hi :)

Apparently I'm an innovator sim. I guess.

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

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In 2016, the International Otter Survival Fund, a otter conservation charity based on the Isle of Skye but operating worldwide, created World Otter Day as a way to spread awareness of the 14 species of otter (up from 13 since the Mesoamerican Otter was discovered recently).

For this World Otter Day, please enjoy this information about otters and their conservation!

Otters are very important animals, often a high level predator in their ecosystems across the world. They also act as an indicator of river health, as if a river is overly polluted otters will not be able to survive there. A healthy ecosystem should include all the levels of the food chain and otters are a capstone of sorts to show that a river ecosystem is flourishing.

This is also especially important to remember in considering human and otter coexistence. Those in the fishing industry can often be opposed to otters, viewing them as a pest and a threat to fish stocks. Groups like the IOSF have been working with fishers around the world to aid both otters and humans. A good example is the UK Wild Otter Trust, which helps UK fisheries with their fencing to protect them from otters without harming the animals or bringing the people and otters into conflict.

Otters are of course very popular due to their cuteness, but this can often lead to demand for them as pets. They are, and I cannot stress this enough, NOT PETS. They are wild animals, and should not be kept as pets in people's homes or in 'otter cafes' like those in Japan. Often these otters are sourced by killing mothers and taking their offspring to raise in captivity. Please speak up if you see otter content that appears to have them in these conditions (though of course there are some scenarios where the otter has been rescued and cannot return to the wild, like the IOSF's resident otter Bealltainn).

If you too are passionate about otters, here are some great groups to look into or donate to!

^The IUCN Otter Specialist Group also has a subgroup called the International Giant Otter Alliance, for those interested^

For UK:

For US:

And of course there are many wildlife and conservation charities out there which study and conserve otters among a multitude of other flora and fauana.

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