modernangel

I've been on Bsky for 8 months but only recently discovered the "Newskies" feed (basically - first posts, newest first). It seems very heavily weighted toward samey thirst-magnet pitches, with distinct smatterings of sketchy asks for money, and right-wing troll ragebait. I get that some amounts of all that are unavoidable on that social media format, but I'm curious if anyone who's followed Newskies for a while can say if there's been a surge in the past, say, month or so?

I loved the quirkiness of r/watertowers, but eff that site anymore so here's where I'm putting my random #watertowers now

The state of ethical cocoa certification seems like kind of a mess, so I'm trying to figure out what else I can mix in my morning soy or whey protein powder hot drink to make it tasty, without having to worry that child slaves were beaten just so I could jumpstart my daily protein uptake without making a face. (Sweetness isn't important either, I've been using plain unsweetened cocoa powder.)

Lately SciAm has been running and re-running an article on social media, focusing on plastic cooking utensils, storage etc. as sources of microplastic accumulation in humans.

I'm not disputing that plastics in food prep do contribute to microplastic bio-accumulation - my question is, are these actually dominant sources?

Comparative numbers haven't risen to the forefront of my web searching.

If say 75% of our microplastic uptake is via water and food that was already contaminated (by landfill seepage and wind-borne urban dust) before it entered our homes, then telling consumers to replace all their plastic spatulas and storageware with wood, glass and metal ... is just Big Plastic shuffling off responsibility onto consumers, just like it did with the lie of plastics recycling.