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My goyim friend got offended by a book using the term “Jews” instead of “Jewish people”. Jumblr. I want your opinions on this.

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Benedict Cumberbatch at the Prada Show - Milan Fashion Week.

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blooper reels used to be 5 minutes of actors messing up their lines and breaking things on set. now (if we even get them) they're 2 minutes of funny faces in rapid succession with no context and deafening music over it. what the fuck?

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@neeet_allah

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Not to be nuanced on tumblr but I think it’s possible to believe that there are severe human rights abuses happening in Palestine right now and also believe that it’s wrong to try and rectify this by instilling fear in Jewish communities via violence.

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Mini Strawberry Chiffon Cake

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"The substances behind the slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds could trap microplastics better than a commonly used synthetic polymer.

Texas researchers proposed in 2022 using these sticky natural polymers to clean up water. Now, they’ve found that okra and/or fenugreek extracts attracted and removed up to 90% of microplastics from ocean water, freshwater, and groundwater.

With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Rajani Srinivasan and colleagues at Tarleton State University found that the plant-based polymers from okra, fenugreek, and tamarind stick to microplastics, clumping together and sinking for easy separation from water.

In this next stage of the research, they have optimized the process for okra and fenugreek extracts and tested results in a variety of types of water.

To extract the sticky plant polymers, the team soaked sliced okra pods and blended fenugreek seeds in separate containers of water overnight. Then, researchers removed the dissolved extracts from each solution and dried them into powders.

Analyses published in the American Chemical Society journal showed that the powdered extracts contained polysaccharides, which are natural polymers. Initial tests in pure water spiked with microplastics showed that:

One gram of either powder in a quart (one liter) of water trapped microplastics the most effectively.

Dried okra and fenugreek extracts removed 67% and 93%, respectively, of the plastic in an hour.

A mixture of equal parts okra and fenugreek powder reached maximum removal efficiency (70%) within 30 minutes.

The natural polymers performed significantly better than the synthetic, commercially available polyacrylamide polymer used in wastewater treatment.

Then the researchers tested the plant extracts on real microplastic-polluted water. They collected samples from waterbodies around Texas and brought them to the lab. The plant extract removal efficiency changed depending on the original water source.

Okra worked best in ocean water (80%), fenugreek in groundwater (80-90%), and the 1:1 combination of okra and fenugreek in freshwater (77%).

The researchers hypothesize that the natural polymers had different efficiencies because each water sample had different types, sizes and shapes of microplastics.

Polyacrylamide, which is currently used to remove contaminants during wastewater treatment, has low toxicity, but its precursor acrylamide is considered toxic. Okra and fenugreek extracts could serve as biodegradable and nontoxic alternatives.

“Utilizing these plant-based extracts in water treatment will remove microplastics and other pollutants without introducing additional toxic substances to the treated water,” said Srinivasan in a media release, “thus reducing long-term health risks to the population.”

She had previously studied the use of food-grade plant extracts as non-toxic flocculants to remove textile-based pollutants from wastewater and thought, ‘Why not try microplastics?’"

-via Good News Network, May 10, 2025

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CAv51zOBNbs

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*pouring love n affection into ur cup* "say when"

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While I farm for Stephen, allow me to share that there's a section of the game where you see animatics of Bats and Spidey. Although you can't play with him, it's very cute. He doesn’t have voicelines, only some canine sounds.

Also oddly enough, the game's language is set in English, but for some reason, it translates to Portuguese (perhaps due to location? Idk)

In any case, here's the translation: the cutest ghost dog alive (or unalive?). Doctor Strange's best friend. Loves walkies.

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she gets princess treatment from everyone she meets, her heart is sweet and pure like a cupcake, her lips are always glossed in sugar cookie flavored lip gloss, she loves self care, victoria's secret, and gourmand scents, she takes care of her appearance, she is smart, well educated and she is the princess of the family.

i am her, she is me

xoxo, tianna 🧁🎀

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