The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #926

Josh, Stelios and Harry discuss the finding that microplastics have appeared in all men’s testicles in a recently published study, the Germans are singing naughty songs again and a world of “hate.”

Reading List

• Microplastics in Your Testicles

  • Hermaphroditic, demasculinized frogs after exposure to the herbicide atrazine at low ecologically relevant doses - PNAS

  • Researchers in Japan use soybean compound to make catfish 100% female - Mainichi

  • Microplastics found in every human testicle in study - The Guardian

  • Study: Most Plastics Leach Hormone-Like Chemicals - NPR

  • Sperm count v plastic production - GQ

  • Chronic toxic effects of polystyrene microplastics on reproductive parameters of male rats - NCBI

  • Microplastics Found in Blood Clots in Heart, Brain, And Legs - ScienceAlert

  • Microplastics are everywhere. What does that mean for our immune systems? - MIT Technology Review

  • Bottled water contains quarter of a million nanoplastics pieces on average, scientists find - Sky News

  • Average bottle of water contains 240,000 pieces of cancer-causing nanoplastics - 100 times more than previously thought - Daily Mail

  • Boiling tap water could remove up to 90% of the microplastics in it - Medical News Today

  • £30bn bill to purify water system after toxic impact of contraceptive pill - The Guardian

  • Are oral contraceptives a significant contributor to the estrogenicity of drinking water? - PubMed

  • Lots of Tap Water Contains “Forever Chemicals.” Take These Steps to Reduce Your Risk. - Northeastern University

  • How drugs are entering UK water systems through urine - BBC News

• Germans Arrested for Singing the Naughty Song

  • From the rooftops - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • At the club - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • At the other club - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • On the bus - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • In the street - @RafaelSereti - Twitter

  • On holiday - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • On the campaign trail - @SolBrah - Twitter

  • Top of the charts - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • Everyone sing it - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • Map of recorded incidents - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • Foreigner line go up - @AntiWhiteWatch1 - Twitter

  • 2015–16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany - Wikipedia

  • REPORT: Despite Making Up Only 24% Of The Population, Foreign Nationals Are Responsible For Over 50% Of The Gang Rapes In Berlin - The Publica

  • Eight men who gangraped a 15-year-old will walk free, after an expert made some eyebrow-raising suggestions. - News.com.au

  • Munich's Oktoberfest to ban hit song adopted by German far right - Yahoo News

  • DJs unhappy - @kunley_drukpa - Twitter

  • Top German politicians demand ‘maximum penalty’ for young people singing ‘foreigners out’ in viral video - Remix News

• A world of hate

  • A manhunt is underway in Washington for several suspects who "desecrated" a Spokane pride mural - @EndWokeness - Twitter

  • City leaders condemn arson of Pride crosswalk; prosecutor’s wife questions whether charges should be pursued - The Spokesman-Review

  • Crime in Spokane, Washington - NeighborhoodScout

  • Double standards on hate speech - @LaNativePatriot - Twitter

  • Meme about the double standards - @Liberacrat - Twitter

  • Another meme about double standards - @nogulagsagain - Twitter

  • Hatred is spreading across Europe - @griptmedia - Twitter

  • EU-wide - @SpeechUnion - Twitter

  • EU to consider ‘hate speech’ public awareness campaign with branded toilet paper - Free Speech Union

  • If you want to be a horse cart, … - @libsoftiktok - Twitter

  • Von Der Leyen on immunising the world from disinformation - @Sander_vdLinden - Twitter

  • Ralph Schoellhammer - @Raphfel - Twitter