a professional acquaintance mentioned yesterday that he'd lately seen compostable stuff pretty close in cost to regular disposable plasticware, at the local supermarket
I haven't checked the prices on these things lately but this sounds promising
like how solar PV energy is actually cost-compettive with natural gas these days, and (more subtly) is similarly available
13.3.2025 20:08a professional acquaintance mentioned yesterday that he'd lately seen compostable stuff pretty close in cost to regular disposable...useful reminder of just how much we depend on infrastructure systems of so many different kinds, many of which are quite overlooked until they break and problems arise as a result
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/we-live-like-royalty-and-dont-know-it
19.2.2025 19:27useful reminder of just how much we depend on infrastructure systems of so many different kinds, many of which are quite overlooked until...whelp, sorry to ruin the mood so soon.
i was like, "i'll come in and say happy new year" and so i did and then i checked the news.
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29.1.2025 20:25whelp, sorry to ruin the mood so soon.i was like, "i'll come in and say happy new year" and so i did and then i checked the...Happy New Year!
29.1.2025 20:21Happy New Year!OMFG this is brilliant.
If you can understand #Cantonese by ear and know #Jyutping (a romanization system for Cantonese) but can't read #Chinese, this browser extension essentially opens up a whole world of Chinese text.
https://github.com/CanCLID/inject-jyutping
It adds a Jyutping display to Chinese text. This works on many sites.
I can't overstate how amazing it is that I can suddenly read so much more Chinese text, far more directly than with English translations.
28.1.2025 12:24OMFG this is brilliant.If you can understand #Cantonese by ear and know #Jyutping (a romanization system for Cantonese) but can't read..."NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions"
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/monscience.bsky.social/post/3lgecous7j22w
#NIH #TrumpAdministration #uspolitics #research #funding #HealthResearch #SciencePolicy #policy
23.1.2025 04:33"NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for...this is very serious intentional dereliction of duty
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/hhs-cdc-fda-trump-pause-communication/index.html
more broadly, the anti-science bent of this administration has very troubling implications for everything from science research on the upstream end to public health information on the downstream end
#TrumpAdministration #USPolitics
22.1.2025 15:46this is very serious intentional dereliction of...Happy New Year!
1.1.2025 05:12Happy New Year!https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/113510670213483310
nice thread from @dantheclamman on neat clam facts. The thread also links to a paper on using clams as bioindicators.
19.11.2024 21:25https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/113510670213483310nice thread from @dantheclamman on neat clam facts. The thread also links to a paper...The #Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has just released its study "Global Warming's Six Audiences around the world" -- which builds on prior analysis categorizing U.S. opinions on #ClimateChange ( #GlobalWarming ) into six categories (Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, Dismissive). This framework is applied to survey results from over 100 countries.
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/six-audiences-around-the-world/
#PublicOpinion #environment #survey #communication #ClimateChangeCommunication
23.7.2024 16:56The #Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has just released its study "Global Warming's Six Audiences around the...the rise of solar energy generation has had one odd effect on me, namely making me slightly confused/annoyed every time I hear "solar system" but have to realize it's not about planets
10.7.2024 18:37the rise of solar energy generation has had one odd effect on me, namely making me slightly confused/annoyed every time I hear "solar...#WindPower overtakes #Coal as in #energy generation
https://qz.com/gateway/wind-power-overtake-coal-power-1851581004
i also want to smack whoever used a wood screw of the wrong threading to secure the old ceiling lamp to the metal box
8.6.2024 20:29i also want to smack whoever used a wood screw of the wrong threading to secure the old ceiling lamp to the metal boxi wanna smack whoever painted the black (live) wires white resulting in them looking like the white (neutral) wires
8.6.2024 20:25i wanna smack whoever painted the black (live) wires white resulting in them looking like the white (neutral) wires#Discord added an #arbitration clause to their terms of service. Here's information for how to opt out: https://www.polygon.com/2024/4/20/24134970/discord-arbitration-how-to-opt-out
21.4.2024 05:49#Discord added an #arbitration clause to their terms of service. Here's information for how to opt out:...I ran across the following short video about urban adaptations to accommodate rainwater and decrease flooding due to extreme rain events in China (and also capture some of it for groundwater/aquifer recharge). As the video notes, these are being worked on in other countries but China is implementing them at scale.
#ExtremeWeather #flooding #China #ClimateAdaptation #impermeable #permeable #UrbanPlanning #Sustainability #RainwaterCapture
26.3.2024 00:26I ran across the following short video about urban adaptations to accommodate rainwater and decrease flooding due to extreme rain events in...me, trying to come up with a mnemonic for the Spanish days of the week:
"Down Load Many More Jpegs Very Soon"
25.2.2024 18:21me, trying to come up with a mnemonic for the Spanish days of the week:"Down Load Many More Jpegs Very Soon"i almost typed "sustainability advisory bard" today (meant to type "board" lol)
22.2.2024 16:53i almost typed "sustainability advisory bard" today (meant to type "board" lol)Came across this article about #LosAngeles 's #WaterConservation measures, mainly by leaving spaces for and replacing impervious surfaces with places where water can percolate into the aquifer.
https://www.wired.com/story/los-angeles-just-proved-how-spongy-a-city-can-be/
#Water #WaterResources #California #Rainwater #RainwaterCapture
20.2.2024 10:24Came across this article about #LosAngeles 's #WaterConservation measures, mainly by leaving spaces for and replacing impervious...saw a #Broward county #transit electric bus. heartened to see some progress here, even if it's slow
16.2.2024 16:24saw a #Broward county #transit electric bus. heartened to see some progress here, even if it's slow⬆️
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