Bloodlust is an intense, often uncontrollable, desire for violence, bloodshed, or killing. It is portrayed in media as a savage, adrenaline-fueled state, frequently associated with horror, war, or fantasy genres. While often deemed a myth in reality, the concept describes a state of extreme, sadistic aggression.
@Pontifex
Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses. Dear friends, you, however, are real persons! Creation itself has a body, a breath, a life to be listened to and safeguarded.
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/2045208459164123560
@Pontifex
Each act of solidarity and forgiveness, every good effort, becomes a morsel of bread for humanity in need of care. Yet this alone is not enough: the food that sustains the body must be accompanied, with equal charity, by nourishment for the soul — a nourishment that sustains our conscience and steadies us in dark hours of fear and amid the shadows of suffering. This food is Christ himself, who always gives his Church abundant sustenance and strengthens us on our journey by giving us his Eucharistic Body.
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/2045106780347228466
AV7 - Field McConnell - Hillary Clinton's connection to 9/11… revealed!
‘Yay, we're ending the war by getting them to open up the Strait, which was open before we even started the war. Great’ — Megyn Kelly
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/2045286036851372322
It appears that a historic deal is within reach, and it will hold if President Trump is willing to enforce the restrictions he’s placed on Israel.
This post indicates a good start—but it must be followed by actually limiting U.S. military aide to Israel.
https://twitter.com/joekent16jan19/status/2045153099040379263?s=20
@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 The war is winding down, and Joe Kent says it's because Trump finally realized he was sold a lie.
"The Israelis oversold this war."
Joe thinks the correction is real, and today might actually be a rare good day.
@joekent16jan19
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2045295843725426957
Soil bioremediation of radioactive waste uses microorganisms, plants, or fungi to stabilize, reduce, or extract radionuclides (e.g., Uranium, Cesium-137, Strontium-90) from contaminated soil. This cost-effective in situ alternative to excavation involves techniques like biomineralization, biosorption, and phytoremediation, often focusing on changing the oxidation state to reduce solubility and mobility.
Key Bioremediation Approaches
Microbial Remediation: Microbes immobilize contaminants by converting them into less soluble forms via enzymatic reduction or by producing substances that bind them.
Phytoremediation: Specific plants, such as sunflowers, are used for phytoextraction (roots absorb radioactive isotopes) or phytostabilization (immobilizing radionuclides in the soil), particularly for Cesium-137 and Strontium-90.
Biomineralization/Bioprecipitation: Microorganisms facilitate the formation of minerals that trap radioactive particles.
Biosorption & Bioaccumulation: Living or dead biomass binds radioactive elements on its surface or accumulates them internally.
Advantages and Limitations
Cost and Environment: Significantly cheaper and less disruptive than traditional extraction, excavation, and off-site disposal.
Application: Ideal for large-scale, low-level radioactive contamination, though it may be slower than physical methods.
Challenges: The process is dependent on environmental conditions, soil type, and the complexity of mixed contaminants (e.g., metals combined with radionuclides).
Commonly Targeted Radionuclides
Uranium (U): Microbes can reduce mobile
to insoluble
.
Cesium-137 (
) and Strontium-90 (
): Often removed via phytoremediation due to their similarity to nutrients like Potassium and Calcium.
Radium (Ra) and Thorium (Th): Targeted for immobilization in contaminated soils.
https://www.google.com/search?q=soil+bioremediation+radioactive
Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3917470/
Article III, Section 2, Clause 1:
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—