Borderlander
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Bibliophile in the Welsh borderlands. History, archaeology, myth, architecture, genealogy, poetry, gardening, landscape, environment, politics. 🏴
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Borderlander
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· Nov 9
Ex X. Hello Bluesky!
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The reality is that people are dying from COVID in our hospitals, and we really are doing very little to prevent them getting ill and getting infected. And we wouldn't do the same for any other infectious disease,” Vipond said.
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Over 300 COVID outbreaks hit Alberta acute care facilities last year
Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com
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December 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
“The reality is that people are dying from COVID in our hospitals, and we really are doing very little to prevent them getting ill and getting infected. And we wouldn't do the same for any other infectious disease,” Vipond said.
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/o...
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/o...
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Half a decade. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was five years ago today.
December 8, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Half a decade. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was five years ago today.
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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Holy Moly! Should have known it was all her fault.
November 12, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Holy Moly! Should have known it was all her fault.
Ex X. Hello Bluesky!
November 9, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Ex X. Hello Bluesky!