A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness.
quantamagazine.org/insects-and-ot…

Wrote about PFAS in my newsletter today (westernwaternotes.com/p/the-scary-re…), featuring this illuminating Zoë Schlanger story about the challenges ahead:

“Maine is one step ahead in facing PFAS head-on—but also one step ahead in understanding just how hard that is.' theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

My book WASTELAND is out tomorrow! Mary Roach called it “the most impressive nonfiction I've read in some time.” Publisher's Weekly called it “a vital call to action.” My wife called it “a book.”

Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill, the setting of the opening chapter of Wasteland is on fire again. Hoping the wastepicking communities that live on the dump are unhurt.

Plants diverged from our branch of life when we were both barely motile, single-celled creatures floating in the prehistoric ocean. And yet there are parallels between us. You can read an excerpt from The Light Eaters in this month's issue of The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Scientists spot an orangutan using a plant to treat his own wound in the wild
statnews.com/2024/05/02/ora…

Election Commission of India – Trust Is to Be Earned, Not Certified

Amongst a significant section of citizens, there is deep and widely felt anxiety, now openly on display about the referee’s role in the ongoing election

M.G. Devasahayam✍️
thewire.in/government/ele…

With a booming stock market, all the malpractices of Harshad Mehta/Ketan Parekh era are back primarily in Kolkata. Promoters are inflating profits (through profit entry) and in nexus with Gujarati-Marwari brokers driving their stock prices to unrealistic levels. It's time for…

Should plants be given rights? What new botanical breakthroughs could mean
They can communicate with each other about threats, summon help from predatory killers – and some can even count – but does this mean plants are conscious?
theguardian.com/books/article/…

नाशिकमध्ये ८०० कोटींचा भूसंपादन घोटाळा? संजय राऊत राजकीय स्फोट करण्याच्या तयारीत
#Nashik #SanjayRaut #EknathShinde
loksatta.com/elections/sanj…

देश में जहां कहीं महिलाओं का अपमान हुआ, जहां भी अत्याचार हुआ, मोदी सरकार अत्याचारी के साथ खड़ी हो गई। हाथरस कांड हो, उन्नाव कांड हो, खिलाड़ी बहनों के साथ अत्याचार का मामला हो, गुजरात में राजपूत ​बहनों का अपमान हो या कर्नाटक में दिल दहलाने वाला सैकड़ों महिलाओं का शोषण हो, मोदी जी…

A matronly woman from #Punjab , perhaps the hill states. Late 19th or early 20th cen by Pestonji Bomanji who was trained at Sir J.J School of Art. pic frm National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi #Art #History Punjabi Rooh William Dalrymple RS Ramblings of a Sikh Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Nilosree نیلوسری নীলশ্রী she|her ✒️💭🫖 ☕️ 🍰🍉 JK

There are unimistakable signs of panic in the tone & tenor of Modi’s campaigning.
Gone are the grandiose claims and propaganda spin of his decade long PMship. With growing people’s mood for a change in these elections, a desperate Modi seeks refuge behind poisonous communal…

रायबरेली से नामांकन मेरे लिए भावुक पल था!

मेरी मां ने मुझे बड़े भरोसे के साथ परिवार की कर्मभूमि सौंपी है और उसकी सेवा का मौका दिया है।

अमेठी और रायबरेली मेरे लिए अलग-अलग नहीं हैं, दोनों ही मेरा परिवार हैं और मुझे ख़ुशी है कि 40 वर्षों से क्षेत्र की सेवा कर रहे किशोरी लाल जी…

महाराष्ट्रात सरकार, कायदा, वगैरे काही शिल्लकच नाही का ? शिंदेसेनेच्या लूटमार सरकारला ना लाज ना खन्त ! ना विचार ना धोरण .. ना लोकशाहीची चाड
: पॅलेस्टाईन-इस्त्रायल संदर्भात पोस्ट केली म्हणून शाळेच्या मुख्यध्यापिकेला मागितला राजीनामा; मुंबईतील प्रकार

loksatta.com/mumbai/mumbai-…

'बीजेपी वाशिंग मशीन' का पर्दाफाश कर
दिया है Indian Express न्यूज़पेपर ने ,
सत्ता के लिए क्या-क्या किया गया, देखें

कांग्रेस देगी MSP की कानूनी गारंटी

हिस्सेदारी को वोट दो
कांग्रेस को वोट दो ✋

UNCUT: पवार, ठाकरेंच्या सभेत संजय पवारांनी आधी माईक सोडला, नंतर भावूक झाले, सगळा हिशोब मांडला

Dhruv Rathee’s videos(Bengali) are now streaming offline outside universities and colleges on big screen in Bengal.

शिंदेंच्या नरेश मस्केंची डोकेदुखी थांबेना, भाजपचा विरोध सुरूच, नवी मुंबईनंतर मिरा भाईंदरच्या पदाधिकाऱ्यांचा राजीनामा

marathi.abplive.com/news/politics/…

#BJP #Thane #ShivSena #EknathShinde #LokSabhaElection