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Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find #Vermont

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find
In the midst of 2020 COVID measures, another change took place in Vermont: A law went into effect banning businesses from offering plastic bags to customers, with paper bags only available for a fee.

Swalwell: You were promised lower prices on day one. How many of you are feeling those lower prices?
You were promised an end to all wars on day one. How many of you have seen an end to those wars?
Donald Trump is 0 for 150. He made those promises on day one—and now we’re on day 150.
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Erosion studies from our morning hike yesterday, a ~500m long section of the valley exposing interesting structures and the fragility of life resting on the thin layer of top soil...
#Geology #Erosion #NaturePhotography

40 some films and such that have come out or will come out in 2025 that I'm interested in (and may or may not see) 😂
#film

2025 films
A list of 44 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Wolf Man (2025), Companion (2025), This Is the Tom Green Documentary (2025), By Design (2025) and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025).

We'll kick off this year's edition of #bbuzz with our keynote speaker @…!
Read our blogpost to learn more and join us this June in Berlin or online!

Bucs' McMillan out with 'severely strained neck' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46016094/bucs-wr-jalen-mcmillan-neck-miss-awkward-fall

Robust Topological Conduction in Bi2 Bi2Se3 Superlattices at Ambient Conditions
Lakshan Don Manuwelge Don, Md. Sakauat Hasan Sakib, Gracie Pillow, Sara McGinnis, Seth Shields, Joseph P. Corbett
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12544

Robust Topological Conduction in Bi2 Bi2Se3 Superlattices at Ambient Conditions
Topologically protected surface states have garnered significant attention due to their robustness against perturbations and potential applications in optoelectronics. Bi2 Bi2Se3 is a topological semimetal composed of a 2D bismuthene sheet and a Bi2Se3 quintuple layer, forming an intrinsic superlattice. This study investigates the electronic structure and edge states of Bi2 Bi2Se3 [001] oriented films under ambient conditions through conducting atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). Point I-V spectro…

About Trump and Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.KHWP.KdYVidAz5…

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein
For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

Three different iOS Mastodon apps: Icecubes, Trunks, and the official, reference implementation. In addition to very different experiences and quirks, each show a noticeably different Home time line view. Order, missing toots, hashtag following, filter handling, etc.
A web browser and IceCubes seem to give the best, most consistent view I'd expect, but the scrolling bug in IceCubes makes it practically unusable for many.
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Many people are detained at U.S. airports for reasons they find arbitrary and mysterious.
I got lucky—when I was stopped by Customs and Border Protection last week, after flying to Los Angeles from Melbourne, a border agent told me, explicitly and proudly, why I’d been pulled out of the customs line.
“Look, we both know why you are here,” the agent told me.
He identified himself to me as Adam, though his colleagues referred to him as Officer Martinez.
When I said that…

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
Alistair Kitchen on being detained at Los Angeles International Airport and sent back to Australia because of his reporting on the protests at Columbia University criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza.