Quote: “…we discovered that one of the Bosnian pines on the mountain is Europe’s oldest-known living tree dated with tree rings: more than 1,075 years old…We named the oldest Bosnian pine Adonis, after the Greek god for beauty and desire.” (h/t The Best of Journalism)

Quote: “So last year, after the Trump administration shut down NOAA’s official climate information website, Climate.gov, and Lindsey became one of the roughly 280,000 federal workers to lose their jobs, she knew something had to be done…Lindsey joined forces with former NOAA employees Anna Eshelman, and Mary Lindsey, her older sister, to become the core team behind the deactivated site’s successor, Climate.us, preserving over 15 years of key climate data and resources. The trove features key maps, educational materials and climate indicator reports, including the now-deleted Fifth National Climate Assessment, the government’s most comprehensive analysis of climate change that was at risk of being lost to the public.” (h/t Kottke)

Wired Insider asked its readers, “Which app or platform do you think has been enshittified beyond saving?“

❖ Dan S: It’s Google Search. You used to be able to search a vague term and Google would quickly return dozens of results that you could dig through. Now you have to scroll past the first page to get past the AI summary, the promoted links, the non-promoted but still sales links, just to get to the information.

Quote: “Bettongs have a pouch, hop like roos, dig warrens like rabbits and per animal, shift about 3 tonnes of soil a year. Combine this with the clicking and fart noises they use to communicate, the marsupials are considered one of the country’s most unique native species.”
Dana sez, Burrowing Bettongs is the name of my next band. (Read more here, h/t Fix the News)

Quote for the day (Dana sez, Although it is true that the sheep have all the best lines.)

• Mayor Bob McIntyre: You’ve just got to tell them.
• Cliff Buxton: That we lost Apollo 11?
• Mayor Bob McIntyre: Well, I wouldn’t say that first.
• Cliff Buxton: What would you say first?
• Mayor Bob McIntyre: How about “hey, you’ll never guess what happened… “

—The Dish

Outro…The instant I heard the news that Sam Neill had died my mind flashed to his best film ever, “The Dish.” Of course there is a YouTube playlist for the soundtrack. Happy birthday, Cliff.

Chatter Lagniappe Sunday burrowing bettongs climate.us enshittification The Dish tree rings