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Hellotux (a well known family business selling merch for Linux and free software) now supports Interac e-Transfer

From their newsletter

Good news for our Canadian friends!

From now you can pay in Canadian Dollars for your Linux T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts and many more with Interac e-Transfer. And of course we continue accepting cards too.

Check out your favorite Linux distro and free software at www.hellotux.com!

https://www.hellotux.com/Open linkView original on piefed.ca

Delivery robots keep crashing into bus shelters

Food delivery robots are struggling to steer clear of Chicago’s bus stop shelters. Within just 48 hours, two autonomous couriers from different companies veered off course and collided with shelters shattering glass and alarming nearby residents. These pair of dramatic incidents come amidst brewing tension among community members and lawmakers in Chicago who oppose the robots’ presence. The crashes also come just weeks after one of the manufacturers announced it was integrating a new mapping system trained on “Pokémon Go” data which is designed to improve navigation accuracy.

Delivery robots keep crashing into bus sheltershttps://www.popsci.com/technology/delivery-robots-crash-bus-shelters/Open linkView original on piefed.ca

Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new UBC study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious.

UBC researchers Hannah Griebling and Dr. Sarah Benson-Amram from Zoology and Forest and Conservation Sciences, found raccoons continued solving puzzles long after retrieving the only food reward available. This behaviour reflects intrinsic motivation rather than hunger and is described as “information foraging,” because no additional food was given for continuing.

Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study findshttps://science.ubc.ca/news/2026-03/raccoons-solve-puzzles-fun-it-new-study-findsOpen linkView original on piefed.ca

Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new UBC study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious.

UBC researchers Hannah Griebling and Dr. Sarah Benson-Amram from Zoology and Forest and Conservation Sciences, found raccoons continued solving puzzles long after retrieving the only food reward available. This behaviour reflects intrinsic motivation rather than hunger and is described as “information foraging,” because no additional food was given for continuing.

Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study findshttps://science.ubc.ca/news/2026-03/raccoons-solve-puzzles-fun-it-new-study-findsOpen linkView original on piefed.ca