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Global lead exposure still costs trillions and endangers children, study finds #environment

Global lead exposure still costs trillions and endangers children, study finds
Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline in road vehicles in 2021. But has global lead pollution truly been resolved?

Wren Loud and Bold Ambient (2021-06) - Ambient soundscape from 16WW back garden birdlife; small bird makes big noise! #wren #soundscape #fieldRecording -

Wren Loud and Bold Ambient (2021-06)
Ambient soundscape from 16WW back garden birdlife; small bird makes big noise! #wren #soundscape #fieldRecording

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Since 2011, millions of tons of a brown algae called Sargassum has washed onto beaches in the Caribbean. The rotting seaweed releases toxic hydrogen sulfide, smelling of rotten eggs, impacting tourism and shore access. It was initially thought Saharan iron dust was the cause, but new #science

Weeks after the Trump administration lowered minimum wages for some temporary farmworkers,
the Trump Organization sought approval to hire 36 foreign workers for its Virginia winery at a pay rate nearly $2 an hour below what it previously offered
—highlighting the company’s continued reliance on overseas labor even as Donald Trump argues Americans are being pushed out of jobs

Trump Vineyard Seeks Foreign Workers At Lower Wages After Trump Administration Policy Shift
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.

Heavy is the head that bows the crown. Or something…
https://apnews.com/article/bbc-director-resigns-trump-speech-editing-3aab83138d58c92db1bb00e77e568876

Top BBC bosses resign after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech
The head of the BBC has resigned after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness both announced their resignations on Sunday. Britain’s public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021 before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. Critics said that the way the speech was edited for a BBC documentary last year was misleading and cut …

Wenn das Gericht «deutsch und deutlich» wird 🤯
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/hunderte-bussen-glarner-polizei-soll-beweisbilder-manipuliert-haben

Sources: Intel is in early-stage talks to acquire AI chip startup SambaNova, with a deal likely valuing SambaNova below its $5B valuation in 2021 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/intel-in-talks-to-acquire-ai…

#OTD 2021

En 2018, un verdict belge semblait enfin mettre fin Š une affaire vieille de 20 ans.
En 2025, certaines indemnisations sont toujours en suspens.
Pendant ce temps, en France, l’enquête OKC/Spatz — rouverte officiellement en 2021 — n’a toujours pas abouti.
Cela interroge :

From CBC
Toxic 'forever chemicals' are in B.C. sea otters, new study finds
The research adds to a growing body of evidence that the chemicals are making their way into the environment
Researchers found elevated levels of the chemicals, commonly found in food packaging, cosmetics, electronics and other consumer products, in samples of 11 dead sea otters collected between 2016 and 2021.

from my link log —
Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc.
https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2021-01-22 Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc
saved 2021-01-28

Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc
Blog of Guillaume Gomez (Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc)

As per their usual playbook, "Barclays Bank is the most involved in supporting companies behind carbon bombs, providing $33.7bn to 62 companies, including Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies"
NGOs note 28 new ‘carbon bomb’ projects since 2021 | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
…

NGOs note 28 new ‘carbon bomb’ projects since 2021
Potential CO2 emissions from new projects 11 times global “carbon budget” remaining to hit Paris Agreement targets.

Myanmar releases six journalists from prison, all detained following the military's 2021 coup, but continues to hold at least 27 journalists behind bars (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/12/myanmar-releases-six-journalists-in-pre-el…

Myanmar releases 6 journalists in pre-election amnesty - Committee to Protect Journalists
Bangkok, December 4, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the recent release of six journalists in Myanmar as part of a pre-election amnesty of more than 3,800 political prisoners, but urges junta authorities to free all remaining jailed members of the press. Those freed are Zaw Linn Htut (Phoe Thar), Htet Htet Khine, Nay Naw, Nyein Chan Wai, Aung San Lin, and Sithu...

this is using a <squirm-inal> Web Component from 2021: https://github.com/zachleat/squirminal/
2021-vintage Web Components are React 17-era. No big refactors or rewrites required.

Ein Pariser Gericht hat #TotalEnergies wegen irreführender #Werbung zur #Klimaneutralität verurteilt.
Die Aussagen in einer Kampagne von 2021 stehen laut Urteil im Widerspruch …

Greenwashing-Prozess: Ölkonzern TotalEnergies wegen Greenwashing verurteilt
Weil er mit Klimaneutralität warb, ist der Ölkonzern TotalEnergies zu einer Geldstrafe wegen Greenwashing verurteilt worden. NGOs sehen ein "historisches Urteil".

Seems like a good day to bring back this 2021 post: https://systemsapproach.org/2021/07/19/decentralizing-the-internet-again/

Trevon Diggs' Cowboys career is heading toward an inevitable outcome https://insidethestar.com/trevon-diggs-cowboys-career-is-heading-toward-an-inevitable-outcome

@…
Operation not permitted probably because the ESP-related mount was unnecessary (it already existed).
Check the default /etc/fstab
This 2021 commit might be the milestone first of a series of commits that simplified things:

Roku beats expectations with Q3 net income of $24.8M, vs. a net loss of $35.8M a year ago, and revenue of $1.21B, up 14% YoY; total streaming hours rose 12% YoY (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/roku-q3-2025-earnin…

Roku Q3 Earnings: Revenue Rises 14%, Operating Income Turns Positive For First Time Since 2021
Roku delivered Q3 2025 financial results that outperformed analyst expectations and marked the streaming company's first quarter with positive operating income since 2021.

'Best back' in NFL? Taylor adds 3 more TDs to case https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46654784/jonathan-taylor-notches-another-td-hat-trick-colts-win

"The number of women globally who commit violent crimes is very small – in 2021 they were responsible for just 10% of homicides. Indeed, women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. But when women do kill, in many cases the victim is a male partner or family member and there is a history of domestic abuse."

from my link log —
Arcan as operating system design.
https://arcan-fe.com/2021/09/20/arcan-as-operating-system-design/
saved 2025-12-28

Arcan as Operating System Design
Time to continue to explain what Arcan actually “is” on a higher level. Previous articles have invited the comparison to Xorg ( part1, part2 ). Another possibility would have been Plan9…

Just opened the twitter profile for a company from search results, not logged in, was confused they hadn't tweeted since 2021...
No no, the tweets are just not in chronological order. They weren't pinned, they were just random. wtaf.

»Wie die Politologin Virginia Eubanks in ihrem Buch ›Automating Inequality‹ zeigt, werden KI-Systeme, wenn sie im Rahmen des Sozialstaats eingesetzt werden, in erster Linie dazu verwendet, den Zugang von Menschen zu öffentlichen Ressourcen zu kontrollieren, zu bewerten und zu reglementieren, und nicht etwa dazu, ihnen bessere Unterstützung zukommen zu lassen.«
Aus: Kate Crawford – Atlas der KI (2021/2025)

from my link log —
The Nokia N900: the future that wasn’t.
https://www.osnews.com/story/133160/the-nokia-n900-the-future-that-wasnt/
saved 2021-03-18

Sources: ByteDance is in talks to sell game studio Moonton, which it acquired for ~$4B in 2021, to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games; Moonton makes Mobile Legends (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

Der aktuelle #UN-Bericht zeigt Fortschritte bei der Umsetzung des Global #Methane Pledge, warnt aber vor großen Lücken.
Um das Ziel einer Reduktion um 30 Prozent bis 2030 zu erreichen, müssen verfügbare Maßnahmen rasch und umfassend umgesetzt werden. Über 80 Prozent der möglichen Einsparungen sind …

Ministers urge decisive methane action as global report shows progress, warns of gaps
The Global Methane Status Report, launched today on the sidelines of COP30 in Belém, shows that while considerable progress has been made since the launch of the Global Methane Pledge in 2021, more work is required to align with the level of ambition and action needed to meet the Pledge. 

Among the top 10K artists streamed in Australia from 2021 to 2024, Australian artists fell ~20% as algorithms make English-speaking artists compete globally (The Australia Institute)
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post

Drowned out in the stream. Australian music is in trouble and needs investment: new report
The algorithms of global music streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Amazon and Apple are killing Australian music, according to a new report by a

from my link log —
Rust programs written entirely in Rust, without libc.
https://blog.sunfishcode.online/rust-programs-entirely-in-rust/
saved 2021-09-08

Raiders elevate QBs coach Olson to interim OC https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47088220/raiders-name-qbs-coach-olson-interim-oc-kelly-firing

#Tatort: Was wir erben • #ARD #WDR
#crimi #krimi

Der Flensburg Krimi: Der Fall Lorenz – Der Flensburg-Krimi (3) - #ARD
#krimi #crimi #DonnerstagsKrimi