UCL demographer’s work debunking ‘Blue Zone’ regions of exceptional lifespans wins #IgNobelPrize

#BlueZone #lifespan https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/sep/ucl-demographers-work-debunking-blue-zone-regions-exceptional-lifespans-wins-ig-nobel-prize

I See Dead People

#Covid-19 may lead to longest period of peacetime excess mortality: study

potential excess #mortality in the general population of up to 3% in US by 2033 & 2.5% in UK--the longest period of elevated peacetime excess mortality in USA

https://www.swissre.com/press-release/Covid-19-may-lead-to-longest-period-of-peacetime-excess-mortality-says-new-Swiss-Re-report/eadc133c-01bd-49e8-9f3a-a3025a3380e6

Scientists just figured out how many #chemicals enter our bodies from #food #packaging

A new study details the chemicals finding their way into human bodies from contact with food

#gift #toxins #plastics https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/16/more-than-3000-chemicals-food-packaging-have-infiltrated-our-bodies/

how many of you think that it suxxorz donkey dicks that an obscenely rich narcissist can screw up the #nightsky so scientists cannot do research & NOR CAN ANYONE study the #universe

#astronomy #science #Starlink #SpaceX #V2satellites #ElonMusk https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo

Scientists Document Cultural Change In Vocal Dialects Of Wild Parrots Over 22 Years | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, New Mexico State University, pub'd by Proceedings ofthe Royal Society B

by @grrlscientist

#parrots🦜 #ornithology #AcousticEcology #dialects #culture #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/20/scientists-document-cultural-change-in-the-dialects-of-wild-parrots-over-22-years/

Ted Cruz Touted the Endorsement of an Activist Who Supported Killing “Abortionists”

#politics #abortion #WomensRightsAreHumanRights https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/ted-cruz-touted-the-endorsement-troy-newman-executing-abortion-providers/

Resigned or Thrilled, brainwashed Christian Conservatives Are Still Key for #DonOLDTrump

#politics #religion #fanatics #fascism #misogyny #PoliticalActivists #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/resigned-or-thrilled-christian-right-is-still-key-for-trump.html

OUTRAGEOUS

how can these private schools be PRIVATE if the STATE is building them?

In an Unprecedented Move, #Ohio Is Funding the Construction of #PrivateReligiousSchools

#politics #religious #schools https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-taxpayer-money-funding-private-religious-schools

old, but worth re-reading

Inside creepy pervert #MikeJohnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the #Constitution

The House speaker has longstanding ties to the evangelical inspired “Convention of States” cause

#legislation #TeaParty #COSA #fascism #politics https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/10/mike-johnson-rewrite-constitution-00126157

450 Wounded, 14 Dead After #Lebanon Hit With Second Wave of Device Explosions

The attacks, which humanitarian groups noted are likely #WarCrimes, are an escalation by #Israel

#HumanRightsViolations #PagerExplosions #indiscriminate #NetanyahuWarCriminal https://truthout.org/articles/450-wounded-14-dead-after-lebanon-hit-with-second-wave-of-device-explosions/

How Disinformation Research Came Under Fire

Academic & industry support has retreated amid a #GOP assault

#politics #misinformation #lies #RightWingMedia #FakeNews #Whistleblower #TrumpIsALiar https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/disinformation-rollback/

Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work

#RealTimeCrimeCenters #surveillance #crime #policing #CCTV #ViolentCrime #Criminology https://theconversation.com/real-time-crime-centers-are-transforming-policing-a-criminologist-explains-how-these-advanced-surveillance-systems-work-232468

Vance Lets Slip: He & #DonOLDTrump Are Coming For Your Health Care

It's not just #Project2025 or Trump's failed ACA repeal. #JDVance accidentally admitted the NEW plan is to specifically screw over ppl with pre-existing conditions

#politics #healthcare https://www.offmessage.net/p/vance-trump-coming-for-your-health-care

Hazards unleashed by #EastPalestineDerailment are ‘the worst I’ve ever seen,’ toxicologist says

#toxins #Ohio #ToxicChemicalPollution #pollution #EnvironmentalImpact #EPA #carcinogens #HazardousMaterials https://www.unionprogress.com/2024/09/18/hazards-unleashed-by-east-palestine-derailment-are-the-worst-ive-ever-seen-toxicologist-says/