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"England’s sewage spills: why citizen scientists want to test for pollution themselves"
#England #Pollution #Sewage

England’s sewage spills: why citizen scientists want to test for pollution themselves
Citizens are taking water testing into their own hands as sewage spills in rivers and on beaches increasingly get reported.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Tinseltown Singers:
🎵 Best Friend (Courtship of Eddie's Father Theme Song)
#TinseltownSingers

POL-HI: Hakenkreuz-Schmiererei an der Tonkuhle in Bockenem Hildesheim (ots) - BOCKENEM (erb). Am 19.05.2026 wurde der Polizei Bad Salzdetfurth gegen 14:00 Uhr eine Hakenkreuz-Schmiererei am Rundwanderweg rund um die Tonkuhle in 31167 Bockenem gemeldet. Bei der Tonkuhle handelt es sich um einen Weiher in ... https://www.p…

I see somebody else is on this topic today! And yes, billionaires will use regulatory capture to the maximum extent they can get away with — so yes, I fully expect the AI lobby to advocate a tangled legal regime where LLM output is copyrighted but copying data to train an LLM is not a copyright violation.
https://social.coop/@cwebber/116266757533136607

I am so ashamed my nation would do this to our friends who helped us at great risk to themselves and their families. It is a stain on the soul of the US.
"'They had the expectation that within weeks they’d be relocated to the U.S.," said Rina Amiri, a former senior diplomat working on Afghan human rights issues. 'Who is going to fight alongside the U.S. when the U.S. betrays the people who stood alongside us?'"

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo
A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.

Sadly, lawmakers are primarily concerned with satisfying the demands of their newest and most generous campaign contributors.
Senate Banking Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told Politico,
“These are folks who think that when they’ve bought themselves a Congress, then they expect it to behave the way they say.”
After a year of this Congress, it would be hard to argue they’re wrong.

Happy Vyshyvanka Day, Ukraine!
Zelensky: For centuries, we have been fascinated by its pattern, but now it is our turn to create it ourselves – with our lives, our struggles, with each new step.
Ukrainians embroider it with their own hands every day, defending what is dear to them. Rebuilding what has been destroyed. Healing wounds. Teaching children and when they learn themselves. We preserve memory and build the future.
Happy Vyshyvanka Day, Ukraine! With the fate that we embroider independently!
#Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar

It being an astonishingly beautiful afternoon here, instead of sitting indoors hacking #Lisp, I am out in the wood with my pussy cat hauling out timber for the sawmill.
It's a hard life.
#TheJoyOfCrofting (unironically, for once)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
P Rinse:
🎵 Crazy ™Shall I Bruk It P Rinses
#PRinse
https://tmshallibrukit.bandcamp.com/track/crazy-shall-i-bruk-it-p-rinses

Donald Trump told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a ceasefire with Iran,
adding the US was in a strong negotiating position and would end up with what he called a great deal.
He said there is not “much time” to reach a deal, adding that Tehran can get themselves on “a very good footing” if they settle on one with Washington.