well theres your problem fan

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[tilthat]

TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.

via ift.tt

[squeeful]

Yep.  It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime.  One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility. 

[kurowrites]

“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.

[solarpunkcast]

Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name

[bogleech]

Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”

[prismatic-bell]

Patterson died 5 December 1995.

Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.

[breelandwalker]

Happy Clair Cameron Patterson Day! Remember to hold Big Business and our country’s leadership for safety regulation and environmental preservation standards!

[turing-tested]

im reading about bridge collapses bc i just got done seeing the mothman statue and no amount of preparation could have led to being able to handle 'a clown in a bathtub being pulled by geese is what caused a bridge to collapse'

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

unfortunately I’m watching supernatural and someone on screen said ‘there are No Wolves in pennsylvania’ and I was like. what a bold incorrect statement. where did they possibly get that idea from. so I googled it…google is insisting there are no wild wolves in pa?? except I’ve Seen wolves here?? there used to be a wolf that would hang out in my backyard and roam around the neighborhood?? like Everyone knew about this wolf we assumed he lived on the golf course and would come to our yards if he got spooked by golfers (very quiet block). like we all thought he just lost his pack or whatever so people just gave him a wide space and let him chill, he didn’t try to break into any houses or attack any pets but this was definitely. a wild wolf. where. where did he come from what do you MEAN there aren’t wolves in pennsylvania I’m literally spiraling right now

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

still feeling so gut-punched over this

[the-ginger-is-loose-again]

To be fair, PA also said “we did not reintroduce mountain lions, they are not there, you’re seeing really big house cats, please keep coming to the parks and camp sites and ignore that video, that was totally not a mountain lion, someone took last week”

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

okay I’m sorry but this came up on pinterest and I Screamed

you are the state of Pennsylvania (allegedly)

[jovialgnomejpeg]

i just showed this to a friend from pennsylvania and 1. theyre losing their mind bc theyve seen mountain lions which prompted them to look it up which leads me to 2. this fucking bonkers article

[caption: “We’ve been here 45 years and I’ve probably been told by people at least 100 t imes that they’ve seen a cougar or mountain lion,” said owner Vince Hall. “I kind of doubt they saw a cougar, but I’m not God.”]

[inkloom]

PA: I can’t believe we’ve lost all our native apex predators Citizens of PA: there’s a mountain lion right there PA: sometimes we can still hear the sound of them scaring away tourists

[novas-grimoire]

…PA has fucking EMUS and you want me to believe we have no wolves or mountain lions?

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

what the fuck do you mean we have emus

[lynati]

http://emusontheridge.com/ https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/strange/update-runaway-perry-county-emu-found-after-seven-months-on-the-run/

[hungry-skeleton]

Guys, I’ve cracked it

This thing goes all the way to the top

[catblog-weatherwax]

‘Mystery animal’ escapes from Pennsylvania wildlife rescue

Rescuers still don't know what the animal is... and now it's on the loose.

[genedoucette]

what the fuck is happening in pennsylvania

[thatdorianguy]

As a regretful born and raised Pennsylvanian, we have wolves, coywolves, mountain lions, lynx, and coyotes. Not a single person in authority will admit to there being anything but coyotes and lynx. If you see a cougar, they will tell you you saw a lynx. If you see a wolf, they will tell you you saw a coyote. Ignore the massive differences in sizes. No one knows what a coywolf is but we have them. I have seen a cougar with my own two goddamned eyes. There is an entire nature park whose main attractions are the cougars and wolves (and bison but we’re not talking about them) - it’s called Penn’s Cave, it’s been there forever. Everyone I know has seen a cougar or wolf at least once in the woods.

So what I’m getting at is don’t trust the government.

[krakenartificer]

[owlservice]

Beach Reads Summer 2022

[trashboat]

i don’t expect this to be very widely known but here in vancouver we’ve had a barge stuck on shore since mid november

we’re going on day 25 of barge simpson not moving a damn inch and i for one hope it never moves

[celepom]

They put up a sign

[repentant-retard-xvii]

Wake up babe new boat stuck

[tzifron]

A Porno-Metal Song About Gay Cowboys Is Disrupting the Anti-Vax Trucker Convoy

“Ram Ranch” has become the unofficial anthem of leftist trolling the far-right protests in Ottawa

“There’s an undeniable element of juvenile humor to the movement, echoing the actions of leftist trolls in the United States who infiltrated Stop the Steal groups last year, rebranding them to “Gay Socialists for Trump.” Yet it has had the effect of disrupting the trucker convoy supporters’ communications (Noelle says three Ottawa convoy channels have been shut down on Zello as a result of Ram Ranch organizers), as well as collecting valuable information on some of their organizing efforts.

Katarina, for instance, used the #RamRanchResistance hashtag to spread the word that anti-vaccine and anti-mask mandate protesters were planning on gathering outside a school in Windsor, Canada, to organize a walkout. And Gennie has been tracking the French-language arm of the convoy to document the shifting tone of the protests. “At first I found it funny to cover what was happening [on these channels],” says Gennie. “But the more I started listening, the more I started hearing people using homophobic language, using racist terms. As time went on, you could see the protesters showing their true colors.”

She has identified many protesters with links to the far-right and white nationalist movements within Canada, as well as individual business owners in the Quebec area who are funneling money into the convoy. She has also observed the language within the chats getting more aggressively militaristic, phrasing that has shades of the internal discourse leading up to the events of Jan. 6, 2021 within the U.S. “There’s a lot of, ‘We are soldiers, we need to hold the line,‘” she says. “I wanted to document it. Because you never know where these things will end up.”

First and foremost, however, Noelle says, the goal of the #RamRanchResistance is simply “to annoy the truckers. And then for them to go home and leave the people of Ottawa alone.””

[once-and-future-alaskan]

Justin explains the Communism spectrum.

[jet-bradley]

I watched the wtyp live show finally and my favorite moment is "and the location they choose was the Tacoma narrows" [EXCITED CHEERING]

[2miles-deactivated20240310]

[daco-showman]

since I know you boys love welding how does this interior image of a tesla that costs 130 grand make you feel?

[pharmacriminal]

I feel like I'm going to throw up

[weirdness-is-good]

[argumate]

oh yeah well what if trains entering tunnels didn’t symbolise sex, in fact what if sex symbolised railway engineering, how about that huh

[badeliz]

everything is about sex, except sex, which is about trains

[ramyeonpng]

R/mcmansion called

[mcmansionhell]

Even Walmart Is Worse in the Metaverse

I prefer real life to whatever this will be

hello i have written about the metaverse and that cursed walmart video that's been going around

[nultemp]

the massive power of trains yet confinement to a single path makes them comparable to angels

[hyenagirl-pseudophallus]

The idea of a “corrupted” or “fallen” train is causing so much chaos in my head. The theological and engineering implications….

[charlottan]

Thomance

[anarchopuppy]

Community Fridges (”Freedges”)

One of many mutual aid tactics that’s blown up during the pandemic, a freedge is simply a refrigerator set up in a public space to be filled and utilized by the community, typically cared for by a group of volunteers who clean, stock, and check up on the freedge every so often

freedge.org has a map of existing freedges (shown above), guides to start your own, and even gives microgrants to people who want to set up a freedge in their area

If you have excess produce from your garden, space in your front yard, or even an old working fridge you’re trying to get rid of, look for a freedge organization in your community - or start your own!

related: Little Free Pantries • mutual aid groups • Food Not Bombs

[anarchopuppy]

Community Fridges (”Freedges”)

One of many mutual aid tactics that’s blown up during the pandemic, a freedge is simply a refrigerator set up in a public space to be filled and utilized by the community, typically cared for by a group of volunteers who clean, stock, and check up on the freedge every so often

freedge.org has a map of existing freedges (shown above), guides to start your own, and even gives microgrants to people who want to set up a freedge in their area

If you have excess produce from your garden, space in your front yard, or even an old working fridge you’re trying to get rid of, look for a freedge organization in your community - or start your own!

related: Little Free Pantries • mutual aid groups • Food Not Bombs