Bug🐞
@vtbug.bsky.social
Artist, writer... Safe streets and revitalized earth advocate. Let's focus, people. Time's a wastin' and there's noone gonna save us from ourselves.
Ayo, to all my fellow runners and cyclists: pay attention to how and where you invest in gear...
You Won't Believe What's Hiding In Your Smartwatch Bands
Let's take a closer look at what's on your wrist.
www.mindbodygreen.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ayo, to all my fellow runners and cyclists: pay attention to how and where you invest in gear...
Reposted by Bug🐞
New research finds that smartwatch and fitness tracker bands present a potentially “major” exposure to toxic PFAS
Smartwatch bands can contain ‘major’ levels of toxic PFAS, study finds
High amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ that can be absorbed through skin detected in common brands of wrist bands
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New research finds that smartwatch and fitness tracker bands present a potentially “major” exposure to toxic PFAS
Meanwhile, Americans are being actively surveilled by multitudes of American apps, google, apple, meta etc ad nauseam. this is what happens when a strong public ed system is dismantled by the rich to create more fodder for the military and corporate machine.
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, Biden stays execution — but broad power now lies with Trump
The product of anti-China hysteria, the law empowers the president to choose which foreign-owned platforms live or die in the U.S.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Meanwhile, Americans are being actively surveilled by multitudes of American apps, google, apple, meta etc ad nauseam. this is what happens when a strong public ed system is dismantled by the rich to create more fodder for the military and corporate machine.
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"In the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters."
Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters
Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against it
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"In the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters."
Instead of flying to your next vacation destination, maybe try something new...
Bikepacking Gear: What to Take & How to Pack It - Adventure Cycling Association
Here's the basic gear pack list you need for your first ever bikepacking trip and some tips on packing light and being prepared for weather
www.adventurecycling.org
January 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Instead of flying to your next vacation destination, maybe try something new...
That moon miming the sun.
January 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That moon miming the sun.
Worth a few minutes of your day to read, absorb, discuss. These things that do us in...
Fascism Never Left Us
Just look at how we've treated the natural world
open.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Worth a few minutes of your day to read, absorb, discuss. These things that do us in...