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The Bee Guy<p>Early!<br>A bit like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> though there should never be a time for that.<br>Stop spraying chemical <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a>. <br>No excuses.<br>Just stop.<br>They are designed to kill and that is what they do.<br>So stop.<br>Stop.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>Stop!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 89</p><p>In 1945, the American Chemical Paint Company released the first US ‘residential herbicide’ 2,4-D which had been developed during WW2 as a chemical weapon to wipe out potatoes in Germany and rice in Japan.</p>
The Bee Guy<p>Early!<br>And you know what they say…<br>See post 2 attached if you don’t!</p><p>theBeeAt3 </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 88</p><p>In the US in the 1950s, a chemical company/producer of grass seed, to promote a weed killer, launched a PR campaign declaring white <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/clover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clover</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weed</span></a>.<br>It wasn’t. <br>It isn’t.<br>Chemical weed killers are <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a>. <br>PR that.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> </p><p>1/2</p>
Clayton Hove<p>Poisons and their antidotes, circa early 1940s.</p><p>This was the first I’ve heard of Paris Green, and it’s a doozy. <a href="https://www.ricentral.com/chariho_times/news/local_news/the-dangers-of-paris-green/article_b708ea20-1240-11eb-b1f0-a754a0cb66ed.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ricentral.com/chariho_times/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/local_news/the-dangers-of-paris-green/article_b708ea20-1240-11eb-b1f0-a754a0cb66ed.html</span></a></p><p>Found in a small notebook won at this weekend’s North Star Auction.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/antidotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antidotes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/auctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auctions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/antiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiques</span></a></p>
Richard Martin-Nielsen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> piece on “A novelist’s guide to poisoning” has me silently singing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePolice</span></a>’s “Murder by Numbers” to myself and I’ve not listened to it for years. <br>%<br>There really isn't any need for bloodshed<br>You just do it with a little more finesse<br>If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee<br>Then it avoids an awful lot of mess<br>%<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderByNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderByNumbers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisoning</span></a><br>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/113861093669202205" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wandering.shop/@cstross/113861</span><span class="invisible">093669202205</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>Now on view: If Books Could Kill 📕 💀 </p><p>This exhibition casts light on the hidden dangers of manuscripts within the Walters collection and reveals the delicate science behind recognizing those toxic materials and handling them safely today.</p><p><a href="https://thewalters.org/exhibitions/if-books-could-kill/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewalters.org/exhibitions/if-</span><span class="invisible">books-could-kill/</span></a></p><p>The Walters Art Museum @walters_museum <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exhibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exhibitions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a></p>
SydneyJim<p>‘Climate-induced poisoning’: 350 elephants probably killed by <a href="https://body.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> water | <a href="https://body.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/mystery-mass-die-off-deaths-elephants-toxic-water-botswana" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/nov/29/mystery-mass-die-off-deaths-elephants-toxic-water-botswana</span></a></p><p>This is what humans are doing to our planet. </p><p><a href="https://body.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extinction</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisons</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
ErosBlog Bacchus<p>In a local gardening group someone is asking how to kill Johnson grass, which is considered a weed in these parts. The irony of this response went unremarked, but I am still laughing about it:</p><p>"Use Roundup carefully and spot treat. I have used it for nearly 50 years with great success."</p><p>Such great success that after fifty years, you're still doing it! 🤣 </p><p><a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roundup</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Sprays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprays</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisons</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weeds</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/JohnsonGrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnsonGrass</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>💫 Plasticizers impair normal brain function in vertebrates, study finds</p><p><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-plasticizers-impair-brain-function-vertebrates.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10</span><span class="invisible">-plasticizers-impair-brain-function-vertebrates.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>materials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@KeithDJohnson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KeithDJohnson</span></a></span> </p><p>Asshole petroleum dealers make plastics, and they REFUSE to only make plastics that are recyclable, most of the plastics they defecate into stores ARE NOT recyclable, pissing their costs onto us.</p><p>THAT'S the problem.</p><p>By law, make ALL plastics that are not recyclable ILLEGAL.</p><p>Then make all plastic produced be made from majority recycled plastic, so plastic companies MUST mine the seas and shores for old plastic, as part of their business.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalDumbness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDumbness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a></p>
LionelB<p>I smell weasel. DEFRA (the environment wing of UK government) said </p><p>"That is why we are committed to deliver for nature and will change existing policies, including banning the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten vital pollinators.”</p><p>Why didn't they say </p><p>"... including banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides".</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@savebutterflies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>savebutterflies</span></a></span></p>
SydneyJim<p>Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body - Guardian Australia <a href="https://apple.news/Ap8Trp6DaTJKjfdlnW8WmXw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/Ap8Trp6DaTJKjfdlnW8</span><span class="invisible">WmXw</span></a></p><p>We are killing ourselves. We are killing the animals. We are killing the environment. We are killing the planet. <a href="https://body.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earth</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> <a href="https://body.social/tags/foreverchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreverchemicals</span></a></p>
Miguel Suarez Smiz<p>Wondering what’s in your water? Now you can find out.</p><p>The Watershed Pollution Map reveals huge range of potential pollution sources that can harm rivers, lakes, groundwater, coasts &amp; more.</p><p>Click on the zoom + – to find your area. Click the little eye icon beside each layer to show/hide data and scroll down the menu to view more datasets.</p><p><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/pfas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pfas</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/environmentalharm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalharm</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/WatershedPollutionMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatershedPollutionMap</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-out-whats-polluting-your-local-rivers-lakes-and-coast/?utm_source=X&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=rachel_map_launch_june" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">watershedinvestigations.com/ho</span><span class="invisible">me/find-out-whats-polluting-your-local-rivers-lakes-and-coast/?utm_source=X&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=rachel_map_launch_june</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>with 14,314 killed in 2023 compared to 364,734 in 2019.</p><p>According to the new data, the wildlife-killing program unintentionally killed more than 2,484 animals in 2023, including 658 river <a href="https://mas.to/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> and 428 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/turtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turtles</span></a>, as well as several dogs and cats. Its killing of nontarget birds included a federally protected <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GoldenEagle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenEagle</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WoodDucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoodDucks</span></a>, great <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlueHerons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueHerons</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WildTurkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildTurkeys</span></a>. Such data reveals the indiscriminate nature of leghold <a href="https://mas.to/tags/traps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traps</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/snares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snares</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> and other methods used by federal agents.</p><p>4/6</p>
Paul Houle<p>☠️ Concerned about developing babies, EPA warns about danger of weed killer used on farms, golf courses</p><p><a href="https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/04/concerned-about-developing-babies-epa-warns-about-danger-of-weed-killer-used-on-farms-golf-courses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewlede.org/2024/04/concern</span><span class="invisible">ed-about-developing-babies-epa-warns-about-danger-of-weed-killer-used-on-farms-golf-courses/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerHorseRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrayerHorseRide</span></a>'s Third Annual March Ride Begins March 17, in Schurz, Nevada<br> <br>Reconnecting and Revitalizing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traditional</span></a> Ways of Life Threatened by Destructive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> Resource Extractions Supporting "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a>"</p><p>By Prayer Horse Ride, via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> </p><p>SCHURZ, Nevada -- "Prayer Horse Ride "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NanesootuhinaPookooGoobakatudu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NanesootuhinaPookooGoobakatudu</span></a>," is getting ready to begin our annual ride March 17th-26th, from Schurz, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth and Nixon, through Lovelock, then Orovada, and ending in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeeheeMuhuh</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a> in the McDermitt Caldera), in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shoshone</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bannock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannock</span></a>.<br>The Riders, walkers, and runners carry the prayer with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and the McDermitt Caldera; AND also raise awareness to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineNutHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineNutHills</span></a>, a holy place known to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuwu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuwu</span></a>; in honor and remembrance of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women / People (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIW</span></a>/P) in Nevada; and to revitalize and restore cultural identity, languages, creativity, and supportive lifeways in our indigenous communities. </p><p>"Northern Nevada is the home of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernPaiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernPaiute</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternShoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternShoshone</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washoe</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bannock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannock</span></a> people. We, as descendants of them, will continue to give voices to the voiceless on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>. To all of our relations.<br> <br>"'We do this prayer ride to reconnect and revitalize our way of life,' says Josh Dini, Sr, a member of Walker River Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtector</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerHorseRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrayerHorseRider</span></a>, and a member of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndianMovement</span></a> Northern Nevada (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIMNNV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIMNNV</span></a>).</p><p>"Indigenous communities in the Great Basin and McDermitt Caldera are experiencing fast-tracked <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> and industrial development to support 'green energy,' and are threatened by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologically</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sociologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociologically</span></a> destructive resource extraction processes, most notably, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> mining, in areas in proximity to or within <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reservations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reservations</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTrusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandTrusts</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSites</span></a>. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeavyMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyMetals</span></a> extraction <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a> lands, air, and water. Sacred sites for ceremony, where ancestors are buried, where medicines grow, and where lifecycles are anchored, are destroyed.</p><p>"'Copper mining in our Pine Nut Hills takes away our knowledge and our identity of who we are,' says Dini, who explained the mining threatens an important Paiute medicine food, as well as numerous traditional campsites and sacred places that have been used for innumerable generations.</p><p>"'We ride in honor of the people on the land before extraction industries, past - present - and future. Here in Nevada we have places important to the indigenous culture that are considered America's sacrifice zones in search of 'green energy.'</p><p>"'We are Paiute and Shoshone allied with many of the federally recognized tribes in Nevada. We lead this prayer for Mother Earth,' says Gary McKinney, a Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute, water protector and Prayer Horse Rider, People of Red Mountain spokesperson, AIMNNV council member, and SIRGE Coalition Steering Committee member.</p><p>Prayer Horse Ride will visit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> northern Nevada communities affected by these issues including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WalkerRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalkerRiver</span></a> Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yerington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yerington</span></a> Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fallon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fallon</span></a> Paiute Shoshone Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lovelock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lovelock</span></a> Paiute Tribe, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyramidLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PyramidLake</span></a> Paiute Tribe. As Riders reach each community, they may share meals, engage in ceremony, share stories and songs, and teach and learn traditional arts, bringing the communities together to celebrate and remember the traditional ways. </p><p>"McKinney says, 'We ride to honor the land and the people - of the past, present, and the future. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOverLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOverLithium</span></a>." </p><p>"About Prayer Horse Ride: Established in 2022 to honor the late <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MyronDewey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyronDewey</span></a>, Water Protector, Paiute Shoshone journalist and drone pilot, and to continue prayers for cultural sites like Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass), we are an indigenous led prayer group and community service organization that advocates for our indigenous communities, to protect what we have left and to raise your awareness to what our communities face, and most importantly, in gathering tribes back together to stand in unity, not by separation. </p><p>"'We'll continue this ride in the Vision of our Ancestors, for Healing, Strength and Awareness, in Prayer and Unity.'</p><p>"Prayer Horse Riders have a story to tell and you can reach out to PHR media liaison André Wesner for inquiries: PrayerHorseRide2023@gmail.com</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/prayer-horse-ride-2024-in-honor-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02</span><span class="invisible">/prayer-horse-ride-2024-in-honor-of.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrayerRide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a></p>
NYC Glue<p>Incredible. Cars can be loaded with so many potential <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poisons</span></a>. Not their job determine if hazardous. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/carBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carBrain</span></a> <a href="https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/u-s-fishing-groups-sue-tire-manufacturers-over-6ppd-impacts-on-salmon-steelhead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earthjustice.org/press/2023/u-</span><span class="invisible">s-fishing-groups-sue-tire-manufacturers-over-6ppd-impacts-on-salmon-steelhead</span></a></p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>"Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins — From Spices to Vices<br>Noah Whiteman<br>Little, Brown Spark (2023)<br>[...]<br>Aficionados of chemical form, people interested in botanical pharmacology and toxicology, and those who are simply curious about the origins of their drugs and spices will find much to enjoy in this fascinating compendium."</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03303-z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-023</span><span class="invisible">-03303-z</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poisons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxins</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>