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De Groene Amsterdammer

Drinkwaterbedrijven lozen PFAS terug op het oppervlaktewater omdat ze niet weten wat ze er anders mee moeten. Dat blijkt uit een rondgang langs deze bedrijven en gesprekken met experts. groene.nl/artikel/pfas-verdwij

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Jan Rosenow

An incredible story:

When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.

Data from @emberclimate.

ft.com/content/ef2f6f8e-60df-4

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Amy Tabb 🇺🇦

Me, this morning, on little sleep:

"I'm going to plant all of these partial seed packets!"

husband: "sounds great!"

me: starts emptying all of the packets into 1 big bag, including 3000 carrot seeds.

husband: "oh, you're not going to separate them at all...."

me: looking crazed, "No!"

The kids and I have just completed planting everything. I can't wait to see what happens.
#gardening

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Matti Aleve

Lady staring at us in the grocery store checkout today.

I just stared right back until she gave up.

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hgrsd

I ask this relatively regularly because I want to keep an eye on the landscape.

I'm a software engineer with a PhD in international criminal law. I am on the lookout for (open source?) projects that are useful to human rights researchers/activists/defenders. I am hoping to contribute as a volunteer software engineer.

If you know of a project like this, please get in touch. If you don't, please boost if you'd like!

#opensource #humanrights #tech

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Kees van der Leun

With this annual peak of around 427 ppm, atmospheric CO2 has reached its highest level for 14 million years!

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Texas Observer

Featured: “This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.” texasobserver.org/forgotten-ke

#Indigenous #ClimateChange #environment #history #politics #USpol #news #Texas #pollution #NativeAmerican

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Tim Ellis 🦝

Got a very un-fun call last night from the local PD, telling me that someone broke a window at our tea & spice shop. 😨

We have insurance of course, but we're still going to be out the $500 deductible, which really sucks considering I'm still unemployed, unemployment benefits have run out, & the shop isn't profitable. 😩

If you like loose leaf tea & want to help, go place an order at chaicupboard.com/

Photo of the front of a small tea & spice shop called Chai Cupboard, with a shattered window temporarily boarded up with cardboard boxes.
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Denis - The COVID info guy -

🇮🇪Ireland: Covid-19 may have been a factor in crash which claimed couple’s lives, coroner says.

"Dr Bolster said that while the full impact of Covid-19 infection was yet to be fully understood, it was established that the disease can cause long term tiredness and fatigue. She said she believed Covid-19 could have been a factor in Pat Allen losing control of his car."

@auscovid19

Source: irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/05

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@Brad

This one's actually interesting to me, but I wouldn't try to read too much into it. It's interesting because there's basically zero, controlled, laboratory significance(IMO) but rather it's an interesting real life look.

They ostensibly used Powecom KN95's distributed by their university, but Powecom had all sorts of problems in that era with counterfeit masks, and it was unclear whether they actually ever qualified for the FDA emergency use authorization at the time as they claimed to be covered by a surgical mask authorization.

But beyond that, in each category, they allowed people to bring in their own "unknown brand" masks for the study.

The conclusion's solid in that N95s are best. At least to me, it shows the pitfalls of random masks rather than their conclusion ranking different categories of masks in terms of efficacy. Find what has reliable manufacturing and supply chain and that fits you and stick with it.

thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/a

To me:

Something > Nothing
N95 > all other disposable masks

Everything else in-between is always hazy based on fit, brand, etc.

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Lorraine

#HeartAttacks In Young People On The Rise: Healthy 38-Year-Old Speaks Out

today.com/health/causes-heart-

#itsAMystery

This is THE mother of all articles on everything that is wrong with our society #itsCovidStupid

I just cannot🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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kaffando

Oh my good FCKING GOD.
Friend in the UK who has just been on a CRUISE posting that she has "caught a cold on the plane on the way home" but that she had a bit of a sore throat on the ship which she put down to the air conditioning. Several others travelling with her also have "a cold".
We are in YEAR FIVE of this fvcking PANDEMIC people.
IT'S NOT A COLD.
#COVIDISNOTOVER

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Bruce Mirken

While Democrats are cheering the #TrumpVerdict, #Republicans and #FoxNews are filling the heads of millions with lies designed to convince them that Democrats are destroying democracy and the rule of law. It's hard to believe that all of those millions will stay nonviolent. So what exactly is our plan?

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Idzie

It's always some kids need public schools to escape abusive parents, and never some kids need homeschooling to escape abusive schools, even though in reality both are true.

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Ron Chusid :verified:

Australia could be foreshadowing what we will be seeing in the northern hemisphere but our governments have decided to just let it rip pretending that the pandemic is over.
#COVID

abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/sa-

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Brad Mitchell

May 30, 2024- “SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increase in new diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorder: A study using the US national COVID cohort collaborative (N3C)” journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increase in new diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorder: A study using the US national COVID cohort collaborative (N3C)

Amid the ongoing global repercussions of SARS-CoV-2, it is crucial to comprehend its potential long-term psychiatric effects. Several recent studies have suggested a link between COVID-19 and subsequent mental health disorders. Our investigation joins this exploration, concentrating on Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorders (SSPD). Different from other studies, we took acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COVID-19 lab-negative cohorts as control groups to accurately gauge the impact of COVID-19 on SSPD. Data from 19,344,698 patients, sourced from the N3C Data Enclave platform, were methodically filtered to create propensity matched cohorts: ARDS (n = 222,337), COVID-19 positive (n = 219,264), and COVID-19 negative (n = 213,183). We systematically analyzed the hazard rate of new-onset SSPD across three distinct time intervals: 0-21 days, 22-90 days, and beyond 90 days post-infection. COVID-19 positive patients consistently exhibited a heightened hazard ratio (HR) across all intervals [0-21 days (HR: 4.6; CI: 3.7-5.7), 22-90 days (HR: 2.9; CI: 2.3 -3.8), beyond 90 days (HR: 1.7; CI: 1.5-1.)]. These are notably higher than both ARDS and COVID-19 lab-negative patients. Validations using various tests, including the Cochran Mantel Haenszel Test, Wald Test, and Log-rank Test confirmed these associations. Intriguingly, our data indicated that younger individuals face a heightened risk of SSPD after contracting COVID-19, a trend not observed in the ARDS and COVID-19 negative groups. These results, aligned with the known neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2 and earlier studies, accentuate the need for vigilant psychiatric assessment and support in the era of Long-COVID, especially among younger populations.

journals.plos.org
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Eric Lawton

Does the US have a planned economy? You might be surprised.

TL;DR: Yes, but by a handful of corporations, not by government.

#democracy

theconversation.com/does-the-u

> New research finds that the top 1% of American companies control 90% of U.S. production-related assets and account for 80% of sales revenue. This means a relatively small number of companies are responsible for the majority of U.S. economic activity.

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sister ann 🏴

hi everyone, does anyone know of a beginner-friendly 'ethical hacking' course? i'm fairly new to the topic and feeling a bit overwhelmed, so i'm looking for something that's easy to understand and start with. thanks!! :)

#ethicalhacking #hacking #CyberSecurity

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RealJournalism

It turns out that indoor #gardening can help boost immune systems. #Science #Health #COVID19 ecowatch.com/urban-indoor-gard

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Juan Carlos Muñoz

Soon the telescope platform at ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile will look very different at night: all four of the 8.2 m telescopes of the VLT will be equipped with lasers! This is one of the ongoing upgrades of the GRAVITY+ instrument, which will allow us to study black holes, stars and planets like never before.

Find out more in this great article by current and former ESO communication interns Elena Reiriz Martinez and Tom Howarth: eso.org/public/blog/gravity-le

#astrodon #astronomy #technology

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