#screw the environment

[merelygifted]

Democratic Sen. Sherrod  Brown said there is “no question” that Norfolk Southern is fully responsible for the train derailment in his home state of Ohio that killed three people and left a community in fear for their health and safety. The train was carrying vinyl chloride and other carcinogens, and residents are concerned that the chemicals are leaching into the surrounding water, soil, and air.

Brown blamed Norfolk Southern for laying off vital workers, prioritizing profit over caution, and lobbying for lax safety regulations — all of which he said contributed to the crash. “Everything that’s happened here, all the cleanup, all the drilling, all the testing, all the hotel stays, all of that is on Norfolk Southern. They caused it,” Brown said during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “There’s no question they caused it with this derailment, because they underinvested in their employees.”

Brown went on to say that as he understands it, there were only three full-time Norfolk Southern employees on the derailed 150-car train “because they have laid off so many people.” Unions alleged in 2021 that as a result of workforce layoffs, engineers were being forced into performing duties belonging to conductors and brakemen — a violation of their contract.

“That’s why I’m angry, when I look at these companies lay people off,” Brown said. “They never look out for their workers. They never look out for their communities. They look out for stock buybacks and dividends. Something’s wrong with corporate America, and something’s wrong with Congress and administrations listening too much to corporate lobbyists. That’s got to change.”

The senator went on to explain how corporate lobbyists push for weakened rules when a conservative president is in the White House. “Every time there’s a new administration, particularly a more conservative one that’s more pro-corporate, they put all these regulations on the table about safety, about worker safety, community safety, the environment, consumer protections, and, at the behest of lobbyists, far too often, they weaken those laws,” Brown explained.  ...

[questionablealibi]

I FINALLY FOUND SOME FREE TIME TODAY AND THAT MEANS MORE ONEIL RAHHHH

Finishing and posting o'neil's (and elias') reference sheet <<<< piecing their design doodle by doodle /silly

Im unfortunately not the type of person who can juggle academics and social media at the same time :'D but that wont stop me from trying to post! >:)

Version without text underneath the cut!

And of course, additional thoughts about the design in the tags ;)

"Dalaga" means young lady in tagalog! ^^

[ask-the-ew-boys-who-screw-round]

LMFAOOO matt how does it feel to be the shortest rn??

And tom how it feels to be taller?? XDXDXD

[perenlop]

my hope for the pokemon presents that i know will not happen is gates to infinity remake ok bye

[batmansymbol]

Panicking about climate change? Consider subscribing to a carbon removal or offset service.

What with the heatwaves, the fires, and the billionaires on their private jets, I've been seeing more climate doomism on here than usual. I get it. Everything feels terrible. And it can be so frustrating to see stuff about personal carbon impact when you're already washing your laundry on cold cycles, biking to work, eating less meat, etc., and meanwhile the US Senate is killing energy initiatives.

But if you have climate anxiety, I HIGHLY recommend subscribing to a carbon-negative project. My carbon subscriptions help me sleep at night. They have been my antidote to feeling helpless.

Some quick math. In the US, there are 74.5 million Netflix subscribers. And in 2020, the US had CO2 emission averages of 14.2 tonnes annually per capita.

So, if every US American with a Netflix subscription took out a subscription that offset their emissions, that'd be 1.06 billion tonnes annually: over 3% of total global emissions (34b tonnes). And that's just if a subsection of the US population did this.

Obviously this is an oversimplification. Carbon offsets are admittedly more expensive than Netflix. Also, offsetting usually works by funding projects elsewhere to reduce global emissions, so it's overall less efficient than, I don't know, the US getting its shit together and funding public transit, which would cut emissions at the source.

But the point remains: collectivism does exist, and we CAN do something about the emissions that we're unavoidably responsible for.

Enter these services, all of which do carbon offsets that are effective, additional, verifiable, and permanent.

WREN. I subscribe to Wren. You pick a dollar amount per month, and they funnel it toward carbon offset projects worldwide. They offer a carbon calculator, personal suggestions for how to reduce your footprint, and are generally awesome. An example of their projects: in the last six months, they enabled 12 Indigenous communities in the Amazon to reduce local deforestation by a staggering 84%, preserving 180,000 acres.

CLIMEWORKS. Climeworks is more expensive per kg removed, but I subscribe to this one too and LOVE this project. It's direct capture, meaning their factories suck CO2 out of the air and sequester it in rock. I want this to scale SO, SO badly. Climeworks doesn't just prevent or reduce emissions—it's carbon NEGATIVE, which is massive. And it's fully permanent: once the Climeworks facilities sequester the carbon in rock, it's there forever (unlike, say, tree-planting, which relies on the lifespan and health of the tree). Climeworks, like Wren, is a no-minimum subscription. You could do a dollar a month.

ECOLOGI. Pretty similar to Wren, but with high emphasis on tree-planting! Ecologi is big on reforestation, and other recent projects include access to clean cookstoves and providing renewable fuel to farmers. They do tree-planting gifts that would be an awesome option around holiday time.

NORI. A carbon-removal marketplace that connects its users to farmers, who submit plans for carbon removal and storage! This one has more of a businessy bent to it, but you can outright buy a tonne of CO2 storage in a transactional way.

To finish off with some good news: the US has joined China and Europe in hitting the 5% tipping point for electric car adoption, the costs of renewable energy have cratered, and China is set to hit its emissions peak earlier than anticipated (huge for the world's largest emitter).

Hang in there.

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[worldsquietestjojosfan]

It's 2024 welcome back bandit queen

[parasitoidism]

anyways my real opinions on persona 2 remakes is that it would be kind of cool but i like highly extremely doubt the ability of the people in charge of the franchise rn to add anything meaningful to the story/writing of these games. laugh out loud

[cosmereclysmic]

Stormlight au where moash starts a union. (Violently.)

[forgaeven1]

i've got a job interview today, and as you'd expect, i'm mighty nervous. if i'm more absent / present ooc ( really, my anxiety loves playing russian roulette with my attention ) , that's why !

[merelygifted]

Miami-Dade County had proposed rules that would give workers breaks, water, and shade when it's too hot. But a new state law prevents cities and counties from doing that.

[waking-hell]

[horribletasteinanything]

Biệt thự cổ thời Pháp có một số chi tiết khá thú vị

Căn biệt thự trên thì trên tầng hai chỉ có một phòng vệ sinh và hai phòng ngủ thông nhau và một phòng thông với phòng làm việc. Tức là nếu muốn đi tắm thì phải đi qua một căn phòng ngủ khác hoặc nếu đi vệ sinh thì một phòng ngủ sẽ phải đi dài hơn.

Không gian chung ở phần tầng một thì ổn, phòng khách có phần hơi chật nhưng phần không gian bên cạnh phòng khách lại khá rộng và thoáng. Tuy nhiên, rất có thể không gian đấy lại là hai căn phòng khác nhau và chỉ được đục thông trong quá trình tu sửa lần 1 (phỏng đoán vì các chi tiết trong bản vẽ gốc không giống với không gian chính thức của căn biệt thự).

Độ dày của tường cấu trúc cũng như là tường ngoài thường rơi vào khoảng 25 cm (đối với tường ngăn trong nhà) và 40 cm (tường bên ngoài). Vật liệu xây dựng chính là gạch nên ở bên trong sẽ mát vào mùa hè và ấm vào mùa đông. Có thể nói sự thoát nhiệt xảy ra chậm do lớp tường dày.

Đây là những gì rất sơ bộ về biệt thự xưa mà đã qua thảo luận và thống nhất. Buổi đi chơi khá thú vị

[sastiel-is-my-serotonin]

It doesn't matter how many times I do certain tasks, as long as others are around I'll have such bad anxiety about it. Laundry, cooking, cleaning at any capacity, sweeping, moping, washing dishes, literally any cleaning. The moment I'm alone? Deep cleaning things with absolute confidence, enjoying it as I think to myself. I know I'm capable of these things, and I do these things well, but what if I'm not? What if I'm making a bigger mess than I originally started with. What if I somehow contaminated everything in sight and I make people sick? The last one I know is my whole thing with things that aren't contaminated are now contaminated, like closed drinks that are left too long untouched. Or even leaving food alone out of sight. It's tied into other things besides anxiety, but still. It's not ideal having these feelings about basic mundane chores when you are constantly around others.

[sneakystorms]

You can take any five minute clip from any episode of house MD and have a two hour ethics discussion about it the writing in this show is unbelievable

[superat626]

Drew some dancing for Tep and @drawotion's character Mina.

[crymeariveronceagain]

To all the kids(9-14) who have social media accounts:

Don't. Don't do it, kiddo. Deactivate it. You're too little to be here. It's not good for you. It's not making your life better. It is not the place you want to be right now. Believe me. Ex-kid, here. This is the internet. This is not a place for you to be. It's only gonna make it worse. It's gonna make it all worse.