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Maybe taking a single paper from a research group, and construing it as supporting this "lack of evidence" without mentioning the other work the group has done, that finds overwhelming evidence in favour of the concern about microplastics, that's really fucking bad.
January 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Maybe taking a single paper from a research group, and construing it as supporting this "lack of evidence" without mentioning the other work the group has done, that finds overwhelming evidence in favour of the concern about microplastics, that's really fucking bad.
Maybe when you describe a paper, the criticism, and the response to criticism, and you selectively highlight the less important criticism, and not the stuff the authors responded to, because the critics are all employed by plastics manufacturers, that means you're aware what yours doing is fucked.
January 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Maybe when you describe a paper, the criticism, and the response to criticism, and you selectively highlight the less important criticism, and not the stuff the authors responded to, because the critics are all employed by plastics manufacturers, that means you're aware what yours doing is fucked.
Maybe if one of the big criticisms is funded by a chemical manufacturers lobbying organisation and you don't make the audience aware you're getting close to malpractice.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Maybe if one of the big criticisms is funded by a chemical manufacturers lobbying organisation and you don't make the audience aware you're getting close to malpractice.
Like maybe the "bombshell" framing, which is repeated from a quote by Kuhlman, whose letter is linked, is bad, when the guy framing it that way is a former research chemist for Union Carbide and Dow with obvious vested interests in undermining this.
January 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Like maybe the "bombshell" framing, which is repeated from a quote by Kuhlman, whose letter is linked, is bad, when the guy framing it that way is a former research chemist for Union Carbide and Dow with obvious vested interests in undermining this.
The detached post
The infuriating article
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a696...
And the arxiv link to the academically interesting paper
arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06824
The infuriating article
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a696...
And the arxiv link to the academically interesting paper
arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06824
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The detached post
The infuriating article
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a696...
And the arxiv link to the academically interesting paper
arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06824
The infuriating article
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a696...
And the arxiv link to the academically interesting paper
arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06824
Scrappy Monster is her full name, thanks to the vet clinic she lived at for 7 years never getting her original name off her file lol
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Scrappy Monster is her full name, thanks to the vet clinic she lived at for 7 years never getting her original name off her file lol
Got a hiby r4 because they're surprisingly affordable compared to a lot of "digital audio players" which are normally $$$ and its been amazing to have essentially an ipod again, no bullshit phone distractions just my music.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Got a hiby r4 because they're surprisingly affordable compared to a lot of "digital audio players" which are normally $$$ and its been amazing to have essentially an ipod again, no bullshit phone distractions just my music.
Impossible to not be thinking about this paragraph constantly the last few weeks/months/who knows how many years to come. From The Apprentices Sorcerer: Liberal Tradition and Fascism, Ishay Lands, 2010.
September 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Impossible to not be thinking about this paragraph constantly the last few weeks/months/who knows how many years to come. From The Apprentices Sorcerer: Liberal Tradition and Fascism, Ishay Lands, 2010.
Wow, what a curiously designed helmet from the "we promise we're not feminazis" studio who have been entirely normal about women and sexual abuse and trauma.
September 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wow, what a curiously designed helmet from the "we promise we're not feminazis" studio who have been entirely normal about women and sexual abuse and trauma.
Feels like we're 6 months away from "these independant medical experts are scorned by physicists for "giving deadly advice" and "misusing the term "quantum"", but maybe they do actually hold the cure for all our problems"
May 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Feels like we're 6 months away from "these independant medical experts are scorned by physicists for "giving deadly advice" and "misusing the term "quantum"", but maybe they do actually hold the cure for all our problems"
Another of her and the other equal leader of the warband, Agathina.
January 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Another of her and the other equal leader of the warband, Agathina.
Finally finished painting the leader of my homebrew warband, Orphinae. Reluctant daughter of Fulgrim, traitor to both the Imperium and the forces of chaos, and leader of the Warp Roses. #nerdlings #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer40k
January 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Finally finished painting the leader of my homebrew warband, Orphinae. Reluctant daughter of Fulgrim, traitor to both the Imperium and the forces of chaos, and leader of the Warp Roses. #nerdlings #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer40k
The mortifying ordeal of being woken from a nap / the rewards of soon having her favourite fish for dinner.
January 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The mortifying ordeal of being woken from a nap / the rewards of soon having her favourite fish for dinner.
First pot soldered in place. Double wires for 5V and ground to daisy chain the others. Try and get circuitpython up and running and test midi with just one to make sure it works before doing more.
December 25, 2024 at 1:03 AM
First pot soldered in place. Double wires for 5V and ground to daisy chain the others. Try and get circuitpython up and running and test midi with just one to make sure it works before doing more.
Presents today are a bunch of electronics stuff to make my own midi controller for synth stuff. Microcontroller board with a ton of i/o and analogue pins and a big terminal block shield so I don't have to risk messing things up too much with poor soldering. And lots of potentiometers.
December 24, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Presents today are a bunch of electronics stuff to make my own midi controller for synth stuff. Microcontroller board with a ton of i/o and analogue pins and a big terminal block shield so I don't have to risk messing things up too much with poor soldering. And lots of potentiometers.
Also always find it delightful how shared nature brings people together so easily. Ran into a very friendly American who was here driving from Sydney all the way up to Cairns. Here with a big list of lizard and bird lifers to spot and helped him find a Goanna on his first day! Just wonderful.
December 17, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Also always find it delightful how shared nature brings people together so easily. Ran into a very friendly American who was here driving from Sydney all the way up to Cairns. Here with a big list of lizard and bird lifers to spot and helped him find a Goanna on his first day! Just wonderful.
Finally got out into nature again this weekend and got some more bird photos 🪶
December 17, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Finally got out into nature again this weekend and got some more bird photos 🪶
Back on my shit again (getting high and watching Leonard Susskind lectures when I can't sleep) and incredible things are happening in the comments.
November 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Back on my shit again (getting high and watching Leonard Susskind lectures when I can't sleep) and incredible things are happening in the comments.
Blue? On Bluesky?
Mostly used as a highlight but going to be pretty central in the warleader of my homebrew chaos warband, currently just a wip until I have time to sit down and work on her properly, hopefully soon #Nerdlings
Mostly used as a highlight but going to be pretty central in the warleader of my homebrew chaos warband, currently just a wip until I have time to sit down and work on her properly, hopefully soon #Nerdlings
October 17, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Blue? On Bluesky?
Mostly used as a highlight but going to be pretty central in the warleader of my homebrew chaos warband, currently just a wip until I have time to sit down and work on her properly, hopefully soon #Nerdlings
Mostly used as a highlight but going to be pretty central in the warleader of my homebrew chaos warband, currently just a wip until I have time to sit down and work on her properly, hopefully soon #Nerdlings