I have seen this picture cross my feed many times, and every single time it pulls me up short. His little blue lunchbox, the sneakers that are probably a tad too big because he would grow into them, the straps for his glasses so that he didn’t lose them, his checkered shirt that his little hands might have stumbled over in trying to make sure he got every button right, or perhaps his mother bent down to help him with; his mother who he waves goodbye to, who he loved and who loved him so deeply.
> be microplastics researcher 2015
> develop better detection method
> can see particles 10x smaller than before
> run samples
> counts 100x higher than previous estimates
> publish
> conclusion: "more research needed"
> funding expires
> be different researcher 2020
> even better detection
> same samples
> counts higher still
> publish
> grant rejected: "not novel"
> be researcher 2024
> can now detect nanoplastics
> counts astronomical
> particles in brain tissue, testes, placentas
> concentrations increasing decade over decade
> publish
> industry response: "correlation not causation"
> plastic production: up 4%
every improvement in measurement finds worse news. thats not uncertainty. thats the answer
I remember that one story of when he tested for a formula 4 single seater and he just sat in silence the entire time eating fries before the test observing everything because he just wanted to go drive the car 😭😭
the cop car going past the tunnel right before he admits that he loves him like a reminder that he can’t have that there is like a dagger to the heart #heatedrivalry
Yall someone on TikTok said that Ilya spent all of the game changers series finding and helping other queer hockey players in order to build a community that Shane would feel comfortable enough to come out in and for both of them to have a support system and now Idk what to do 😭
Just reminding you, the reason why phone, PC, television, and other consumer tech prices are going up so high is because of ai.
Blame them. Blame Neal Mohan. Blame Elon Musk. Blame every one of these useless fucks that thinks human production is worthless if we aren't slaves.