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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Plain language summary: Fair and balanced? Revealing how print media discusses critical issues surrounding free-roaming cats — Relational Thinking | Barbara Crane Navarro

YouTube is a social media platform that can drive new traffic to conservation agencies and greatly increase public awareness of a cause, but can also inadvertently send the wrong message about wild…

Source: Plain language summary: Fair and balanced? Revealing how print media discusses critical issues surrounding free-roaming cats — Relational Thinking | Barbara Crane Navarro

We are all equal – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“In our quest for happiness and the avoidance of suffering, we are all fundamentally the same, and therefore equal. Despite all the characteristics that differentiate us – race, language, religion, gender, wealth and many others – we are all equal in terms of our basic humanity.”

His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama

Source: We are all equal – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Congress ‘gradually destroying’ US relations with Pacific ally, Marshall Islands president warns | Pacific islands | The Guardian

Hilda Heine, the president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, has warned relations with the US are “gradually being destroyed by party politics” as Congress delays approval of crucial funding for the Pacific nation.

US lawmakers have not yet passed funding packages agreed in 2023 with the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), in a move some argue is opening the door to China to build its influence in the Pacific region.

“Members of the Congress have to understand that the funds that the US has agreed to provide … did not come because of the generosity of the US government and its citizens, but rather because of hard negotiations between the parties,” Heine told the Guardian in emailed comments…

Source: Congress ‘gradually destroying’ US relations with Pacific ally, Marshall Islands president warns | Pacific islands | The Guardian

Microplastics Found In Every Human Placenta Tested In Study – Slashdot

Microplastics have been found in every human placenta tested in a study, leaving the researchers worried about the potential health impacts on developing fetuses. The scientists analyzed 62 placental tissue samples and found the most common plastic detected was polyethylene, which is used to make plastic bags and bottles. A second study revealed microplastics in all 17 human arteries tested and suggested the particles may be linked to clogging of the blood vessels. […] Prof Matthew Campen, at the University of New Mexico, US, who led the research, said: “If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted. That’s not good.” He said the growing concentration of microplastics in human tissue could explain puzzling increases in some health problems, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colon cancer in people under 50, and declining sperm counts. A 2021 study found people with IBD had 50% more microplastics in their feces. Campen said he was deeply concerned by the growing global production of plastics because it meant the problem of microplastics in the environment “is only getting worse…”

Source: Microplastics Found In Every Human Placenta Tested In Study – Slashdot