#this is hilarious but I’m deadly serious we NEED to start weaponizing these religious freedom’ laws #l know the Satanic Temple does a lot with that and we need to follow their example #we need to start organizing and creating religious organizations that are explicitly progressive and use them to discriminate against bigot #we can’t let the Satanic Temple fight the good fight by themselves #we need to FLOOD the courts with cases from new progressive churches’ #fave #scotus #student debt relief #student loans
As sketchy as the oceangate submarine was… you can bet your ass every single one of musky’s endeavors would look just as sketchy if it wasn’t for the fact that he’s forced to work with government regulators.
Hell, most of his projects are this sketchy if you look a bit closer. For example: the tesla tunnels.
No fire suppression system, no emergency exits, no emergency lighting, no way for EMS to get through, no fucking nothing. I am pretty sure it’s not even big enough to open the car’s doors.
Or the Cybertruck that’s a deathtrap for both the people on the outside and the people on the inside because it utterly disregards the last 50 or so years of advancements in car safety technology such as crumple zones or safety glass
Or the tesla model 3 where you can’t even open the back doors without power. So if you’re in an accident and lose power… good luck getting your kids out of the back, especially when the huge battery is turning into a huge, unextinguishable flamethrower.
Or the fucking starship launchpad that was utterly destroyed by the rocket and threw huge concrete chunks and other debris around for miles… which, incidentally, also destroyed the rocket.
That’s what all these self-proclaimed Silicon Valley tech bro geniuses are like.
They all think they know better than everyone else, and that rules or consequences don’t apply to them, and they see safety as little more than an afterthought.
It’s why Ai and social media algorithms are used sooooo ethically. It’s why amazon and facebook try to find out everything about you and happily sell that data with no disregard for what it could be used for.
It’s about damn time one of these CEO dipshits got killed by their own dipshitery, I just wish it had been musk or bezos instead…
Once again, in conclusion:
I want to add that it’s not just humans whose safety is placed at risk by billionaire vanity projects - it's wildlife, too. I’m a local to the area where the Boca Chica SpaceX launch site is located. That site is dangerously close to a federally protected wildlife preserve, home to several endangered and vulnerable species of birds, sea turtles, ocelots, and more. Following that SpaceX rocket launch described above, debris was hurled over a 6.5-mile radius and landed right in the preserve, polluting the area with pieces of concrete and metal. The launch also started a fire that burned over 3.5 acres of protected land. We don’t know how many animals were killed by the April launch. SpaceX was recently sued by local environmental protection groups and a local tribe that uses the land for religious purposes.
Unlike the folks at NASA up in Houston, who take extensive measures to reduce the environmental impact of their launches, SpaceX cuts corners. NASA conducts frequent, rigorous safety and environmental analyses when designing and preparing to launch their rockets. This process includes a complete environmental impact analysis done in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its standards. Only when this evaluation is completed is the go-ahead given for a launch to take place. The result is that years of launches have led to very minimal environmental impact on the surrounding region, including the Merritt Island preserve and the Canaveral National Seashore.
SpaceX…doesn’t do this. Instead, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) essentially gave Elon a free pass. There were “”“suggestions”“” given to SpaceX to reduce environmental impact (such as taking measures to reduce light pollution and noise pollution, making SpaceX promise to clean up any damage to the environment, etc.). But there isn’t an oversight agency to ensure that SpaceX is even adhering to these suggestions.
So, essentially, Elon can do whatever he wants here in the RGV, consequences be damned. It’s infuriating. My biggest fear every time SpaceX launches a new rocket is that not only will innocent wildlife be harmed, but something could go horribly wrong and end up harming local people living in the surrounding communities as well, and Elon won’t care.
Billionaires need to be told “no” at least once in their life, especially when it matters.
‘fun’ fact: you can starve to death and be fat the entire time. this piece of information saved my life, so i’d like to share it as widely as possible.
there’s a common misconception that starvation will necessarily make you emaciated, and that if someone is fat they must be getting enough to eat, or an excessive amount.
this just isn’t true. fat is an organ, not an inert storage of 'excess’ calories. the old idea that gaining weight is caused by taking in more calories than your body needs, and its corollary that reducing caloric intake will automatically result in weight loss, is simply not true. the human metabolism is just way more complex than that.
one thing that can commonly happen is that, faced with repeated or long term caloric deficit, the body chooses to prioritize fat accumulation over other things in hopes of assuring survival. this can occur due to food insecurity, eating disorders, illness, dieting, or other factors.
caloric deficit can sometimes cause weight loss, certainly. but not in everyone, and not in the long term. 95% of dieters, for example, regain the lost weight and often more in addition. the science overwhelmingly supports this, including studies created by people who were trying to find long term weight loss methods. intentional weight loss is impossible in the long term in most cases, and the methods people use to attempt it are harmful to their health.
so yeah. whether due to anorexia, food insecurity, illness, or anything else - a person can be starving and still fat. or become fat(ter) due to repeated or ongoing caloric deficit, or both.
you can be fat and need a feeding tube, though medical fatphobia often makes medical professionals insist otherwise, to fat people’s detriment or death. people can starve to death while fat.
