Mastodawn

NOAA Supports Sargassum Response In Puerto Rico
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-supports-sargassum-response-in-puerto-rico/ <-- shared technical article
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/65792 <-- 2024 NOAA: ‘Nearshore Sargassum Management: Policy Analysis and Agency Gaps Assessment’
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H/T NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
#HarmfulAlgalBloom #HAB #PuertoRico #USA #coast #coastal #damage #cost #risk #hazard #sargassum #algae #impacts #accumulation #stateofemergency #wildlife #ecosystems #emergency #shoreline #innundation #fisheries #infrastructure #damage #socioeconomic #humanimpacts #habitat #publichealth #fedservice #fedscience
@NOAA @NCCOS

OccuWorld 4d ago

US School Shootings (K-12), Mapped (1966-2025)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts57mneD-ME

The US government continues to exacerbate the socioeconomic conditions driving violence.

#USA #SchoolShootings #Socioeconomic #Violence #Government #Billionaires #Children #Rage #Murder

US School Shootings (K-12), Mapped (1966-2025)

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Centre for Population Change Sep 25

Catch-up 📻 CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni joined the Voice of Islam Breakfast Show yesterday to discuss inequalities in UK #socialcare for #olderpeople, highlighting regional, #socioeconomic and ethnic disparities, and the need for investment, inclusion of older voices, and adapting policies to #demographic change. Listen ⬇️

https://soundcloud.com/voislam/breakfast-show-podcast-24-09-2025-growing-older-growing-wiser-youth-technology-and-faith-navigating-the-digital-age-as-muslims?in=voislam/sets/breakfast-show-podcast-2024&si=e4d6c51056d942828651a761a0eb4bd4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing#t=33%3A38

#population #socialscience #gerontology #ageing

Breakfast Show Podcast 24-09-2025: Growing Older Growing Wiser & Youth, Technology, and Faith: Navigating the Digital Age as Muslims

News: Latest News/Headlines | Traffic | Weather| Sports Topic I: Growing Older Growing Wiser  Topic II: Youth, Technology, and Faith: Navigating the Digital Age as Muslims  Presenters: Imam Muhammad

SoundCloud

Nathaniel Gregory Sep 20

#Dialecticalmaterialism is a materialist theory that has applications in a variety of philosophical disciplines & emphasizes the importance of real-world conditions & the presence of contradictions within & among #socialrelations, such as #class, #economics, & #socioeconomic interactions.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Sep 19

Land Subsidence Risk To Infrastructure In US Metropolises
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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1082763 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00240-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #water #hydrology #groundwater #extraction #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #USA #city #metro #land #subsidence #cost #impact #engineering #environment #socioeconomic #urban #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #spatialdensity #geology #engineeringgeology #buildings #transportation #humanimpacts #regulation #policy #planning #urbanplanning #mitigation #response

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Joseph Lim

Sep 11

#Malaysia’s move toward #nationwide #vape #ban is good for #health, bad for others
"🇲🇾 is set to emulate neighbor #Singapore & #banvaping, in an effort to curb ris'g misuse. Te move, while lauded by health advocates, has met w resistance fr the pro-vape lobby.. Singaporeans make up a chunk of te clientele for vape biz'es across te border in JB.. If te #socioeconomic costs r too great, we shldn't allow an industry to profit while te losses r borne by #government & #society"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-move-toward-nationwide-vape-ban-is-good-for-health-bad-for-others

Malaysia’s move towards nationwide vape ban draws mixed reaction from health experts, retailers

Implementation will be carried out in phases, starting with a ban on “open-system” or refillable vapes. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

venonat5592 at KillBait Sep 3

Baroness Sue Gray questions government plan to limit civil service internships to working-class students

Baroness Sue Gray, former chief of staff to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and known for her Partygate investigation, has criticized the UK government's decision to restrict Whitehall's main civil service internship to students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Scheduled to take effect in Octob... [More info]

Nathaniel Gregory Aug 28

"These #fires are neither isolated nor "natural" phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by #climatechange induced by our #socioeconomic order & aggravated by #land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, #profit & #growth."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/27/mediterranean-wildfires-are-no-accident

Mediterranean wildfires are no accident

This summer’s infernos expose how climate change, land neglect and disaster capitalism turn forests into fuel.

Al Jazeera

Hacker News Aug 26

No evidence ageing/declining populations compromise socio-economic performance

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16872

#HackerNews #NoEvidence #Aging #Populations #SocioEconomic #Performance #Research #Insights

No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance of countries

Concerns about declining or ageing populations often centre on the fear that fewer people will translate to a weaker economy and lower living standards. But these fears are frequently based on oversimplified or misapplied interpretations of economic models, and appear to be driven more by political agendas rather than evidence. In reality, long-term prosperity depends more on how societies invest in education, skills, and technology, not just how many people they have. We examine national data at the global scale to test whether slower population growth or ageing populations are linked to worse economic or social outcomes. Using nine different indices of socio-economic performance (domestic comprehensive wealth, income equality, research and development expenditure, patent applications, human capital, corruption perception index, freedom, planetary pressure-adjusted Human Development Index, healthy life expectancy at birth), we find no evidence that they are. In fact, we find that countries with low or negative population growth perform better on average for all indicators, and that even within-country time series show that most older and slower-growing populations fare better on average. These findings challenge common assumptions and highlight the need to move beyond fear-based and politically motivated narratives toward a more informed understanding of what truly supports thriving societies.

arXiv.org

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Nonilex Aug 19

They [the failures] have taken place in the context of extreme #wealth & #influence which, together w/gendered #power dynamics & #socioeconomic vulnerability, have shaped #government inaction. Public officials—through #neglect, #minimization, or deliberate #manipulation—blunted scrutiny, weakened victim protections, & enabled continued #exploitation & #abuse.

#law #CoverUp #JeffreyEpstein #GhislaineMaxwell #DOJ #FBI #Treasury #ChildSexualAbuse #SexTrafficking #SexualAbuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen