where our waste ends up

We do like to think that the stuff we put into recycling bins or return to shops will be neatly disassembled and reconfigured into new produ...

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Teens report spending 21% of each #driving trip looking at their phone
Findings from the Mass General Brigham study reveal entertainment is the most common distraction behind the wheel

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089340

#science #roadSafety #banCars #publicHealth #scarystuff

Teens report spending 21% of each driving trip looking at their phone

A new study offers a stark reminder of how pervasive cell phone use while driving is for young people, as findings demonstrate teen drivers spend an average of 21.1% of each trip viewing their mobile behind the wheel.   

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who is going to blow up Western #democracy faster, #France or #USA? I have a horrible feeling that the UK and Germany still have an outsider's chance in that race towards the cliff edge. #news #scarystuff #fascism
RUSH - The Weapon (Count Floyd Intro) live 1984 - Grace Under Pressure Tour

Date: September 21, 1984Location: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, CANSource: Rush "Replay x 3" (Disc 2: Grace Under Pressure DVD) Released: June, 2006N...

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#writerscoffeeclub 1: what are your writing related new year resolutions?

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing when the decision is made, so I don't do new year resolutions. However, as part of my leaning-to-write-funnier resolution(?decision ?goal ?plan), I'll create and post a new thing each day for January. Tomorrow I'll post+share what I do today.. however dodgy it is. Need your feedback.. pretty please :) #ScaryStuff

Just used GPT4 to write an email flyer for me, and I have to say, given only the title of the service and what the service is, the resulting output was so impressive I only had to change a couple of works and add two images. #ScaryStuff #GPT4
@figandpen oh yes network printers, that suddenly print out something that was in the queue 15 jobs ago and the machine that send it, isn't online or connected ... #ScaryStuff
More U.S. adults carrying loaded handguns daily, study finds https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/971622 number doubled between 2015 and 2019 #scarystuff