Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...

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Got my lab results, my iron was finally normal (huzzah) but ferritin still low, so I made the mistake of looking up information about low ferritin the other day. Today I'm getting ads for a "breastmilk mocktail" (previously unsaid sentences)

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

periodic reminder that long covid has surpassed asthma to be the most common chronic health problem in children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d ago

Covid was- overwhelmingly- not a threat to children. Hence why (generally) we don’t vaccinate them now.

Just your regular reminder that: 1) Almost everyone has an underlying health issue if you look hard enough 2) People with underlying health issues don't deserve to die for eating lettuce 3) We should be strengthening, not weakening our regulatory processes. And properly funding them.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

My experience is of every American COVID-19 mitigation effort being obviously insufficient, and ended far too soon. To see people now argue that they somehow were too much, going too far? Not anti-vax or MAGA people, but folks just out here on Bluesky? It staggers me.

it's bread. #silenthill3 #sh3

This is predatory, this is grooming (normalizing to children a lack of consent & boundaries around their genitals) If this were to pass, I assume it would bring an end to girls in school sports because they would quit.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

A reminder that the failure to mitigate school for airborne transmission has been very costly.

Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

If you believe this, and I hope you do, there is nothing stopping you from continuing to protect your vulnerable neighbors by wearing masks in crowded and indoor spaces, especially necessary spaces like healthcare facilities, grocery stores, and public transportation. Absolutely nothing.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

Real ones have known Ken Jennings is a shithead for a while.

This guy can’t even handle lettuce and he wants to lecture us about doing too much to save lives at the start of a pandemic that killed over one million Americans.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?

So tired of hearing Covid talked about in the past tense. People saying that the "lockdown" only benefited the elderly. The first person I met with debilitating long-covid was a child, after his first infection (chances of getting long covid go up with every infection)

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

"It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say: 'We knew how to protect you, and we didn't do it.'" - Violet Affleck speech at the United Nations on September 23, 2025 Source: archive.md/0chiK

Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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I am looking forward to painting this new drawing 😊👌

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 6d ago

Someone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Dug out this fuzzy animatronic fellow. Brought him back from the throes of death (he was not working, after 15 minutes of trying I was mildly devastated and in my bereavement he started talking)

I am tired of the 2009 Xbox Live Regime

Jacob Hausdorf@jhausdorf.bsky.social · 6d ago

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Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department. Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d ago

ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests

Here is an angel of summer to bless your timeline! 🌼 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Evangelion coming to the Criterion Channel rules. Exactly the kind of monumental work that Criterion's reputation as a curator can break to new audiences. I would love to see Criterion do more with anime (although rights are brutal), but this is a great place to start! www.ign.com/articles/neo...

Hideaki Anno’s Iconic Anime Masterpiece Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Officially Coming to the Criterion Channel This September

Hideaki Anno’s legendary anime Neon Genesis Evangelion will officially stream on the Criterion Channel this September. Get the release details here.

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“Glasses for people who don’t do consent…”

This New Meta "Advertisement" Is Absolutely Brutal

A new "advertisement" adorning a bus station in London shows late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein wearing a pair of Meta's smart glasses.

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These are awesome venues that have signed our pledge to never use AI surveillance like facial recognition. Ask your favorite dive bar / stadium to sign on! Here's the link! banfacialrecognition.com/venues