NOTE: If you're on a small #Mastodon instance (like me on mastodon.habets.dev) you should #search for #interesting #people and #hashtags and ** #follow** them (or else you're #feed will be #NoMoreEmptyPromises
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/network/#follow
There are also useful directory sites like https://fedi.directory/
The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.
They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay
…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+
Meanwhile, the local public #utility in Dalton, #Georgia responsible for ensuring safe #DrinkingWater coordinated with #carpet executives in private meetings that would effectively shield their companies from #oversight.
Year after year, the #chemicals traveled in #water discarded during manufacturing from mills across northwest Georgia, eventually reaching a #river system that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia & eastern #Alabama.
The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.
They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay
…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+
I feel #Mastodon merits a vocabulary shift, given its design's contraposition to Twitter...
How about:
Accounts/Users = #People
Content = #Conversation
Engagement = #Connection
Consumption = #Communication
Thai election frontrunner People's Party faces changing public mood
> As campaigning for Thailand's Feb. 8 election heads into the home stretch, a clip from 2023 has gone viral on social media, fueling disappointment with the country's largest opposition group.
> "What are soldiers for?" Pita Limjaroenrat, then leader of the Move Forward Party, says in the video. "I see no need to have such big military forces if the leader (of a country) is smart enough," he adds, going on to say he would cut the nation's military budget immediately if his party won.
> In the 2023 election, the reformist group surged in popularity, reflecting voter hopes for change after nine years of military-dominated rule in the Southeast Asian country.
> This time, however, the public mood has changed. Experts say recent border conflicts with Cambodia have put the spotlight on frontline soldiers and stoked feelings of unity and nationalism among Thais, dealing a blow to the group, now called the People's Party.
https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/thai-election/thai-election-frontrunner-people-s-party-faces-changing-public-mood #socialmedia #Thailand #southeastasia #PitaLimjaroenrat #military #Cambodia #election #nationalism #People'sParty
Thai election frontrunner People's Party faces changing public mood
> As campaigning for Thailand's Feb. 8 election heads into the home stretch, a clip from 2023 has gone viral on social media, fueling disappointment with the country's largest opposition group.
> "What are soldiers for?" Pita Limjaroenrat, then leader of the Move Forward Party, says in the video. "I see no need to have such big military forces if the leader (of a country) is smart enough," he adds, going on to say he would cut the nation's military budget immediately if his party won.
> In the 2023 election, the reformist group surged in popularity, reflecting voter hopes for change after nine years of military-dominated rule in the Southeast Asian country.
> This time, however, the public mood has changed. Experts say recent border conflicts with Cambodia have put the spotlight on frontline soldiers and stoked feelings of unity and nationalism among Thais, dealing a blow to the group, now called the People's Party.
https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/thai-election/thai-election-frontrunner-people-s-party-faces-changing-public-mood #socialmedia #Thailand #southeastasia #PitaLimjaroenrat #military #Cambodia #election #nationalism #People'sParty
"It's part of the responsibility of being a jingle dancer - to go where people are suffering and need healing."
- Star Downwind, a jingle dress dancer invited to perform a prayer & dance ceremony in southern Minneapolis at the sites of Good & Pretti's murders.
[Minnesota Public Radio, short article w/ 3 photos, good work, community repair & protection.]
#native #people #indigenous #customs #prayer #jingle #dance #healing #protection #tradition #memorial #site #mourning https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/02/jingle-dress-dancers-hold-healing-ceremonies-at-good-pretti-memorial-sites-in-minneapolis
"It's part of the responsibility of being a jingle dancer - to go where people are suffering and need healing."
- Star Downwind, a jingle dress dancer invited to perform a prayer & dance ceremony in southern Minneapolis at the sites of Good & Pretti's murders.
[Minnesota Public Radio, short article w/ 3 photos, good work, community repair & protection.]
#native #people #indigenous #customs #prayer #jingle #dance #healing #protection #tradition #memorial #site #mourning https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/02/jingle-dress-dancers-hold-healing-ceremonies-at-good-pretti-memorial-sites-in-minneapolis
A la barra.
📍Xàtiva
📷 Minolta XD7
🎞 ilford XP2 400 asa
#photography #fotografia #35mm #analògic #analog #film #blackandwhite #blancinegre #noieretblanc #classicmono #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #Xàtiva #IlfordXP2 #ilford #nb #biancoenero #bw #streetshots #gent #people
A la barra.
📍Xàtiva
📷 Minolta XD7
🎞 ilford XP2 400 asa
#photography #fotografia #35mm #analògic #analog #film #blackandwhite #blancinegre #noieretblanc #classicmono #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #Xàtiva #IlfordXP2 #ilford #nb #biancoenero #bw #streetshots #gent #people
New blogpost:
"Reflections on my first day (ever) at FOSDEM"
I suspect that the fact that I'm hanging around my hotel room, writing this and doing other admin-y bits, rather says it all...
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/02/reflections-on-my-first-day-ever-at-fosdem/
‘Isolation isn’t the way forward’: readers on their unusual living arrangements
We spoke with five people from Atlanta to rural Germany and the UK whose #households range from grandparents to three couples who own a farmhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jan/30/alternative-living-arrangements
