Drinking a glass or more of 100% fruit juice each day was linked to a small increase in weight in children and adults, according to a new analysis of prior studies....
I recently (2021/2022) sold my gas cars and bought two EV’s. Though I kept my two motorcycles. I’ve been compiling my thoughts about how it’s been so far, and realized I have compiled pages and pages of notes and those notes are all over the place. Just tons of little tiny differences to massive differences in the driving...
It’s not because “eww, worms” or “eww, fish”. It’s two things. The big thing is, I don’t want to hurt some small animal like a worm or bait fish, just so that I can hurt some other animal by dragging them into an environment where they can’t breathe. Oh, but the humane thing to do is toss them back? Imagine being pulled out of an airlock into the vacuum of space, photographed, measured, and then put back in the airlock? I don’t need to do all of that to some critter just for fun. Which brings me to the second thing about fishing that I don’t like : It’s not fun. It’s boring. It’s so boring. Just stand here and hope a fish eventually bites.
Stop trying to make hubless wheels work. A normal bicycle wheel is stronger, lighter, simpler, and the bearings only have to handle the lower speed at the center of the wheel, instead of the speed found closer to the rim.
My electric bill changed by less than $2 per month when I installed an “inefficient” washing machine. It was so little that I’m not sure the washer was the cause. That’s $72 over a period of three years. The machine it replaced was just out of warranty and needed a $200 drain pump.
There are washing machines without anything more complex than a switch in them. If you really had a “pile of disassembled washing machines” you’d know that.
The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibers—plastic fragments shaped like tiny threads or filaments. Microfibers come from many sources, including cigarette butts, fishing nets and ropes, but the biggest source is synthetic fabrics, which constantly shed them....
Im bored at work, and you’ve given me a mathematical itch to scratch.
A quick search tells me that a liter of gasoline being burned emits 2.3 kg of CO2. Another quick search, after digging through a few weasel words, tells me a liter of jet fuel emits 3.16 kg of CO2 when burned.
I ride a motorcycle (975 Nightster for reference) to work most of the time, and it gets 100 km on 5 liters pretty easily. Riding to work and back is about 40 minutes, and a total distance of about 33 kilometers round trip.
For me to ride to work, I use ~1.65 liters of gasoline which works out to 3.8 kg of CO2.
A single four-hour flight on the aforementioned private jet is 2,320 liters of jet fuel, which is 7,331 kg of CO2. To offset that, I’d need to ride my bicycle or walk to work for 1,929 days or approximately 7 years.
Yes, my cotton shirts and pants are the problem. Yup.
I used to work for a company that made precast concrete parts. One of the things they made was the faux stone walls that go around some fancy neighborhoods. They are poured into a mold, and one side of the mold has a plastic insert for the stone pattern. The plastic inserts, which are larger than any piece of plastic in your house, are used to make one wall and then they are tossed. This is one small company, and it’s an example of the plastic waste we don’t see or even think about, while we are told that our clothes are being washed wrong.
President Biden and other senior U.S. officials are becoming increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rejection of most of the administration’s recent requests related to the war in Gaza, four U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the issue told Axios....
I’ve heard the term “stimming” before, and never had a clear answer on what it meant. After taking a look through this thread, I now have yet another thing to add to the list of obvious symptoms I should have seen in myself years ago.
I have a tendency to take things apart, or move whatever moveable pieces are on something. I’ve made little toys/implements to enable this at work so I’m not just taking pens apart.
100% fruit juice linked to weight gain in children and adults, study finds (www.cnn.com)
Drinking a glass or more of 100% fruit juice each day was linked to a small increase in weight in children and adults, according to a new analysis of prior studies....
That look... oh, she in trouble (files.catbox.moe)
Felon musk (lemy.lol)
mastodon.online/
YouTube (file.coffee)
Entering a vehicle or sometimes just walking past it exposes that person to that auto manufacturer's privacy policy. (foundation.mozilla.org)
I'd love your input...
I recently (2021/2022) sold my gas cars and bought two EV’s. Though I kept my two motorcycles. I’ve been compiling my thoughts about how it’s been so far, and realized I have compiled pages and pages of notes and those notes are all over the place. Just tons of little tiny differences to massive differences in the driving...
Americans can no longer afford their cars (www.newsweek.com)
What's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?
This looks toxic, by the way.
suburban rule (lemmy.cafe)
It's possible that disrepect towards animals including harmless bugs is a bad influence on how we treat people
Hubless eBikes, AI Integration, & More - The MTB-Adjacent Tech From the CES Show is... Interesting? - Pinkbike (www.pinkbike.com)
Face the consequences - Work Chronicles (workchronicles.com)
Original: workchronicles.com/face-the-consequences/
They are too expensive and gimicky either way (sh.itjust.works)
Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution—here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably (theconversation.com)
The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibers—plastic fragments shaped like tiny threads or filaments. Microfibers come from many sources, including cigarette butts, fishing nets and ropes, but the biggest source is synthetic fabrics, which constantly shed them....
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS (lemmy.world)
Hella unlikely they were used to knit gloves
Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days (www.axios.com)
President Biden and other senior U.S. officials are becoming increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rejection of most of the administration’s recent requests related to the war in Gaza, four U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the issue told Axios....
Autism and stimming thread
So, this is more a “what are you like” discussion....
77 Groups Worldwide Back Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden in U.S. Court. The Biden administration is due in federal court later this month, while Israel faces charges of genocide at The Hague this week. (theintercept.com)
It's important to relax, Commander. (startrek.website)