Someone is DDOSing the internet archive, so we've been down for hours. According to their twitter, they're doing it just to do it. Just because they can. No statement, no idea, no demands.
Meanwhile, we literally rescued 400,000 dissertations from being pulped.
I like our side.
Phosphogypsum, a solid waste byproduct from processing phosphate ore to make chemical fertilizer, contains #radium, which decays to form #radongas. Both radium and radon are radioactive and can cause cancer. #Phosphogypsum can contain toxic #heavymetals and other carcinogens, such as #arsenic, #cadmium, #chromium, #lead, #mercury and #nickel
Photo: Polluted waste from Florida's fertilizer industry is in the path of Hurricane Milton
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185280180/florida-roads-radioactive-desantis-signs-law
Love this plot by @ingrid - “Matewan, West Virginia (the region depicted in this drawing), is best known for the Battle of Matewan, a shootout between members and supporters of the local coal miner's union and agents hired by the local coal company to break up a strike. 20% of sale will be donated to Matewan's West Virginia Mine Wars Museum.”
https://wares.lifewinning.com/products/matewan-a3-plotter-drawing
https://youtu.be/NUrz5s-7Tdc?si=rM3YKqpwUf-VxbzC it is a minor thing but: SNL cast one of my favorite gen z TikTok comedians this season and she got to do a bit last night and I feel like a proud parent for no good reason
https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/peace-scholar-fellowship-program this is the program BTW, it's funded by the DoD's Minerva Research Initiative https://minerva.defense.gov/
I would like to do some fundraising for Helene mutual aid and Gaza and Lebanon via drawings soon but unfortunately have to get out of the negative bank balance first
added a new plotter drawing to my shoppy shop today: https://wares.lifewinning.com/products/moab-plotter also am currently in a pretty bad place cash-flow wise so if you have been thinking you'd like some plotter art now's a good time to buy
https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-93/ this week in sentences: except everything, building rn, burgers, theorists of all persuasions, putrescence, flicker
the anthropocene is a very useful concept i just think it's funny how academics lose their minds at "fun new word just dropped"