Many of us are in @… and @… ’s situation here: plastics are collected for recycling, but few/none enter the recycling stream. In that situation:
- Robin’s response is the first and best one: use less.
- In addition, I’d advocate for (1) continuing to recycle what you can’t avoid using and (2) give that city gov endless headaches about their failure to recycle. Show there’s demand for recyclability, get whatever tiny fraction does get recycled out of the waste stream, •and• make headaches for people in positions of power for plastic failing to live up to that demand.
I would •not• just stop recycling. Don’t just give up. My 2¢.
https://mastodon.social/@Robo105/115651167356290774
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My old state just realized I left 2.5 years ago. (Yes, I did the change of address, closed things out, and registered to vote in my new home state.)
I'm quite fond of the issue between the fifth option and the signature it requires, plus the fact that (aside from the zip code and other USPS requirements) this could have looked identical a hundred years ago. No website, email, or phone number. Also note the old convention of two spaces following each period.
Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
https://economi…
Series C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
ULTRA 1: We have collected a great deal of information about earth and its dominant species, with one important omission. We intend to rectify that deficiency.
DAYNA: And if we agree?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/505 B7B5
Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against
Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson,
a federal judge ruled Friday,
foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed
for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”
Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge
that had enabled prosecutors to seek capital punishment,
finding it technically flawed.
Sh…
From Translink
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed southbound into Surrey for three nights, because of ongoing construction work for the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project. The directional closures will take place overnight on the following dates:
Thursday, November 27 (9 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
Friday, November 28 (9 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
Sunday, November 30 (9 p.m. to 5 a.m.)
The bridge will also remain closed southbound for pedestrians and cyclists
Google confirms hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200 companies via a supply chain hack involving Gainsight, which provides a customer support platform (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/goog
Series D, Episode 02 - Power
VILA: Oh yes. I just don't know what it's for.
PELLA: And they didn't teach this in, ah, Academy? [laughs] There's a switch. When the door is closed, every forty-eight hours Dorian must say a code word to reset the timing.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/402/150