Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

University of British Columbia, (Canada) engineers may have the solution to 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

A water treatment system that catches and DESTROYS a class of dangerous chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) is being developed by a team of engineers as a low-cost solution for public water systems or the clean up of industrial waste streams, "

#News #Pollution #Water #Chemicals #Science #Research #Environment

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/news/ubc-engineers-devising-solution-catch-destroy-forever-chemicals-polluted-drinking

The problem with the barrage of mixed signals teenage boys receive about how to define masculinity, is that if you’re a mature, confident man, YOU’RE NOT CONSTANTLY RANTING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. That’s just not something most grown-ups do.

This means that the strongest signals coming through online are from the toxic bigots who are going on about it all the time.

So now here I am, a guy talking online about how to define masculinity.

Damn it.

http://oisinmcgann.com/masculinity-without-the-toxic/

#NFL Week 1 Scores:

Upcoming Games:
9/5 - 8:20 PM EDT #BAL @ #KC
9/6 - 8:15 PM EDT #GB @ #PHI
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #PIT @ #ATL
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #ARI @ #BUF
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #TEN @ #CHI
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #NE @ #CIN
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #HOU @ #IND
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #JAX @ #MIA
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #CAR @ #NO
9/8 - 1:00 PM EDT #MIN @ #NYG
9/8 - 4:05 PM EDT #LV @ #LAC
9/8 - 4:05 PM EDT #DEN @ #SEA
9/8 - 4:25 PM EDT #DAL @ #CLE

#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

The UN Secretary-General has called on Israel to cease its military operation in the occupied West Bank.

Israel must "immediately" end its large-scale military offensive in the occupied West Bank, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday, after 11 Palestinians were killed and several more injured.

Guterres strongly condemned "the loss of lives, including of children," and called for "an immediate cessation of these operations."

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Remember when you could just buy a newspaper for like $1 at a shop?

Imagine if you went to the newsagent and they were like “$25 please”

“Huh? That’s steep”
“Oh that gives you a month of access”
“I don’t want a month of access, i want a newspaper”
“We’ll also flyer your house every day”
“I don’t care, I just want a newspaper. Today’s newspaper”
“You also get access to our other newspapers in other towns”
“I don’t care, I want a newspaper for here, today”
“Oh it’s not just for today. It’s for a month. And three months after”
“Wait, what happens after that, is that it over?”
“LOL of course not. It’s $35 a month after that”
“What? Why?”
“Introductory offer. Also we’ll tell a bunch of other companies where you live and THEY’LL flyer you too”
“Know what, it’s fine, I don’t need a paper”
“I’ll send you a reminder in a week”
“STOP. FFS”

And they wonder why online news makes no money.

I am at an age where wonderful people I've known for decades are leaving us.

If you are fortunate to have this much time, may I suggest that you get in touch with those who've helped and befriended you along the way, and say thanks before it is too late.

@GottaLaff So, to recap:

The Trump campaign shoved a female service member out of the way at Arlington National Cemetery during a ceremony for fallen Marines because they wanted to take marketing videos, which is forbidden.

It reads like a douchebag mad libs.

LEGO saw extra profits, and decided to cut their margins to reduce pollution!

RE: https://wandering.shop/users/adapalmer/statuses/113044267476593224

Can our shared hatred of mosquitos finally unite us in fighting #ClimateChange? Unlikely, but it's a happy hope.

"Longer, hotter, summers, milder winters, and changes in land use and travel are giving insects more time and space to spread diseases or compound the misery in places where they already exist.

Global warming is "changing where mosquitoes and ticks live, and thus what diseases are moving around in different regions," CDC director Mandy Cohen said Wednesday."

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/29/mosquitoes-ticks-diseases-climate-change

Latest casualty figures

There are faces behind these numbers...

@palestine
#Gaza
#WestBank

SURPRISED? Yeah me neither ....

Pass it on

The Barbie Phone is better than modern smartphones because it has a microSD card slot, FM radio, user-removable battery, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

https://www.hmd.com/en_int/press/your-barbie-dream-phone-is-now-a-reality-press-release

@Melissabeartrix It was a valuable early lesson acquired at relatively low cost. That lesson being: anyone can be misgendered, and society exacts harsh retribution/consequences on those who don't perform gender "right," and that's NOT right, so we should all band together to destroy gender-normative & binary-gender expectations, norms, rules, and laws.

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She isnt wrong, and i am not ashamed in the least.

#UK #Autists, and other #ND people: spread this around!

#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2024/08/27/dwp-pip-back-dated-payments/

My painting today is another wet in wet, painted on a flat table top. Wetting the paper on both sides helps a lot, but it’s tricky because I had to continuously dry the underside of the paper. Thin mixes helped make the under painting and the trees in the distance, and thicker mixes helped make the foreground. #watercolour #watercolor #art #MastoArt