If I ever get to Philly, this is one of the things on my list to see. A friend of mine went a while ago and loved it.
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If you ever get to Philly, let me know in advance because I don’t mind having an excuse to visit my daughter there (if my schedule allows it).
She can tell you all the best places to eat!
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I did not know that Rowan Atkinson studied as an electrical engineer, that aside it’s a pretty well balanced and informative article.
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Very much so. Thanks for sharing this!
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It can be an uphill slog to discuss the totality of the costs of electric vehicles, especially the batteries. Some admirers refuse to hear that there might be problems upstream of their use of the car. Nice to see more public, well stated concerns.
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I can’t tell if this is “Fuck Today” because of the meddling into private business, or “Good (Encouraging)” because it opens the door to attack secondhand cigarette smoke.
Archive version: https://archive.ph/B3Zfa
What if my neighbor didn’t like the smell of flowers I had in my home, or the perfume I wear, even in an elevator? Or the curry I cook for dinner?
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Yeah, this is the “Fuck Today” part of it. But from the article:
Judge Ebony Scott ruled late Monday that while Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd could not prove she is entitled to damages, she successfully made the case that the smell is a private nuisance, and Scott ordered Thomas Cackett to stop smoking. Scott said that Cackett is licensed to buy marijuana but “he does not possess a license to disrupt the full use and enjoyment of one’s land.”
“Indeed, the public interest is best served by eliminating the smoking nuisance and the toxins that it deposits into the air, toxins that involuntary smokers have no choice but to inhale,” Scott wrote in her decision.
But focusing on “toxins” this seems to limit complaints about non-harmful things. But, peanuts and allergies? I dunno.
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This documentary sounds amazing…
Cross-posted to trans awareness thread…
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Discussions about media bias and coverage swirling around CNN seem like the tip of the iceberg after this report about how much world news isn’t reported:
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Especially in the U.S., I’d guess.
Traveling elsewhere made me realize how nationally insular U.S. media is.
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Now waiting for the book bans.
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This isn’t long, but it’s well written. It tells one person’s viewpoint of moving from active cancer treatment to keeping-it-at-bay. I had to laugh at the notion that it might take ‘up to a year’ to get over the brain effects of chemo (yeah, right, can be MANY years for some patients), but I think it does a good job of explaining how the process changes for a cancer patient over time.
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NSFW but interesting:
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