Lorenzo T. R. Flores

@lorigga
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Software Engineer at the San Francisco Estuary Institute (https://www.sfei.org/).

This is a personal account and does not reflect the views of my employer.

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🔸 First study 🔸
ALL 62 human placentas tested contained microplastics, mostly polyethylene.

🔸 Second study 🔸
All 17 human arteries tested contained microplastics.
The particles may clog blood vessels.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/microplastics-found-every-human-placenta-tested-study-health-impact
#plastic #pollution #environment

Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study

Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries

The Guardian
Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting, according to researchers at the University of Chicago.
Most of the sites identified are in northern Afghanistan's Balkh region.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68311913
Afghanistan: Archaeological sites 'bulldozed for looting'

Satellite images show damage has continued under the Taliban, according to researchers at Chicago University.

BBC News
@autisticadvocacy personally I have an app called DeafNote. It's made for Deaf folks but is the only app like this I've found for android! You type on one side and the words appear upside down on the other. Great for ordering food/coffee/etc or communicating with someone standing in front of you. It has a text to speech function as well. Iphone version is called FlipWriter. Here's what mine looks like:

Most Japanese municipalities design their own manhole covers to reflect unique local history and customs. Find out how they're made.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/01/japanese-manhole-covers/

#design

A Detailed Documentary Traces the Process of Making Artistic Manhole Covers in Japan — Colossal

In Japan, form follows function in a recent tradition of creating manhole covers that feature bold and colorful designs.

Colossal
Had a fantastic time watching Echo and the new True Detective. Both prominently feature native communities and have obviously tried to do a decent job. Exciting stuff!
December 25, 1990 – The first successful communication between an HTTP client and server over the Internet. The client was Tim Berners-Lee‘s WorldWideWeb – later renamed to differentiate between the software and the project named World Wide Web.
We often see the problem of misinformation described as an issue of bad “facts” — but our research suggests the problem is not just one of bad facts, but faulty frames. Though fabrications and outright lies contribute to the challenge of misinformation, we are more often misled not by false evidence but by misinterpretations and mischaracterizations.
Daniel Swain (@weatherwest), one of the best scicommers in the biz, writes an op-ed notable in its urgency. Scicomm is generally not supported by the current academic funding model. If someone makes it their specialty, it's usually a sacrifice. The scicommers you know and love are succeeding *despite* prioritizing communicating science with the public, not because of it. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03436-1
Climate researchers need support to become scientist-communicators

Scientific institutions must create roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of climate change.

Happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day to those who celebrate
Lack of clean drinking water for 95% of people in #Gaza threatens health crisis

“Polluted water supplies and salty groundwater are making people ill, with
#UN warning of threat of child deaths from dehydration”

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/04/lack-of-clean-drinking-water-for-95-of-people-in-gaza-threatens-health-crisis
Lack of clean drinking water for 95% of people in Gaza threatens health crisis

Polluted water supplies and salty groundwater are making people ill, with UN warning of threat of child deaths from dehydration

The Guardian