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So a Replyguy just replied with "linking directly to the article to avoid Bluesky shit" to my post.
Dude, the "Bluesky shit" is the thread by a scientist I was linking to specifically because it destroyed the stupid lies in the article you linked to.
Maybe try reading the "Bluesky shit" first before hitting the reply button, idk.

Scientists trace microplastics in fertilizer from fields to the beach #environment

Scientists trace microplastics in fertilizer from fields to the beach
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how polymer-coated fertilizer (PCF) applied to fields ends up on beaches and in the sea. They studied PCF deposits on beaches around Japan, finding that only 0.2% of used PCFs are washed into rivers and returned to the coastline. When there are canals connecting fields to the sea, this rises to 28%.

"Scientists trace microplastics in fertilizer from fields to the beach"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Scientists trace microplastics in fertilizer from fields to the beach
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how polymer-coated fertilizer (PCF) applied to fields ends up on beaches and in the sea. They studied PCF deposits on beaches around Japan, finding that only 0.2% of used PCFs are washed into rivers and returned to the coastline. When there are canals connecting fields to the sea, this rises to 28%.

Philip Ball:
"There’s a broader issue at stake here too that pertains to the place of AI in scientific research. Too often now, we hear claims of how AI will replace human scientists and, in doing so, will solve our most pressing problems: curing all disease, solving climate change, figuring out how to conduct nuclear fusion. Such claims are never supported by experts in those fields—and that’s not because they want to convince us that they are indispensable after all. Rather, it i…

AlphaGenome: On the Promise and Limits of AI in Science
PHILIP BALL | According to the old story, we once thought that all this other DNA was just “junk,” a term coined in this context in the 1970s. It was accumulated over the course of evolution, for example by viruses inserting their genetic material into ours, and it did nothing useful but just cluttered up our genome the way all our old detritus of a lifetime clutters up our attic.

Top climate scientist leaves NASA, because telling the truth there has become difficult. Sad.
Looking forward to hear from you in a new position, Kate!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/climate/kate-marvel-nasa-resign.html

Kate Marvel, Prominent Climate Scientist, Resigns From NASA
Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

Ohio State Pro Day: Will the Buckeyes have four players taken in the top 10 of NFL Draft?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ohio-state-pro-day-buckeyes-top-10-players-nfl-draft…

Q&A with Bostopia's Evan George on his TikTok and Instagram videos under @bostopianews, summarizing Boston local news while offering his own opinions (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/bostopias-…

Bostopia’s Evan George serves Boston daily news from a lefty perspective
"You don't need to pretend to [to be neutral] or be worried about [what people think]. Because now it just sounds like you're hiding things and nobody trusts or believes that anymore."

🧬 Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover
#virus

Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover
In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma that viruses lack protein synthesis machinery, and blurs the line between cellular life and viruses.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
The Smiths:
🎵 Reel Around The Fountain (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
#TheSmiths
https://akadungeonmaster.bandcamp.com/track/the-smiths-reel-around-the-fountain
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