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I am once again begging, begging everyone to hold these 3 thoughts in their head at once:
1. Plastics recycling is not very effective. It’s far, far better to not use plastic at all in the first place, and that failing, far better to reuse.
2. Plastics recycling is not worthless or pointless. Don’t just throw it all away because “iT dOEsn’T matTeR.” A miserable 5% reclaimed is still better than 0% reclaimed.
3. Plastics recycling is nonetheless part of a petrochemical greenwashing campaign, per @…’s post below. https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/115650231600448649

Anybody happen to know the effective thermal power of a standard gasoline pump?
Like, X gallons per minute * Y joules per gallon of gas = Z kW of potential energy delivered to the vehicle
(this would then have to be scaled by motor efficiency to be a realistic comparison to EVs/EV chargers in terms of, e.g. miles of range delivered per minute of fueling/charging)

"flying cars are the future" they said
https://gothamist.com/news/1-dead-1-critically-injured-after-helicopters-collide-midair-in-south-jersey-reports-say

1 dead, 1 critically injured after helicopters collide midair in South Jersey, reports say
The helicopters crashed Sunday morning near Hammonton Municipal Airport, according to federal officials and local reports.

Second ac screening step as a probe for the first-order melting transition in layered vortex matter at intermediate temperatures
Gonzalo Rumi, Pablo Pedrazzini, Hern\'an Pastoriza, Marcin Konczykowski, Yanina Fasano
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01518

Second ac screening step as a probe for the first-order melting transition in layered vortex matter at intermediate temperatures
We present a new probe for the first-order transition for layered vortex matter: A second step in the screening of an ac field that is independent of the frequency and amplitude of the excitation. This second step is observed in the intermediate temperature and field ranges where detecting the jump in induction associated with the transition is rather elusive with standard magnetometry techniques. We observe this second step following a novel experimental protocol where the screening of a local…

An implicit admission GOP congressmen want Trump do by decree something they could never pass through Congress as a statute, much less a constitutional amendment.
https://bsky.app/profile/lawrencehurley.bsky.social/post/3m4j44cqvos2k

Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley.bsky.social)
The following members of the House and Senate think that -- as a legal matter -- the longstanding accepted view that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship to anyone born in the US (with minor exceptions) is wrong:

Bin den ganzen Abend als Zombie die Leute am erschrecken, die zu uns klingeln kommen. Viel Lob von den Begleitern, was wir uns für Mühe mit Garten-, Hausdeko und Kostüm gemacht haben.
Konstruktiver Vorschlag einer erschöpft wirkenden Mutter: Zusätzlich zu Süssigkeiten für die Kinder Glühwein für die Erwachsenen
#halloween

1960: The Year the Modern Horror Film Was Born https://jacobin.com/2025/10/1960-modern-horror-film/

1960: The Year the Modern Horror Film Was Born
A combination of the breakdown of the Hollywood studio system, the decline of censorship, and the rise of wildly — and luridly — creative filmmakers across the world looking to cash in on sex and violence made 1960 the year of the modern horror film.

Highly recommend not to identify yourself with any technology.
Doesn’t matter if it’s AI, bicycles, cars, video games, old computers, photography or Hi-Fi equipment.
If someone says something bad about it (doesn’t matter if true or not) and you feel personally attacked—take a step back and think long and hard about your feelings.
Can you be “into” something? Yes, of course. But don’t lose yourself.

As a non-binary person living in #Bergen, #Norway, this video made me cry from pure euphoria, a wave of relief knowing I am seen just as I am.
I hope it brings you the same confidence and happiness, showing that you are truly seen and celebrated for who you are.