'Forever chemicals' could be in nearly half of US tap water, federal study finds
L: https://www.ijpr.org/npr-news/2023-07-06/forever-chemicals-could-be-in-nearly-half-of-u-s-tap-water-a-federal-study-finds
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36660598
posted on 2023.07.09 at 20:35:20 (c=0, p=3)
I say this because someone asked me how to avoid nestle, and I said that avoiding processed foods, and focusing on Whole Foods was the answer. Autocorrect capitalized ‘whole foods’ and he thought I was suggesting he should not eat processed food and only eat from amazon.com’s grocery store. Then he blocked me. Good riddance I guess, but I feel sad that I lost someone over a misunderstanding!
#FlipABadCharacterGood
#HashtagGames
Freddy Kruger is now a Ginsu sales rep.
#FlipABadCharacterGood
#HashtagGames
After experiencing the last record deep freeze/ice storm and floods and wind damage in Texas, Leatherface now spends all his time clearing uprooted trees from roadways with his chainsaw.
#FlipABadCharacterGood
#HashtagGames
Boris and Natasha saw what happened to Wagner and became Ukrainian double agents.
#FlipABadCharacterGood
#HashtagGames
Ziv Television got a huge jump on all of us flipping a bad character good AND on early syndication in the 1950s--it took the ribald outlaw character Cisco Kid of O. Henry's and turned him into a western badlands Robin Hood with a Spanish accent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cisco_Kid_(TV_series)
#OHenry #CiscoKid
#FlipABadCharacterGood
#HashtagGames
Frustrated opponent Merlin decided to just take notes from the Connecticut Yankee after those knights stormed the castle riding bicycles.
#MarkTwain
#UPS workers in Western Massachusetts (and doubtless elsewhere across the US) prepare for a strike, as negotiations between the #Teamsters #labor union, which represents them, and UPS have reached a standstill. https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/07/09/local-ups-workers-prepare-strike-negotiations-hit-standstill-with-teamsters/
A 5.3 earthquake shook the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland a few hours ago.
We may wake up to a new volcano tomorrow. Or not. Nature will nature. 😊
Victoria Amelina died 1 July, from injuries she received during a Russian rocket strike on Kramatorsk.
✍️ Her work addressed questions of individual and collective responsibility, writes Marko Pavlyshyn (@MonashUni). https://t.co/kLVlAreW1z
NEW DETAILS: Clarence Thomas accused of getting even more billionaire gifts https://occupydemocrats.com/2023/07/09/new-details-clarence-thomas-accused-of-getting-even-more-billionaire-gifts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
If anyone heard a Tunguska type bang, don't worry... it was just one of my 'To Be Read' piles falling over 📚 😐
If you're wondering why every bloody thing feels like it's a front in the #Culture #War these days, it's because #socialmedia #algorithms actively promote that kind of #tribalism for #fun and #profit.
#Flower #FlowerPhotography #Poppy #Nature #Photography #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters #Bloomscrolling #1000Breaths
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The Great Resignation is over in that layoffs and hiring freezes mean employees can’t threaten to quit and expect companies to bend over backwards to retain.
But the mindset reset that occurred during COVID that these are just jobs and employers don’t care about us, so why care about them, remains. If anything the callousness of recent layoffs has increased that feeling.
Have you noticed it as well?
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.