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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 pinned «The 25/06/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2070394017850728741.html Nearly 700,000 people rely on our Ukraine war reporting across platforms, reaching over 800 million impressions per year. This reporting has no sponsors,…»

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Noel Reports · World · before 1 meat.

The 25/06/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2070394017850728741.htmlNearly 700,000 people rely on our Ukraine war reporting across platforms, reaching over 800 million impressions per year. This reporting has no sponsors, no corporate backing, and no political funding. It exists because readers chose to support it.For nearly four years, we’ve delivered real-time, verified updates, tracked developments, and cut through misinformation. Reader support directly funds verification tools, source networks, and the expansion of our team to increase speed, accuracy, coverage and quality of content.Reach alone does not sustain independent reporting. It survives because individuals decide it is worth supporting.If our work has helped you stay informed, consider contributing. Even small monthly support makes a meaningful difference and helps secure this work long-term.Patreon (monthly): https://patreon.com/NOELREPORTSOne-time support: https://buymeacoffee.com/noelreportsThank you for helping keep independent Ukraine war reporting alive.Greetings,NOEL & Team

The 25/06/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2070394017850728741.htmlNearly 700,000 people rely on our Ukraine war reporting across platforms, reaching over 800 million impressions per year. This reporting has no sponsors, no corporate backing, and no political funding. It exists because readers chose to support it.For nearly four years, we’ve delivered real-time, ve...

Science Facts · World · before 1 meat.

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to function as living factories for multiple psychedelic compounds.Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel successfully modified Nicotiana benthamiana, a close relative of tobacco widely used in plant biotechnology, to produce five powerful tryptamine psychedelics. These compounds are naturally found in “magic mushrooms,” certain plants, and the secretions of a toad species.The breakthrough could pave the way for more sustainable and scalable production of psychedelic medicines, which are currently under intense investigation for treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction.To achieve this, the team introduced nine genes from different organisms (fungi, plants, and animals) into the tobacco plants using a transient expression technique called agroinfiltration. This method temporarily delivers the genes without permanently altering the plant’s genome, allowing the plants to produce the compounds for a limited time.The modified plants synthesized psilocybin and its active form psilocin (from mushrooms), as well as DMT, bufotenin, and 5-MeO-DMT (the potent psychedelic from the Colorado River toad). Some plants were even engineered to produce all five compounds simultaneously.This plant-based approach offers a promising alternative to harvesting psychedelics from wild or cultivated natural sources, many of which face increasing pressure from habitat loss, overharvesting, and rising research demand. Using common agricultural plants as biological production systems could reduce costs and environmental impact.While the yields in this proof-of-concept study were relatively modest, the work demonstrates the feasibility of producing complex psychoactive molecules in greenhouse-grown crops. It builds on decades of research using plants to manufacture pharmaceuticals and opens new possibilities for future psychedelic therapies.[Berman P, et al. Complete biosynthesis of psychedelic tryptamines from three kingdoms in plants. Science Advances. 2026;12(14):eaeb3034. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aeb3034]Science and facts💡

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to function as living factories for multiple psychedelic compounds.Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel successfully modified Nicotiana benthamiana, a close relative of tobacco widely used in plant biotechnology, to produce five powerful tryptamine psychedelics. These compounds are naturally found in “magic mushrooms,” certain plants,...

Leak Live · Society · before 1 meat.

🇮🇳 #India.

🇮🇳 #India. During a Muharram procession in Badnagar, a van carrying fireworks was lifted about 40 feet into the air by a crane and blown up. According to police, the vehicle carried the words "Le Phir Aa Gaye" ("We Have Returned Again"). It exploded mid-air. A criminal case has been opened against the crane owner and several of those involved.——(Mourning of Muharram - a set of religious rituals ob...

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🇺🇸 #Florida.

🇺🇸 #Florida. “You’re the worst!”. A young child carrying groceries that were way too heavy, being chased down and struck in the face for dropping them.Instacart worker arrested after Ring camera catches her slapping her own child during delivery. Video shows 36-year-old Kiah Lowery becoming frustrated when her child struggled to carry a basket of groceries and then dropped a case of water bottles....

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🇬🇧 Dad mode activated.

🇬🇧 Dad mode activated. A man was racially abusing someone in Blackpool, #UK, and someone else forced him to apologise.“Now go over there and apologize!”.. “No! Shake his hand!”Follow us -> LiveLeak

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🇺🇸 #Michigan.

🇺🇸 #Michigan. Grand Rapids police officer suffers broken leg after passenger resisted extraction during traffic stop.According to GRPD, during a traffic stop officers noticed the front-seat passenger was not wearing a seatbelt and repeatedly refused to provide identification. Officers ordered him out, but he continued resisting by bracing himself inside the car with his legs. During the struggle, ...