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Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s #health

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, water, and even household dust—could trigger inflammation and damage in the brain through multiple biological pathways. Scientists estimate adults may consume about 250 grams of these particles each year, and some can accumulate in organs including the brain.

Very much mainstream Labour. Ged Cooney has had enough of what the Labour Party has become.
Former [Tameside] council leader resigns from Labour Party - Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/former-greater-manches…

Former Greater Manchester council leader resigns from Labour Party
The councillor was suspended for being critical of the party following the Trigger Me Timbers WhatsApp scandal last year

New Cowboys 2026 Mock Draft, Wild Trade Gift Wraps Perfect Defensive Haul https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/draft/new-dallas-cowboys-2026-nfl-mock-draft-wild-trade-gift-wraps-perfect-defensive-haul

The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the US.
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Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing. It was part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. A declaration filed Wednesday by IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo stated that the IRS was only able to verify roughly 47,000 of the 1.28 million names requested by U.S…

The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025 (Martin Matishak/The Record)
https://therecord.media/rudd-confirmed-nsa-cyber-command-chief

Rudd confirmed to head NSA, Cyber Command after near year-long vacancy
Rudd, who was confirmed 71-29 to serve as the “dual-hat” leader of the organizations, takes the reins as the U.S. faces mounting aggression in cyberspace from foreign adversaries at the same time the Trump administration has sought to shrink the size of the federal government.

I just realized that they are basically flying two eggs.
#ArtemisII #Artemis2

Chinese crypto scammer sentenced in absentia to 20 years after fleeing US https://therecord.media/chinese-crypto-scammer-sentenced-after-fleeing-us

"I'm fairly certain that anyone who plays the game will come away with a new perspective," Ncube says.
"Whether it's about an unknown history, injustices that people are still waiting to be addressed or even the fact that people in #Africa can make games that are at a global standard."

One of my VR Lighthouses died last month. These things are gyroscopically spinning 24 hours a day for, what, a decade now? Nearly.
No wonder. Mostly the industry seems to be settling on using head-mounted cameras rather than sweeping infra-red beams and receptors on the head anyway.
It is true that lighthouses give accurate positioning, but means I can't easily take the headset next door, say. Or to a party.
So inside-out, as they call it, is fine for the headset now and mostly okay for the hand-controllers.
But it offers no solution at all for the foot-trackers and hip-tracker that I need for puppetting the characters in the #vr #slimeVR #trackers

SEC filing: Byron Allen buys a 10.7% stake in Starz for $25M from investment fund Liberty 77, led by former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busines…

Byron Allen Buys Major Stake in Starz from Steve Mnuchin
Allen's family office acquired the 10.7 percent stake from Mnuchin's Liberty 77 Fund.