A bumblebee can land on a flower treated by glyphosate herbicide and survive, but the bee is forever changed, and not for the better. Finnish researchers exposed bumblebees to a single field-realistic dose of glyphosate herbicide, the amount a bee might pick up foraging in a sprayed field for a day. The bees weren't hurt in any way you could see. They flew fine, looked fine, behaved normally. Then researchers tested whether they could learn to tell similar flower colors apart and remember it two days later. The exposed bees forgot almost everything. They tested at chance level, as if the learning had never happened. Unexposed bees remembered the colors. The strange part is how targeted the damage was. The same exposed bees could still tell scents apart and handle simpler tasks normally. Glyphosate didn't blind them or dull them across the board. It broke one specific skill: the fine color memory a forager uses to recognize which flowers are worth visiting and find its way back. That skill is the bumblebee's whole job. A bee that can't reliably tell flowers apart brings home less food and contributes less to the colony, and none of that shows up if you're only checking whether the chemical killed the bee outright. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide on Earth, sprayed across a massive share of US agriculture, in exactly the fields bees are out foraging in every day.

The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative. youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9QCVD…

A United Nations’ independent commission has found that Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children. Commission chair Srinivasan Muralidhar described the “systematic killing and harming of children” including since the so-called ceasefire was declared in October 2025. On 5th December 2024, Amnesty released a report determining that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza – a genocide that continues today. Our report demonstrated that Israel carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, including children. Children should never be the cost of conflict. Justice and accountability now.

The Independent Int'l Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory presents new report to the UN Human Rights Council. "The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted & killed by the Israeli security forces." ohchr.org/sites/default/file…

🚨Footage shows woman counting votes in Makerfield by-election without looking at the ballots. Blatant signs of possible fraud raise serious election integrity concerns. UK voters deserve real transparency not rigged counts. Demand a full recount now.