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  1. Slitherine übernimmt die BLOOD BOWL-Videospiellizenz von NACON

    Slitherine, seit Jahren spezialisiert auf Strategie- und Taktikspiele, hat sich die Lizenz- und Publishing-Rechte an der BLOOD BOWL-Videospielreihe gesichert

    phantanews.de/wp/2026/07/slith

    #BloodBowl #Cyanide #Nacon #Slitherine #Warhammer

  2. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: #Humans learned which #plants are safe through centuries of observation and #Indigenous food-processing methods (like soaking cassava to remove #cyanide). 🌿

    Today, #food scientists explain #toxicology, preparation techniques, and even low-toxin plant breeding at #CQUniversity #Australia. 🧪

    👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc

    #science #potatoes #beans #aboriginal #chemistry #botany #nutrition #health

  3. So, I had planned a day where I was just making creole gumbo. And then I made the mistake of opening my news app, and now…ya know, Jeezy creezy, why does the #GOP have to speedrun the death of all things?

    #Cyanide bombs, or #M44, are mechanical devices previously used primarily for predator control. They are designed to eject sodium cyanide when triggered by an animal. The Biden administration banned them on public land after a kid and his dog triggered one, killing the dog instantly. The kid survived, but not without a lot of intervention.

    See, the thing is, dogs can’t read. Frankly, I’m not many people can. A spring loaded trap that shoots out a radius of cyanide into the environment seems like a bad idea. A much worse idea than learning to live with coyotes. #Coyotes are just little dudes, ya know?

    Apex predators are a necessary part of the cycle. The GOP on the other hand, I think we can live without.

    gizmodo.com/trump-administrati

  4. Dedi Supriadi swings his hoe into the soil at his aubergine and cucumber farm – land where he once dug for gold in the hamlet of #CitorekKidul in #Indonesia.

    The mountainous region is scarred by illegal #GoldMining , where workers carve deep into hillsides and caves and risk their lives in the process.

    Tempted by the traces of #gold left behind by a former state-run mine, Aneka Tambang #ANTAM , villagers have turned to small-scale #IllegalMining , driving #deforestation and using #toxic chemicals like #mercury and #cyanide that #pollute water and kill #wildlife.

    Critics and $environmentalists have called for stricter measures to stop the practice and encourage a return to traditional and less destructive ways of life like #farming.

    A police crackdown and signs of change, such as several #miners recently switching to farming, have raised hopes of a possible turning point in the effort.

    eco-business.com/news/from-ind

    #AsianMastodon #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia #EcoNews #ecological #environmental

  5. "But people were taking Tylenol and dying, and the implications were harrowing: Was there tainted Tylenol out on store shelves? If so, how long did they have to figure it all out before the next person was stricken?" —Michael Solomon for Truly Adventurous trulyadventure.us/poison-pill

    #Tylenol #Johnson&Johnson #Cyanide #Murder #1980s #Crime

  6. This seemed important somehow:

    I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with #methanol | Disability | The Guardian
    Methanol is a type of #alcohol sometimes mixed into #bootleg liquor as a cheaper alternative to #ethanol. One mouthful can be deadly. As methanol metabolises in the body it creates harmful by-products: formaldehyde (used to embalm bodies), formate and formic acid, which attack nerves and organs and can lead to #blindness, #braindamage and death. #Formate is the main toxin that is produced and it acts like #cyanide by stopping energy production in cells, which causes depression of the central nervous system. There were large quantities of #methanol in King’s blood. The doctors were shocked, in the circumstances, that she had woken up at all in the hostel. In November last year, six tourists died in Laos from the suspected consumption of drinks laced with methanol.
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

  7. Ok #foragers, I tried collecting #invasive garlic mustard / Alliaria petiolata on my walk thru the woods yesterday. (Next time I need to bring a bag to make sure no seeds fall off the plants I picked.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliaria

    But apparently the leaves contain hydrogen #cyanide gas?! Wikipedia cites a source that says "the cyanide is easily sidestepped by chopping up the plant, which releases most of the gas in a few minutes. Soaking and cooking it also reduces the cyanide to negligible levels".