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Population density around Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) #rstats + #rayshader code:

Spencer Schien

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ChrisO_wiki3 years ago

And then consider that Geneva was once destroyed by a tsunami and that the lake may be vulnerable to repeated tsunamis...

siren ki parbat 🏔️3 years ago

@simongerman600 All I can think is "Smooooke on the water"

Stefan3 years ago

@simongerman600 Pollution must be high surely. Nice imagery

Jarkko Hietaniemi 🤨3 years ago

@simongerman600 Sorry, but the color scheme and the shadows make me think of gigantic fires.

William3 years ago

I'm playing around with your repo. How long does it take you for your high quality image to render? Just want a rough estimate to gauge if I'm wildly off? I'm doing a state map.

Spencer Schien3 years ago

They usually take me about 1-2 hours. If it’s taking longer than you want, you can decrease the matrix size and/or the size of the final render.

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🚨Why Greek DNA remained unchanged according to genetic science.🇬🇷 (Complete post with sources) 🔴Why Roman occupation introduced only minimal changes to Greek heritage. 🔴How Byzantine policies and resettlements helped sustain Greek identity. 🔴Why Ottoman influence left only a light genetic footprint. 🔴A rare and impressive genetic mutation found in Crete. 1. 🧬 Genetic Studies by Iosif Lazaridis Genetic Continuity to Modern Greeks The 2017 study led by Dr. Iosif Lazaridis analyzed ancient DNA from Minoan and Mycenaean remains. Findings revealed that both civilizations derived 62–86% of their ancestry from Neolithic Anatolian farmers. Additionally, 9–17% of their genetic makeup traced back to populations from the Caucasus or Iran. Notably, Mycenaeans possessed 4–16% ancestry from northern Eurasian steppe populations, a component absent in Minoans. Further research confirmed that modern Greeks share approximately 70–80% of their DNA with Mycenaeans, underscoring a strong genetic continuity from the Bronze Age to present-day populations. While subsequent historical periods introduced additional genetic influences, the primary genetic signature remains rooted in Mycenaean ancestry. A comprehensive genome-wide study of 102 ancient individuals from Crete, mainland Greece, and the Aegean Islands revealed high levels of endogamy (marriage within close kin) during the Bronze Age. This practice, unprecedented in the global ancient DNA record, suggests tightly knit communities with limited external gene flow. Source : 1. Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans 🚨More sources according to the video : 2. Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean 3. A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia 4. Genetics of the peloponnesean populations and the theory of extinction of the medieval peloponnesean Greeks 5. The Greeks in the West: genetic signatures of the Hellenic colonisation in southern Italy and Sicily 6. A Genetic History of the Near East from an aDNA Time Course Sampling Eight Points in the Past 4,000 Years 7. The R19X mutation in the APOC3 gene has been identified in a specific population in Crete, Greece, particularly among residents of the mountainous villages of Anogia and the surrounding Mylopotamos area. This variant is associated with favorable lipid profiles, including lower triglyceride levels and higher high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, which are protective against cardiovascular disease. In the general European population, the R19X variant is extremely rare, with a frequency of less than 0.05%. However, in the Cretan MANOLIS cohort, the frequency is significantly higher, around 1.9% to 4%, depending on the study. This elevated prevalence is likely due to genetic drift and the relative isolation of the population. The discovery of the R19X variant in this Cretan population underscores the value of studying isolated populations to identify rare genetic variants with significant health implications. Such findings can inform the development of targeted therapies and enhance our understanding of genetic factors contributing to disease resistance. 🚨Video belongs to Youtube Channel : "The History Hub" !!! Support his work.

🚨Why Greek DNA remained unchanged according to genetic science.🇬🇷 (Complete post with sources) 🔴Why Roman occupation introduced only minimal changes to Greek heritage. 🔴How Byzantine policies and resettlements helped sustain Greek identity. 🔴Why Ottoman influence left only a light genetic footprint. 🔴A rare and impressive genetic mutation found in Crete. 1. 🧬 Genetic Studies by Iosif Lazaridis Genetic Continuity to Modern Greeks The 2017 study led by Dr. Iosif Lazaridis analyzed ancient DNA from Minoan and Mycenaean remains. Findings revealed that both civilizations derived 62–86% of their ancestry from Neolithic Anatolian farmers. Additionally, 9–17% of their genetic makeup traced back to populations from the Caucasus or Iran. Notably, Mycenaeans possessed 4–16% ancestry from northern Eurasian steppe populations, a component absent in Minoans. Further research confirmed that modern Greeks share approximately 70–80% of their DNA with Mycenaeans, underscoring a strong genetic continuity from the Bronze Age to present-day populations. While subsequent historical periods introduced additional genetic influences, the primary genetic signature remains rooted in Mycenaean ancestry. A comprehensive genome-wide study of 102 ancient individuals from Crete, mainland Greece, and the Aegean Islands revealed high levels of endogamy (marriage within close kin) during the Bronze Age. This practice, unprecedented in the global ancient DNA record, suggests tightly knit communities with limited external gene flow. Source : 1. Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans 🚨More sources according to the video : 2. Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean 3. A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia 4. Genetics of the peloponnesean populations and the theory of extinction of the medieval peloponnesean Greeks 5. The Greeks in the West: genetic signatures of the Hellenic colonisation in southern Italy and Sicily 6. A Genetic History of the Near East from an aDNA Time Course Sampling Eight Points in the Past 4,000 Years 7. The R19X mutation in the APOC3 gene has been identified in a specific population in Crete, Greece, particularly among residents of the mountainous villages of Anogia and the surrounding Mylopotamos area. This variant is associated with favorable lipid profiles, including lower triglyceride levels and higher high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, which are protective against cardiovascular disease. In the general European population, the R19X variant is extremely rare, with a frequency of less than 0.05%. However, in the Cretan MANOLIS cohort, the frequency is significantly higher, around 1.9% to 4%, depending on the study. This elevated prevalence is likely due to genetic drift and the relative isolation of the population. The discovery of the R19X variant in this Cretan population underscores the value of studying isolated populations to identify rare genetic variants with significant health implications. Such findings can inform the development of targeted therapies and enhance our understanding of genetic factors contributing to disease resistance. 🚨Video belongs to Youtube Channel : "The History Hub" !!! Support his work.

Homer Pavlos

42,796 views • 1 year ago

🚨 NEW campaign, NEW approach— and a swan attack?! Watch til the end…🚨 Today, we bring you one of our most ambitious projects yet, over a year in the making. For years, we have been calling for the use of existing legislation to connect people to the mains, yet United Utilities and the government have failed to act. So, we’ve taken matters into our own hands. This initiative, backed by Patagonia and local businesses, is a solution-focused campaign—the first of its kind in the area. Today, we are launching a new step-by-step guide for property owners with private sewage treatment plants & septic tanks, showing them how to request a connection to United Utilities’ mains infrastructure. This forms a key part of our 10-point plan for a sewage-free Windermere, which we published last year ahead of the general election. We have been told time and time again that non-mains drainage contributes to Windermere’s pollution problem. But what we haven’t been told is that there is a clear solution—using existing legislation to request that United Utilities take ownership of these systems. And here’s the kicker—if the request is accepted, United Utilities is legally required to pay for a brand-new sewer up to at least the property boundary and they've already been given the money to do it. Since privatisation, United Utilities has only completed one first time sewerage scheme around Windermere. This is the first initiative of its kind for Windermere, empowering people to exercise their rights under existing legislation and highlighting why mains connection is the most sustainable solution—not just for individuals, but for the future of our lake itself. We are now working with Chesters by the River, Neaum Crag Holiday Park and the Holbeck Ghyll Estate to advise them as they submit their applications to United Utilities. As ever, we do also need your help. Our clear demand to the government is a change to the outdated ministerial code, ensuring that the long-term ecological protection of Windermere takes priority over United Utilities’ corporate greed. Head to to contact those who can change the ministerial code and to download your free guide today. Big shout out to local business Lake House Creative and illustrator Jane Legge from Dots of Light for helping pull together this beauty!

MattStaniek

26,974 views • 1 year ago

“At least 165 children have died, painful, preventable deaths related to malnutrition during the war in the Gaza Strip,” UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram said at a UN briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. She warned that a far less reported crisis is unfolding among pregnant and breastfeeding women, with devastating consequences for newborns. ➤ The pattern: Malnourished mothers are giving birth to premature or underweight babies who die in neonatal units or survive with severe, lifelong health risks. ➤ Before the war (2022): About 250 babies per month were born underweight, roughly 5% of births. ➤ First half of 2025: Underweight births doubled to 10%, about 300 babies per month, despite fewer total births. ➤ July–September 2025: The figure surged to 460 babies per month, around 15 per day, nearly double pre-war levels. Ingram said she met newborns weighing less than one kilogram, their chests heaving as they struggled to breathe. Low-birth-weight babies are 20 times more likely to die, yet Gaza’s hospitals lack the equipment needed to save them due to the destruction of the health system, the death and displacement of staff, and Israeli restrictions blocking essential medical supplies. ➤ First-day deaths: Babies dying within 24 hours rose 75%, from 27 per month in 2022 to 47 per month between July and September 2025. ➤ Maternal malnutrition: 38% of pregnant women screened had acute malnutrition. In October alone, UNICEF admitted 8,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women, about 270 per day, in a population with no discernible malnutrition before October 2023. ➤ Child treatment: UNICEF said 9,300 children under five were admitted for malnutrition treatment in October, with over 14,000 children currently enrolled. “This domino effect from mother to child should have and could have been prevented,” Ingram said, adding that the crisis was caused by the conflict and exacerbated by Israeli aid restrictions, in violation of international humanitarian law.

“At least 165 children have died, painful, preventable deaths related to malnutrition during the war in the Gaza Strip,” UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram said at a UN briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. She warned that a far less reported crisis is unfolding among pregnant and breastfeeding women, with devastating consequences for newborns. ➤ The pattern: Malnourished mothers are giving birth to premature or underweight babies who die in neonatal units or survive with severe, lifelong health risks. ➤ Before the war (2022): About 250 babies per month were born underweight, roughly 5% of births. ➤ First half of 2025: Underweight births doubled to 10%, about 300 babies per month, despite fewer total births. ➤ July–September 2025: The figure surged to 460 babies per month, around 15 per day, nearly double pre-war levels. Ingram said she met newborns weighing less than one kilogram, their chests heaving as they struggled to breathe. Low-birth-weight babies are 20 times more likely to die, yet Gaza’s hospitals lack the equipment needed to save them due to the destruction of the health system, the death and displacement of staff, and Israeli restrictions blocking essential medical supplies. ➤ First-day deaths: Babies dying within 24 hours rose 75%, from 27 per month in 2022 to 47 per month between July and September 2025. ➤ Maternal malnutrition: 38% of pregnant women screened had acute malnutrition. In October alone, UNICEF admitted 8,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women, about 270 per day, in a population with no discernible malnutrition before October 2023. ➤ Child treatment: UNICEF said 9,300 children under five were admitted for malnutrition treatment in October, with over 14,000 children currently enrolled. “This domino effect from mother to child should have and could have been prevented,” Ingram said, adding that the crisis was caused by the conflict and exacerbated by Israeli aid restrictions, in violation of international humanitarian law.

Drop Site

145,702 views • 7 months ago

The former "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) American security contractor Anthony Aguilar reveals even more shocking details about the GHF's operations that further implicate the organization in war crimes & crimes against humanity: "The sites have not only become death traps, they were designed as death traps. All four distribution locations were intentionally, deliberately constructed, planned, and built in the middle of an active combat zone. Some may argue, well, all of Gaza is a war zone. That may be true, but there are parts of Gaza that are direct or that are determined to be active operational combat zones where Israeli defense forces are operating. Those sites were built in the middle of those areas intentionally. It's not by accident. that in and of i tself to designate humanitarian distribution sites to service an unarmed starving population to build them deliberately in an active combat zone is a violation of the Geneva Convention protocols. It's a violation of humanitarian law and in my opinion it's a violation of humanity in general. The sites, not only where they were built, all four sightes around the perimeter and the roads leading in and out are barricaded by razor wire. Not barbed wire, not concertina wire. that we use in warfare for obstacle obstruction or for paths. Razor wire. Geneva Conventions specifically prohibit the use of razor wire to restrict areas that civilians are servicing, hospitals, water points, food. distribution points, and we're using it. Not only did the IDF provide it for us to use it on the sites, we UG Solutions, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, asked for it specifically. Razor wire is designed to maim and kill. And we're using that to channelize and and herd, if you will, thousands of unarmed, starving civilians. That's a war crime. The actions on the sites, escalation of force, no standard operating procedures to dictate that. No rules of engagement provided to the armed contractors on the ground. the indiscriminate use of force, lethal and non-lethal, against unarmed civilians. I want to make that clear. We aren't there on the distribution sites defending ourselves against Hamas. We are using indiscriminate force, targeting civilians, escalation of force that goes far beyond the measures of appropriate against an unarmed, starving population. The equipment, the equipment that we were issued, fully automatic weapons, which in and of itself is not a violation of protocol. However, we were issued M855 green tipped ammunition. That's important because green tipped ammunition is a steel jacketed copper round that's designed to specifically designed to penetrate armor. It's designed to kill. It's designed to shoot through reinforced objects to kill someone on the other side of it. That's what all the UG Solutions contractors are equipped with right now in country. Everyone carries a standard basic load of 210 rounds of M855 armor-piercing military combat ammunition. Why would anyone need that even if to defend themselves for their defend their lives against an unarmed population. It's inappropriate. That in and of itself, that action there is a war crime. I'd call the status of our of us being in the country. Every UG Solutions contract American. US citizens in Israel that are armed with fully automatic weapons in Gaza as we speak today, right now, and have been since the 26th of May. We are in the country on a B2 entry visa as tourists. We're in the country as tourists. So if a family member wanted to go to Israel to visit Jerusalem, they would enter Israel on a tourist visa. That's the legal status that armed American citizens are in Gaza right now with the authority to use hostile force against an unarmed civilian on a tourist visa. That is a violation of humanitarian international law. Period The food that we distribute, nowhere near enough to Mr. Johnny Moore, shame on you for celebrating 92 million meals delivered into Gaza. Shame on you. a very simple equation. 92 / 2.2 2 million people divided by 3 million or three meals a day. That's what GHF proclaims we've been distributing aid since the 26th of May. 26th May to now the 29th of June. 64 days of continuous distribution and we've only managed to distribute 92 million meals. When you break that down again, it's a simple equation. That's 14 days of meals. So out of 64 days, we've provided 14 days of meals to the entire population in the enclave of Gaza. That's inhumane. That would be like saying that you only eat every fourth day. [ ... ] The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation needs to be defunded, shut down, and the United Nations needs to be1 allowed back in in full scale, supported1 by the United States, resourced, helped. Instead of giving the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation $60 million, use that $60 million to support the United Nations mechanism to get 400 sites back to operating to feed 2.1 million people every day." Full interview:

The former "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) American security contractor Anthony Aguilar reveals even more shocking details about the GHF's operations that further implicate the organization in war crimes & crimes against humanity: "The sites have not only become death traps, they were designed as death traps. All four distribution locations were intentionally, deliberately constructed, planned, and built in the middle of an active combat zone. Some may argue, well, all of Gaza is a war zone. That may be true, but there are parts of Gaza that are direct or that are determined to be active operational combat zones where Israeli defense forces are operating. Those sites were built in the middle of those areas intentionally. It's not by accident. that in and of i tself to designate humanitarian distribution sites to service an unarmed starving population to build them deliberately in an active combat zone is a violation of the Geneva Convention protocols. It's a violation of humanitarian law and in my opinion it's a violation of humanity in general. The sites, not only where they were built, all four sightes around the perimeter and the roads leading in and out are barricaded by razor wire. Not barbed wire, not concertina wire. that we use in warfare for obstacle obstruction or for paths. Razor wire. Geneva Conventions specifically prohibit the use of razor wire to restrict areas that civilians are servicing, hospitals, water points, food. distribution points, and we're using it. Not only did the IDF provide it for us to use it on the sites, we UG Solutions, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, asked for it specifically. Razor wire is designed to maim and kill. And we're using that to channelize and and herd, if you will, thousands of unarmed, starving civilians. That's a war crime. The actions on the sites, escalation of force, no standard operating procedures to dictate that. No rules of engagement provided to the armed contractors on the ground. the indiscriminate use of force, lethal and non-lethal, against unarmed civilians. I want to make that clear. We aren't there on the distribution sites defending ourselves against Hamas. We are using indiscriminate force, targeting civilians, escalation of force that goes far beyond the measures of appropriate against an unarmed, starving population. The equipment, the equipment that we were issued, fully automatic weapons, which in and of itself is not a violation of protocol. However, we were issued M855 green tipped ammunition. That's important because green tipped ammunition is a steel jacketed copper round that's designed to specifically designed to penetrate armor. It's designed to kill. It's designed to shoot through reinforced objects to kill someone on the other side of it. That's what all the UG Solutions contractors are equipped with right now in country. Everyone carries a standard basic load of 210 rounds of M855 armor-piercing military combat ammunition. Why would anyone need that even if to defend themselves for their defend their lives against an unarmed population. It's inappropriate. That in and of itself, that action there is a war crime. I'd call the status of our of us being in the country. Every UG Solutions contract American. US citizens in Israel that are armed with fully automatic weapons in Gaza as we speak today, right now, and have been since the 26th of May. We are in the country on a B2 entry visa as tourists. We're in the country as tourists. So if a family member wanted to go to Israel to visit Jerusalem, they would enter Israel on a tourist visa. That's the legal status that armed American citizens are in Gaza right now with the authority to use hostile force against an unarmed civilian on a tourist visa. That is a violation of humanitarian international law. Period The food that we distribute, nowhere near enough to Mr. Johnny Moore, shame on you for celebrating 92 million meals delivered into Gaza. Shame on you. a very simple equation. 92 / 2.2 2 million people divided by 3 million or three meals a day. That's what GHF proclaims we've been distributing aid since the 26th of May. 26th May to now the 29th of June. 64 days of continuous distribution and we've only managed to distribute 92 million meals. When you break that down again, it's a simple equation. That's 14 days of meals. So out of 64 days, we've provided 14 days of meals to the entire population in the enclave of Gaza. That's inhumane. That would be like saying that you only eat every fourth day. [ ... ] The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation needs to be defunded, shut down, and the United Nations needs to be1 allowed back in in full scale, supported1 by the United States, resourced, helped. Instead of giving the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation $60 million, use that $60 million to support the United Nations mechanism to get 400 sites back to operating to feed 2.1 million people every day." Full interview:

Zachary Foster

30,581 views • 11 months ago

Wolves transporting the remains of beavers they have killed. Beavers are critical prey for wolves in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem for a 7-8 month period of time, roughly April to October/November…i.e., when ice on lakes and ponds is largely absent. Beavers constitute, on average, ~30-40% of all biomass wolves obtain from predation during this period. However, we have studied numerous wolves for which beavers are the primary prey during the spring to fall. For instance, beavers can constitute up to 82% of all biomass killed by some wolves during this 7-8 month stretch. In other words, some wolves rely almost exclusively on beavers during spring to fall and then deer almost exclusively during winter. Given how often wolves are killing beavers, we naturally get footage of wolves carrying remains of beavers they have killed, often taking the carcasses back to their pups. The reason wolves rely heavily on beavers is almost certainly due to the abundance of beavers in the area. Beaver densities have remained roughly around 1 beaver lodge per square kilometer (and there are ~5ish beavers per lodge) for about 40 years now. That is a very high beaver density, and likely is similar to, if not higher than, beaver densities in other southern boreal forest ecosystems in places like Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec. We suspect beavers are, in part, why the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystems has sustained very high wolf densities for many years, and we are actively trying to understand how beavers drive aspects of wolf population dynamics. Prior to our work, wolf-beaver interactions had received very little attention or research. In 2018, we wrote a peer-reviewed publication summarizing all that was known on wolf-beaver interactions up to that point. In that paper, we dubbed beavers “the forgotten prey of an iconic predator." Of course, biologists knew wolves in a variety of ecosystems hunted beavers to an extent but that was about it. Fortunately, we have made substantial headway in understanding this predator-prey dynamic but there is much we still don't understand...which means there is still much to be discovered!

Wolves transporting the remains of beavers they have killed. Beavers are critical prey for wolves in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem for a 7-8 month period of time, roughly April to October/November…i.e., when ice on lakes and ponds is largely absent. Beavers constitute, on average, ~30-40% of all biomass wolves obtain from predation during this period. However, we have studied numerous wolves for which beavers are the primary prey during the spring to fall. For instance, beavers can constitute up to 82% of all biomass killed by some wolves during this 7-8 month stretch. In other words, some wolves rely almost exclusively on beavers during spring to fall and then deer almost exclusively during winter. Given how often wolves are killing beavers, we naturally get footage of wolves carrying remains of beavers they have killed, often taking the carcasses back to their pups. The reason wolves rely heavily on beavers is almost certainly due to the abundance of beavers in the area. Beaver densities have remained roughly around 1 beaver lodge per square kilometer (and there are ~5ish beavers per lodge) for about 40 years now. That is a very high beaver density, and likely is similar to, if not higher than, beaver densities in other southern boreal forest ecosystems in places like Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec. We suspect beavers are, in part, why the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystems has sustained very high wolf densities for many years, and we are actively trying to understand how beavers drive aspects of wolf population dynamics. Prior to our work, wolf-beaver interactions had received very little attention or research. In 2018, we wrote a peer-reviewed publication summarizing all that was known on wolf-beaver interactions up to that point. In that paper, we dubbed beavers “the forgotten prey of an iconic predator." Of course, biologists knew wolves in a variety of ecosystems hunted beavers to an extent but that was about it. Fortunately, we have made substantial headway in understanding this predator-prey dynamic but there is much we still don't understand...which means there is still much to be discovered!

Voyageurs Wolf Project

10,909 views • 1 year ago