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Holistic plastics: pyrolysis unfeasible
Shell committed to increase
recycling
of plastics, but now admits it is unable to do that.
To decrease the amount of waste caused by use of plastic, we need to replace current plastic
with recyclable plastic, or with other materials, and make sure that the recyclable plastic can
be separated from the rest of the packaging.
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| 2:49p |
Ben-Gvir's "strength" of character
Minister Ben-Gvir, the political leader of the extremist "settlers" that take land in the West
Bank from its Palestinian inhabitants, pushed his way into the al-Aqsa complex in Jerusalem, as
a gesture to
keep
the war in Gaza killing.
The al-Aqsa Mosque complex was built on the hill where the Hebrew Second Temple had been
destroyed by Romans 600 years earlier. Peace in the Middle East depends on the various
religions' respecting each others' sacred buildings, especially in Jerusalem; Israelis who
totally reject peace sometimes enter the al-Aqsa complex as a political gesture of war.
If Biden wants to inspire Democrats to vote for him, he could bar Ben-Gvir from entering the US.
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| 2:50p |
Polio in Gaza
There are people in Gaza who have polio infections. The lack of hygiene and water treatment means
nothing
stops it from spreading to anyone there who has not been vaccinated.
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| 2:50p |
Businesses vulnerable to today's climate
Many US small businesses are very vulnerable to local disasters.
They could
easily be wiped out.
As business owners become aware of how climate disaster threatens their businesses,
increasingly every year, if they have long-term sense they will actively support
decarbonization politically. If they don't, I expect they are fools.
I do not believe that fools deserve disaster. Nobody deserves that, whether fools or not.
Alas, fools are likely to make it happen to them.
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| 2:50p |
Election vigilantes, GA
Republicans in Georgia have
signed
up tens of thousands of election vigilantes, each of whom will be empowered to challenge
the legitimacy of voters with just a little excuse.
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| 2:50p |
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| 2:50p |
Microsoft Windows gaff
Computers running Windows around the world were
unable
to run due to a broken change remotely installed in them.
With GNU/Linux, no one can forcibly install an "upgrade" (or a 'downgrade", as might prefer
to call it). You decide when, and whether, to install changes, and whose changes to install.
Can anyone tell me what job this CrowdStrike software does? I have a hunch that this is one of
the unjust consequences of the proprietary nature of Windows, but I don't actually know. It
would be very useful to know for certain.
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| 2:50p |
ICJ: Israel wrongly directed
The
UN
International Court of Justice concluded that Israel's occupation of Palestine, and its
colonization, are de-facto annexation, and illegal. (Annexation of conquered territory is
also illegal.)
The ruling also *called for Israel to rapidly quit the occupied territories and
ruled Palestinians were due reparations for the occupation.*
*While non-binding, the ruling will provide ample ammunition for government lawyers already
actively examining future sanctions against those linked to Israeli settlement.*
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| 2:50p |
Urgent: Corporate lawsuits against govt
US citizens: call on certain drug companies to drop their lawsuits that aim to block Biden's new
regulation
that would reduce prices of certain drugs.
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