Cold on a Cob posted:

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Is this common? Owner had us put chicken in plastic bags throw into the fryer, bag dissolves, then we serve it (self.KitchenConfidential)

it was nearly a decade ago but It was a pizza shop. the oil would just dissolve the bag. I have to assume the petroleum from making the plastic just turns into oil.

other coworkers seemed more disturbed over how the ranch and blue cheese was made.

Bob Socko posted:

Just watched a commercial for Spectricide. A woman saw a beetle and a spider while laying in her hammock, so she nuked her entire yard.

and here I am, happy when I see a bee

gently caress

Paradoxish posted:

Replacing existing nuclear capacity with coal is one of the few things stupid enough to still shock me a little bit.

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

my coal is delicately hand-picked from only the finest seams, by our team of artisanal miners

ted hitler hunter posted:

degrowth is murder

Puppy Burner posted:

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1545440190117937159?t=3qLFLuBv8bdDL4lUW8vgPg&s=19

Puppy Burner posted:

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1545440190117937159?t=3qLFLuBv8bdDL4lUW8vgPg&s=19

Complications posted:

Of course they are, that's zero emission power generation. The US accounts emissions at destination while Germany accounts at source, and via this clever trick of mathematics no co2 is measurably added to the atmosphere. It's the perfect environmentally conscious way to generate power.

Hexigrammus posted:

How effective are heat pumps now at lower temperatures? I've heard they're getting better but effectiveness used to drop off significantly below 4^oC.

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Otoh if Finland has another winter like last year there might not be much need for extra heat. If I recall correctly the lower half of the country was wet instead of frozen.

IAMKOREA posted:

Lmao that's not the actual trick they're using is it?

Complications posted:

I regret to (gigglingly) inform you that is not a joke.

Delta-Wye posted:

that rock in japan contained a nine-tailed fox demon, i wonder what kind of monster was let loose from the guidestone

Cup Runneth Over posted:

Rime.

kecske posted:

https://twitter.com/EFrost_Wildwood/status/1544429124143394816?s=20&t=XJW2TxDyrZPbfnRftaXWoQ

mawarannahr posted:

I guess we’ll have to eat the bugs after all

Puppy Burner posted:

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1545440190117937159?t=3qLFLuBv8bdDL4lUW8vgPg&s=19

Hexigrammus posted:

If you're not already sleeping on a mattress stuffed with chick peas you haven't been paying attention.

Stuff your pillow with sesame seeds if you like halvah, although I'm sure India, China, Myanmar, and Nigeria have nothing going on that would affect production.

Speaking of mattress stuffing, get to know this weed if it grows in your region:



Galium aparime, aka cleavers, stickyweed, or mattress straw. Likes to form dense mats on disturbed soil with some organic matter in it, similar to stinging nettles. Stems have little velcro-like hooks on them hence the name stickyweed. These hooks make it very effective mattress stuffing if you need to make the back seat of your car more comfortable when you have to start sleeping in it.

New growth can be eaten as a pot herb. The seeds can be dried, roasted to charcoal and prepared with enough sugar, caffeine pills, and dairy-like coffee creamer to provide a substitute for most Starbucks products.

Very useful, almost as tenacious as Himalayan Giant blackberry and much more comfortable to sleep on.

Hexigrammus posted:

Galium aparime, aka cleavers, stickyweed, or mattress straw.

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For every thousand people alive on earth, 973 are regularly inhaling toxins. Only 27 are not. Which means, almost certainly, you are too.

Last fall, the World Health Organization lowered its global air quality standard from 10 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter to five. Those terms and standards can feel abstract, which makes their meaning a bit hard to fathom. But last month the University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index project — the gold standard on global air quality research — released a major update, incorporating the new guidelines and producing that 973 out of 1,000 (97.3 percent) figure.

The harm is most intense in poorer, still-industrializing places. But the revision was especially dramatic, A.Q.L.I. found, in the wealthier parts of the world. In the United States, before the W.H.O. update, about 8 percent of the country was judged to be breathing dirty air; after, the figure was 93 percent. Across Europe, the revision pushed the numbers from 47 percent to 95.5 percent.

Hexigrammus posted:

Yep.

Nanaimo on Vancouver Island was a major coal producer in the late 1800s. Last mine inside city limits shut down in the 1920s, one well south of town in the early 1960s. Apparently there's a couple more idling in the mountains waiting for "metallurgical" coal markets to improve. Coal mining stopped in Nanaimo due to competition with petroleum, not lack of coal. You can still get in to some of the workings if you know the locations and bring the right tools. During the economic downturn in the 1980s one of the mines inside the city limits was opened again and being worked by "bootleg" miners. Enough to keep some old miners' houses with their antique furnaces warm I expect.

Looking forward to that unique scent on the breeze again.

Well, at least they aren't planning on piping the coal gas directly into the apartments.

What? Too soon?

If you're not already sleeping on a mattress stuffed with chick peas you haven't been paying attention.

Stuff your pillow with sesame seeds if you like halvah, although I'm sure India, China, Myanmar, and Nigeria have nothing going on that would affect production.

Speaking of mattress stuffing, get to know this weed if it grows in your region:



Galium aparime, aka cleavers, stickyweed, or mattress straw. Likes to form dense mats on disturbed soil with some organic matter in it, similar to stinging nettles. Stems have little velcro-like hooks on them hence the name stickyweed. These hooks make it very effective mattress stuffing if you need to make the back seat of your car more comfortable when you have to start sleeping in it.

New growth can be eaten as a pot herb. The seeds can be dried, roasted to charcoal and prepared with enough sugar, caffeine pills, and dairy-like coffee creamer to provide a substitute for most Starbucks products.

Very useful, almost as tenacious as Himalayan Giant blackberry and much more comfortable to sleep on.

err posted:

It's funny seeing right-wing memes integrate climate change poo poo into their ideology. They basically accepted what is coming but still post poo poo like this:

Real hurthling! posted:

roundup is found in 80% of americans urine now

Real hurthling! posted:

roundup is found in 80% of americans urine now

SKULL.GIF posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/comments/vuj713/is_this_common_owner_had_us_put_chicken_in/

quote:

Is this common? Owner had us put chicken in plastic bags throw into the fryer, bag dissolves, then we serve it (self.KitchenConfidential)

it was nearly a decade ago but It was a pizza shop. the oil would just dissolve the bag. I have to assume the petroleum from making the plastic just turns into oil.

other coworkers seemed more disturbed over how the ranch and blue cheese was made.

goochtit posted:

IAMKOREA posted:

No loving way lol. I believe you but do you have a link, I tried googling and couldn't find anything about it

mahershalalhashbaz posted:

this is my list of crops i'm gathering seeds for and trying to figure out within the next 12 months or so, assuming they're just going to disappear one day and then i'll be able to profit from my harvest and/or survive the famines to come: chickpeas, sesame, lentils, soy beans, eggplants (i absolutely cannot grow eggplants and it drives me mad but i keep trying), saltbush

Real hurthling! posted:

roundup is found in 80% of americans urine now

Real hurthling! posted:

roundup is found in 80% of americans urine now

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Florida once again has giant calamitous snails that spew parasitic brain worms
This is the third time the state has tried to eliminate the giant snails.

Officials in Florida are again battling a highly invasive, extraordinarily destructive giant snail species that also happens to be capable of spreading parasitic worms that invade human brains.

The giant African land snail (GALS)—aka Lissachatina fulica—can grow up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and is considered "one of the most invasive pests on the planet," according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. It ravenously feasts on over 500 plant species—including many valuable fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals—while prolifically spawning, pushing out several thousand eggs in its multiyear life span.

In late June, Florida state officials confirmed the presence of GALS on a property in Pasco County, on the west-central coast of the state, just north of Tampa. They have since set up a quarantine zone around the property and began snail-killing pesticide treatments last week.

While the snails are a grave threat to agriculture and natural vegetation in the state, the invasive mollusks also pose a health risk. They're known to transmit rat lungworm parasites, which can invade the human central nervous system and cause a type of meningitis. For this reason, officials warn people not to handle the mammoth snails without gloves.