The NIH is doing similar with scientific groups. Essentially, "stop working with this material because the new politician in charge doesn't like it and this could threaten your funding even though this work was specifically written into the grant." These decisions are not based upon scientific evidence, but politics.
It could also be taken as "stop reporting that you are working with this material..."
Great point, fungus is the best among us. I never cease to be amazed by what they can accomplish!
I think for long-term solutions to the plastic problem, it would be better to use a replacement for petroleum-based plastics, such as natural polymers, than to try to make it so petroleum-based plastics were viable in the long term. There are a lot of challenges to overcome in the area of alternative plastics, but I know some people working on this problem and there seem to be promising candidates. I believe it's only a matter of time and research before we have viable alternatives that are affordable, biodegradable on a short time-scale, and viable replacements for the petroleum-based plastics currently used.
While I think it's a technology issue now, I also think it will largely become an issue of gaining widespread adoption across the vast diversity of industries using single-user plastics today. There's also the problem of how degradation of such polymers will affect the environment when used on such a large scale, but I'd include this in the technology phase as something we could probably figure out, but if adoption was quick enough, we may not have this figured out yet.
Ah yes, I have had some good German mustards! I forgot about that.
Bonus points: practice on your boss
Fuckin gottem! Good point with that Putin's dick line. I bet he'll totally rethink everything he said now.
You fucking debate pervert loser. Go read a book.
Reviewer 1: looks, good, great paper!
Reviewer 2: Not enough statistical significance. Use more mice. MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
Lying to your boss, confirmed praxis.
When was the last chattel slave in the US released again? 1942.
When did slavery end on a global scale again? Never.
Damn. Sounds like we traded the evils of merchantilism for the same evils under capitalism, but with a fresh coat of paint.
Go read some socialist theory if you truly support socialism. Your ignorance on the topic is palpable.
Thank you! What a reasonable take.
I don't post my dissent because I have no sense of humor or because I expect people to universally agree with my own sense of humor. I posted this because I hoped some people would think, "huh, maybe I shouldn't post jokes that further propagate the harms caused by patriarchy when there are plenty of other jokes I can make or ways I can phrase the same joke that aren't at the expense of those around me."
Maybe I want to live in a world where women are treated with the same respect as men. Part of making that change is not continuing to use language that is harmful towards them and calling out others for it when I see it.
TLDR: Do better OP. The bar is on the floor and you and everyone upvoting you still somehow missed it.
If you want recent coverage from everyday people, you can find social media posts from Chinese tourists. You can always Look at the state media. You already know they'll be bias in their own favor, but that doesn't mean everything they publish is fake. Look for other sources for confirmation. Most of it will be boring reports, which is less likely to be exaggerated.
Are you telling me trans people can't actually double-jump?