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A tonne of dry leaves and branches may be converted to 267 kgs of biomethane valued at $200. Lawn clippings, tree prunings, and crop wastes can also be converted to methane. 267 tonnes of biomethane may be converted to 133 kgs of green hydrogen. Cheaper than electrolysis.

@NewsWire_US Wow who would have thought that widespread deregulation in food safety would have a negative impact on the health of consumers?

Diarrhea Outbreak Surges Past 3,000 Cases in Michigan and Ohio

@RizviAbul But there is no rational reason to increase Australia's population throughout all eternity. Rapid population is liked by Treasury and business. It provides ever-growing tax revenue and rising sales revenue. It is bad news for Koala habitat, hospital waiting times and congestion

We have known for 30+ years skilled migrants & temporary entrants are a significant budget positive. But a longterm immigration plan is about much more than that. None of 3 major political forces in OZ have anything that even looks like a longterm plan. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

@dave_stickland @KevinEspiritu The CDC program to indentify the source of this parasite and other foodborne pathogens was abolished in July 2025. x.com/Askgerbil/stat…

@KevinEspiritu we still have no idea what patient zero is right because CDC isn't funding cyclo investigations anymore after cuts?

It's wild this keeps happening with LETTUCE, one of the easiest crops in the world to grow at home no matter what you living situation is. If you grow anything, grow your own greens 🤦🏽‍♂️

@KevinEspiritu Raspberries and snow peas too. Lettuce has not been the culprit previously. x.com/Askgerbil/stat… #cyclosporiasis

@YannickBuccella There is another report... "The analysis also confirmed cancer among younger people is on the rise with rates for those in their 30s increasing over the past 25 years" citynews.com.au/2026/one-milli… #FYI @BowesChay

Notice he never says it, "the obvious." "Wake up." Never the actual claim, because the moment you say it out loud, it has to survive a date check. Australia's young-onset cancer rise started in 2000. The risk of bowel cancer under 40 more than doubled before COVID existed. Australia already held the world's worst early-onset bowel cancer rate before anyone had heard of a coronavirus. Whatever "the obvious" is, it needs to have been happening in the year 2000. And the actual numbers? Ovarian isn't even on Cancer Australia's list of rising early-onset cancers. Not one figure has a timeframe attached, which is the whole trick, because a 25-year cumulative rise reads like a recent explosion if you just delete the dates. Here's what actually makes me angry: Colorectal cancer is now the leading cancer killer of Australians aged 25 to 44. It deserves serious work on diet, obesity, the microbiome, early-life exposures. Instead it gets farmed for engagement by people who won't even name their own theory, because naming it would mean defending it. x.com/BowesChay/stat…

France shuts down nuclear reactors as heatwave intensifies euronews.com/business/2026/…

@Annj221 @JoanEmp6 @NewsHour 1. The area of the CDC that did the necessary work was abolished in July 2025, and staff reallocated. => x.com/Askgerbil/stat… 2. Previous outbreaks have been limited due to fast, effective identification of the source by the CDC. => x.com/Askgerbil/stat… #cyclosporiasis

@JoanEmp6 @NewsHour No one is inspecting food anymore? I doubt that.

Thirty-one states are now reporting cases of a parasitic intestinal disease that is making life miserable for those who contract it. While the U.S. has seen outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the past, some 4,000 reported cases this summer are much higher than normal, raising real concerns about the illness. @WmBrangham reports.

@black_blasian @JoanEmp6 @NewsHour 1. The area of the CDC that did this work was abolished in July 2025, and staff reallocated. => x.com/Askgerbil/stat… 2. Previous outbreaks have been limited due to fast, effective identification of the source by the CDC. => x.com/Askgerbil/stat… #cyclosporiasis

@JoanEmp6 @NewsHour If y’all can find inspectors from US that actually inspect overseas commercial farms and interview them without those anonymity filters I will eat a bowlful of fungal gnats… anymore?! Who said they ever did?

@NewsHour It’s a whole lot more than that and going to get worse. No one inspecting our food anymore and no one is in charge of preventing and containing outbreaks. DOGE and rump idiots didn’t think these essential agencies and services were important.

Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe 👍🏼🔥👍🏼🔥 Last week’s high temperatures pushed the U.S. grid to its limits, and showcased how new wind and solar additions are essential to keeping the lights on. canarymedia.com/articles/grid-…

@JessicaDAmir AI systems may create investment opportunities and lift productivity. They are able to rapidly assess options given to them. This is just one example where ChatGPT quickly assessed the use of existing technology to upgrade low-value energy streams. blog.gerbilnow.com/2026/05/trash-…

Lucky Country? My rent went up $100 a week, more than Albanese said. My power bill tripled. OECD: “Australia is becoming poorer.” The Productivity Commission: “Australia’s living standards have gone backwards & the trend will continue unless we lift productivity, encourage investment.”

@PeteMilne4 @MadeleineMHKing Managing director Conrad Todd said the company was "disappointed to announce that Pilot failed to meet the first payment deadline." Conrad has been buying shares in Triangle Energy - Pilot Energy's former co-owner of the unwanted oil platform. marketindex.com.au/asx/directors/… #Escape

ASX minnow Pilot Energy has entered administration, leaving in doubt who will pay $200m to decommission the Cliff Head oil platform off WA. @MadeleineMHKing said it won't be taxpayers. boilingcold.com.au/gas-producers-…

@TheKouk Appears that Nuclear is intermittent in Summer

@WolfW85233177 @TheKouk Batteries. And when severe storms knock down powerlines? Batteries keep the lights on. theguardian.com/australia-news… Nuclear plants become turbines spinning pointlessly at beyond the end of a broken wire.

@TheKouk And when the sun don’t shine?

When the atoms don't split. Unreliable nuclear power....

@BowieFan2024 @DrCatharineY 1. Previous outbreaks have been limited due to effective identification of the source by the CDC. => x.com/Askgerbil/stat… 2. The area of the CDC that did this work was abolished in July 2025, and staff reallocated. => x.com/Askgerbil/stat… #cyclosporiasis

@DrCatharineY How effective in the past has the federal testing been in identifying sources of cyclosp. and recalling those products? Why aren't they trying to do that now?

Behold: another infectious disease. Another curve breaking away from its historical baseline.

@_pwep We only understand the true value of prevention when it is too late 😭