More than 1,000 medieval skeletons rewrite the story of life in Ypres New research on more than 1,000 medieval skeletons is helping historians rebuild the lives of people who once lived in the Belgian city of Ypres... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/medi...
More than 1,000 medieval skeletons rewrite the story of life in Ypres | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Study of over 1,000 medieval skeletons uncovers migration, health, work, and social life in the historic city of Ypres.
archaeologymag.com
RED ALERT REVISITED: More than two years after environmental regulators first documented industrial ‘red mud’ waste from the Atalco Gramercy alumina refinery escaping into public waterways, the state has yet to fine or penalize the company. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports
2 years after ‘red mud’ escaped alumina refinery, LDEQ hasn’t penalized company
Two years after environmental regulators first documented 'red mud' waste from the Atalco alumina refinery escaping into public waterways, the state has yet to penalize the company.
lailluminator.com
If only Speaker Johnson knew about this....
The Lens Nola@thelensnola.bsky.social · 5h ago#TheLensNola🔍 More than 888,000 Louisiana residents struggle with hunger as SNAP cuts and reduced federal funding place growing pressure on families, seniors, people with disabilities and food banks. ✍️ Bill Quigley Read full story: buff.ly/5DAzrTi
No. These men have always been this way & abuse has been going on for hundreds of years. Culture of abuse in not new, as women know. BUT this party approves it & flaunts it & models it more publically than ever before.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h agoSure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.
Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone
Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.
theatlantic.com
#TheLensNola🔍 More than 888,000 Louisiana residents struggle with hunger as SNAP cuts and reduced federal funding place growing pressure on families, seniors, people with disabilities and food banks. ✍️ Bill Quigley Read full story: buff.ly/5DAzrTi
So much grift www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Trump Seeks a Boost for Hemp That Would Benefit a Top Aide’s Family (Gift Article)
At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.
nytimes.com
Made a friend while picking up plants today 😍
A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body, like Epstein-Barr virus. This reactivation is linked to especially intense bouts of COVID-19 and to the development of long COVID. Published today in @nature.com:
COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.
nature.com
Happy birthday to the legendary mad farmer The contrary poet, agrarian and occasional activist Wendell Berry turns 92 today 🎂
the.... MONCHER! #SciArt #InvertebrateOfTheYear www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year
At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Today, the immortal jellyfish – come back on Wednesday to find out who else made the top 10
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Petra Korlević@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · yesterdaythe banner changes as more goobies are revealed! with a little sneak peak of tomorrow's invert's BUTT #SciArt #InvertebrateOfTheYear www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Drones can peer into secretive factory farms. A proposed FAA ban could make this illegal. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A Trump administration rule could stop a powerful tool for exposing animal cruelty
Drones can peer into secretive factory farms. A proposed FAA ban could make this illegal.
vox.com
🇶🇦 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Qatar blames Israel for delayed implementation of Gaza peace plan Mediator Qatar has blamed Israel for delays in implementing a Gaza peace plan, as US President Donald Trump said militant group Hamas had agreed to disarm while Israel refused to leave the territory
An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #68
French interior Minister on Ceuta after meeting with EU counterparts "The problem isn't Schengen. Schengen is the solution. Schengen didn't let a single person from Ceuta onto the Spanish mainland. The problem is "outside interference" whipping up divisions within Europe"
We're hiring! We have a new Local Change project, building on previous BSBI monitoring projects, to provide crucial data on the state of our wild plants. Background to the project: bsbi.org/take-part/pr... We're now looking to recruit a Project Coordinator. Find out more: bsbi.org/about/people...
American taxpayers are subsidizing companies too cheap to offer health insurance
No One Who Works Full Time Should Be on Medicaid
There are a lot of jobs in the US economy that pay miserably low wages. And there are a lot that offer a reasonable hourly rate but still result in miserably low earnings because of unstable, fluctuating schedules. How many is hard to know, but it’s not a small number: According to the Government Accountability Office, there are about 9 million Medicaid recipients who are working full-time, and 7.5 million who receive SNAP benefits.
bloom.bg
“.. Again, shorting is not for everyone,” Burry wrote. “I must short. Most should not.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/m...
Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w agoA friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
