🪱 Yay, yesterday, I received the 1st epibenthic megafauna samples, which we will analyse for #microplastics. They were taken by epibenthic sledge operated by @sgn.one for their ALONGATE project. 🙏 We also saw many sea cucumbers during a camera survey a night b4. @meereisportal.bsky.social @awi.de
5 — Drei-Wort-Sätze: Maskieren leere Substanz. Ersetzen jeden Gedanken. Simulieren klare Haltung. Klingen nach Tiefe. Wirken sehr entschieden. Bedeuten fast nichts.
For decades, researchers have measured #PlasticPollution by counting individual pieces. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story: internal damage caused by plastic (eg. inflammation) is largely invisible
FAO have just released a report on plastic and food contact materials, and finds that recycled plastics are associated with higher levels of chemical migration into foods to me, this underlines the limits of a 'circular economy' and the need to reduce plastics + shift to reuse models
Food safety implications of recycled plastics and alternative food contact materials
Food contact materials (FCMs) are essential to preserve food quality and reduce food waste, with over two-thirds of all packaging materials produced being used by the food and beverage sector. The wid...
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“Forever Plastics” a poem by Ronald Carson, was published today, 10 May 2026, in Poem-a-Day, by the Academy of American Poets. It starts: “We were the dream of convenience, the permanent press. We were the yogurt cup you spooned empty at dawn, the blister-pack popped for a single white pill, …
Forever Plastics
We were the dream of convenience, the permanent press. / We were the yogurt cup you spooned empty at dawn,
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Why did Trump pardon drug trafficker and Honduran president Juan Hernández? According to leaked audio tapes, it was an initial payment in part of a agreement between Trump, Bibi, and others to take down Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. english.elpais.com/internationa...
‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments
A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of ...
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Maddow: How is Jared Kushner's role in the U.S. attacking Iran not more of a show-stopping scandal?
Hey Professors! Grammarly is using author name and writing likeness without permission, and there's a decent chance they'll start doing it for us, too. Here's how to opt out (below). But where is the class action lawsuit? www.theverge.com/tech/891822/...
Grammarly will keep using authors’ identities without permission unless they opt out
expertoptout@superhuman.com.
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My cat sleeps all day and then keeps me awake all night so this gave me a good laugh. Credit - @dagnylill on Instagram
Ihr interessiert euch für modulare Kernreaktoren? Das Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung ist hier richtig gut aufgestellt, u.a. mit Fachgutachten: www.base.bund.de/de/nukleare-...
Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
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Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art. As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky? This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
🍿 New episode with @magnuslovold.bsky.social - grab the popcorn and listen 🎧 #plasticstreaty nerds! m.soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
How [Not] To Make A Plastics Treaty - The Mysterious Midnight Meeting
Play How [Not] To Make A Plastics Treaty - The Mysterious Midnight Meeting by Plastisphere Podcast on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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Blue Currents, by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, 2025, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
»The thing is, a world before plastic is within living memory, and returning to aspects of it is hardly like going back to the stone age. “You only have to look back to our grandparents’ time, or even our parents’ time. We can use much less plastic without using no plastic«
Neil Tangri@tangri0.bsky.social · 6mo agoLooking forward to the new #PlasticsInc book by @bethgardiner.bsky.social -- she packs so much into this one interview: #plastics have been deliberately, cynically foisted upon society by the #fossilfuel industry as a way to profit off their byproducts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some test results available in this report by Austrian public broadcaster ORF: Temu’s “Enjoy Music“ headphones really bad, but also Sennheiser’s Accentum: #fail due to chemicals Positive: AirPods Max (2024) and AirPods Pro 2 help.orf.at/stories/3232...
VKI-Test: Viele Kopfhörer stark mit Schadstoffen belastet
64 vom Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI) getestete Kopfhörer, die auch in Österreich erhältlich sind, sind mit Schadstoffen belastet. Auch zwei Produkte der bekannten Marke Sennheiser haben entt...
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Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day. They want you to reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions ⛽️ ☠️ 💙 🌎
💕Let‘s go #PRUEF! Heute. Wer kommt mit? „Alle Parteien, die vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsextremer Verdachtsfall oder gesichert rechtsextrem eingestuft werden, sollen durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht überprüft werden.“ pruef-demos.de #demokratie
PRÜF
PRÜF HEUTE, SCHÜTZ MORGEN!
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Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!
Judge Roy Ferguson@judgefergusontx.bsky.social · 2y agoHappy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
Der #Rhein gilt als sauber. Doch im Wasser schwimmen Zehntausende #Chemikalien, bei vielen kennt niemand die Wirkung. Grenzwerte gelten oft nur für Bekanntes. Was heißt das fürs #Trinkwasser von Millionen?
Wie die Industrie den Rhein mit unbekannten Stoffen verschmutzt
Der Rhein gilt heute wieder als sauber. Doch unsere Recherche entlarvt einen mysteriösen Chemiecocktail im längsten deutschen Fluss. Die Industrie darf massenweise völlig unbekannte Schadstoffe einlei...
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📣 The new Chair leading #PlasticsTreaty talks has been elected: Julio Cordano of Chile. @enb.iisd.org’s Noémie Laurens breaks down the three main issues that the new Chair will have to face this year at INC 5.4. 👇
🎉 After 8 hours, a new INC chair for the global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations has been elected in two secret ballots: Julio Cordano from Chile! 🙏 Thanks to Johanna Lissinger-Peitz (Sweden), who chaired this session super-well! 🤞Let’s hope it will make a difference!
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution ended in paralysis. Obstruction and geopolitics blocked agreement on basic rules needed for the Panel to function. Read our full statement 👇 www.ciel.org/news/isp-cwp...
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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I’m the only one at this 3:25 showing of Melania so I asked the usher if I can smoke and he said go ahead.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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