Jason Jasonson

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

"Microplastics have been detected in the brains of dementia patients, and in arterial plaques from people with heart disease"

And the response of the plastics industry is......

....to massively ramp up plastic production

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Conservative US commentator Candace Owens granted NZ visa after government intervention www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽Yes worth listening to, and contemplating deeply. However the message of the talk is: society will inevitably collapse, we have no choice, but I’m going to be a nice person when it does, so I’ll be ok… while I:
a) starve
b) be one of 70% of the global population under tyranny 1/

Will burying biomass underground curb climate change? Though carbon removal startups may limit global warming, significant questions remain.

We're basically out of ideas if our solution to climate change is to dig a hole in the ground and poop in it.

Emerge Australia graphic: stethoscope on medical form with pen. Badge reads “Please Connect Us.” Tagline: “Together We Can Educate and Empower.”

Join us in our mission to educate and empower!
With $400, we can educate a GP on #MECFS and #longCOVID.

Can you introduce us to someone in philanthropy who could support? If so, please email information@emerge.org.au


More info: zurl.co/Kujtx

When reality comes knocking, it can be a harsh wake up call.

Many of us believed we would be fine.

Didn’t really understand just how few supports exist for disabled people or how hard they work to survive.

Secretly believed they could “just try harder”

CO2 emissions reached record high in 2024, report finds The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires have helped fan a "vicious climate cycle."

The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires have helped fan a "vicious climate cycle."

My 2yo just informed me that her favorite food is gummy bears wrapped in salami. Then she held eye contact while wrapping a gummy bear in salami and eating it.

👇👇

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Strangely, there is another layer of hell to this. Bc the parts of the brainstem affected are related to your emotional/stress/psy/hormonal regulation, your thoughts/emotions/psy become 'chemically' extremely fucked up.

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We often assume the deal between the Russian state and its contract soldiers is not ideological. But what could be more ideological than believing the state owes you nothing, you owe the state nothing, and everything - including your life - can be reduced to a business transaction?

YouTube video by Vlad Vexler ME Diary What “Unsafety” Feels Like in ME and Long Covid

A short video on unsafety in chronic illness on the Vlads ME Diary channel - youtu.be/_6KSh9AKA-o?...

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Hello Briarniony 🤗

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

How on earth is almost 2026 and this shit is about hospitalised patients from 2020/2021...

Do we have to wait 5 more years for looking at #pwME/LC with PEM (both pre & post covid)? And people with other sequalae?

Finding answers in science takes time, blablabla... this is just about 'doing it'!

Six things I learned from my time in a wheelchair Nov232023 Blog Spread the love Photo of a woman in a wheelchair on a bridge overlooking a river or something similar Wheelchairs are shit. No, wait, let me rephrase that: Wheelchairs are absolutely fantastic and afford disabled people a world of independence and mobility they would otherwise be stripped of. But – you knew that already.

"Six things I learned from my time in a wheelchair" by a woman with ME and POTS

chronicallycraptastic.com/six-things-i...

#MEcfs #POTS #Disabled #Disability #chronicillness #Spoonies
#Spoonie

large red and yellow sky a small building to the left on a horizon low in the painting

Emil Nolde’s Red & Yellow Cloud, 1930

I love this story 😭

TIMELINE CLEANSE ✨

There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry

But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down

A coloured pencil drawing; there are three portraits of the same man. The centre portrait is the man smiling with a sparkle in his eye, drawn in lively colours. On his chest and shoulders are a variety of smaller animal portraits: two border collies, a yellow lab, and two rams. The left and right hand portraits are the same man, but in dark, desaturated colours. The left portrait stares into the distance, with an expression that's a mixture of dissociation and fear. The right portrait has downcast eyes and a drooping expression that conveys a weary bitterness and sadness.

Exclusive* early drop for the BSky crew of my Artfully Queer 2025 entry. Title "I Wish You'd Let Us Love You" or, alternatively, "An Honest Portrait of Gerrit Kruijver". #TraditionalArt #ColourPencil #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtfullyQueer

*lol

Horrible reporting from the ABC describing China as “once a climate villain”. Actually no, on a per capita basis and since industrialisation they are middle of the pack. Whereas Australia 👇

#auspol

Shutterbugs warned search for perfect shot is stressing out numbats Authorities say getting to close to numbats can make them anxious enough to abandon their young and are urging photographers to give the endangered animals their space.

Non-Australians: All Australian animals are deadly

Numbats: please read the following article www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

"Three cheers for daylight slavings!" they cried.

('they' being the jerks who thought it up)

Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours.

The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3

They even removed any concession discounts on course fees which is completely cruel.

I did Cert 3 arts at the NW TAFE pre covid, had freelance gigs as a result, watched my classmates get jobs or start small businesses - one of which directly contributed to the Spirit of Tasmania children’s entertainment program, which is a major public face of state tourism. The arts create jobs.

A typical road in Vermont. Sixty percent of Vermont roads are dirt. They are smoothest during winter. That's when they get iced over. Don't worry, we covered the ice with sand.