(Thread IKs:
Stereotype)
|
err posted:Yeah, how do you even determine if MNPs are there? you know they put the blood back, right? after it goes through like 10000 feet of plastic tubes and poo poo, including spinning around really fast in a plastic bowl. the blood is moved through the tubes by squeezing them. like donating plasma is good but I don’t think it lowers your microplastic load
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 02:20
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 11:26 |
|
|
kreeningsons posted:loving horrible but given how ubiquitous and unavoidable they are, but it’s still surprising that 42% of people are walking around without microplastics in their artery plaque or whatever. i know plaque is bad whether or not it has microplastics, but what could the 42% of people be doing to avoid the microplastics? The plaque accumulates as a result of trauma to the artery wall. Think of it as scar tissue. This either implies that microplastics are causing tissular damage to the endothelium (read: shredding apart the inside walls of blood vessels) or are circulating in blood and getting trapped in during plaque formation and make the plaque even more severe. Fun either way, if you ask me. As for incidence, probably statistical. There's probably a correlation between consumer lifestyles and plastic nanograms/Kg of bodymass. I assume rich westerners lead the pack. Testicular Torque Wrench has issued a correction as of 02:51 on Mar 7, 2024 |
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 02:49
|
|
|
OIL PANIC posted:Anybody have any resources for building resilience in a municipality, eg., a US county? I know there are some decroissance/ degrowth works addressing this for other polities... Any case studies from places previously hollowed out by the loss of industry/ unmanageable costs of infrastructure? I know Detroit is trying some stuff, but I’m especially interested in smaller municipalities (altough if there are any relevant works re: Detroit, I’d still appreciate seeing those). Both socio-political and material frameworks would be helpful https://repeaterbooks.com/product/paint-your-town-red-how-preston-took-back-control-and-your-town-can-too/ https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003182627/urbanism-difficult-future-korkut-onaran https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/plan start attending your LEPC meetings: https://www.epa.gov/epcra/local-emergency-planning-committees
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 02:53
|
|
|
Car Hater posted:The stuff Detroit is trying mostly consists of handouts to billionaires and cutting property taxes to keep people from being priced out of their own homes by the post-pandemic RE bubble, do you want me to take some pictures of blight for you? There was a program for demolishing condemned houses but it got underfunded despite being a vanity thing for the mayor. I’m sorry to hear that- I am an ignorant west coaster and I believed the hype. Please do take pictures of the blight for us. Good luck voting out that crooked mayor  Ty hubbert & tuyop & unless
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 02:57
|
|
|
Mola Yam posted:wish i wasn't full of microplastics this is so incredible I refuse to believe it wasn't done lovely on purpose
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 03:04
|
|
|
They missed the opportunity to make the "yes" bars way taller than the "no" bars so it looks like we're doing a really good job
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 03:05
|
|
|
JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:lmao we are toast hoisted by our own plastard
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 03:17
|
|
|
plus what was the report that just came out that said 60% of all microplastics are a result of car tires or something so lol
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 03:18
|
|
|
OIL PANIC posted:Anybody have any resources for building resilience in a municipality, eg., a US county? I know there are some decroissance/ degrowth works addressing this for other polities... Any case studies from places previously hollowed out by the loss of industry/ unmanageable costs of infrastructure? I know Detroit is trying some stuff, but I’m especially interested in smaller municipalities (altough if there are any relevant works re: Detroit, I’d still appreciate seeing those). Both socio-political and material frameworks would be helpful Read lean logic by David Fleming. It's available for free online. Keep in mind it's basically just a bunch of notes assembles posthumously so it doesn't exactly read like a normal book but theres some interesting stuff about how a resilient community forms in a post-climacteric situation. He's also more of the opinion that out in the woods by yourself or with few neighbors is not where you want to be so there's not a huge amount of homesteading stuff.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 03:58
|
|
|
My local energy company has a real Mad Max plan to keep burning carbons no matter what https://twitter.com/samkarlin/status/1765495505906180113
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 04:10
|
|
|
JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:lmao we are toast lol I joke about microplastics all the time but this is the first thing I've seen that makes me think we might actually be hosed hahaha
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 04:36
|
|
|
Paradoxish posted:lol I joke about microplastics all the time but this is the first thing I've seen that makes me think we might actually be hosed the actual surprising thing about that is there's apparently people without any. but yeah i'm not expecting to live past 60 for a myriad number of reasons (speaking of which, im going in for a colonoscopy in 1 month, hurrah) Xaris has issued a correction as of 04:44 on Mar 7, 2024 |
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 04:40
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:My local energy company has a real Mad Max plan to keep burning carbons no matter what 
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 05:01
|
|
|
OIL PANIC posted:Anybody have any resources for building resilience in a municipality, eg., a US county? I know there are some decroissance/ degrowth works addressing this for other polities... Any case studies from places previously hollowed out by the loss of industry/ unmanageable costs of infrastructure? I know Detroit is trying some stuff, but I’m especially interested in smaller municipalities (altough if there are any relevant works re: Detroit, I’d still appreciate seeing those). Both socio-political and material frameworks would be helpful I live in small rural island community and there's a local group called the Quadra Island Climate Action Network which, while a volunteer-run non-profit, works closely with the regional district and province to improve our local climate resiliency on both individual and community basis. They run a number of projects focused on water security (selling recycled IBC totes as rainwater tanks, offering workshops on how to set up and use the tanks, and doing hydrogeology studies to understand our aquifers -- I recently had someone stick a sensor down my well to gather water level data, for example), food security (they work with the local garden club to encourage garden shares, run a community farm, set up a program with the local grocery stores to pick up expiring food for a weekly pop-up food pantry, and recently planted a ton of hazelnut trees all over the island on public land to support foraging), and encourage self-sufficiency by offering a shared tool and food preservation equipment library, among a _ton_ of other things. The folks who drive it are wonderful, all-in on climate change and fully crack-pinged on the future, so I encourage reaching out to see if you can crib any ideas/frameworks from them. Since I'm already kinda doxxing myself (it's a small island), I _highly_ recommend this thread check out "Ecotrilogy" by local author Ray Grigg, director of our local Sierra Club chapter (full book available free at link). He's incredibly blackpilled and full-on doomer and has been writing for decades about how humans have hosed up our only planet, and Ecotrilogy conveys his own journey towards further and further doom in delicious, thought-provoking, bite-sized essays. One of my fave pieces by him is actually a recent interview with him from a local radio station, Sierra Quadra: How do we proceed? in which he readily admits that the organization feels powerless in the face of, well, *gestures around wildly*. Good luck with your study group!
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 05:58
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/StefanFSchubert/status/1765442124948951336
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 06:42
|
|
|
TeenageArchipelago posted:The North Atlantic hit it a day or two ago, all oceans between 60 north and 60 south will hit it on the 14th One week baby! don't count your ominous graph until it hatches, but we'll see
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 07:45
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:My local energy company has a real Mad Max plan to keep burning carbons no matter what i feel like this is an obvious question but how is that going to not get obliterated in three seconds by a hurricane
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 07:49
|
|
|
I guess that's one way to make a graph with a line going down
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 08:01
|
|
|
just sail away. i'm a barge b*tch
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 08:02
|
|
|
tuyop posted:you know they put the blood back, right? I did not know that and it makes me feel queasy. Guess I just gotta give blood for free
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 08:16
|
|
|
tuyop posted:after it goes through like 10000 feet of plastic tubes and poo poo, including spinning around really fast in a plastic bowl. the blood is moved through the tubes by squeezing them. anyways i just dont care, it's like trying to protect your data or privacy in 2024, shits already been leaked a zillion times out of your control anyways. gimme da plastic bay-bee
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 08:31
|
|
|
tuyop posted:you know they put the blood back, right? The reason why this meme comes up in the thread is because a study was posted here once New evidence shows blood or plasma donations can reduce the PFAS 'forever chemicals' in our bodies 10 Apr 2022 — In a new randomised clinical trial, we found regularly donating blood or plasma can reduce blood PFAS levels. I don't know about the strength of the evidence or about any followup studies, though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 08:32
|
|
|
Leeches are back baby!
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 08:33
|
|
|
Medical grade leeches are too expensive, organic certified leeches cause trichinosis, the rest are bred on human slaves
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 09:29
|
|
|
How much do Ineed to become the first Megaplastic?
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 11:38
|
|
|
I do declare... A disaster declaration. https://www.yahoo.com/news/amid-louisianas-crawfish-shortage-governor-203611088.html quote:Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 12:48
|
|
|
wait if the industry is generally $500m and the losses are $140m how odds out that they are “unavailable”? Isn’t this just less than they want? I did enjoy the long string of issues though. Drought, freeze, saltwater. Maybe we can add fires soon. Didn’t we have wildfires in some swampy region last year?
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 13:28
|
|
|
1.77 degrees  https://twitter.com/CopernicusECMWF/status/1765652854000296180
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 13:37
|
|
|
I would blow Dane Cook posted:1.77 degrees That's relative to the 1850-1900 average too, so tack on an extra tenth of a degree or two to truly go back to preindustrial. 2C is in sight, great job everyone! Teamwork makes the dream work!
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 14:02
|
|
|
Unless posted:https://repeaterbooks.com/product/paint-your-town-red-how-preston-took-back-control-and-your-town-can-too/ lol, Preston being good at something. Went to school nearby and can’t say Preston County Council seemed collapse aware. Good to know. Paradoxish posted:lol I joke about microplastics all the time but this is the first thing I've seen that makes me think we might actually be hosed It’s cool and good, actually. I would blow Dane Cook posted:1.77 degrees This is very funny. Top content today, guys.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 14:14
|
|
|
Microplastics posted:The reason why this meme comes up in the thread is because a study was posted here once ah, cool! I stopped donating plasma when they stopped requiring masks. just doesn’t make sense in that case.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 14:55
|
|
|
TehSaurus posted:wait if the industry is generally $500m and the losses are $140m how odds out that they are “unavailable”? Isn’t this just less than they want? Oh yes we did https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-wildfire-b9d8968c1ce98b009c3ce95fa08a8f40
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 15:22
|
|
|
Clyde Radcliffe posted:They were pretty good at it too. Large swathes of the Amazon basin are covered in terra preta, a human-made soil that's remarkably good at absorbing and retaining nutrients and provides excellent crop yields without the need for introduced fertilisers. It's kind of crazy that modern agri-tech is just beginning to figure out why it's so good at what it does. But it provides long term benefits instead of annual payments, so it'll never really catch on.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 15:24
|
|
|
Clyde Radcliffe posted:terra preta, a human-made soil how tf did anyone figure out plants yearn for poop
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 15:42
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:Oh yes we did We actually had some wildfires in the swamps just last week. Burn ban went into effect. Though there is a separate problem locally with that since we have a serial arsonist at large.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 15:45
|
|
|
hypoallergenic cat breed posted:We actually had some wildfires in the swamps just last week. Burn ban went into effect. Though there is a separate problem locally with that since we have a serial arsonist at large. read that as you have a serial arsonist in charge. and like, same in my country, friend.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 16:31
|
|
|
Talking about wildfires https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/03/07/xcel-energy-admits-role-in-sparking-texas-worst-wildfire-in-its-history/ quote:Utility company Xcel Energy admitted Thursday its equipment was likely “involved in an ignition of the Smokehouse Creek fire,” which has now become the largest wildfire in Texas history after burning over 1 million acres of land in the state’s Panhandle region.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 16:35
|
|
|
JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:lmao we are toast LIFE IN PLASTIC IT'S FANTASTIC
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 17:18
|
|
|
I mean sure everything looks bad but have you considered pretending it doesn't
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 17:59
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 26, 2024 11:26 |
|
|
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2024 18:16
|
|
