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A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming

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By Sarah F. Harpenslager, Kate Randall , Yizhu Zhu, Michelle Jackson, Ian Sanders, Bruno Gallo, Danielle Harris, Hannah Prentice, Yulia V. Bespalaya, Olga V. Aksenova, Alexander M. Milner, Tom Cameron, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, Nikolai Friberg, Kevin Purdy, Guy Woodward, Alex J. Dumbrell, Mark Trimmer, Boyd A. McKew
| Nature
Abstract Approximately half of all methane (CH4) emissions come from freshwaters, where they are regulated by the microbial ‘CH4 filter’ whose efficiency describes the fraction of CH4 produced that is subsequently oxidized back to CO2 (methanotrophy) before emission. How the CH4 filter efficiency responds to natural warming over centuries or millennia remains unknown.
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Fixing my ridiculous fridge with a tiny Funnel site

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By Kevin Purdy
| Tailscale
Websites—just websites—can still be pretty amazing. I recently rediscovered the joy of a little page with just one job, thanks to Tailscale Funnel. And all it took was reaching a breaking point with my stupid fridge. By "stupid fridge," I mean a Samsung "SmartThings" refrigerator. My home came with a fridge, the fridge has a screen, and the screen turns on whenever you tap it, open the door, or use the water and ice dispenser.
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Five TailscaleUp sessions I’d attend if I didn’t work here

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By Kevin Purdy
| Tailscale
Blog |insightsMay 19, 2026 I work at Tailscale, so I’m not exactly a neutral party when it comes to TailscaleUp, our conference on August 26, 2026. But if I worked somewhere else, and were looking at this agenda? These are the five sessions I’d mark as must-see. I’d probably also mention the help desk, the hallway conversations, and yes, the discount code I used after finding it in this blog post. I’d close the deal with this one-page “boss letter,” perhaps. But first: the sessions.
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