Following a conversation on here I am asking for some help to work out what products are produced from crude oil and how we can produce alternatives.
https://www.personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/products-from-crude-oil
I am throwing this out to the community to between us we can start to gather information and present this so we can make a better argument to reduce and eliminate our need for crude oil.
Granted some products are going to need some R&D to replace, but maybe that will inspire people to study STEM and undertake that research.
Film sex and nudity to have age ratings tightened for under-15s, BBFC says
@Miro_Collas in England we would put out cones and a prop up sign saying "lava in road".
Are you an early career (≦5 yrs) journalist interested in science reporting? In or able to locate to Boston for a year? Applications for the 2024-25 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship have just opened. Deadline: April 26.
This is a great gig. https://www.statnews.com/careers/sharon-begley-science-reporting-fellowship/
Someone reached out and commissioned a friendly and cartoony T. rex for their godson!
I’m offering sketches like these for just $5 right now, so be sure to get one while you can!
#trex #dino #dinosaur #dinosaurs #ceratosaurus #allosaurus #triceratops #stegosaurus #science #paleoart #cartoon #artist #tyrannosaurusrex
Cancel your online subscriptions and get a library card instead. https://www.popsci.com/diy/free-services-public-library/
Today in 1781, 243 years ago: Charles Messier discovers the stellar object M92.
Just a moose, standing in front of a beautiful view of downtown Anchorage. Photo by Lacee Johnson #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon
UK doctors who receive convictions for climate protests face threat of being struck off
Particularly alarming given how permissible forms of protests in the UK are being continually restricted.
Nothing lasts forever — lovely writing:
"NASA Communicates with Ailing Voyager 1 Spacecraft"
"... nearly a half-century [currently 46 years] later... [#Voyager1 & 2] have become the longest-lived and farthest-flung probes ever dispatched by humankind...
Traveling at the speed of light, the radio signals used to command the spacecraft take 22.5 hours to travel 15 billion miles—and 22.5 hours to come back..." (NB: Only took a day for results in my first computer lab.)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-restores-communications-with-ailing-voyager-1-spacecraft/
Across the United States, these trips are necessary for thousands of families because of anti-trans laws and abortion restrictions that are fundamentally changing the ability to access basic healthcare.
@Geri
Phillips is a wing-nut of the first order. All the shops are heaving with goods in Gaza, she’s done the research on YouTube.
Absolute disgrace.
@Geri @MadeyeTheCarnaptious predictable. Anybody not supporting “Britain” will be an extremist, and support for independence will be dealt with in much the same way as support for Palestine is dealt with today - it will be classified as extremism.
Anybody going to demonstrations or public protests will be subject to imprisonment, and they will risk losing their job.
Welcome to the dictatorship .
Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner - But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because 'adrenalin does not scale' ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/03/18/gartner_infosec_failure_advice/
Stevenage activist urges residents to listen to climate experts
Climate activists are urging residents in Hertfordshire to get the conversation started around climate protection
#Hertfordshire #UK #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Hey, Mastodon! Indiana's attorney general has created an anti-teacher snitch portal for people to report school teachers for being too woke. It allows you to upload files and everything!
There appears to be no safeguard against entering any text you want in any of the boxes, and no location/residence checking.
Dare I ask you to do your thing?
https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/education-liberty/
Boosts welcome!
@MattFerrel Honestly, I think what they're telling us is that Kamala Harris is a Black Asian American woman who is incredibly qualified and, from personal experience, charismatic. I really do. I don't think they care about his age. I think they care about her race and gender and power.
Betelgeuse's Wild Surface Seems to Be Baffling Our Telescopes
sciencealert.com/betelgeuses-w…
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Astrophysical Anomalies: The Curious Case of the Spider Galaxy https://scitechdaily.com/astrophysical-anomalies-the-curious-case-of-the-spider-galaxy/ #science
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