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🇮🇩 The massive ground collapse in Pondok Balik, #Indonesia is still expanding and remains a serious threat to nearby communities.Officials say it has already swallowed more than 30,000 square meters of land and is edging closer to more infrastructure, including roads and power lines. Geologists stress this is not a classic karst sinkhole, but a slow-moving landslide and subsurface erosion in volcanic soil.Follow us -> LiveLeak

🇮🇩 The massive ground collapse in Pondok Balik, #Indonesia is still expanding and remains a serious threat to nearby communities.Officials say it has already swallowed more than 30,000 square meters of land and is edging closer to more infrastructure, including roads and power lines. Geologists stress this is not a classic karst sinkhole, but a slow-moving landslide and subsurface erosion in volca...

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The Godfather actor Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95.

The Godfather actor Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95. The actor's wife, Luciana, announced the news Monday on Facebook, writing: 'Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time'LiveLeak

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🇺🇸 (February 15) A massive 17-car crash at NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, #Florida.

🇺🇸 (February 15) A massive 17-car crash at NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, #Florida. A moment of inattention — and the race turned into a field of wreckage.While several drivers including Allgaier, Gilliland, and Bowman were forced to retire due to severe damage, others managed to continue with minor battle scars after the red flag.Follow us -> LiveLeak

Did You Know? · Technology · before 3 meat.

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in Harderwijk, The Netherlands.

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in Harderwijk, The Netherlands. A 25-meter long water bridge and an architectural beauty, allowing 28,000 vehicles to pass under it daily.Did you know? 🎓

Noel Reports · Technology · before 3 meat.

The 15/02/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2023308375560437781.htmlYou follow us because you care about the truth.

The 15/02/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2023308375560437781.htmlYou follow us because you care about the truth. For almost 4 years, we’ve been delivering verified, real-time updates from Ukraine—day in, day out—while misinformation floods social media.We don’t chase clicks. We cut through the noise to bring you facts, not rumors. But this work requires more than...

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🇺🇸 #California surfers rescue family of six after their boat is taken out by a massive wave.Video shows the boat, with four children and their parents, struggling against the massive wave. Surfers, including two 14-year-olds, helped rescue the family.Authorities said the outcome could have been tragic without the surfers’ intervention.Follow us -> LiveLeak

🇺🇸 #California surfers rescue family of six after their boat is taken out by a massive wave.Video shows the boat, with four children and their parents, struggling against the massive wave. Surfers, including two 14-year-olds, helped rescue the family.Authorities said the outcome could have been tragic without the surfers’ intervention.Follow us -> LiveLeak

Science Facts · Technology · before 3 meat.

Don’t eat the pink snow, even if it smells like fruit.In the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada, Rockies, or Alps during summer melt seasons, hikers may encounter striking patches of vibrant pink snow that resemble spilled slushies—or something more ominous, like blood on the ice. Get closer, though, and a surprising sweet fragrance hits you: it smells unmistakably like watermelon.This striking effect, called "watermelon snow", isn't the result of pollution, a spill, or some elaborate joke—it's pure biology at work. The vivid hue comes from a tiny green alga known as Chlamydomonas nivalis. While most algae prefer warm, nutrient-rich waters, this hardy species thrives in extreme cold. It spends winter in a dormant state, buried deep in the snowpack. Come summer, as sunlight warms the surface and melting begins, the algae awaken and multiply in a colorful bloom.The pink (or reddish) tint serves as a clever defense mechanism. To shield itself from the harsh UV radiation at high altitudes, the alga produces a red pigment called astaxanthin—the very compound responsible for the pink in flamingos and the red in salmon. This acts like built-in sunscreen, protecting the alga's DNA from damage while also absorbing heat to help it survive.That same heat absorption, however, has a downside for the landscape. By darkening the snow, the pigment reduces the surface's reflectivity (known as the albedo effect), so more sunlight is absorbed instead of reflected. This speeds up melting around the patches, providing more liquid water that fuels further algal growth—a self-reinforcing cycle that hastens the retreat of glaciers and snowfields.As for that tempting watermelon scent? It arises from fatty acids the algae release. Some accounts even describe a mildly sweet taste—but resist any urge to sample it. While small amounts are generally not toxic, eating watermelon snow can trigger strong laxative effects, often leading to an unpleasant bout of what trail veterans grimly call the "timberline trot." Best admired from a distance.Science and facts💡

Don’t eat the pink snow, even if it smells like fruit.In the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada, Rockies, or Alps during summer melt seasons, hikers may encounter striking patches of vibrant pink snow that resemble spilled slushies—or something more ominous, like blood on the ice. Get closer, though, and a surprising sweet fragrance hits you: it smells unmistakably like watermelon.This striking ...

Noel Reports · Technology · before 3 meat.

The 14/02/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2022949891396317399.htmlYou follow us because you care about the truth.

The 14/02/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2022949891396317399.htmlYou follow us because you care about the truth. For almost 4 years, we’ve been delivering verified, real-time updates from Ukraine—day in, day out—while misinformation floods social media.We don’t chase clicks. We cut through the noise to bring you facts, not rumors. But this work requires more than...

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🇺🇸 Battleground.

🇺🇸 Battleground. Two people start playing bumper cars on the I-20 in Villa Rica, #Georgia."Some Villa Rica Georgia, Monday morning road rage. Yes I called 911 and gave them the footage," the man who witnessed the incident said.Who is more at fault here: the slow driver in the left lane or the road-raging box truck?Follow us -> LiveLeak