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Something the Government want you to forget...

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good A new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm...

Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research.
Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good share.google/WFhMJP5m3AK4...

A large flock of seagulls over a bait ball of small fish (from December 2023). Not seen anything quite like it before or since. Quite a spectacle. #Nature #Birdlife #Cornwall #Kernow

#Mousehole to #Penzance yesterday. #Cornwall #Kernow

Yesterday's walk from #Marazion to #Penzance. An upsetting amount of plastic debris all along the beach. Unfortunately I didn't have time to do a #beachclean today. On a happier note I did find a lego flower to add to my little #Legolostatsea collection.

after Valenzuela Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented Donald Trump with her Nobel Prize, she also presented him with her Miss Teen Venezuelan sash, as well as the original dress she wore when she won it.

I find so many plastic items that can act as a noose on litterpicks, it makes me shudder.

You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.

A cat peeking from a circular hole in a ceiling.

Security camera.

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life Southern Water is investigating after millions of contaminated plastic beads washed up on Camber Sands beach, risking an “environmental catastrophe”. The biobeads could have a dire impact on marine life, the local MP has said, with fears rare sea life, including seabirds, porpoises and seals, could ingest them and die. Continue reading...

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands

Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’

'The Green Party is offering “simple solutions to complex problems” and making “undeliverable” promises to voters'

No it's not. What it is doing is showing up Labour for their lurch to the right, lack of morality and political irrelevance. They're panicking.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William

This is absolutely appalling.

"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."

Absolutely pathetic.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.

Glendurgan Gardens

Grebe Rock

Helford River

Helford River

Some glorious leafage on today's Glendurgan to Mawnan Smith circular walk. #Cornwall #Kernow

View towards Geevor

View out to sea, Pendeen Lighthouse on right.

Sunset over Pendeen lighthouse

Sunset

A few shots from around Pendeen this evening. First post for a while after a break to restore some mental wellbeing. #Cornwall #Kernow

#Standuptoracism London

Where hate leads.

Wedding rings of Holocaust victims, near the Buchenwald concentration camp, 1945

#HolocaustMemorialDay

Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds The bipartisan investigation of hospital systems purchased by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners reinforced the findings of past academic research.

To everyone's surprise, it turns out that attaching a money-sucking machine to a hospital system makes it worse.

Keith Wasserman: Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades? Need to act fast here. All neighbors houses burning. Will pay any amount. Thank you.

“Will pay any amount.”

Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.

Does it feel like tech is ceasing to evolve in ways that are useful to everyday people, and instead functions to control, placate and diminish us?

I'm so glad I learned CAD @thmsmr• 1d $34/knob from Bosch $0.12/knob from my 3D printer when i needed one for my maytag range i simply went to home depot and took a knob off the display model and put in my pocket

Not paying for a knob, not 3D printing a knob, but a secret third thing

Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact

🌊🔬 Mapping Microplastic Hotspots in the Southern Ocean

A new study identifies microplastic hotspots near the Antarctic Peninsula, where marine life faces compounded threats from pollution, ocean warming, and acidification.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🧪 #Microplastics #SciComm

Bought myself a pair of noise cancelling headphones over the weekend, and initial thoughts are as follows:

HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME THESE THINGS DO THE GOOD BRAIN VIBES??? Even with no audio playing, just having it be SILENT for the first time in God knows how long is AMAZING.

I hope Bluesky will be an AI free zone. I think in time there will be a sizeable - if niche - community who’ll want avowedly AI free content. (And we will be the saviours of human endeavour!)

Accurate 99% of the time.