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“Peat harvesting activities are in flagrant violation of environmental law. They are destroying our precious natural environments” Widespread tolerance for crimes against nature in rural Ireland & chronic lack of enforcement. (ps. This is mining not “harvesting”) www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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The U of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy says it will offer options for international graduate students planning to return to the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, to continue their studies in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/harvard...

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Great Egret coming in for a landing. 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

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Unspeakable beauty 🧪

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BBC: Heatwaves in June more likely due to climate change www.bbc.com/weather/arti...

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Your brain doesn’t just passively track time ⏳ - it structures it. In @Science.org we show that activity in 🧠 memory circuits (LEC) drifts constantly, but makes sharp jumps at key moments, segmenting life into meaningful events. (1/2) 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The Atlas of Surveillance just added 80 agencies in Oregon, Texas and Washington that are using Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Plug in your city or county to see what surveillance tech cops in your area are deploying.

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Food packaging: a direct source of #microplastics in food. Plastic contamination can occur when you unwrap food, steep tea bags, or open cartons. Other studies found human health effects from micro/mamo #plastics in our body. Time to push for legislative change? edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...

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Too many vaccines in the first year?Your child is 44% more likely to survive to one year if they are vaccinated than if they are unvaccinated.

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Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposa... @katkerlin.bsky.social @marksalazar.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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In a new article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies. Read the full article: nej.md/4lmC1Ir #MedSky @lshtm.bsky.social

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⚒️🧪 The Wandan mud volcano in southern Taiwan erupted again today. The eruption lasted from ~5am to ~3:40pm. This is its 10th eruption in the last 3 years, most recently the 6th July 2024. Video courtesy of my friend 張寶惠, the mud volcano temple caretaker. Best with sound on!

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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. - Hanlon’s razor

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Pluto as visualized by NASA's New Horizons. -Credits: NASA

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Privacy Badger is free and works quite well.

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The incoming solar storm is approaching Earth & depending on how fast the solar wind is we'll get an hour or so's warning. How do we know? We have a satellite in L1 position (space where the gravitational forces of two massive bodies like the Sun and Earth balance out) & it sends the signal to us.

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Woman freed a peacock 🦚 with a trapped leg, and it became her bestie. 🦚💖👧🏽 #rescue #care #friendship

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How did a Canadian children’s book about a puppy lost during a Pride Parade land before the U.S. Supreme Court? And what does this mean for 2SLGBTQ+ books for kids in Canada? @spaikin.bsky.social speaks with @robinstevenson.bsky.social‬, author of "Pride Puppy."

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Dear researchers. If a journalist contacts you because they're reporting on your study and have questions/need clarifications, please don't ignore them. If you're too busy, or they need to go through other channels, let them know. Or the story will get written anyway-- without your insight.

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We knew China's rush to install solar and wind was going to be wild but WOW😮. The solar panels & wind turbines China installed in May alone, in a single month, will generarate as much electricity as: -Poland -Sweden -Norway -the UAE -North Carolina&Maryland or -Washington&Wyoming

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If done right, this could be fun. A Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot! parade.com/tv/buffy-the...

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Norway spruce trees produce a mixture of substances as protection against insects and fungal infestation. phys.org/news/2025-06...

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‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report: Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystems More than 500 bird species could vanish within the next century, researcher...

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Anette Arbjerg Højen, RN, MscN, PHD; Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark, gave an excellent talk at #ISTH2025 on how clinicians are blind to long-term sequelae suffered by patients after VTE (post-thrombotic and post-PE syndromes). The first slide summarises things.

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A nasal spray company wants to make it harder for the FTC to police health claims

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100 years ago this summer, the small town of Dayton TN was thrust into the spotlight as one of the most famous legal battles of the 20th century, seemingly putting #Darwin & #evolution on trial, got underway. My latest for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: #science www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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A B.C. conservation organization says it was forced to buy data from private companies to trace the paths of fishing trawlers off the province’s coast. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

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Fourteen years ago this councillor helped Calgary get rid of fluoride. Now Gian-Carlo Carra and his city realize they were wrong to end #fluoridation, by @alexboyd.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed... via @thestar.com

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Looks like things are moving ahead using AI for drug molecule discovery. This is a good use of AI tech. It means molecules with therapeutic potential can be more quickly identified. It would bring the costs of drug discovery down and (should) lower the cost of new drugs cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

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To people in public health. Campaigns need to focus on describing the symptoms of the disease the vaccines protect against. Plus personal stories of individuals who have been affected by the diseases either themselves or their families. People have no clue what the diseases and their risks are like.

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Franklin Schneider has never owned a smartphone. And based on the amount of social and libidinal energy they seem to have sucked from the world, he’s not sure he ever wants to, he writes:

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Been growing a tomato plant in a pot in the bedroom for most of the winter. The odd tomato appeared a few weeks ago. Today I harvested a bumper crop! It took a LONG time for the plant to do much. Next winter: a better grow light.

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Did you know that some microbes like to feast on oil? This is an old story, but fun to revisit. Certain microbes could be used to help with oil spill clean-up. Another angle is some microbes live inside oil pipelines where they cause blockages in the pipes, or corrosion. www.cbc.ca/natureofthin...

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Reminder: CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS NOW! A lot of television and radio news are missing this story. The info can be used for identity theft, stealing your money, finding out company secrets, blackmail, etc. Pass it on. www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...

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