A report from the Pew Charitable Trust found that 78 percent of ocean microplastics are from synthetic tire rubber. These toxic particles often end up ingested by marine animals, where they can cause neurological effects, behavioral changes, and abnormal growth.

Meanwhile, British firm Emissions Analytics spent three years studying tires. The group found that a single car’s four tires collectively release 1 trillion “ultrafine” particles for every single kilometer (0.6 miles) driven. These particles, under 100 nanometers in size, are so tiny that they can pass directly through the lungs and into the blood. They can even cross the body’s blood-brain barrier. The Imperial College London has also studied the issue, noting that “There is emerging evidence that tire wear particles and other particulate matter may contribute to a range of negative health impacts including heart, lung, developmental, reproductive, and cancer outcomes.”

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Yeah. They are actually furthering the point by imagining there is no solution apart from EVs and ICE cars. Also, have they seen the name of the conmunity lol!

I’m new to this instance, but it being named after quokkas is like my favourite thing ever.

Join the quokk.au instance 😂

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But in common usage it’s quite different. Like if your friend sends a pretty selfie you’ll be like “mashallah” or if your brother passes their exam, etc. Hence the comparison to “slay”.

Every tree near a road needs a neon jacket

I don’t know all the Star Wars lore, but Anakin describing himself as a “general” is interesting. Did he lead armies?

I often heard it translated as “as god has wished” from Arabic languages (ma sha allah).

Why does the Pepper Dispenser, the larger of the pieces, not simply eat the other pieces? -Lrrrrr

General > Mark Read/Hiding Posts

Go on about being harassed and doing “high risk work”

The most gigachad source there is

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — In a tent by the Mediterranean Sea, Hidaya Al-Motawaq cradles her crying baby boy and tries to offer what comfort she can.****“Khalas,” she murmurs repeatedly. “Khalas, khalas.” Enough, that’s enough.

Mohammad is a year and a half old and nearly all bone. His eyes protrude, as does his swollen stomach. His spine is so sharp and so defined, it seems it might poke through his thin skin.

Al-Motawaq, 30, says she no longer has breast milk to give him, because she herself is malnourished.

A widow, Al-Motawaq went from hospital to hospital, looking for food or milk to offer Mohammad and her other child, his five-year-old sister, but says she has been unable to find any. The one remaining pediatric ward treating malnutrition in Gaza closed down this month, citing a lack of food and medical supplies.

I use bookwyrm. Out of principle I won’t use storygraph because it’s closed source.

I agree with you the duplication on BookWyrm is annoying.

I’ve been looking into [email protected] it looks quite promising but I haven’t had the energy to really engage with it and test it.

I ran

Article comes from RFE

https://www.rferl.org/a/china-backing-russia-ukraine-war/33483703.html

This is a video not a news article.

China is hosting the World AI conference in Shanghai this weekend, an annual event aimed at showcasing Beijing’s leadership in the evolution of technology. At the opening event Saturday, the country’s premier said China would be setting up a new organisation for cooperation on AI governance - again warning the risks of the technology must be considered as much as its benefits

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Not very high priority to remove though. Nothing identfiable in the gran scheme I guess.