green except too damn hot @green@awoo.space

@chr

Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan has, since his pilot project in 2002, replaced 10,000km of roads in India with an asphalt that includes recycled consumer plastic as a binder.

The plastic melts at a safe temperature - 100C below its burning point, so it doesn't release toxins into the air - and replaces 10% of the bitumen normally used. It prevents potholes (since it seals the bitumen-asphalt gaps water would seep into) and reduces waste.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/09/the-man-who-paves-indias-roads-with-old-plastic

An interview with Rebecca Sugar, creator of #StevenUniverse:

https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-07-09/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/114886/

She talks about how the Gems are coded as female but are nonbinary, and explicitly says she is a nonbinary woman herself. It legit brought happy tears to my eyes.

#drawings from Seattle and yesterday, I tightened all of these but the cat pinups today. #furry #dnd

Spironolactone the Dragon

send toot

Food $200

Data $150

Gold Plated deer statue $2,000

Utility $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
https://www.shapeways.com/product/W9PCZTD6Q/my-little-oc-faun-1-5-quot?optionId=64047458

can't stop giggling

The straw bans literally mean disabled folks can't drink. And no, many can't use the shitty paper ones.

But I'm sure the sea turtles, who are far more affected by industrial plastic pollution than straws and which nobody seems eager to stop, will appreciate it.

Cue gatekeepers all "give them to people who are disabled only." Because they have to look sick.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/11/627773979/why-people-with-disabilities-want-bans-on-plastic-straws-to-be-more-flexible

Actual photo of the Spiders from Mars: https://www.wired.com/story/space-photos-of-the-week-mars-spiders/ #bowie #astronomy

If a person of color trash talks white people and you find yourself hurt and upset by it, bare the following in mind:

The way that made you feel is an emotion that most people of color experience every single day. They have to carefully bottle that emotion up and hide it away from public view.

If you see a glimpse of that anger, don't try to police it. Instead try to quietly empathize with where it comes from.

If you do, it won't be about you. ♥️

pol

TIL There’s a robot that can take your plant into the sunlight or back to shade as needed. It can also do a dance when it’s time to water the plant and even play with you

How very #Cyberpunk

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17563688/robot-plant-hybrid-hexa-vincross-succulent

"CourtingBot, initiate courtship with that person there."
"They have enabled autodecline."
"Is it overridable?"
"Yes."
"Override."
"You have been added to a global 'brute' list."
"Without my consent? Can they do that?"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories