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#1 @JoeRogan is shocked by a study that found ten rivers in Asia and Africa cause up to 95% of ocean plastic pollution:

"If we stop using plastic straws, we're not going to put a f*ckin dent in it unless they do. We're not even close to #1. We're not even close to #6."
#2 A 2017 study published in Environmental Science & Technology found that ten rivers are responsible for up to 95% of the plastic dumped into oceans.

1. Yangtze
2. Indus
3. Yellow
4. Hai He
5. Nile
6. Ganges
7. Pearl
8. Amur
9. Niger
10. Mekong

https://t.co/vDEVLuzEplpubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…
#3 A 2010 study found that China, India, and the Phillippines account for 5.57 million metric tons of plastic dumped into oceans.

That same year, the United States was responsible for 0.11 million metric tons of plastic dumped into oceans.

https://t.co/z4muPmGYt9science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
#4 A 2021 study published in Science Advances found that more than 1000 rivers (1% of global rivers) account for 80% of plastic dumped into oceans.

https://t.co/G3k0dSGHSbscience.org/doi/epdf/10.11…
#5 @BoyanSlat, founder of @TheOceanCleanup, explains how the 2021 study recalibrated its modeling framework in this thread:

"Most plastic enters the oceans from South and Southeast Asia, but we also see hotspots in Central America and Western Africa."

https://t.co/OptE7IWKc3
#6 In conclusion, California politicians may feel good about banning plastic straws, but in reality, the ocean plastic problem will only be solved with a more targeted approach.

https://t.co/7GBcJmQipctheoceancleanup.com/sources/

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🚨THREAD: In recent weeks, Democrats and legacy media called Donald Trump Hitler and branded half the country that supports him as Nazis.

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He did that in two articles that even won journalism awards. He was put on NPR and every Sunday show to spread this lie... Jeffrey Goldberg did more to spread the false conspiracy theory that led to the Iraq War.

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Jeffrey Goldberg lied about Al Qaeda working with Saddam Hussein to deceive Americans into supporting the Iraq War.

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Now, with his latest hoax once again relying on anonymous sources, it should be laughed out of the room, and he deserves to be ridiculed for lying to the American people yet again.

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In 2014, three of those bugs escaped in high-profile escapes from different labs in the US. Congress held hearings on it. Everybody was angry, and 300 top scientists sent letters to Obama saying you got to shut down Fauci because he is going to create a pandemic.

So, Obama ordered a moratorium, and at that time, Fauci had eighteen different gain-of-function experiments he was doing around the US. He instead moved his stuff offshore to Wuhan, where he could do it out of sight of these 300 scientists and nosy White House officials who were trying to shut him down.

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MUST WATCH:🚨 Watch this crucial 20-minute video featuring prominent Democrats, computer science professors, and election security experts discussing the vulnerabilities in America's election system.

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Easily Hackable Voting Equipment: All electronic voting equipment can be hacked as they must receive programming before each election from memory cards prepared on election management systems. These systems are often connected to the internet and run outdated Windows versions.

Spread of Malware: If a county election management system is infected with malware, it can spread to USB drives, which then transfer it to voting machines, scanners, and ballot-marking devices throughout the county.

Programming Practices: Most U.S. election systems are programmed by local county officials or third-party vendors. They use previously used USB drives on internet-connected computers before plugging them into scanners, tabulators, and voting machines.

Outdated Systems: In 2019, the Associated Press reported that most of the 10,000 election jurisdictions, including swing states, were still using Windows 7 or older systems for ballot production, vote programming, counting, and reporting.

End of Windows 7 Support: Windows 7 reached its end of life on January 14, 2020, with Microsoft stopping technical support and security updates.

Remote Access and Modems: Voting machine manufacturers have installed remote-access software and wireless modems, connecting voting machines directly to the internet. NBC News reported in 2020 that ES&S, the largest U.S. election machine vendor, had installed at least 14,000 modems.

Dominion Voting Systems: The second-largest vendor, Dominion, has publicly acknowledged using modems in their machines and running remote-access software during the 2020 election. For example, in Georgia, election worker Susan Voyles testified that Dominion employees operated remotely on ballot-marking devices and poll pads.

Findings from Wisconsin and Michigan: Investigations found Dominion and ES&S machines online and connected to the internet. In Michigan, a modem chip was discovered in an ES&S voting machine, potentially allowing hackers to intercept and manipulate election results.

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"Since Ukraine's independence in 1991, the United States has supported Ukrainians as they build democratic skills and institutions as they promote civic participation and good governance, all of which are preconditions for Ukraine to achieve its European aspirations.

We've invested over five billion dollars to assist Ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous, and democratic Ukraine."
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Anticipating Biden's victory hinging on mail-in ballots, early voting, and ballot dropboxes, the consortium precensored any questioning of the election's legitimacy, particularly if Trump appeared to win on election night but later lost due to late-arriving mail-in ballots.

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2/ The DHS outsourced censorship to the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), comprised of four organizations: Stanford Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, and Graphika.

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The EIP claimed every "repeat spreader of election misinformation" was a supporter of President Trump.Image
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3/ This Orwellian speech control consortium also flagged popular populist-right YouTube channels, including @scrowder, @BlazeTV, @JudicialWatch, and even the @GOP War Room, as “mis- and disinformation” spreaders.

The @FFO_Freedom report comprehensively details the US government’s role in outsourcing censorship to this public-private network.

Founder @MikeBenzCyber extensively documented the individuals involved and the flow of taxpayer funds ($40M) to domestic censorship.Image
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