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"PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are falling in North Atlantic whales after phaseout"
#Atlantic #Whales #Animals #PFAS

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are falling in North Atlantic whales after phaseout
Levels of legacy PFAS “forever chemicals” are falling in North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales after industry phaseouts, offering rare evidence that regulation can reduce ocean pollution—though newer replacement chemicals are still rising.

⚠️ AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
I discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 for myself in my ill-fated research project of 2021!
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-generate-intimacy-exceeds-human.html

AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of Psychology at the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University's Institute of Psychology. Participants felt a sense of closeness especially when they did not know that they were communicatin…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Chemical Brothers:
🎵 Let Forever Be
#TheChemicalBrothers
https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-chemical-brothers-let-forever-be-flying-lotus-garmonbozia
https://open.spotify.com/track/3m1JFLpKLYgMi1jf6Bu16P

“Perhaps, nothing is abnormal about Operation Epic Fury. It’s what ‘forever wars’ America does; especially when led by a psychologically impaired president. Perhaps, however, something more disturbing is at issue. America is in decline … What is ‘epic’ about American ‘fury’ is that [it] is the murderous folly of a flailing, failing empire.”

Epic Fury: Attack of the Coalition of the Genocidal Couple
…control oil … control nations. – Attributed to Henry Kissinger, 1970s The future of our security -and our planet- is held hostage to our dependence on

The thing that Renee Good now knows, that Tortuguita knows, that Heather Heyer knows, that I only know because I glimpsed for a second, is that when you die fighting oppression you live forever in that memory of resistance. When we carve their names into a monument, along with all the other names of the murdered and disappeared, that will stand, perhaps, across from the statue of Willem in the park where the Northwest Detention Center once stood, they will always be reminders of what it looks like to sacrifice everything in order to be on the right side of history.
The names of those who resist live as ghosts, summoned by name to haunt future oppressors, summoned by name to awaken our own conscience to the call. Martyrs, whispered like the White Rose or yelled as a threat like John Brown, cannot die so long as any of us with a bit of spine carries even an ounce of humanity.
It is possible to die knowing you did the right thing, and I have felt it. There is an acceptance that is impossible to imagine without being there, without feeling it for yourself. You have nothing to fear in resisting, even if it ends you. But you will never forget the shame of doing nothing if you fail to.

Alright so I don't know why I feel I have to justify it, but Avatar was absolutely staggering. Saw it in 3D on the biggest screen in my area, and it's fair to say I think I'll remember this experience forever.
You can quibble with the story or the cultural treatment, but it's a quantum leap in the cinematic experience. Easily among if not the best action adventure film ever made *in this form*.
Absolutely unique filmmaking. (1/4)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
The Chemical Brothers:
🎵 Let Forever Be (feat. Noel Gallagher)
#TheChemicalBrothers
https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-chemical-brothers-let-forever-be-flying-lotus-garmonbozia
https://open.spotify.com/track/3m1JFLpKLYgMi1jf6Bu16P

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Lucy Dacus:
🎵 Forever Is a Feeling
#LucyDacus
https://lucydacus.bandcamp.com/track/limerence

When Twitter burns, the community rises. 🐘 Mastodon forever!
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