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> As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s microwave will be able to cook an entire Thanksgiving Dinner. Ten years from now a microwave may even be able to run the country.

"Microplastics found in rural woodland at higher levels than in city centers"
#Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Microplastics found in rural woodland at higher levels than in city centers
Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers say. Scientists led by the University of Leeds detected up to 500 microscopic particles of plastic per square meter per day in an area of woodland during the three-month study—almost twice as much as in a sample collected in a city center. The findings are published in the journal Environmental Pollution.

In einer kleinen Studie wurden #Mikroplastik-Partikel in den Plazenten von drei trächtigen #Katzen und in Föten von zwei Tieren nachgewiesen.
Insgesamt fanden Forschende 19 verschiedene #Kunststoffarten

Detection of microplastics in the feline placenta and fetus
The present study aimed to detect microplastics in feline placentas and fetuses in the early stage of pregnancy. For this study, 8 pregnant queens were evaluated. A standardized protocol for the digestion of biological matter was used, as well as a plastic-free approach for sample collection and manipulation. Microplastics were investigated by means of Raman spectroscopy, with the aim of identifying their composition. Four of eight animals were contaminated, with a total of 19 microplastics det…

Wie nicht anders erwartet: #Messerverbot bringt faktisch nichts, ist Symbolpolitik. Drastische Strafen für jedes Taschenmesser nerven, während es potentielle Täter darauf ankommen lassen, weil lückenlose Kontrollen wie im Flughafen auf offener Straße nicht machbar sind.

Kriminologe: Messerverbotszonen sind Symbolpolitik
Der polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik Niedersachsens zufolge ist die Zahl der Messerangriffe gestiegen. Das Kriminologische Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen (KFN) warnt vor einer Überinterpretation der Zahlen.

Oh well, our upcoming client doesn't provide cc files for each shot. Instead, we need to extract the grading values from an EDL file. Fortunately I've already written a script to do that a few years ago for another show.
The time to write a script might be more than what it takes to do the task manually (here it would be copying values from a text file to an xml file). But it pays off if you have to repeat the task. Even if that is 7 years later.

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s #health

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, water, and even household dust—could trigger inflammation and damage in the brain through multiple biological pathways. Scientists estimate adults may consume about 250 grams of these particles each year, and some can accumulate in organs including the brain.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Kacey Musgraves:
🎵 Slow Burn
#KaceyMusgraves
https://juicebox914.bandcamp.com/track/kacey-musgraves-slow-burn-jbx-retouch
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ET9kf9riLETWs9lePUEAI

#Mikroplastik wurde in fast allen untersuchten Geweben von #Meeresschildkröten entdeckt, sogar im männlichen #Fortpflanzungssystem.
In 98,8 % der Proben fanden Fo…

Nuke bug of the day: Nuke's color pipeline breaks with completely nonsensical errors whenever you add the keyword "default_view_transform:" to your OCIO configuration. That's really weird because it doesn't really do anything color-related except define which value the viewer should be set to initially.
#Nuke

Erstmals wurde die Speicherung von #Mikroplastik in #Wäldern nachgewiesen.
#Kunststoffpartikel werden vor allem über die