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- Comment on Saudi ambassador tells World Cup fans: ‘You can have fun without alcohol’ 1 week ago:
I mean he’s not wrong. If you can’t have fun without alcohol, that’s a you problem.
- Comment on Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - RTX, Coop and more 1 week ago:
Aka The Adventures of Sir Kicks-a-lot
- Comment on Why the 2020 video game Immortals: Fenyx Rising doesn't infringe on the trademark of the 2011 film Immortals? 2 weeks ago:
Immortals was a banger of a film.
- Comment on You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism | Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them 2 weeks ago:
You’re welcome
- Comment on You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism | Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them 2 weeks ago:
Shamelessly reposting this here, because it seems relevant:
Negative news has a greater impact on people than positive: assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71516.pdf
Media sites know this, and use it to drive engagement:
www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4
independent.co.uk/…/social-media-facebook-twitter…
And so, negative headlines are getting worse: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/jour…
But negative news is addictive and psychologically damaging: psychologytoday.com/…/the-psychological-impact-ne…
So it’s important to try and stay positive:
www.goodgoodgood.co/…/benefits-of-good-news
If you want a break from the constant negativity, here are some sites that report specifically on positive news:
- www.goodgoodgood.co
- www.goodnewsnetwork.org
- fixthenews.com
- positivenewsfoundation.org
- www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com
And here’s 35 more: news.feedspot.com/good_news_websites/
Some communities on Lemmy you might be interested in:
- !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
- !goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.works
- !upliftingnews@lemmy.world
- lemmy.world/c/hopeposting
- lemmy.world/c/worldinprogress
- lemmy.world/c/climatehope
Remember, realistic optimism is important and, unlike what some might have you believe, is not the same as blissful ignorance or ‘burying your head in the sand’: learning-mind.com/realistic-optimism-blind-positi…
www.centreforoptimism.com/realisticoptimism
And doesn’t mean you must stay uninformed on current affairs: www.goodgoodgood.co/…/how-to-stop-doom-scrolling
- Comment on Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead' 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely. It’s never too late to keep trying and every little helps:
www.weforum.org/…/too-late-climate-crisis-myth/
sciencefocus.com/…/can-we-stop-climate-change
scientificamerican.com/…/its-never-too-late-to-ta…
- Comment on UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion. 3 weeks ago:
*…org.uk/…/biggest-ever-tree-planting-year-for-nor…
Some key figures from the 2024 Forestry research summary:
…gov.uk/…/forestry-facts-figures-2024/
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There are now 3.28 million hectares of woodland in the UK (as of March 2024)
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Woodland area in the UK now represents 13.5% of total land area
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20,660 hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2023/24 (compared to 12,960 in 22/23)
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There was a 59% increase in new planting and 28% increase in restocking in the UK in 2023/24
Hopefully that’ll make you feel slightly happier :)
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- Comment on US‘s wind and solar will generate more power than coal in 2024 3 weeks ago:
There’s a lag in the figures. We won’t find out total usage for 2024 until the beginning of 2025, but the data we do have shows that it will. It’s a weirdly worded title, I grant you.
- Comment on Director Admits "The Brutalist" Used AI to Alter Characters' Accents 4 weeks ago:
If studios lean on AI to “fix” things like accents, it’s because they’re prioritizing big names over authenticity, not because AI inherently diminishes the value of authentic talent. This is a systemic issue tied to the industry’s reliance on star power for financial success, not just AI or accents.
Viewership is ultimately dictated by audience preferences. If consumers consistently favor star-studded casts over authentic representation, studios will cater to that demand.
- Comment on Director Admits "The Brutalist" Used AI to Alter Characters' Accents 4 weeks ago:
Sometimes, casting isn’t just about accents or regional authenticity—it’s about acting skill, availability, and fitting a broader character vision. If a top-tier actor can’t naturally deliver an accent, producers may weigh that against other factors. In this case, AI can serve as a compromise rather than a replacement.
- Comment on Director Admits "The Brutalist" Used AI to Alter Characters' Accents 4 weeks ago:
The controversy surrounding the film kicked off last week after an interview with editor Dávid Jancsó was released by Red Shark News. Jancsó said that the production turned to software called Respeecher to clean up Brody and Jones’ dialog after the ADR stage — a process in which certain lines of dialogue are re-recorded in post — didn’t pan out, a decision that both leads were fully on board with, Jancsó said.
Who cares? Seems like everyone involved was on board. Seems like a good use of the technology to me. I don’t see why anyone should be ‘admitting’ anything.
- Comment on France’s 2024 Power Grid Was 95% Fossil Free as Nuclear, Renewables Jumped 4 weeks ago:
Very!
- Comment on AI tool can give ministers ‘vibe check’ on whether MPs will like policies 4 weeks ago:
A new artificial intelligence tool can warn ministers whether policies are likely to be very unpopular with their party’s MPs, using a search described as a “parliamentary vibe check”.
They might want one that can do the same for their constituency…
- Comment on Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work 4 weeks ago:
Cheaper, maybe, but gravel is a bit shit for biodiversity and flood mitigation.
- Comment on UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study 5 weeks ago: