If you are in Australia and you feel the need for something to tide you over, until you hear the drawn-out result...

I am pleased to offer you this #haiku (again).

Interrupted Rations

Death cap's pale allure
Whispers promises, then chokes
Amanita's kiss

#Poem #Poetry #SciComm #Toxic #InPlainSight

TOXIC: ABC’s Next Big Drama Delves into Erin Patterson’s Mushroom Mystery

https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/07/04/toxic-abcs-next-big-drama-delves-into-erin-pattersons-mushroom-mystery/?feed_id=216401

#ABC #Drama #Toxic

PREVIEW: THE TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #1
Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Matt Bors and a Slew of Superstar Artists Launch  An Ongoing TOXIC AVENGER Comic Book Series from AHOY Comics

Issue #1 Will Land in Stores Ahead of the TOXIC AVENGER Film Starring Peter Dinklage as Toxie

“[A] smash-hit… It’s Tromaville at its most Tromaville-y… Fred Harper’s artwork is a grotesque tour de...
https://comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/preview-the-toxic-avenger-comics-1/
#ahoy #toxic avenger #comics #comic books

No matter how hard you try to avoid it, a toxic environment will affect you in a negative way, changing your behavior. #workenvironment #toxic #businesa #life

Got banned from #TruthSocial. It took me a week. All I had to do was post actual truths a couple times a day. I had created about a dozen followers while I did it.

Ignorant people are trapped in that media bubble. Do what you can to help them out. It’s a dark and disturbing place.

I also quit #X when #Elon joined #Trump. It’s #toxic also. Be kind to red hat people on the internet - it really confuses them.

#Scientists Discover #Bacteria That Devour #Toxic “#ForeverChemicals”

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-bacteria-that-devour-toxic-forever-chemicals/

#trump is blackmailing the #EU
to force the EU to import #toxic foods that are normally sold to Americans
and are #illegal in EU
In practice Trump "demands
that the standards of food for human consumption be LOWERED
in order to export them from the US
...
Trump can go fuck himself. !

Instead of 'demanding' that the world lower their food standards
why Trump doesn"t improve the food quality of the USA?

@abcfeeds
#Toxic male behaviour is, if anything, on the rise in #Australia. I’ve no data to back this up, but it seems to me that there are more reports of #violence against #women (and #children it must be said) these days. This is a failure of our society, our education systems, our social media platforms, our parenting, our legislature , judiciary and the executive branches of govts.

Love your kids as if your life depended on it, that may be the only option left to us.

A toxic work & even personal environment can change you if you are in it for too long. Look out for the signs and determine if you can change the situation or move on from it. #business #toxic #workenvironment #life

Social Media with Moderation

Reading Time: 3 minutes

When I look at Facebook, BlueSky and Threads I see a lot of content that should never be. I see sentences and phrasing that provoke hostility, and I see article headlines and more that provoke polarisation. In essence I think that social media is no longer a social network. I believe that social media is about emotions, rather than conversations, especially negative emotions.

I bring this up because I can go for hours, or even days without looking at threads or FB and when I do I am struck with how negative posts are. They're not friendly, or constructive, or conversational. They're negative.

In the last day or two Valais in Switzerland has decided to ban mobile phones from schools. I think this move is short-sighted and focused on the wrong people. In my eyes the issue is not with mobile phones, because they are just a medium. The issue is not with children, because children are keen to learn. I think the focus should be on app developers such as Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and more.

If we dive into TikTok, when I first used it, I expected an experience similar to the one I had with Seesmic. Video instant messaging. I say something, and then others react, and with time we become friends. TikTok is a talent show where people immitate each other, and follow même culture, rather than converse and create friendships. Apps are the issue, not the platform.

If phones are too distracting in a classroom, then I suggest finding a way that appeals to modern children. I suggest giving them time to do more sports, and to explore. I also suggest finding apps that help them learn, rather than banning a medium.

Mobile phones are a medium. They are a platform, in the same way as paper, literacy and more. If you ban that platform you stop people from becoming familiar with an environment, and you make them more vulnerable to being influenced to hate technology, and abuse it, rather than enjoy and appreciate it.

With educational apps you don't need to carry heavy books. You can have a printed copy at home, and the mobile app version at school. In this way you can't forget your book, and the need for lockers is different. Mobile phones are calculators, but also dictionaries, thesaurus and more.

Technology provides children with opportunities, and as technology evolves so does our use of it. When people are given to play with computers, or mobile phones, and more, they are given the opportunity to learn and become familiar with a tool that they can use for the rest of their lives.

We shouldn't stigmatise the medium. We should stigmatise the apps, and come up with new, ethical, alternatives. I find Instagram to be useless these days, and I found pixelfed to have the same flaws. In my eyes social apps should encourage sharing and friendship, not hashtags and likes.

And Finally

For me the issue does not stem from the medium of mobile phones, or smartphones but of the culture of binstagram, binfluencers, Facebook, TikTok and other apps. For me the issue is with app developers trying to get people addicted to pay to win games. For me the platform is just a platform. For me the European Union and others should work to make better mobile apps.

In my eyes the Fitness App on iPhones is bad because it encourages addictive behaviour, as does the Kindle app. For me the issue isn't about young people with maturing brains using ill-suited technology. It's about questionable companies using poor business practices to drive addiction. Mobile phones teach digital literacy, and digital literacy is essential. Ban smartphones and you stunt their digital literacy growth.

#conviviality #media #network #politeness #rude #social #toxic #unfriendly

@jmcrookston

"Finally, study 4 found that higher #testosterone men showed stronger reactions to #masculinity threats than those lower in testosterone. Together, these results support the masculine overcompensation thesis, show how it can shape political and cultural attitudes, and identify a hormonal factor influencing the effect."

Or as in the saying: It's the *hormones*, stupid. 🙃
(while this is not the only shaping factor nor an excuse, of course)

Study PDF:
https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2f07d4_fde65daec7f24d409456aa92ac418555.pdf
#toxic

"Over the years, authorities and waste producers around the world have used former #mines as “safe” eternal graves for #toxic #waste ..." and this one is quite near me: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/23/french-mine-stocamine-waste-drinking-water-chemicals-alsace-aquifer-aoe

#pollution #Alsace #Stocamine #ToxicWaste #drinkingWater #foodSecurity

Over the years, authorities and waste producers around the world have used former #mines as “safe” eternal graves for #toxic #waste ..." and this one is quite near me: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #pollution #Alsace #Stocamine

‘A timebomb’: could a French m...

Check out the lyrics for the song “Toxic” by Britney Spears
#BritneySpears #Toxic
https://daletra.com/britney-spears/lyrics/toxic.html

Also shoutout to this entiled POS that decided to vomit his unwanted hatemail into the mentions before being the biggest coward I've seen since Ro!

• DO YOU THINK I'M A COMPLETE IDIOT, DIPSHIT?

Your cowardice is a disgrace for the fediverse and yet another piece of evidence that all the clichees of #SystemDhaters & #WaylandHaters are not exaggerated but true!

• What an asshole...

#Wayland #FediMeta #SystemD #Xorg #FLOSS #toxic #toxicmasculinity #TechBros

#toxic #cloud #socialmedia #humor #meme

Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/leadership-learning-and-growth/202506/is-calling-people-toxic-toxic

One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.

🌿☕Good morning🌞 Britney eat your heart out #toxic 🐞 spots & red colour warn of toxicity. A threatened🐞 can play dead to protect itself & secrete fluids from joints in its legs 🤢🦵 The seven-spot ladybird synthesizes the toxic alkaloids, N-oxide coccinelline & precoccinelline 👌 #natureisamazing