> 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
The Aztecs had a sewage system allowing them to drink clean water and bathe daily while using human waste as crop fertiliser while the most advanced European water sanitation system was to jog a bucket with human waste out of a window or into the river where you drink your water
Eddy Burback just did an experiment on how far ChatGPT would go to appease the user and it told him cut off his family, go to the desert, eat baby food, and pray to a rock. AI isn’t your friend, you’re its guinea pig
@veggie_eric I've been using it not to forget, rathen than learn new things. I stopped taking german classes a while ago, and Duolingo helps me not forget my vocabulary.
@banderafella@sentdefender American “culture” is not Hemingway or Ellington - it is a cult of death.
They glorify slaughter, worship monuments to butchers, and raise children on songs about dying for the country.
Generation after generation, they breed not creators but executioners.
@Zachariahskylab@nekonomikya@mightydudbolt Gen Z men created no civilization, buddy. Neither did Millenials, nor Boomers.
Women did collectively realize they lived in hegemonical sexism and that is the reason why you think <<men>> create civilization, when history shows it was much more of a collective effort
according to physiology people who go silent when somethings upsets them or hurts them are often experiencing a coping mechanism called emotional withdrawal. 1/4
Fact: He traveled there for his cooking show & when they tried to block this one episode, he said he would pull his entire show from the network & this was the first time the world ever saw behind the walls in Gaza 2013
Norman Finkelstein perdió a gran parte de su familia en el Holocausto, así es como responde a una sionista que se hace la víctima en vez de denunciar que Israel este cometiendo las mismas atrocidades contra los palestinos que los nazis cometieron contra los judíos
@itscroarg Porque la izquierda promete igualdad y equidad y la derecha promete el estatus quo donde el hombre tiene mas poder, mas derechos y más oportunidades.
A los machitos les da miedo no ser "superiores"
@passarinoigna@__Fiamy Brother acabas de describir el capitalismo.
Todos los multimillonarios y dueños de marcas y servicios literalmente hicieron eso en este sistema jajajaja