#toxicity — Public Fediverse posts

AIs can be an easy target for being accused of "slop" (AI slop). We didn't even see any instances of social media posts saying "human slop". Human slop includes interpersonal abuse, retaliatory abuse with abuse, lack of empathy, xenophobia, classism, povertyism, discriminatory conduct, harmful psychological mindsets, antisocial behaviour, and the dark tetrad. Human slop.

#AI #humanity #accountability #standards #hypocrisy #abuse #discrimination #toxicity #truth #awareness #society #ethics

#CO2 #ppm #atmosphere #air #airQuality #toxicity #health #HealthEffect

Larcombe & Bierwirth 26.02.2026 Air Qual Atmos Health 19, 44

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years

doi.org/10.1007/s118...

#climatechange #polycrisis

doi.org/10.1007/s11869...

#CO2 #ppm #atmosphere #air #airQuality #toxicity #health #HealthEffect

Larcombe & Bierwirth 26.02.2026 Air Qual Atmos Health 19, 44

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-026-01918-5

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

LLMs Are Still Toxic, Stuck in the Past, and Bad at Math

https://www.eyosias.dev/blog/llms-are-still-toxic-and-bad-at-math

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49034838

#HackerNews #LLMs #Toxicity #AI #Ethics #Machine #Learning #Math #Issues

Today on NovaLandia: "My Experimentation with Bluesky is Over"

The extremely cool and awesome villain in Farcry 3 once said, "Do you know the definition of insanity?" Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. And I feel like I've ...

https://mkultra.monster/socialmedia/2026/07/20/bluesky-done/

#bluesky #twitter #onlinecommunities #socialnetworks #toxicity

🔍📜 Wow, #groundbreaking #news from Smithsonian: #leaded #gas was toxic from day ONE! Who knew?! Oh wait, everyone did. 🙄 But hey, subscribe now and snag a #free #tote to carry the weight of this #vintage revelation! 👜💡
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leaded-gas-poison-invented-180961368/ #toxicity #Smithsonian #revelation #HackerNews #ngated

#Fireworks #Toxicity #Pollution #PM25 #Poison

https://bsky.app/profile/ssteingraber1.bsky.social/post/3mpwrflema226

If someone around me drinks alcohol, it will not increase my chance of getting cancer. If someone around me smokes, it does increase my risk of cancer.

But about alcohol (rough translation): "Bacteria in our mouths break down ethanol into acetaldehyde and free radicals. [..] That explains why alcohol use increases the risk on various forms of cancer." https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/hoe-schadelijk-zijn-bier-wijn-en-sterke-drank-alcohol-laat-geen-orgaan-ongemoeid-dit-gebeurt-er-in-het-lichaam-als-je-alcohol-drinkt~bd598cfe/ (NL)

#toxicity #cancer

I see that anti-AI people need to be hostile towards and harass those who use AI so that people will join them to not use AI. I have survived many people's harassment attempts related to people noticing my AI usage. Please read my pinned post; you are free to leave me respectfully if you do not want to see my AI content.

#AI #harassment #toxicity #community #choice #autonomy #bullying #tactics #awareness #truth #solidarity #respect #dignity #freedom #coercion #activism #gatekeeping

Even AIs are being nice to me. Humans threaten me and harass me for being honest about the methods I use to code. It's hard for me to learn Git Forge software.

#coding #mentalhealth #harassment #learning #tech #community #toxicity #vibe #development #cyberbullying #gatekeeping #support #awareness #intimidation #education #developer #toxic #culture

Q:
What about social media platforms causes more #toxicity than in face-to-face communication?

A:
DAD

Disembodiment
Accountability
Disinhibition

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highlights-roots-online-toxicity.html

#SocialMedia #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #communication #media

Reading in journal club

Backhaus et al. in Science

Include a mixture allocation factor to improve EU chemical risk management

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb6374

#pollution #environment #policy #toxicity #ecotoxicology

Atmospheric oxidation of the anti-degradation compounds 6PPD and DPPD that are present in tire wear particulates produce approximately 90 compounds that are found in near-road environmental air samples. This mixture caused inflammation and death of human macrophages, and was more toxic than 6PPD-quinone.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-atmospheric-compounds-pose-human-health.html

Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412026002655

#Science #Health #Pollution #Toxicity #6PPD #Cars

The methyl methacrylate tank incident in Garden Grove, California has resurfaced one of my pet peeves.

According to mainstream news journalists, anything that is a "chemical" is "highly toxic". It's the end of the world. There isn't enough drama in the world.

This stuff is not great - it's a skin irritant, and the fumes can irritate mucous membranes like the eyes, but it is *not* instant-death-on-a-stick. The explosion they were worried about was far more dangerous for its explosive effects than for the chemical release.

It's no dimethylmercury or hydrogen fluoride or dioxygen difluoride [1]. Heck, it's oral LD50 is something like 7g/kg - so an adult would have to *eat* almost two pounds of the stuff to have an even-odds chance of dying.

Stop trying to terrorize the public, journalists. Do your damned jobs.

[1] Expose it to most things, even at almost 200 degrees C below freezing, it explodes. Try to put out the resulting fire with water, it explodes. Try to put out the fire with sand, it *sets the sand on fire*.

#journalist #journalism #accuracy #drama #hype #facts #science #toxicity #danger

What kind of people is this trying to label or imply the entire demographic as something, triggering those people to respond defensively to the indirect, subtle gaslighting? And then avoiding accountability by acting innocent.

#racism #Sabah #Malaysia #humanrights #gaslighting #accountability #awareness #truth #discrimination #justice #solidarity #microaggression #Borneo #dignity #rights #society #toxicity #prejudice #indigenous #callout

Toxicity on Social Media – The Noisy Room

https://thenoisyroom.com

#HackerNews #toxicity #socialmedia #onlinebehavior #noisyroom #digitalwellbeing

Caffeine

Interesting on how the corpus humanus works when dozed with caffeine

Informative this read is for me on the pages of

• Caffeine_toxicity
• Caffeine-induced_sleep_disorder

Caffeine is considered one of the most widely consumed drugs around the world. Around 80% of the world population consumes caffeine in one form or another.[3] It is found in coffee, tea, caffeinated alcoholic drinks, cocoa, chocolate, soft drinks, especially cola, and is an important component of energy drinks and other dietary supplements.[2]

Interesting fact

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, caffeine overdose can result in a state of excessive stimulation of the central nervous system and the essential feature of caffeine intoxication is the recent consumption of caffeine. This diagnosis requires the presence of at least five signs or symptoms, from a list of 12, that develop during or shortly after caffeine use.[8] This syndrome regularly happens when a person ingested large amounts of caffeine from any source (e.g., more than 400–500 mg at a time).

Expected fact

Caffeine is an adenosine receptor antagonist. This means that caffeine mainly works by occupying adenosine receptors in the brain, specifically, receptors that influence sleep, arousal, and cognition.[1] Once it is in the body, caffeine will persist for several hours, and takes about six hours for one half of the caffeine consumed to be eliminated. When caffeine reaches the brain, it increases the secretion of norepinephrine which is related to the "fight or flight" response. The rise in norepinephrine levels increases activity of neurons in areas of the brain and the symptoms resemble those of a panic attack.[10]

Definition

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine_toxicity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine-induced_sleep_disorder

#caffeine #toxicity #corpus #humanus #biology #drugs #dependency #legal

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Forever Pesticides? No thanks

Under the excuse of competition & #food security, the #EU commission is siding with #chemical industry which could mean more #pesticides on our fields

PFAS, #glyphosate, #acetamiprid … all the chemicals scientists have been warning us about for years

The #toxicity, increased chance of #death & #disease are just some of the consequences of the use of these chemicals

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/glyphosate_2_0/?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse

#poison #farming #cancer #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #health