago country disappear under water in his lifetime. “For those of us in the #Pacific who have lived through storm surges, #rising #ocean levels and increasingly high tides, the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality,” he said.
The comment was an apparent reference to a 2015 incident in which #PeterDutton, while #ImmigrationMinister, was overheard on a hot mic joking with then-prime minister #TonyAbbott (#dickhead) about delays during a visit to Papua New Guinea (#PNG) , saying “time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door”.
Rules are applied only when needed.
#AusPol / #Politics / #tact / #Machiavellian / #Liberal <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/palau-president-australia-cop-31-climate-summit>
#NRDC Urge J.P. Morgan to stop backing #Mexico #Pacific ’s filthy #LNG project and save the Gulf of #California ’s breathtaking marine ecosystem from destruction. https://action.nrdc.org/letter/3910-lng-gulf-of-ca-040225 @berlinerwassertisch @Andy_Gheorghiu
Crucial work furthering #LGBTQ+ rights and preventing #HIV in the #Pacific has been disrupted by the Trump administration's freeze of foreign aid – and may not recover. https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/us-aid-freeze-derails-lgbtq-rights-work-in-pacific-islands
How is your sugar consumption!? Are you aware of it? Hidden sugar in your caned tomato saus, seasoning mix and everywhere 
. Not only for your healt
I am 99% free off. Worked at the 'Free of' Food Fairs years ago. I am not holy, 
and since Covid i fell back to one guilty pleasure, also due to my limitations because of healt restrictions it is more difficult. Not to restrict you, but to aware you ► Because sugare cane is still cut by enslaved people! 
While you boycot Israelean products, think of them too! #afropalestinian
#sugarcane #enslaved #forcedlabour #pacific #santadomingo #elnegritodelbatey #sugar
#PhotoOfTheDay is of a small section of the eastern shore of Kauai, by the lighthouse.
Australia can take USAID’s place in the Pacific islands
The shutdown of USAID has been an enormous hit to US soft power and its ability to counter China in the Pacific. But the worst outcomes can be avoided through the intervention of steadfast allies—especially Australia. #Pacific
https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/australia-can-take-usaids-place-in-the-pacific-islands/
Australia can take USAID’s place in the Pacific islands
The shutdown of USAID has been an enormous hit to US soft power and its ability to counter China in the Pacific. But the worst outcomes can be avoided through the intervention of steadfast allies—especially Australia. #Pacific
https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/australia-can-take-usaids-place-in-the-pacific-islands/
I saw this awesom tutorial from @stayathomedev and it inspired me to start working on my Kaiju Game idea again, I had like years ago.
This time I try to get the sense of scale and the aesthetics right before I start implementing any gameplay... let's see where this will get me.
https://stayathomedev.com/tutorials/general-tutorials/single-plane-water-shader-1.0
#kaiju #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godotengine
#blender #indiedev #blockout #waterShader #pacific #godot
A perfect day at the beach...
Human-made ecosystems: Ecological novelty is now the "new normal" for our planet
"30-40% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems have already transformed into novel states."
"O'ahu as an "amazing crystal ball" that offers a glimpse of the future of our planet if humans continue to damage environments and drive species to extinction."
"Hawaii's O'ahu's lowland forests are now almost entirely devoid of the plants and animals that grew here for millions of years before the arrival of humans. Settlers brought extinctions by cutting down trees to make farms and introducing voracious predators and disease-carrying animals. Today, these tropical forests are a tapestry of non-native species introduced from every corner of the planet: Brazilian peppertree, Indonesian cinnamon and roseleaf bramble from the Himalayas and Australia. Most of the animals, including all the birds that Tarwater mentioned earlier, are also alien."
"We like to think of O'ahu as the cautionary tale for all the other Pacific Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. It's what you don't want to have happen – Corey Tarwater"
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans
Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.2023.0022
#biodiversity #biosphere #ecosystems #extinction #birds #loss #InvasiveSpecies #degradation #SettlerSociety #cattle #dogs #grasses #NovelEcosystems #weeds #restoration #Pacific
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