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#FlowersOnFriday: These little Crimson Mallee (Eucalyptus lansdowneana) reminds us of raspberry icypoles. Perhaps it's the heat 😅

What's flowering near you this week?

#Treetops Emit #Ultraviolet Sparkles During #Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

Link for more info and photos: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Polar bears aren't hunting people, they're just out of ice: Scientists | CBC News "Nutritional stress does play a role. It's just that it doesn't appear to be the role that we thought it was, just driving bears en masse desperately into communities," said Douglas Clark, a professor...

#Saskatchewan
Polar bears aren't hunting people, they're just out of ice: Scientists
Shrinking ice floes are forcing the bears closer to humans

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Y'all enjoying your 9th round of covid?

Blossom at Waimea, Hawaii #MacroMonday #Photography #Flora #Flowers #Hawaii #ColorADay #PinkMonday 📷

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The River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) is a heavy-hitting all rounder that plays host to an enormous number of Australian species, from tiny insects and microbats to the iconic Murray Cod and Koala!

Is this your #EucalyptoftheYear2026? Vote now!
eucalyptaustralia.org.au/eucalypt-of-...

Despite its tough exterior, the Mugga Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon) is a softie when it comes to nurturing wildlife like nomadic flying foxes, honeyeaters and parrots!

Is this your #EucalyptoftheYear2026? Vote now!
eucalyptaustralia.org.au/eucalypt-of-...

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Is it really that radical to be fairly certain that, if you simply opened the borders and applied the same documentation standards and laws to every person, it would be 100x better than the shitshow we have going on now?

Study of 27.8M Americans may have revealed direct Alzheimer's cause Experts say dementia risk is not just about personal choices, but also about the air we breathe and the environments we live in.

Study of 27.8M Americans has found a direct link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease
Drill baby drill not just warm the planet - it fries your brain too

www.newsweek.com/health-alzhe...

artist's impression of life: with 5 sections: before ME; mild ME; moderate ME; severe ME; very severe ME

M.E.: "How it can shrink one's world, bit by bit" by Kornelia Paulsen (who no longer appears to be on X or IG).

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #SevereME

Underground 'battery' deep in the outback could power millions of homes They are older than the dinosaurs and buried deep underground, but scientists are pinning their hopes on ancient salt caverns to solve Australia’s green energy storage problem.

What could possibly go wrong

“Geologists have drilled into the Adavale Basin to explore its potential to..store hydrogen underground. The..formation sits underneath the Great Artesian Basin, which is the only reliable water source for 180,000 people..in the outback”
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

We need to get serious about tackling corruption through political donations The government's reforms are welcome but they won't end political corruption

The Representation of the People Bill doesn't cap political donations.

Super-rich can buy/bribe political parties to protect their interests.

The poor can't.
The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth and the bottom 20% has only 0.5%.
24m live below minimum living standards.

#Australia we need to improve our taxation system - esp taxing of the wealthy - so all Australians can get a fair go #auspol

A photo of my kitchen sink with a heap of various kinds & colours of tomatoes freshly picked from my garden soaking in some water & then they’re ready for a pasta sauce cook up to freeze for later in the year 🩵🍎

🌻🌻😃guess who’s about to make tomato sauce to freeze?👩🏻‍🍳look at my sink of deliciousness just collected!!(& there’s still more out there yet to ripen)👏🍎so grateful -the taste of Summer🩵😊🍽️

Interesting! 😊
I made a thread in reaponse to a post by RFH1955 with an older ME article on exactly this:

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When all causes of death showing growth among 5-9 year olds are grouped into main ICD-10 categories, we get the following graph.

Conclusion:

The leading category driving the increase in the absolute number of deaths among 5-9 year olds is:

cancer.

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Polyphenols as possible alternative agents in chronic fatigue: a review - Phytochemistry Reviews Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a pathological state of extreme tiredness that lasts more than six months and may possess an impact on the social, emotional, or occupational functioning of an indivi...

The news article is patronising, and the study was small (only 10 people) but more recent studies look at possible mechanisms

September 2022

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In 2024, among 5–9 year olds, there was a sudden and significant increase in disease-related causes of death that had been almost completely absent in prior years. These top 19 causes account for 54% of total deaths in 2024.
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Adelie penguin standing on ice in Antartica.

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We are so very brilliant at being the stupidest species on the planet - or at least, our 'esteemed' leaders are.

The havoc they're willing to unleash on every species 'cos the oil, coal & gas dudes told 'em to' beggars belief! And, it's not the $$ in govt coffers, or they'd tax them.

So ... why?

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The incoming tide, washes over a piece of kelp and the light dances on sections.

The incoming tide washing over a piece of kelp, as the light dances on it.
#EastCoastKIn

There seems to be some overlap

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chocolate 🍫