The United States Food and Drug Administration has never definitely identified the source of any cyclosporia outbreak. Not in thirty years. But the fix is upstream, and it is not mysterious: treat the water.
Fact based reporting on the current and past cyclosporia (aka poop lettuce) outbreaks from a subject matter expert. While I'm at it, here's an excellent article on the Christian nationalist beliefs of Taylor Farms' owners: Does the Bible Want You to Have Diarrhea? How Big Business in America Gets What It Wants — and Lets Everyone Else Pay the Price Cyclosporia previously on metafilter.
Fact based reporting on the current and past cyclosporia (aka poop lettuce) outbreaks from a subject matter expert. While I'm at it, here's an excellent article on the Christian nationalist beliefs of Taylor Farms' owners: Does the Bible Want You to Have Diarrhea? How Big Business in America Gets What It Wants — and Lets Everyone Else Pay the Price Cyclosporia previously on metafilter.
Toby Howard has added a photo to the pool:
Major record labels including Universal, Sony, and Warner have proposed excluding AI-generated songs from official charts unless they are "substantially human made," properly labeled, legally produced, and free from manipulation concerns. The Verge reports: The proposal goes quite a bit further than a labeling proposal put forth by the RIAA, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), SAG-AFTRA, and others. That would create a set of standardized labels for AI-generated and AI-assisted music. The labels' proposal would require songs be clearly labeled, but it would also keep them off international charts unless they met specific criteria, including being "substantially human made."
To be eligible, the songs would also have to respect the terms of service of whatever AI service was used, the model would have to have the rights to any data it was trained on, and "not raise stream or chart manipulation concerns." What sort of concerns and what constitutes "substantially human made" are currently vague. Sony Music, UMG, and Mom+Pop Music did not immediately respond to a request for clarification. The IFPI has thrown its weight behind the labels' proposal, though no charting organization has signaled any immediate plan to adopt the rules [...].
To be eligible, the songs would also have to respect the terms of service of whatever AI service was used, the model would have to have the rights to any data it was trained on, and "not raise stream or chart manipulation concerns." What sort of concerns and what constitutes "substantially human made" are currently vague. Sony Music, UMG, and Mom+Pop Music did not immediately respond to a request for clarification. The IFPI has thrown its weight behind the labels' proposal, though no charting organization has signaled any immediate plan to adopt the rules [...].
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A collection of sketches from my notebook, all done with colored pencils. This practice allows for exploring traditional techniques and new artistic languages beyond the usual ones used in the field.
BILTHOVEN (ANP) - In de auto die vrijdagavond werd onderzocht aan de Melkweg in Bilthoven zijn geen gevaarlijke stoffen aangetroffen. Bewoners van de 40 tot 45 woningen die eerder uit voorzorg werden geëvacueerd, kunnen weer terug naar huis.
De politie meldde vrijdagavond dat zich in de auto mogelijk gevaarlijke stoffen bevonden. Een woordvoerder kon niet zeggen hoe de auto bij de autoriteiten in beeld was gekomen. Wel maakte de politie rond middernacht bekend dat eerder op de avond twee mannen waren aangehouden die mogelijk betrokken waren bij de zaak.
Treasury secretary’s notepad, photographed by Reuters on Friday morning, prompts questions over US plans
During a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, the US treasury secretary Scott Bessent carelessly revealed plans for the US to buy $5bn-$10bn in Japanese yen in a scribbled “to do” list left visible to a Reuters photographer.
The image, taken over Bessent’s shoulder during a portion of the meeting open to journalists, showed a Camp David notepad with the underscored words “To Do” followed by “Buy Japanese Yen (JPY) $5-10 bil”.
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