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So, a few months back, someone posted about using #biochar as an ingredient in seed starter. It seems biochar has a lot of potential good uses -- including #PFAS remediation!

"This project aims to investigate whether biochar can be used as a soil amendment to immobilize PFAS in the soil and reduce its bioaccumulation in the edible parts of vegetable crops, such as lettuce and tomatoes. The study will address several key questions: the optimal application rate of biochar in the soil, the frequency with which additional biochar should be applied after the initial amendment, and low-cost modification techniques to enhance biochar's ability to adsorb short-chain PFAS from the soil. This research will involve both laboratory and field studies. The findings will contribute to developing practical guidelines for farmers on the use of biochar in PFAS-affected soils."

maine.gov/dacf/ag/pfas/pfas-fu…

#Research #SoilRemediation #SoilHealth #PFASPollution

PFAS Fund: Research and Grant Opportunities : Maine DACF

www.maine.gov

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“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Greece out of military operations and imperialist war #WFTU pamehellas.gr/panergatiki-news…

“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Greece out of military operations and imperialist war

Thousands of people demonstrated on Monday June 23 in Athens and other cities of Greece against the escalation of the imperialist war and the participation of Greece in it.
pameadmin (Πανεργατικό Αγωνιστικό Μέτωπο (Π.Α.ΜΕ.))

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“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Solidarity with Palestine at the heart of trade union action #WFTU pamehellas.gr/panergatiki-news…

“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Solidarity with Palestine at the heart of trade union action

The new missile attack by the murderous Israeli state on Iran and the ongoing massacre in Palestine are at the heart of trade union action in Greece.
pameadmin (Πανεργατικό Αγωνιστικό Μέτωπο (Π.Α.ΜΕ.))

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Help Installing Kubuntu

Hello! I posted yesterday asking questions about which distro to pick, so first of all, thank you to everyone who responded. I wanted to thank you all there but lit cafe is down, so I'm on my other lemmy acc and can't edit that post. As you can tell from the title, I ended up picking Kubuntu, mostly because the touchpad didn't work on Mint (thank goodness I have a mouse handy) and Kubuntu has a nice little welcome walkthrough that made exploring it really easy and comfortable. So I went to install it, but I'm confused about this part of the installation. For reference I'm doing this on a Lenovo Ideapad and it has "128GB eMMC and 256GB PCIe." (honestly I don't exactly know what the PCIe means). There's two options for storage devices at the top.
The prior picture is with the first storage device selected. The following picture is with the second storage device selected.
Are there two options because there's technically two different hard drives in the laptop? Does it matter which one I choose? And I have no idea if I should erase disk (there's literally nothing on this laptop, so no worries about deleting documents or pictures) or do a manual partition? And if so, how do I do a manual partition because even if I click that I don't seem to be able to do anything (also what does manual partition mean)? And would Kubuntu take up all the storage space on the drive like it looks like it will? Because that would be a problem?

I had a lot of fun checking out the distros and trying out all of the customization options in Kubuntu and taking a look at everything in the software center, but I'm starting to feel like this might be too advanced for me. I'm sick of windows, but maybe I should just not risk messing with operating systems I don't understand? (Also I really hope those screenshots don't doxx me or something)

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> “This boy was speared on the man like an animal, like a pig, and the boy was saying nothing. But on his face—fear. The old man [looked at me] without any fear, as if this was common practice. He didn’t stop. I was so angry, I confronted him. He removed the boy from his penis, and I took the boy aside.

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The Child-Rape Assembly Line

Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg—who is 63 with a long, graying beard—recently sat down with me to explain what he described as a "child-rape assembly line" among sects of fundamentalist Jews.
Christopher Ketcham (VICE)
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#AI is stoopid, and it's gonna make you stupid too, whether you like it or not.

"Researchers from MIT Media Lab, Wellesley College, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design conducted a four-month study titled "Your Brain on ChatGPT" and found users of large language models (#LLMs) like #OpenAI's #chatbot "consistently underperformed at neural, #linguistics, and behavioral levels"."

Using #ChatGPT to write essays may harm #criticalthinking

mashable.com/article/chatgpt-w… #artificialintelligence


Using ChatGPT to write essays may harm critical thinking, MIT study finds

The 'Your Brain on ChatGPT' study will make you consider the consequences.
Cecily Mauran (Mashable)

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I think, in the case of big pharma, the question should be who in Congress isn't being paid!
RFK Jr. Accuses Congressman of Being Paid by Big Pharma to Support Vaccines gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-accuses-con…

RFK Jr. Accuses Congressman of Being Paid by Big Pharma to Support Vaccines

Kennedy was asked to retract his statement, and only did so with a smirk.
Matt Novak (Gizmodo)

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Scorpions - Wind Of Change (Official Music Video)

"Wind of Change" by Scorpions is a poignant rock ballad that captures the essence of hope and transformation during a pivotal moment in history. Released in 1990 as part of the album "Crazy World," this iconic track, written by Klaus Meine, reflects the political changes in Eastern Europe and has become a timeless anthem for peace and unity, resonating with audiences worldwide.

🎵 L Y R I C S 🎵:
I follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night, soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in, and did you ever think
That we could be so close like brothers?
The future's in the air, I can feel it everywhere
I'm blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change

Mm-mm

Walking down the street
And distant memories are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva and down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams (share their dreams)
With you and me (with you and me)

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)

The wind of change blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say (say)

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams (share their dreams)
With you and me (you and me)

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)

Album Artist: Scorpions
Album(s): Crazy World
Written by: Klaus Meine
Music genre(s): Rock
Released: 1990
Decade for first release: #1990sMusic

#Scorpions #CrazyWorld #windOfChange #rock #1990sMusic #anthemsOfHope #Remastered

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National Archives to restrict public access starting July 7

Link: archives.gov/college-park
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


The National Archives at College Park, Maryland

We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electronic records Cartographic and architectural holdings …
The National Archives at College Park, Maryland

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We are happy to share that 62 projects will receive grants from the NGI Zero Commons Fund. We congratulate the selected projects and look forward to their contributions to increasing society's digital autonomy.

Ranging from browser-based cellular networking to decentralised social media, and professional print, these projects are showing that a bright digital future is not only possible but already being built.

Come over and meet the projects!
nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-an…

#FOSS #NGIZero #NGI

NLnet; 62 new projects contribute to digital commons

nlnet.nl

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The vast majority of the Republican party and a number of hawkish Democrats are rallying around Trump’s war on Iran.

“The regime deserves it. Well done, President Trump,” tweeted Senator Lindsey Graham. “To my fellow citizens: We have the best Air Force in the world. It makes me so proud.”

mondoweiss.net/2025/06/republi…

#Israel #Iran #USpol
@israel @iran


Republicans, AIPAC Dems unite in support of Trump’s war

Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)

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Node Wars Redux

Episode 1121 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE!

Topics for today:

- Bitcoin Knots Node Count Surges
- MicroStrategy Faces Class Action Lawsuit
- Japan Prepares Crypto ETF, Tax Cuts
- Bitcoin Proposed for U.S. Mortgages
- Primal Studio Launches Nostr Tools

fountain.fm/episode/asN9d9FvND…

Bitcoin And . . . • Node Wars Redux • Listen on Fountain

Join me today for Episode 1121 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today:Bitcoin Knots node count surges, reigniting fears of a chain split and ideological rift over Core policy.
Fountain

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Iran Launches Missile Barrage on Israel before and after Ceasefire Begins #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/iran-la…

Iran Launches Missile Barrage on Israel before and after Ceasefire Begins - Palestine Chronicle

Several Israelis were killed and wounded in a series of Iranian missile attacks reported after Trump announced a ceasefire agreement. 
admin (Palestine Chronicle)

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Millions Killed For Profit - Covid Was State Sponsored Genocide - Dr. David Martin To EU Parliament

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Millions Killed For Profit - Covid Was State Sponsored Genocide - Dr. David Martin To EU Parliament

Millions Killed For Profit - Covid Was State Sponsored Genocide - Dr. David Martin To EU Parliament July 4, 2023 London Real with Brian Rose THE PLANDEMIC - FOLLOW THE MONEY Dr. David Martin, addressi
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(Germany) Incendiary Attack on 36 Vans of War Collaborators Telekom and Amazon


[On the night of Monday to Tuesday, June 17 in Berlin, 36 vans of the war collaborators Telekom and Amazon went up in flames: 17 vehicles of the first company in the Lichtenberg neighborhood, and 19 vehicles of the second in the Britz neighborhood, a few minutes apart, around 3 a.m. Below we reproduce the statement of this antimilitarist attack published in de.indymedia on the same day].

Antimilitarist attack against collaborators with the army, Amazon and Telekom

Last night, several vans of Amazon and Telekom were set on fire in the south (Britz district) and east (Lichtenberg district) of Berlin. Neither the fences nor the cameras managed to prevent the antimilitarists from attacking these two army collaborators. Both companies benefit greatly from widespread militarization and wars. That is why it is right to sabotage them.

Instead of a champagne reception, we opted to celebrate the opening of Amazon-Tower with charred shells. But we find this gruesome building repulsive not only because of its impact on the neighborhood, but also because of all the other dirty tricks of this tech giant, and in particular because of its active participation in war and genocide. Amazon’s servers and cloud services are used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to store the massive amounts of data resulting from mass surveillance of the Palestinian population. Through its subsidiary Amazon Web Systems (AWS), Amazon is one of the IDF partners. In 2021, AWS, Google, and Microsoft signed contracts with the IDF to use their servers (Project Nimbus). Since the Israeli invasion and the complete destruction of the Gaza Strip that it caused, the IDF needs much greater computing capacity to be able to use its military AI programs.

AWS servers are mainly used for this. The IDF and AWS work very closely together and consult on specific airstrikes. This means that the annihilation and starvation of Gaza that is taking place before our very eyes, the planned forced displacement of the entire population, and the AI-based slaughter and maiming of hundreds of thousands of people, many of them children, are calculated and stored on Amazon Web Services servers. But Amazon is also militarily active in other areas: as a major trading partner of the U.S. military, for example, and as a generous sponsor of King Trump’s military parade in Washington last Saturday. The State and Capital moving in the same direction towards fascism.

War, militarization, genocide, and the policy of genocide and imperialism are now based on high technology. To function, the state and the global military system need a very complex technological infrastructure. In Germany, it is managed and developed by the state-owned company Telekom. No war works without technology, and the German Federal Armed Forces benefit greatly from the militarization taking place around the world. Telekom supports the Federal Army in the field of cyber defense and trains soldiers in IT. Companies like Telekom benefit from rearmament, the $400 billion government budget to make people “fit for war” and the reintroduction of military service.

Similarly, Telekom is making money as a computer provider to border authorities, police and intelligence services, in the war against refugees at Europe’s external borders and in the growing militarization at home. Nor have we forgotten that, as one of the world’s largest telecommunications providers thanks to its acquisition of the Greek telephone operator OTE as part of the Troika’s measures, Telekom has made a name for itself as one of the world’s leading telecommunications providers. Telekom was one of the main beneficiaries of the wave of massive privatizations during the Greek crisis. For this reason, the company has already attracted criticism, both here and elsewhere, becoming the target of numerous attacks.

In addition, through T-Systems, Telekom is doing business with techno-fascist Elon Musk’s Starlink company. T-Systems offers the U.S. and other countries a service that uses thousands of Starlink satellites to send text messages into space despite white areas. Elon Musk is not just a shining fascist, he is the richest man in the world, and with his megalomaniac projects he wants to colonize not only Earth, but also space and the planet Mars. In the race to see which macho has the most satellites and the most power, he is closely followed by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos with his Project Kuiper satellite project (which will soon include 3,200 satellites). These two companies now resemble non-state empires that are also increasingly important in military terms: Starlink not only supports Ukraine and Israel in their military attacks with data – Musk also has the power to prevent these same attacks by making Starlink data available. So Musk and Bezos, with their network of technocratic companies, not only benefit from the war, but can now also determine its course.

We believe that today, as yesterday, it is right to attack the collaborators of the army. What is surprising is not that antimilitarists attack military enterprises, but that not all those who abhor wars and massacres attack military enterprises. What is surprising is not that the antimilitarists want to sabotage the war, but that all those who are against militarization and rearmament do not do their bit to contribute to disarmament. What is surprising is not that people are deeply affected by the genocide and the war of extermination in Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank, but that half the world has apparently become accustomed to seeing a far-right government commit genocide. What is surprising is not that so many people are trying to stop this genocide, but that so few are trying to burn to the ground the homes, businesses, warehouses and infrastructure that benefit from this ruthless bloodbath and make it possible.

Whether in Palestine, the Congo, Sudan, Ukraine or Myanmar, it is the ruling classes that benefit from wars.

Sabotage and revolt are legitimate, it is legitimate to vindicate life against militarism and the technologies of death, just as it is legitimate to vindicate and defend antimilitarism against nationalism.

It is right to liberate life from all militarism and war, from the state and patriarchy.

Against all wars and armies.

Love and strength for Maya on hunger strike and for all the others imprisoned in the Budapest case, for Nanuk, Daniela and the anarchists N and M.

A hug and warm greetings to Athens where Marianna, Dimitra, Dimitris, Nikos and AK are imprisoned in Korydallos prison.

In memory of the struggle of Kyriakos Ximitri

Excerpted from Sans Nom and translated by Informativo Anarquista

abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=…

#anarchist #antiMilitarist #DirectAction #europe #germany #KyriakosXymitiris

(Alemania) Reivindicación de atentado incendiario a 36 furgonetas de las empresas colaboradoras de la guerra Telekom y Amazon – Informativo Anarquista

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The Clairmont Institute is a right-wing school of thought that liberals will love Republicans (neocons) once they realize Lincoln saved the world from Slavery.

The believe the Declaration of Independence has something to do with the United States. It is a sucession document of the thirteen nations of America.

They believe the Constitution started with Lincoln and especially the Hugo Black version of the 14th Amendment.

They twist reality and the
Constitution to support their totalitarianism

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Yeah. Drumpf=LOSER.
So failed at doing something that even "success" in its destruction would mean fuck-all to global security or even gas prices. But puts us at the brink of WWIII. HOW DO WE GET RID OF THESE ASSHOLES?

theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…


US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set back program by months, Pentagon report says

Findings by Defense Intelligence Agency suggest Trump’s declaration that sites were ‘obliterated’ may be overstated
Hugo Lowell (The Guardian)

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Gaza: ¿cómo llegamos a esto?

Parte I: Gaza

Gaza no es una ciudad o un país. No es una prisión ni un campo de batalla. No es un territorio autónomo pero tampoco es solo un pedazo de tierra entre el mar y un muro. Gaza es, hoy, un nudo. Un nudo ciego de historia, encierro, muerte y resistencia.

Gaza es una herida abierta en tiempo real.

Allí, donde viven cerca de 2,3 millones de personas (la gran mayoría refugiadas o descendientes de refugiados), no hay posibilidad de salir ni de entrar sin autorización israelí o egipcia. Gaza no controla sus fronteras, ni su espacio aéreo, ni sus costas, ni su comercio, ni su agua, ni su electricidad. En más de un sentido, ni siquiera controla su tiempo: cuándo se puede comer, dormir o morir, depende del pulso de los drones y los bombardeos.

Desde el 7 de octubre de 2023, ese pulso se ha vuelto una metáfora brutal: Gaza es hoy una zona arrasada por el Estado de Israel con una intensidad de fuego, destrucción y muerte sin precedentes desde 1948. Según datos de la ONU, para mediados de 2024, más del 70% de las viviendas han sido destruidas o dañadas. Hay decenas de miles de muertos, en su enorme mayoría civiles. Miles de niños y niñas han muerto bajo los escombros, o han quedado amputados, solos, traumatizados.

Los hospitales han sido blanco de ataques sistemáticos. La ayuda humanitaria no ingresa con regularidad, o es bloqueada o bombardeada. Hay registros de hambrunas localizadas, y el acceso al agua potable es casi inexistente. Las organizaciones humanitarias han denunciado el colapso absoluto de la infraestructura civil y la imposibilidad de mantener en pie las mínimas condiciones de vida. La Corte Internacional de Justicia ha ordenado medidas urgentes para frenar el genocidio en curso. Israel no las cumple. Estados Unidos lo respalda.

Gaza no está sola en el mundo, pero está sola frente a la maquinaria que la destruye. Lo que ocurre allí no es un accidente, ni una consecuencia trágica de la guerra. Es el resultado directo de decisiones políticas, militares y discursivas sostenidas por décadas. Es el desenlace de una historia que empieza mucho antes de la existencia de Hamas, mucho antes incluso de la creación del Estado de Israel.

Y sobre cada imagen de escombros, sobre cada cuerpo sin vida, sobre cada edificio pulverizado, la pregunta que flota entonces es una sola:

¿Cómo llegamos a esto?

Texto completo: agora.uy/gaza-como-llegamos-a-…

#Gaza #Palestina #Israel #Genocidio #Política

Gaza: ¿cómo llegamos a esto? – Ágora

agora.uy

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Ist doch logisch. Wenn Beck sich sowieso schon zum “useful idiot” von Rechtsextremen in Israel macht, warum nicht auch gleich zum “useful idiot" von Rechtsextremen in Deutschland?
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Abu al-Daraja

2025-06-23 13:57:03

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Becks Tweet wird in inner-rechten Diskussionen als Beispiel dafür verwendet, wie weit Remigrationsideen gehen können,
-wenn man sie nur richtig framed.

Israel-Solidarität - das haben Akteure dort schon vor Jahren erkannt - ist Material für die Querfront ins bürgerliche Lager.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j.... Meanwhile in Gaza Israel's Genocide on an unarmed civilian population continues

At least 40 more Palestinians ...


At least 40 more Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza, say medics and officials

Shootings by Israeli forces raise death toll of such incidents in Gaza in last two weeks to more than 500
Jason Burke (The Guardian)

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Declare gender-based violence an ‘epidemic,’ B.C. review urges

The review, conducted by lawyer Kim Stanton, makes numerous recommendations, including the appointment of an independent commissioner on gender-based violence.

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Declare gender-based violence an ‘epidemic,’ B.C. review urges

The review, conducted by lawyer Kim Stanton, makes numerous recommendations, including the appointment of an independent commissioner on gender-based violence. 
Simon Little (Global News)

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The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox

HOLY: RFK Jr. ignites Democrat firestorm—calls out Rep. Pallone for flipping on vaccines after $2M in Big Pharma cash contributions.

This is so epic. Wow.

During the HHS budget hearing, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped a WARHEAD on Dem Rep. Frank Pallone, setting the room ablaze.

🔥 Secretary Kennedy: ⬇️
x.com/VigilantFox/status/19375…

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Seven Things to Know About ProPublica’s Investigation of the FDA’s Secret Gamble on Generic Drugs

ProPublica offers this succinct summary of its investigation on the FDA's secret gamble on poorly performing generic drug makers.

peoplespharmacy.com/articles/s…

Salt Matters: Hidden Perils of Antidepressants and Drug-Induced Hyponatremia

Dangerously low sodium levels can kill! Medications for hypertension, heartburn and depression can cause drug-induced hyponatremia. Beware!

peoplespharmacy.com/articles/d…


Salt Matters: Hidden Perils of Antidepressants and Drug-Induced Hyponatremia

https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/

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Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

EXCLUSIVE: Per federal sources, the vice mayor of Cudahy, a city in southeast LA County, is under FBI investigation after she allegedly posted a video to social media in which she appears to call for 18th Street & Florencia 13 gang members in LA to defend their territory from ICE, even urging gang leadership to “get your fucking members in order”. ⬇️
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Israel has been exposed as a dependent colony that relies on the West for its military adventures. And even still, it has failed to turn this advantage over Iran into strategic success. The Israel doctrine appears to be meeting its limits.

mondoweiss.net/2025/06/the-cea…

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel


The ceasefire with Iran reveals the limits of Israel’s power — and its dependence on the U.S.

Abdaljawad Omar (Mondoweiss)
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