I wonder if including an email folks can use in your posts would help with traction. I know I’ve personally only felt comfortable providing aid when an email/cashapp/paypal is in the post (I dont always get lenmy notifications in a timely fashion, so I tend to avoid starting a conversation if it needs to happen quickly).

Of course, feel free to use an alt or burner email for privacy.

I hope we can get you some food comrade

I’m too lazy to look for any of their documentation about this, but it would be pretty bold to believe privacy or processing claims from OpenAI or similar AI orgs, given their history flouting copyright.

Silicon valley more generally just breaks laws and regulations to “disrupt”. Why wouldn’t an org like OpenAI at least leave a backdoor for themselves to process API requests down the road as a policy change? Not that they would need to, but it’s not uncommon for a co to leave an escape hatch in their policies.

Doesn’t seem that strange given all the stuff Trump said. We all knew Biden and Harris would let it continue since they were demonstrating that, but didn’t trump say he would do even more “for Is[n’t]real” than Biden?

I don’t think anyone on here really thought that the US gov had its hands tied or was really innocently failing at getting a ceasefire signed.

Thanks for the tip!

I have returned with news. I bought 2 pairs of the fully cotton socks, worn them several times, and washed them once.

• a little rougher than I expected, but they’re fine when you expect that
• before washing they were a little loose at the top but not so much they’d slip off your feet
• after washing (I made the mistake of machine washing, dried on a line though) they are much looser so far. These should definitely be hand washed.
• besides the looseness, it feels like they held up in the wash alright
• the site explicitly says to expect more wear and tear than socks with elastic, which seems about right. They’d probably hold up ok if worn in slippers and consistently hand washed.

I definitely liked them pre-washing, and would consider buying them again. They aren’t for everyone though, they are definitely rougher and more stiff than whats commonly available.

If I remember I’ll update this post a little down the line with more wear and tear thoughts.

I gotta say, the C02 number seems very high to me too, just got that from a quick search and saw that a couple of times. I haven’t investigated it closely tbh.

I wasn’t aware of the mining differences between uranium and thorium, that is encouraging.

Regarding the waste, that’s a fair point as well. Thanks for the response! Interesting points.

I used to be very pro nuclear energy. Besides the waste and the occasional meltdown it seemed like a no brainer as a renewable supplement. After learning a little more about it though it just seems like we have more runway for positive growth with wind and solar than nuclear, but I’d be happy to be proven wrong.

From what I understand nuclear in general is (at least now) a dead end as a climate change solution.

1. From planning time to turning on the reactor is something like 15 - 20 years (note, that’s longer than the global average of 7 years for construction, because construction is not the whole picture)
2. It’s difficult to have more than 1 plant project ongoing simultaneously due to the scale and complexity
3. Nuclear plants take a lot of C02 to construct and maintain. The fuel has to be mined, resulting in emissions, and the amount of concrete required massive. 1 ton of concrete creates .8-.9 tons of C02, and a nuclear power plant has hundreds of thousands of tons of concrete in it.
4. We still don’t have a good answer for handling nuclear waste.

Maybe at some point in the past nuclear could have resolved many climate change issues, but between project time, initial emission cost, and waste, it just doesn’t seem viable anymore.

Wtf, what do they try to entrap people with?

Whatever gets Americans to demand more trains.

Do you have a source for that? I’ve only ever seen questionionable speculation. Not saying you’re incorrect, just haven’t seen actual examples of why people think they’re CIA.

Speaking of Grapes of Wrath, has anyone read Whose Names are Unknown ? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/forgotten-dust-bowl-novel-rivaled-grapes-wrath-180959196/

I’ve read in at least 1 place that it’s the better researched book, but haven’t found the source after a short search.

Gotcha, all that makes sense. 6 years seems like a good sign. Thanks for the info, definitely checking the org out.

Are you a member? How is it?

Thanks for digging into this so much, it’s super appreciated.

Was really hoping we can watch this as a comm. What else could bring hexbear together like this? What a shame

heavy dairy consumers sometimes have a very dairy-heavy BO as well which i think they also don’t notice.

I’ve heard this from colleagues who visit the states. Sounds p bad, glad I haven’t picked up on it.

Thanks for putting this together! Those shoes are super cute, might have to figure out a way to justify then budget for a pair.

Anyone have tips for plastic free socks? Kinda tired of throwing plastic away a couple of times a year. Not particularly concerns about them slipping without elastic or anything.

Sweet, I’ll check it out

What band?

Yes! It is so annoying. Was at a work dinner recently and the person next to me insisted on asking about my diet, making excuses for themselves (and how hard they try, and ethics are complicated, etc), then apologized for eating meat near me.

I literally never brought it up. You are insisting you are doing something wrong, just drop it lmao. Not like I’m going to start something with senior people in the workplace over their diet.