It's pretty depressing, but the fact that soil and groundwater are almost certainly contaminated anywhere that humans have touched. I've seen all kinds of places from gas stations, to dry cleaners, to mines, to fire stations, to military bases, to schools, to hydroelectric plants, the list could go on, and every last one of them had poison in the ground.

Somehow, I can tolerate "jpheg" much easier than the forsaken "jif."

This feels worse.

In 2016, I could at least rationalize that some people were voting for an outsider, a "billionaire" who promised to fight corruption in D.C. Anyone paying attention could see he was an immoral dipshit who was corrupt himself, but I could understand how he won.

Now? We've all had years to see who he is, and if that wasn't enough, to see his rapid mental decline. This time I don't understand.

Varies depending on the site, sometimes it's gasoline, or solvents, or heavy metals or PFAS. As for how it happens, accidental or deliberate releases. I've found military documents from the 50s that say the official place to dispose of used motor oil was a pit they'd dug in the ground.

Well there's the guy who didn't want to shit for three days...

That makes sense, he was really undersized compared to the rest.

They're also at the lowest drainage point for that whole valley. Plus, the properties of the lakebed make it so that water is very slow to soak into the ground, so it's going to take a while for things to dry out.

Ugh, obnoxious click bait title had me wondering how the hell can cocaine be printed. The guy didn't "3D print cocaine," he printed a paper weight and tried to pull an Indiana Jones swap.

Promise?

Everyone knows that cats are liquid, but I think they also exhibit gaseous properties, in that they are capable of expanding to fill any available space. No matter how large the bed, it will never be enough.

Well that's sad, but understandable.

I couldn't figure out the limb positions on the stripper, and the more I looked, the more obvious this is AI. Funny idea, too bad it's generated slop.

Man that wiki page is a trip, what a crazy life.

Maybe some non food gift, like a bouquet of flowers? Or a gift card to a local movie theater or other non food activity?

Shaken, not purred.

Ah geeze good to know. I've already got a couple kinds of blue so didn't buy this, but thanks for the warning.

Oh of course! I kept an eye on the local lost pet listings and had her checked for a microchip, no luck with either.

I don't know how long a young kitten can go without food, but she was extremely skinny, had fleas and worms, and with how matted her fur was with leaves and filth, she really didn't look like she'd been taken care of. 😢

That kids who grow up with new technologies are unphased and take them for granted, but marvel at old fashioned things that the elders grew up with and took for granted.

I remember reading the original post! I knew nothing of him beyond my family's annual holiday watch of Christmas vacation, so this was an eye-opening read. Thanks for reposting it.

As someone with ADHD, the results of this study are encouraging, but limited. They summed it up well in the article, but the study only covered people who were self-microdosing and then self-reporting, which leaves lots of uncontrolled variables.

“This study is a naturalistic prospective study, meaning that we measured participants over time without manipulating any variables such as substances and doses they used for microdosing during the study,” Haijen said. “In contrast to a controlled lab-based study, where drug- and dose uniformity is guaranteed. Also no control group was included, so we cannot say if this effect was purely because of microdosing, or if other factors, such as placebo- or expectancy effects, were the main force behind the changes we observed. So this study should be seen as a first step in this research direction, as more and controlled studies will hopefully follow.”