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‘£20 a night for one of the most peaceful locations in the world’: readers’ favourite remote stays
‘£20 a night for one of the most peaceful locations in the world’: readers’ favourite remote stays
From the Scottish Highlands to a Greek island, our tipsters have been awed by silence, beauty and wildlife in out-of-the-way corners of Europe
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
‘£20 a night for one of the most peaceful locations in the world’: readers’ favourite remote stays
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The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.
Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.
Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Very excited to be in conversation with the excellent Dr @flintdibble.bsky.social to discuss ancient and modern migration. Today at 2pm over on YouTube. If you can’t join us then , do have a listen after!
www.youtube.com/live/R-61QdX...
www.youtube.com/live/R-61QdX...
Memory, Migration, and Exile with Dr Mai Musié
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Very excited to be in conversation with the excellent Dr @flintdibble.bsky.social to discuss ancient and modern migration. Today at 2pm over on YouTube. If you can’t join us then , do have a listen after!
www.youtube.com/live/R-61QdX...
www.youtube.com/live/R-61QdX...
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Drew my gf as an Amazon warrior for one book about Greek mythology 🖤
August 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Drew my gf as an Amazon warrior for one book about Greek mythology 🖤
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mRNA vaccines have already saved millions of lives from Covid and they have the potential to save millions more from other diseases. Suspending research on this modern medical miracle will mean more suffering and more preventable death.
US cancels mRNA vaccine contracts worth $500 million – DW – 08/06/2025
The Trump administration is terminating 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of the technology.
www.dw.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
mRNA vaccines have already saved millions of lives from Covid and they have the potential to save millions more from other diseases. Suspending research on this modern medical miracle will mean more suffering and more preventable death.
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Why a controversial census in India could further divide the nation along caste lines: cnn.it/430AIbR
India’s caste system is controversial and discriminatory. So why is it being included in the next census? | CNN
The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste discrimination in 1950.
cnn.it
May 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Why a controversial census in India could further divide the nation along caste lines: cnn.it/430AIbR
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Scientists have described a new species of poison dart frog, which has golden legs and strange breeding habits.
Exquisite new-to-science frog species has golden legs and odd habits
www.newscientist.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Scientists have described a new species of poison dart frog, which has golden legs and strange breeding habits.
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Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
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#Paleoart from 2018 for #FossilFriday, a group of Mystriosuchus steinbergeri pursue fish around a Triassic lagoon. Phytosaurs like these are meant to be freshwater species, but M. steinbergeri didn't get the memo: aspects of their fossil preservation hint at marine habits. #sciart #fossil
May 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#Paleoart from 2018 for #FossilFriday, a group of Mystriosuchus steinbergeri pursue fish around a Triassic lagoon. Phytosaurs like these are meant to be freshwater species, but M. steinbergeri didn't get the memo: aspects of their fossil preservation hint at marine habits. #sciart #fossil
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Superquick #FossilFriday post of Giraffatitan at the beach (from 2021) because it's been a long gruelling day and I haven't even thought about doing real life stuff like walking the dog yet OK bye #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
May 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Superquick #FossilFriday post of Giraffatitan at the beach (from 2021) because it's been a long gruelling day and I haven't even thought about doing real life stuff like walking the dog yet OK bye #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs
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More than two dozen of the US's biggest cities are sinking, including New York, Seattle and Washington DC.
Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sinking at a rapid rate
Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US's biggest cities are sinking
www.newscientist.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
More than two dozen of the US's biggest cities are sinking, including New York, Seattle and Washington DC.
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The Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 1968.
From @jenniferludden.bsky.social
From @jenniferludden.bsky.social
He graduated from college at age 79. A campus tragedy inspired him to enroll
The Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 196...
www.npr.org
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 1968.
From @jenniferludden.bsky.social
From @jenniferludden.bsky.social
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this is why you shouldnt believe what you see on the internet. It was actually closer to 50 years. His name was Porphyrios, he actually caused the creation of entirely new trading routes just to avoid him and was declared enemy of the state by Justinian. He is the hero we need.
Wasn't there a whale that took a hating to Rome and sunk a bunch of ships for like 10 years?
April 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
this is why you shouldnt believe what you see on the internet. It was actually closer to 50 years. His name was Porphyrios, he actually caused the creation of entirely new trading routes just to avoid him and was declared enemy of the state by Justinian. He is the hero we need.
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IT'S THIGH TIME FOR CHICKEN
After a decades-long run, America’s white-meat era may finally be ending, @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
bit.ly
April 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
IT'S THIGH TIME FOR CHICKEN
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Uganda stopped a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak in under 3 months.
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
Africa’s Outbreak Response Is the Global Standard Now
From outbreak containment to clinical innovation, African nations are setting new global standards for success
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Uganda stopped a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak in under 3 months.
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
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Terminating the grants to study misinformation is “an overt act of censoring and preventing accountability,” says Stephen Lewandowsky, a misinformation researcher at the University of Bristol. “Who other than a liar would cancel misinformation research?”
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Trump’s team, often accused of spreading misinformation, slashes misinformation research
Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader
www.science.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Terminating the grants to study misinformation is “an overt act of censoring and preventing accountability,” says Stephen Lewandowsky, a misinformation researcher at the University of Bristol. “Who other than a liar would cancel misinformation research?”
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RFK Jr is obsessed with the ‘autism epidemic’.
But is autism a disease? What even is a disease?
In classic epi fashion, the answer is: 'it depends'!
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
But is autism a disease? What even is a disease?
In classic epi fashion, the answer is: 'it depends'!
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
What even is a disease?
It's more complicated than you think
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
RFK Jr is obsessed with the ‘autism epidemic’.
But is autism a disease? What even is a disease?
In classic epi fashion, the answer is: 'it depends'!
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
But is autism a disease? What even is a disease?
In classic epi fashion, the answer is: 'it depends'!
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison reut.rs/4iCvS9n
SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison.
reut.rs
April 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison reut.rs/4iCvS9n
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Israeli attacks have killed 2,308 Palestinians, including 600 children, and injured 5,973 since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fm7xjb
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Israeli attacks killed 595 children in Gaza since March 18: Ministry
Health Ministry says 2,308 people killed across Gaza since Israel broke ceasefire on March 18.
aje.io
April 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Israeli attacks have killed 2,308 Palestinians, including 600 children, and injured 5,973 since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fm7xjb
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fm7xjb
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New paper: The past, present and future of Megalosaurus bucklandii in paleoart. I review the #paleoart history of this oft-depicted #dinosaur, consider its fluctuating status as a subject of artistic interest, and review what we know of its anatomy. #sciart
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April 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New paper: The past, present and future of Megalosaurus bucklandii in paleoart. I review the #paleoart history of this oft-depicted #dinosaur, consider its fluctuating status as a subject of artistic interest, and review what we know of its anatomy. #sciart
meridian.allenpress.com/esh/article-...
meridian.allenpress.com/esh/article-...