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  1. The Plume and the Alibi

    An answer to Caroline Fraser, whose book Murderland argues that lead and arsenic from the smelters of the Pacific Northwest helped produce the serial killers of the 1970s and 1980s. A reader sent me a fragment of an interview with you. You are asking why the Pacific Northwest produced so many serial killers, and you have arrived at smelters, at lead, and at a pair of graphs that lie on top of each other. You won a Pulitzer for Prairie Fires and you do not deserve a lazy reply, so here is the long one. One half of what you are saying is sound. The other half is rotten, and the rot is spreading into the half that deserves to survive. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/31/the-

  2. The Plume and the Alibi

    An answer to Caroline Fraser, whose book Murderland argues that lead and arsenic from the smelters of the Pacific Northwest helped produce the serial killers of the 1970s and 1980s. A reader sent me a fragment of an interview with you. You are asking why the Pacific Northwest produced so many serial killers, and you have arrived at smelters, at lead, and at a pair of graphs that lie on top of each other. You won a Pulitzer for Prairie Fires and you do not deserve a lazy reply, so here is the long one. One half of what you are saying is sound. The other half is rotten, and the rot is spreading into the half that deserves to survive. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/31/the-

  3. @korrupt Meine Erfahrung im Lebensmittel Großhandel ist ähnlich: Viele Kundengruppen haben für Internet keine Zeit, viele andere haben da keinen Bock drauf. Die stehen auf Besuch durch Außendienstler oder immer noch Papier.

    Mit anderen Worten: Man kann das gar nicht verallgemeinern.

    Natürlich kann man "mit der Gießkanne breitflächig über das Internet gießen", aber die conversion rate ist meist miserabel bis null.

    #clicktoaction #lead #conversionrate #onlinemarketing

    @teufelswerk

  4. @korrupt Meine Erfahrung im Lebensmittel Großhandel ist ähnlich: Viele Kundengruppen haben für Internet keine Zeit, viele andere haben da keinen Bock drauf. Die stehen auf Besuch durch Außendienstler oder immer noch Papier.

    Mit anderen Worten: Man kann das gar nicht verallgemeinern.

    Natürlich kann man "mit der Gießkanne breitflächig über das Internet gießen", aber die conversion rate ist meist miserabel bis null.

    #clicktoaction #lead #conversionrate #onlinemarketing

    @teufelswerk

  5. #Jackie the rescued eagle from #BigBear is alert and underweight

    by Rene Ray De La Cruz
    July 21, 2026

    "Jackie, the rescued bald eagle and mate of Shadow from Big Bear, is underweight, alert, perching and eating with assistance, according to the Ojai Raptor Center.

    "The center delivered that message to Friends of Big Bear Valley, who reported on Monday that the Ventura County-based rehab center had not yet received Jackie’s medical test results, but was expected to within the next couple of days.

    "On Tuesday, FOBBV shared an update from the Ojai Raptor Center, saying personnel there are awaiting test results for signs of #lead, #zinc, or rodenticide levels.

    "#Rodenticides are pesticides that kill a variety of rodents, according to the National Pesticide Information Center.

    "The most common route of exposure to lead for birds, especially in eagles, is through ingestion of spent lead #ammunition fragments and #FishingTackle, according to the #Cornell #Wildlife Health Lab.

    "High zinc levels in birds are often caused by the ingestion of lead, according to the Merck Veterinary Manual.

    " 'Jackie is anemic and has inflammation affecting her kidneys,' FOBBV said. “They are unsure of the underlying issue causing these symptoms. The center is working with several specialist veterinarians to determine the best supportive care for the moment.'

    "FOBBV was also told that Jackie has more energy and 'is mad and fighting. That’s our Jackie, a strong and mighty eagle!' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/local/

    #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #EndangeredSpeciesAct #JackieAndShadow #NewsFromTheNest #Ammunition #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

  6. #Jackie the rescued eagle from #BigBear is alert and underweight

    by Rene Ray De La Cruz
    July 21, 2026

    "Jackie, the rescued bald eagle and mate of Shadow from Big Bear, is underweight, alert, perching and eating with assistance, according to the Ojai Raptor Center.

    "The center delivered that message to Friends of Big Bear Valley, who reported on Monday that the Ventura County-based rehab center had not yet received Jackie’s medical test results, but was expected to within the next couple of days.

    "On Tuesday, FOBBV shared an update from the Ojai Raptor Center, saying personnel there are awaiting test results for signs of #lead, #zinc, or rodenticide levels.

    "#Rodenticides are pesticides that kill a variety of rodents, according to the National Pesticide Information Center.

    "The most common route of exposure to lead for birds, especially in eagles, is through ingestion of spent lead #ammunition fragments and #FishingTackle, according to the #Cornell #Wildlife Health Lab.

    "High zinc levels in birds are often caused by the ingestion of lead, according to the Merck Veterinary Manual.

    " 'Jackie is anemic and has inflammation affecting her kidneys,' FOBBV said. “They are unsure of the underlying issue causing these symptoms. The center is working with several specialist veterinarians to determine the best supportive care for the moment.'

    "FOBBV was also told that Jackie has more energy and 'is mad and fighting. That’s our Jackie, a strong and mighty eagle!' "

    Read more:
    usatoday.com/story/news/local/

    #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #EndangeredSpeciesAct #JackieAndShadow #NewsFromTheNest #Ammunition #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

  7. Targeted support for North East clean energy project to create thousands of jobs and power Britain’s green future | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    A single Lead Environmental Regulator will make decision-making easier …
    #NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #affairs #agency #Beeton #Britain #clean #East #Energy #environment #Environmental #GB #GreatBritain #Lead #management #marine #MMO #North #Organisation #park #Port #Regulator #river #Tyne #UK
    newsbeep.com/uk/692867/

  8. #lead : to guide or go first

    - French: avantage

    - German: das Blei

    - Italian: piombo

    - Portuguese: liderar, chumbo

    - Spanish: ventaja

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    Guess the next word of the hour @ 24hippos.com

  9. Woot, some of our Corelle dishes are testing positive for lead. How very deeply exciting.

    My wife read about this last night.

    In the pictures, the "gold border" dishes are okay, but the "flower print in the middle" dishes are toxic.

    #corelle #lead #environment

  10. Woot, some of our Corelle dishes are testing positive for lead. How very deeply exciting.

    My wife read about this last night.

    In the pictures, the "gold border" dishes are okay, but the "flower print in the middle" dishes are toxic.

    #corelle #lead #environment

  11. Lockheed Martin awarded $1B in military contracts as Iran war leads to buildup

    by Eric E. Garcia, Fort Worth Report May 31, 2026 Keeping America’s F-35 fighter jets stocked with missiles…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #FortWorth #Iran #lead #LockheedMartinAeronauticsCo. #LockheedMartinCorp #munitionsbuildup #War
    newsbeep.com/568162/

  12. On the second #climbing day we had to take some more care with the weather - there were thunderstorm-cells going left/right by 50km of where we were. We decided to do a "6" traverse route that goes around the whole tower, with a simple crack/dihedral entry. It was quiiiiite scary at times, but both power and technique wise not that hard. Still, bigup to my friend for #trad #lead climbing it. The view - cloudy - was super per nice too ... and the thunder in the background both scary and moody.

  13. #LLM / #AI hype just seems like a repeat of this, but at much higher speed ( #lead wasn't put into #petrol just out of spite but to allow use of cheaper hydrocarbon mixtures, boost profits of a proprietary substance and allow manufacturers to delay improvements to engine design that allowed efficient and reliable running without putting even more poison into the air..

    The stuff even destroyed the inventors health, and he died due to a failure of one of his own flawed inventions!

    bbc.co.uk/news/business-405933