Day: October 24, 2020💾

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The Plastic Myth and the Misunderstood Triangle

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The Plastic Myth and the Misunderstood Triangle

The myth created around plastic recycling has been one of simplicity. We look for the familiar triangle arrows, then pop the waste in the recycling bin so it can be reused.

But the true purpose of those triangles has been misunderstood by the general public ever since their invention in the 1980s.

These triangles were actually created by the plastics industry and, according to a report provided to them in July 1993, were creating "unrealistic expectations" about what could be recycled. But they decided to keep using the codes.

The Revolutionary Going for the White House | High Times

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Brock Pierce: The Revolutionary Going for the White House | High Times

You’ve heard a lot about Donald Trump and Joe Biden these past few months, but there’s another lesser-known candidate running this cycle with some big ideas that might be of interest to our readers. A major departure from the typical major party candidates, allow us to introduce you to Brock Pierce.

Aiming to be something like the Psychedelic J.F.K. of the Independence Party, the former child-star gone media-mogul turned tech entrepreneur, innovator & VC has lived many lives, and while he’s survived torment and accusations, one thing is clear: this guy can take a punch, and come back swinging.

Interesting candidate for president. While I already voted for Jo Jergenson the libertarian for president on my absentee ballot I could keep him in mind if I changes my mind and ultimately end up voting on the machine. 

There are some reports of people waiting three hours to vote on the first day of Early Voting 🗳

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There are some reports of people waiting three hours to vote on the first day of Early Voting 🗳

It’s absolutely stupid to wait that long, unnecessary Covid-19 risk with eight more days of early voting left plus Election Day. Or better yet, just do an absentee ballot, making sure to sign the outer envelope and date it, making sure to have it postmarked when dropped off at the post office. Hardly rocket science to have a valid absentee ballot.

Honestly, if the lines don’t tamper down this week I’ll just go to the post office and pay the 55 cents and make sure the clerk postmarks my ballot. No way in hell am I waiting in a line like that, especially when there is not a single competive election locally where the winner is all but certain to have more than 60 percent of the vote.

Hopefully these Early Voting spectacles won’t be a super spreader event for COVID-19. There is a very good chance that at least some of those people in the line have Coronavirus if statistics are to believed. The risk is so high with so many people in closer corners, touching the same pens and tablet computers when they sign in. I understand that democracy is important but it shouldn’t be conducted in a way that risks public health when there are so many safer ways to vote.

Lowe’s may have sold ash trees infested with invasive beetles in Maine this summer

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Lowe’s may have sold ash trees infested with invasive beetles in Maine this summer

In an unusual chain of events this spring, during which multiple failsafes were missed, ash trees potentially infested with emerald ash borers made their way from Maryland to Maine. They were sold at Lowe’s stores throughout the state. Now the state and the company are working to track those trees down.

Eighty trees were shipped to eight Lowe’s stores in Maine — all the chain’s stores in the state except the Presque Isle location — from a nursery in Connecticut. The Connecticut nursery had obtained the trees from a nursery in Maryland. Under federal and state quarantine invasive insect regulations, those trees never should have left Maryland or Connecticut, according to Maine agricultural officials.