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call me a dirty communist radical but I think everyone should know if they live near toxic waste

if youre in the united states and would like to learn new and terrible things about where you live, you can visit the EPA's Environmental Justice Screening map and put in your location or zipcode

click on superfund proximity to see how close you are to a superfund site (location contaminated with hazardous material)

heres Niagra Falls NY! google love canal!

its a good tool to see what environmental factors could be harming your health that you may not know about. this is not limited to toxic waste so look around at it

my favorite is looking at roads. there are some interesting correlations. Here is a map of Buffalo NY with traffic proximity

here it is again but with where people are getting asthma :P

crazy

heres where the people of color live in Buffalo btw

in case you where wondering what the explanatory factor here is, its the 6-lane expressway that they ran through a residential community in the 50s. a redlined neighborhood btw. the road used to be beautiful parkway. thank you Urban Renewal, thank you Robert Moses, and thank you Kensington Expressway

ok heres the link again because now you really want to go look at it lol

ilajue

anyways yeah um environmental health issues are super insidious and not talked about enough. i know thinks seem daunting and scary when we talk about environmental problems, things like climate change are huge and all-encompassing. The way you can make the most impact, real tangible impact is by learning about things local to you!!!!

learn about them, talk to other people about them, organize or find a way to get involved with orgs that already exist. grassroots activism is infinitely more effective than they want you to know and its your responsibility to yourself and your neighbors to try to make things better good luck I love you all

dungeonmalcontent

One day I showed up to D&D and one of the guys in our group, before we could even start playing, was like "guys, look at this thing I found." And pulled up either this exact map or a very similar one that cross checks environmental hazards from industrial facilities with average income (more detailed than by zip code, it was pretty cool). And we use a big TV embedded in the game table for maps and stuff, which he pulled this up on, so we spent like half an hour looking at where we all lived and going "oh. Shit." And then we sat there a bit kind of ambling through some cool down small talk.

And like, the thing that kind of made it real for everyone was the context of it being on the screen we use to look at world maps for a fantasy game. It was very surreal for some of the guys at the table, the more conservative ones in particular, like they could see the map and it was showing them the forces of Mordor marching to their doorstep. And for a short time they understood that there are actually vast and evil forces in this world that they could defeat with a weapon, they were just large corporations commiting environmental crimes with very well protected CEOs and fantastic lawyers.

ilajue

check out your location while you can!!! Part of Trumps immediate changrs includes getting rid of public information sources like this one. I don't know if they will keep this website up for much longer so go on and download any reports or pollution information you might want

ilajue

so as of today, February 5th 2025 this website is down. This is coinciding with mass censorship of other government agencies online from the Trump administration. Those who were able to download their data before the removal, keep it and learn it and share it with your peers. Those who did not get the chance, know that there are other avenues and follow them. Information is power and they are trying to take it away from you. Do not let them.

here are some other mapping resources from the notes. this is not everything, but it is a start.

Check the quality of your tap water here:https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/

Check your climate vulnerability here: https://climatevulnerabilityindex.org/

explore historical redlining maps here: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining

this is just the wikipedia page of current superfund sites, take a look and see where your state has hazardous waste sites.

look into the history of your area and TALK ABOUT IT. be annoying and loud about it. don't stop learning and don't stop talking.

ilajue

update! here is a clone of the website, thank you @boots-fastened-slip-fashion for linking this in the replies I'm putting it here so it can be accessed along with the other sites :)

ilajue

hey! if you're in the notes worrying about how the website is down, you should be rbing this version, which has a replica of the site and a bunch of other resources!!!

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thebdelliumlady

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

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Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

astraldemise

theres too many pokemon games where you play as a kid whos full of life and full of potential. there needs to be a pokemon game where you play as a college dropout who lives in a shitty apartment

astraldemise

your starter pokemon are trubbish, rattata and glameow. which symbolise the trash you keep forgetting to take out, the rats living in your walls and the stray cat you keep trying to befriend but it keeps hissing at you.

astraldemise

you guys dont get it its not supposed to be dark and edgy its supposed to be living in a mundane setting and slowly rediscovering the wonder in the world by going on a journey with a magical trash bag that is your friend, its about love and recovery and coping with the stress of your adult life with your friend who is made of sentient garbage

bedrock-to-buildheight

I’ve never been so attached to literal trash before

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pokefuseme

I am similarly attached to the sentient trash. Can't wait to take him on little adventures

nomadiclegends

jayalaw

Wasn’t this Detective Pikachu the film?

dalals

Byzantine mosaics found on the ceiling of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy.

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Semi-Slugs: these are actual gastropods that are in the process of evolving from snails into slugs, with their shells gradually reducing and receding into their bodies

Above: Fastosarion brazieri, commonly known as the chameleon semi-slug, and an unidentified species of semi-slug from the genus Sheldonia

The term "semi-slug" is used to describe an intermediate stage of evolution as snails evolve into slugs. Nearly 1,000 different species of semi-slugs are known to exist, and these bizarre little creatures can be found on at least four continents.

Above: Fastosarion brazieri and Varadia amboliensis

Each species of semi-slug is technically still classified as a snail, but its shell is noticeably reduced, becoming more internalized as the species evolves. A semi-slug officially becomes a regular-slug once its shell is no longer visible at all.

As this article explains:

If life were simple, there would be snails and slugs. Snails carry their homes on their backs; slugs are naked and embarrassed. But life isn’t simple, so of course there’s secret option #3 – the semi-slug, a bizarre creature that sits exactly between the snail and the slug.

Above: genus Satiella and genus Euaustenia

This article also adds:

In contrast to snails that have an external shell large enough to accommodate the body, or slugs in which the shell is completely internal or absent, semi-slugs have an external shell, but the shell is too small to accommodate the animal’s entire body.

Above: Megaustenia siamensis

This process is known as limacization, and it's especially common in moist, low-calcium environments where a snail's shell may be more of a burden than a benefit:

Terrestrial slugs are not a monophyletic group, but a case of convergent evolution in which the slug form evolved from different lineages of land snails that gradually lost their shell through a process called limacization. Limacization resulted in adaptive radiation in land snail lineages, as slugs became adapted to diverse moist and protected spaces, such as crevices in rocks and wood debris. The loss of the shell also allowed for more movement and less calcium dependence, making slugs more successful as pests.

Above: Gaeotis nigrolineata, also known as the Puerto Rican semi-slug, has a neon green shell that is almost completely internalized, but the shell is clearly visible through the semi-slug's translucent body

Some semi-slugs have shells that are still opaque and largely visible, with the mantle (a patch of flesh) covering only the outer edges of the shell, while others have shells that are more significantly reduced, transparent, and/or concealed.

Above: Ibycus rachelae, commonly known as the green-shelled semi-slug, and a species of semi-slug from the genus Durgella

This topic was mentioned in my previous post about Ibycus rachelae, but I wanted to write a more detailed post about semi-slugs, because they're just so fascinating and weird.

Above: a black-and-white semi-slug from subfamily Sheldoniinae

Sources & More Info:

Australian Geographic: Meet the Semi-Slug, a Snail without a Home

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: What's So Good about Being a Slug?

Frontiers: Terrestrial Slugs in Neotropical Agroecosystems (PDF)

iNaturalist: Photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, & 13

The Shell-Makers (Introducing Molluscs): On Becoming Sluggish

Land Snails and Slugs of Sabah and Labuan, Malaysia: Semi-Slugs

Contributions to Zoology: Phylogeny and Systematic Revision of the Helicarionid Semislugs of Eastern Queensland

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saltoncity

work tomorrow is one of the worst things that can happen to you

pineappical

thinking about statues of Grace being built all around Erid years after his passing so he can continue to watch over Eridians as they sleep

ryebreadgf

my dad is very intensely involved a battle with his city’s public administration over a playground they have tried to forcibly remove like five times in the past 20 years and DID remove once in like 2005 but then had to rebuild because my dad was such a pain in their asses and came through with undeniable receipts of the zoning plan from the 60s/the historic/cultural value of the urban planning…. like there’s a woman in the city office who is his arch nemesis. he is literally the daredevil of urban planning

ryebreadgf

everyone in the tags needs to stop saying they want to fuck my dad.

skriveting

me after writing out the scene I imagined in my head:

huariqueje

Loon Gathering - Mia Bergeron , 2026.

American , b. 1979 -

Coloured acrylic on flat panel , 6 x 6 in.

trying-trying2lyk

i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny

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souperluminal

05.11 - The Red Star Jelly

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scienceoftheidiot

I just saw something of the likes on IG and I'm going to repeat it : we're not complaining we don't have ACs. We're complaining about CLIMATE CHANGE

You know what increases climate change but most importantly increases local temperatures in cities immediately when you start using them ? ACs. Using ACs also makes it worse for your neighbours who don't have any.

This is not being angry at people who have ACs. If you have to you have to, and if I don't have one it's because I'm a lucky bastard with an old house with thick walls in the middle of the countryside, AND that I've been raised in the south so managing house temperatures is something ingrained in my culture.

But the thing is.

The problem is not wether you use ACs or not. The problem is that people in countries where the weather used to not warrant them using ACs needing them. And I'm not talking needing them to chill, I'm talking needing them so they don't die en masse.

On Wednesday, the state counted 7 deaths related to the heatwave in France. And it's just started ! And it's """""only""""" 37C when we already had heatwaves get to 45-48C before ! It's going to get worse !

And before you whine, yes I know these deaths are mostly drownings and people exercising too much while it's too hot outside. But thing is : this will increase. And you'll have overheating deaths on top. Even I who's very wary of it, had to go out on Monday afternoon and nearly passed out !

We are complaining because this is NOT NORMAL, and it shouldn't be normalized and we shouldn't have to listen to advices from people who live in the fucking Death Valley to survive in our countries that are NOT supposed to have this climate !

I'm trained as an ecologist. I knew this was coming, and I'm still baffled. I've been fighting with climate denialists for a while now.

Also, good advisors, where were you during the Indian heat wave ? That is still ongoing ? Are you going to Indian bloggers and telling them to stop whining when it gets to 50C and to just buy ACs ? Why not ?

Can we stop trying to see who pisses the furthest, and understand that our problem is not thee lack of AC or even the temperatures at a punctual time, but the GLOBAL WARMING of the whole planet that not only creates these heat waves but also increase the number of meteorological catastrophes, disturb oceanic currents that govern most of the global climate one way or another, and will. Kill. Us. All. If we don't do anything (and miss me with the paper straws) ?

But if you guys from the USA are going to keep annoying us about ACs and how poorly we react to heat, allow me one fucking low blow : whose country is the one who produces the highest amount of greenhouse gases AND has withdrawn from all climate protection programs AND has decided to stop the development of renewable energies AND relies so heavily on cars that they have no rail infrastructure?

Idk, you tell me, okay.

danielkahndyke

the op linked the study in the replies & i’ve been skimming it & it’s actually rlly rlly interesting to think abt

https://e1.nmcdn.io/assets/pushkin/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/Wait-theres-torture-in-Zootopia_-Examining-the-prevalence-of-torture-in-popular-movies.pdf