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Favicon Trump Signs Order To ‘MAKE SHOWERS GREAT AGAIN,’ Ends Low-Flow Water Mandates - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Trump Signs Order To ‘MAKE SHOWERS GREAT AGAIN,’ Ends Low-Flow Water Mandates
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Trump Signs Order To ‘MAKE SHOWERS GREAT AGAIN,’ Ends Low-Flow Water Mandates - YouTube

| Favicon | China's MASSIVE New Dam Project - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
China's MASSIVE New Dam Project
YouTube
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China's MASSIVE New Dam Project - YouTube

| Favicon | Tim Walz Gets HECKLED By Veterans - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Tim Walz Gets HECKLED By Veterans
YouTube
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Tim Walz Gets HECKLED By Veterans - YouTube

| Favicon | (21) The Secret Lives of Hummingbirds | Narrated by David Attenborough | Nature Documentary - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
The Secret Lives of Hummingbirds | Narrated by David Attenborough | Nature Documentary
YouTube
Discover the fascinating world of hummingbirds in this stunning nature documentary, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Witness the beauty of these flying je... |

(21) The Secret Lives of Hummingbirds | Narrated by David Attenborough | Nature Documentary - YouTube

| | Mayor Young says only 15 of xAI's 35 turbines are being used
Apr 13, 2025
Mayor Young says only 15 of xAI’s 35 turbines are being used
WREG.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Community members in the South Memphis community are preparing to take action against Elon Musk’s Supercomputer. This comes after a report that suggests the company cou…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Community members in the South Memphis community are preparing to take action against Elon Musk's Supercomputer. This comes after a report that suggests the company could be breaking federal law over the use of methane gas turbines. But for the first time, we're hearing from city leaders who said it's not what you think. Standing before a crowd of hundreds of people at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, State Representative Justin J. Pearson called on other elected officials to take action against Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer. "Why is it we got to march? Why is it we got to protest," Pearson asked. "Why we got to do that when we got people in positions of power who's supposed to do their jobs?" Saturday's town hall comes after a report by a coalition of environmental groups found that xAI is allegedly running more than double the number of gas turbines than it had applied for. The report claims a permit had been filed for xAI to bring in only 15 turbines, but through the use of aerial photos, the group saw 35 methane gas turbines on the South Memphis site. "Protecting air quality is the job. Protecting water quality. That's the job," Pearson said. "If you don't want to do the job, resign." WREG caught up with Memphis Mayor Paul Young, who was speaking at a community forum across town at the same time as the town hall led by Pearson. Mayor Young confirmed his office knew about the additional turbines, but he said there's more to the story. "I've talked to the xAI leadership team," Young said. "There are 35, but there are only 15 that are on. The other ones are stored on the site." He said that according to xAI leadership, the turbines are not being used and are not connected. While addressing an audience, Mayor Young said xAI started using the turbines in September of last year and legally, he said they have one year to operate them without a permit. He said the company is funding and building two substations adjacent to xAI. He added that the company filed for the permits in January because they weren't sure if the substation construction would be complete before the one year is up. "So, they filed for the permits and the first substation has been completed," Young said. "They're looking to bring that online over the next month, and they're working to get the second one completed before September. If not, that's why they need the permit." Pearson has been very vocal about the environmental concerns regarding the facility and the lack of transparency from xAI. Saturday morning, he said he is ready to take action. "If you are interested in going to protest at the Shelby County Health Department or Mayor Lee Harris' office in Downtown, raise your hand," Pearson said. The Shelby County Health Department is hosting an official public comment meeting scheduled for April 25 at Fairley High School.
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Mayor Young says only 15 of xAI's 35 turbines are being used

| Favicon | The xAI–X merger is a good deal — if you’re betting on Musk’s empire | TechCrunch
Apr 13, 2025
The xAI–X merger is a good deal — if you’re betting on Musk’s empire | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
When Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), in an all-stock deal, it raised |

The xAI–X merger is a good deal — if you’re betting on Musk’s empire | TechCrunch

| Favicon | Trump eyes huge climate research cuts at NOAA
Apr 13, 2025
Trump eyes huge climate research cuts at NOAA
Axios
The proposal, if Congress enacts it, would squash some of the nation's premier climate change research programs. |

Trump eyes huge climate research cuts at NOAA

| Favicon | White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research - POLITICO
Apr 13, 2025
**White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research **
POLITICO
The agency’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be “eliminated as a line office,” according to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget. |

White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research - POLITICO

| Favicon | Trump Tariffs Will DESTROY Companies’ Reliance On Chinese Manufacturing, MAGA - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Trump Tariffs Will DESTROY Companies’ Reliance On Chinese Manufacturing, MAGA
YouTube
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Trump Tariffs Will DESTROY Companies’ Reliance On Chinese Manufacturing, MAGA - YouTube

| Favicon | Episode 2808 CWSA 04/13/25 - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Episode 2808 CWSA 04/13/25
YouTube
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Episode 2808 CWSA 04/13/25 - YouTube

| Favicon | Why The United States Got Involved In World War 2, It WASN'T Because of the Holocaust - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Why The United States Got Involved In World War 2, It WASN'T Because of the Holocaust
YouTube
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Why The United States Got Involved In World War 2, It WASN'T Because of the Holocaust - YouTube

| Favicon | Anderson Cooper Has AWKWARD Exchange With A They/Them On CNN - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Anderson Cooper Has AWKWARD Exchange With A They/Them On CNN
YouTube
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Anderson Cooper Has AWKWARD Exchange With A They/Them On CNN - YouTube

| | Christian Israel on X: "Don lemons Race baiting Reparations didn’t work on this lady! American history leaves out that Africans enslaved their own people and sold them. Africa should pay reparations to black folks if they come from any where. Changed my mind… https://t.co/BdGZzvGdh3" / X
Apr 13, 2025 |

| | Christian Israel on X: "Trump’s Tariffs Song, inspired by the Animaniacs https://t.co/8ygpFf8uew" / X
Apr 13, 2025 |

| Favicon | Joe Rogan Experience #2303 - Dave Smith & Douglas Murray - YouTube
Apr 13, 2025
Joe Rogan Experience #2303 - Dave Smith & Douglas Murray
YouTube
Dave Smith is a stand-up comedian, libertarian political commentator, and podcaster. He's the host of the "Part of the Problem" podcast, as well as a co-host... |

Joe Rogan Experience #2303 - Dave Smith & Douglas Murray - YouTube

| Favicon | Douglas Murray Is Asking Real Questions | National Review
Apr 13, 2025
Douglas Murray Is Asking Real Questions | National Review |

Douglas Murray Is Asking Real Questions | National Review

| Favicon | Black holes exist in five dimensions at once
Apr 13, 2025
Black holes exist in five dimensions at once
Universe Space Tech
According to the new hypothesis, the microstructure of a black hole looks like an interweaving of different dimensions with each other |

Black holes exist in five dimensions at once

| Favicon | Bill Maher dishes on Trump dinner and reveals what president gifted him
Apr 13, 2025
Bill Maher dishes on Trump dinner and reveals what the president gifted him: ‘Liberal sphincters just tightened’
New York Post
Comedian Bill Maher revealed what surprised him most about his much-hullabalooed dinner with President Trump — as he joked that his takeaways may cause “liberal sphincters” to tighten. |

Bill Maher dishes on Trump dinner and reveals what president gifted him

| Favicon | Tracing The #!: How The Linux Kernel Handles The Shebang | Hackaday
Apr 12, 2025
Tracing The #!: How The Linux Kernel Handles The Shebang
Hackaday
One of the delights in Bash, zsh, or whichever shell tickles your fancy in your OSS distribution of choice, is the ease of which you can use scripts. These can be shell scripts, or use the Perl, Py… |

Tracing The #!: How The Linux Kernel Handles The Shebang | Hackaday

| Favicon | How to Use Mind Maps in NotebookLM - KDnuggets
Apr 12, 2025
How to Use Mind Maps in NotebookLM - KDnuggets
KDnuggets
In this article, we’ll explain how to use mind maps within NotebookLM to enhance your productivity and comprehension. |

How to Use Mind Maps in NotebookLM - KDnuggets

| Favicon | xAI preparing updates for Grok, including Grok 3.5 release
Apr 12, 2025
xAI preparing updates for Grok, including Grok 3.5 release
TestingCatalog
Discover the latest updates for Grok by xAI, including Grok 3.5, Vision feature in voice mode, memory reference capabilities, and new image editing tools. |

xAI preparing updates for Grok, including Grok 3.5 release

| Favicon | Earth was once a "Green Marble" before its oceans turned blue - Earth.com
Apr 12, 2025
Earth was once a 'Green Marble' before its oceans turned blue
Earth.com
Green oceans on early Earth, shaped by iron, pushed microbes to evolve light-absorbing tools that worked in green light. |

Earth was once a "Green Marble" before its oceans turned blue - Earth.com

| Favicon | Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI
Apr 12, 2025
Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI
Futurism
Billionaire tech tycoon Eric Schmidt told Congress that 99 percent of electricity will soon be used to power AI. |

Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI

| | Trump Wants to Be Impeached Again - WSJ
Apr 12, 2025 |

| Favicon | Transfer between Modalities with MetaQueries | Hacker News
Apr 12, 2025
Transfer between Modalities with MetaQueries | Hacker News |

Transfer between Modalities with MetaQueries | Hacker News

| Favicon | Overtime: Steve Bannon, Piers Morgan, Josh Rogin (HBO) - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Overtime: Steve Bannon, Piers Morgan, Josh Rogin (HBO)
YouTube
Bill and his guests continue their conversation after the show. |

Overtime: Steve Bannon, Piers Morgan, Josh Rogin (HBO) - YouTube

| Favicon | Mr. Maher Goes to Washington | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Mr. Maher Goes to Washington | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
YouTube
Bill shares the details of his recent meeting with President Trump at the White House. |

Mr. Maher Goes to Washington | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

| Favicon | Douglass Murray IS WRONG On Joe Rogan Podcast With Dave Smith Over Israel & Gaza, Elitist Arguments - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Douglass Murray IS WRONG On Joe Rogan Podcast With Dave Smith Over Israel & Gaza, Elitist Arguments
YouTube
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Douglass Murray IS WRONG On Joe Rogan Podcast With Dave Smith Over Israel & Gaza, Elitist Arguments - YouTube

| Favicon | Gen Z Facing DATING APOCALPYSE, Women Becoming MORE Socialist While Men Lean Conservative - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Gen Z Facing DATING APOCALPYSE, Women Becoming MORE Socialist While Men Lean Conservative
YouTube
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Gen Z Facing DATING APOCALPYSE, Women Becoming MORE Socialist While Men Lean Conservative - YouTube

| Favicon | 2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony: Full Show
YouTube
Hollywood Cheers Outstanding Scientific Achievement at Breakthrough Prize Ceremony Hosted by James Corden The eleventh Breakthrough Prize awards celebrated o... |

2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony - YouTube

| Favicon | Batya Ungar Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats! - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Batya Ungar Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats!
YouTube
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Batya Ungar Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats! - YouTube

| Favicon | Batya Ungar-Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Batya Ungar-Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats
YouTube
Batya Ungar-Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats00:00 - The preview 00:43 - The intro 01:00 - Batya drops FACTS on this Panel05:52 - My though... |

Batya Ungar-Sargon DISMANTLES a full panel of LOW IQ Democrats - YouTube

| | Donna T. on X: "@kevincorke @FoxNews Never seen Yemisi Egbewole before today. Very attractive, and seems nice and informed. Doesn't come off as one of those lefty whack-a-doodles; more intelligent." / X
Apr 12, 2025 |

| | Mehek Cooke🇺🇸 on X: "🚨 Bill Maher just said what many Americans feel — President Trump truly cares about this country. Could this be the return of civility? Maybe… until you hear what Kamala Harris said next. Don’t miss my convo with @kevincorke on @FoxNews at 1:30 PM! https://t.co/zAuZAM3lhX" / X
Apr 12, 2025 |

| | Elon Musk on X: "https://t.co/d0TYv0mmAQ" / X
Apr 12, 2025 |

| Favicon | I found a Chrome killer, and I'm absolutely thrilled
Apr 12, 2025
I found a Chrome killer, and I'm absolutely thrilled
Android Police
Unexpected browser that dethroned Chrome |

I found a Chrome killer, and I'm absolutely thrilled

| Favicon | Bill Maher PRAISES TRUMP, Calls Him Funny And Gracious After Kid Rock, Dana White, Trump Meeting - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Bill Maher PRAISES TRUMP, Calls Him Funny And Gracious After Kid Rock, Dana White, Trump Meeting
YouTube
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Bill Maher PRAISES TRUMP, Calls Him Funny And Gracious After Kid Rock, Dana White, Trump Meeting - YouTube

| Favicon | The Far Right AND Far Left HATE ISRAEL, This PROVES Horseshoe Theory Is REAL - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
The Far Right AND Far Left HATE ISRAEL, This PROVES Horseshoe Theory Is REAL
YouTube
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The Far Right AND Far Left HATE ISRAEL, This PROVES Horseshoe Theory Is REAL - YouTube

| Favicon | Liberal Woman SHOCKED After Dating Conservative Men, PROVES Shes Just As CRAZY As She Says MAGA Is - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Liberal Woman SHOCKED After Dating Conservative Men, PROVES Shes Just As CRAZY As She Says MAGA Is
YouTube
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Liberal Woman SHOCKED After Dating Conservative Men, PROVES Shes Just As CRAZY As She Says MAGA Is - YouTube

| Favicon | LLMs No Longer Require Powerful Servers: Researchers from MIT, KAUST, ISTA, and Yandex Introduce a New AI Approach to Rapidly Compress Large Language Models without a Significant Loss of Quality - MarkTechPost
Apr 12, 2025
LLMs No Longer Require Powerful Servers: Researchers from MIT, KAUST, ISTA, and Yandex Introduce a New AI Approach to Rapidly Compress Large Language Models without a Significant Loss of Quality
MarkTechPost
LLMs No Longer Require Powerful Servers: Researchers from MIT, KAUST, ISTA, and Yandex Introduce a New AI Approach to Rapidly Compress Large Language Models without a Significant Loss of Quality |

LLMs No Longer Require Powerful Servers: Researchers from MIT, KAUST, ISTA, and Yandex Introduce a New AI Approach to Rapidly Compress Large Language Models without a Significant Loss of Quality - MarkTechPost

| Favicon | 2WAY TONIGHT 4/11 | Mark Halperin on Trump’s First 100 Days, Democrats & Today’s Political News - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
2WAY TONIGHT 4/11 | Mark Halperin on Trump’s First 100 Days, Democrats & Today’s Political News
YouTube
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2WAY TONIGHT 4/11 | Mark Halperin on Trump’s First 100 Days, Democrats & Today’s Political News - YouTube

| Favicon | Loser of the Week: “AOC. If You’re Going To Fly to a Bernie Sanders Event, Don’t Fly in First Class” - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Loser of the Week: “AOC. If You’re Going To Fly to a Bernie Sanders Event, Don’t Fly in First Class”
YouTube
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Loser of the Week: “AOC. If You’re Going To Fly to a Bernie Sanders Event, Don’t Fly in First Class” - YouTube

| Favicon | Episode 2807 CWSA 04/12/25 - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Episode 2807 CWSA 04/12/25
YouTube
Trump and Bill Maher's visit, lots of Democrat fun, and more~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you would like to enjoy this same content plus bonus ... |

Episode 2807 CWSA 04/12/25 - YouTube

| Favicon | Muppet Songs: Rudolf Nureyev - Swine Lake - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Muppet Songs: Rudolf Nureyev - Swine Lake
YouTube
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Muppet Songs: Rudolf Nureyev - Swine Lake - YouTube

| Favicon | Bonobo Communication Reveals a Stunning Kinship to Human Speech : ScienceAlert
Apr 12, 2025
Bonobo Communication Reveals a Stunning Kinship to Human Speech
ScienceAlert
Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into sentences. |

Bonobo Communication Reveals a Stunning Kinship to Human Speech : ScienceAlert

| Favicon | GNOME Now Has A Second Core App Written In TypeScript - Phoronix
Apr 12, 2025
GNOME Now Has A Second Core App Written In TypeScript |

GNOME Now Has A Second Core App Written In TypeScript - Phoronix

| Favicon | Native Calif. species breeds in the wild for first time in a century
Apr 12, 2025
Native Calif. species known as 'nature’s Swiss Army knife' is rapidly expanding
SFGATE
What we know about the growing beaver population in Northern California after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife reintroduced them in TĂĄsmam KoyĂłm.

Molly Alves carefully stepped through the dry reed grass carpeting TĂĄsmam KoyĂłm, a 2,325-acre valley in Northern California and the ancestral lands of the Mountain Maidu people. The beaver restoration program manager for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife stopped next to a sparkling pond just a few feet away from the dome that rose out of the ground, fashioned out of twigs, mud and stone. She glanced over at the structure, listening for the rustling of the semi-aquatic rodents she knew were huddled within.  “We have to be pretty quiet because the beaver family is inside this lodge right now,” Alves said in a video shared by the agency Tuesday. It's where they spend the majority of the winter, leaving only to access their caches of food they store underwater.  A year and a half has passed since the historic moment when wildlife officials re-released a family of six beavers to their state habitat — the first time they had returned to their native range in nearly 75 years as part of a major project spearheaded by the CDFW and the Maidu Summit Consortium. Over 400 miles away in the South Fork Tule River deep in the Sierra Nevada, three more groups made their debut for the first time in more than a century when they were subsequently released last year. Now, wildlife officials say the translocated beaver populations are settling into their new homes — and they’re growing.  ‘Nature’s Swiss Army knife’ The family in TĂĄsmam KoyĂłm produced two new litters of kits after one of the beavers swam downstream and met another mate already living in the wild. The size of each litter is unknown — “To date, we have only observed one kit on camera at a time,” Valerie Cook, an environmental program manager for the CDFW, told SFGATE in an email — but they typically rear two to four kits depending on food resource availability. Since then, the paddle-tailed creatures have undertaken “extensive dam-building” projects across the wetland complex. One of these measures nearly 100 meters across and is the largest in the valley that was burned over by the Dixie Fire in 2021, Cook said. One of the groups of beavers in the Tule River also began building on and expanding a dam analog — a habitat management tool that mimics a naturally occurring dam and had been installed prior to their arrival — to help create deeper pool habitat. To Cook, it’s a positive sign: Not only do the dams help retain water on the landscape, extending flows and maintaining aquatic habitats late into the dry season, she said, but they also increase surface water storage, restore riparian habitat, and provide protection for people and wildlife from the effects of climate change, such as drought. Notably, the animals increased the surface water area by 23%, contributing to the formation of wetlands that could slow or stop wildfire from burning across the land and provide more habitat for local mammals, reptiles and amphibians.  “Beavers are nature’s Swiss Army knife,” CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham said in the news release. “The things they can do are amazing.”  A ‘nature-based solution’ Beavers are endemic to Northern California, and research from historical ecologist Rick Lanman proved the species’ roots in the state when he discovered a skull from a beaver that had been living in Saratoga Creek circa 1855. However, their population was practically wiped out during the fur rush in the 1800s, when maritime traders converged in the Bay Area and California’s Central Coast to harvest the valuable chestnut-colored fur from the species, as well as otters, seals, mink and other mammals. By 1912, fewer than a thousand beavers were left in the state. History | The incredible implosion of the Bay Area's biggest pyramid schemeFood | Tragedy almost shuttered this Berkeley brunch institutionCulture | Inside the Bay Area’s cult-like obsession with Beanie BabiesLocal | The world's last lost tourist thought Maine was San Francisco Get SFGATE's top stories sent to your inbox by signing up for The Daily newsletter here. The CDFW translocated beavers to Lexington Reservoir and upper Los Gatos Creek in 1980, and though experts initially thought the semi-aquatic rodents wouldn’t utilize the surrounding creeks, the beavers proceeded to chart new territory down to the Guadalupe River, which flows through downtown San Jose and into the South Bay. The animals continued to venture north from there, and the discovery of beavers in Matadero Creek in 2023 marked a major comeback for the species in the Bay Area.  Meanwhile, the CDFW recently received $2 million in funding from the state budget to establish a beaver restoration program to better understand how the animals could become a “nature-based solution” to restore and conserve watersheds statewide.  “Beavers used to be everywhere, but sadly that is no longer the case,” Bonham said in the news release. “Our history treated beavers as nuisances, and we removed them from the landscape. In the past year CDFW working with the Tule River Tribe and the Maidu Summit Consortium brought beavers home to places they’ve been absent over 100 years.” Future translocation projects The survival rate of the newly released beavers is estimated to be between 40% and 60%, with wildlife officials citing factors such as predation, illness due to underlying causes such as pneumonia and capture-related stressors. “We have confirmed 6 mortalities to date, but presume 11,” Cook told SFGATE in an email.  The figure may seem grim, but it’s relatively optimistic in comparison with overall survival rates in other beaver translocation projects in the Northern Hemisphere, which are estimated to be around 30%, according to unpublished data from the CDFW. Three of the confirmed — and seven of the presumed — mortalities came from one site with “an extremely high density of predators” active in the area, Cook said, and because most of them were related to naturally occurring events in the ecosystem, the agency considers the translocations to be “successful with good survival rates.” “[We] expect to see increases from here as we continue to learn and adapt,” she said. The CDFW is eyeing future beaver translocations in collaboration with California landowners who can authorize the release of the animals on their properties. So far, one project proposal has come through from a landowner in central Marin County, Cook said, but the agency is still in the process of determining which reintroduction projects may be implemented as soon as later this year — and where. Cook and her colleagues plan to host a public webinar in May for people who are interested in learning more about the process of identifying suitable project areas, developing and submitting proposals, and the CDFW’s selection process.  In the coming months, Cook said she suspects she will receive additional project proposals from landowners throughout the Bay Area and may begin pursuing partners for implementation in those watersheds.  “However, it’s worth explicitly noting that potential conflicts with infrastructure and neighboring landowners is one of the potential constraints that will dictate where projects can be implemented,” she told SFGATE earlier this year. “So that is a factor that will surely come in to play in the Bay Area.” The agency is also attempting to better understand the current distribution of the species throughout the state. To that end, CDFW has a site where people can report sightings. —  Bay Area bridge will be first in Calif. to remove toll booth plaza—  Mystery in Golden Gate Park as cherished landmark goes missing—  New name for park on Great Highway has been revealed—  San Francisco unveils great big naked statue Get SFGATE's top stories sent to your inbox by signing up for The Daily newsletter here.
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Native Calif. species breeds in the wild for first time in a century

| Favicon | Bamboo rat #cute #animals - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Bamboo rat #cute #animals
YouTube |

Bamboo rat #cute #animals - YouTube

| Favicon | Black panther #cute #animals - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Black panther #cute #animals
YouTube |

Black panther #cute #animals - YouTube

| Favicon | Dik-dik #cute #animals - YouTube
Apr 12, 2025
Dik-dik #cute #animals
YouTube |

Dik-dik #cute #animals - YouTube

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Apr 11, 2025
SoundStorm |

| Favicon | The best AI Audio Generation tool EVER! Soundstorm needs to be made available to us! - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
The best AI Audio Generation tool EVER! Soundstorm needs to be made available to us!
YouTube
The best AI Audio Generation tool EVER! Soundstorm needs to be made available to us!Check it out:https://google-research.github.io/seanet/soundstorm/examples/ |

The best AI Audio Generation tool EVER! Soundstorm needs to be made available to us! - YouTube

| Favicon | Googles Veo2 is free to use? Maybe? - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
Googles Veo2 is free to use? Maybe?
YouTube
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Googles Veo2 is free to use? Maybe? - YouTube

| Favicon | MAGA Minute, April 11, 2025 - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
MAGA Minute, April 11, 2025
YouTube
WEEK OF VICTORIES at the White House!📈 145% Tariffs on China🇮🇱 Bilateral with Netanyahu⚾ L.A. Dodgers & Racing Champions🛢️ Gas and Energy Prices Down💵 R... |

MAGA Minute, April 11, 2025 - YouTube

| Favicon | The Wonderful World of the Haken Continuum - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
The Wonderful World of the Haken Continuum
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Sit back and enjoy as Film & TV composer, Josh Madoff, takes you on a tour of the Haken Continuum!For more info on the Continuum: https://www.hakenaudio.comT... |

The Wonderful World of the Haken Continuum - YouTube

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Apr 11, 2025
Bird crashes Peter Doocy's report: 'LANDED ON MY HEAD!'
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Fox News' Peter Doocy reports the latest on the tariff war from the White House. The 'Fox & Friends co-hosts also weigh in on the Trump administration's effo... |

Bird crashes Peter Doocy's report: 'LANDED ON MY HEAD!' - YouTube

| Favicon | The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
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(0:00) Bestie intros!(0:58) Reacting to Trump targeting China and postponing all other reciprocal tariffs(21:21) Measures for success of tariffs, debating th... |

The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein - YouTube

| Favicon | Best of the Babylon Bee: China retaliates tariffs by putting worse fortunes into cookies and more
Apr 11, 2025
Best of the Babylon Bee: China retaliates tariffs by putting worse fortunes into cookies and more
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Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day. |

Best of the Babylon Bee: China retaliates tariffs by putting worse fortunes into cookies and more

| Favicon | Democrats' silence is damning as leftist violence explodes
Apr 11, 2025
Democrats’ silence is damning as leftist violence explodes
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Attacks on Tesla and other violent threats are “nothing short of domestic terrorism,” said AG Pam Bondi — but Democrats are either smirking or silently approving. |

Democrats' silence is damning as leftist violence explodes

| Favicon | Democrats lit the 'assassination culture' fuse — now their silence equals violence
Apr 11, 2025
Democrats lit the ‘assassination culture’ fuse — now their silence equals violence
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It feels like a powder keg as violence is celebrated online as never before — and a poll finds 55% of left-leaning Americans see “some justification” for assassinating President Trump. |

Democrats lit the 'assassination culture' fuse — now their silence equals violence

| Favicon | Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus
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Trump Promises Come Through Despite Wall Street Ruckus - YouTube

| Favicon | RTX 50 series GPUs selling below market price at Walmart returns aisle, multiple customers score great deals | Tom's Hardware
Apr 11, 2025
RTX 50 series GPUs selling below market price at Walmart returns aisle, multiple customers score great deals
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RTX 50 series GPUs selling below market price at Walmart returns aisle, multiple customers score great deals | Tom's Hardware

| Favicon | VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: How Will the Wars in Ukraine, Middle East End? The Answer Lies in History. - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: How Will the Wars in Ukraine, Middle East End? The Answer Lies in History.
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With two major, ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, historian Victor Davis Hanson takes a step back to examine the historical nature of war—and... |

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: How Will the Wars in Ukraine, Middle East End? The Answer Lies in History. - YouTube

| Favicon | Weinstein's New Trial, New Lively Questions, and Markle's Grift, with Tim Dillon, Aidala & Eiglarsh - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
Con Artist Meghan Markle's Grift, and New Blake Lively Questions, with Tim Dillon, Aidala & Eiglarsh
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Megyn Kelly is joined by legal experts Arthur Aidala and Mark Eiglarsh for Kelly's Court to discuss Harvey Weinstein’s upcoming trial, the challenge of seati... |

Weinstein's New Trial, New Lively Questions, and Markle's Grift, with Tim Dillon, Aidala & Eiglarsh - YouTube

| Favicon | Police ARREST "MR SATAN" For Threatening To ASSASSINATE Trump, KILL ICE Agents | Timcast IRL - YouTube
Apr 11, 2025
Police ARREST "MR SATAN" For Threatening To ASSASSINATE Trump, KILL ICE Agents | Timcast IRL
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Police ARREST "MR SATAN" For Threatening To ASSASSINATE Trump, KILL ICE Agents | Timcast IRL - YouTube