Opabinia regalis @ladewrm

scratch n sniff minneapolis Joined May 2013

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CNN @CNN

2 years ago

New research shows that persistent groundwater extraction over more than a decade has shifted the axis on which our planet rotates cnn.it/46qi2ly

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pauline @weed_rat

3 years ago

hey babe come look at the cat. he looks the same as he always does and hes just sitting there. babe come look. hey come look at the cat

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NEW TOXINS IDENTIFIED—“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said Sil Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist. Rail company Norfolk Southern is paying just $25k to the town, or ~$5 per resident.🧵 HT @therecount

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Opabinia regalis @ladewrm

3 years ago

vinyl chloride is literally a known human carcinogen, and all of the other reported chemicals released can cause moderate to severe damage to the respiratory system and vital organs. five days of lab testing the water isn’t exactly enough to say the risk to humans is “low”

ABC News @ABC

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More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS

3 years ago

The Norfolk Southern disaster in East Palestine is getting more attention, but almost every explanation is treating it as an isolated incident. It’s not. There are over 1,000 derailments every year, and soon that number could skyrocket, leading to even more catastrophes. 🧵

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Posts Of Cats @PostsOfCats

3 years ago

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ghost on the shore @ccinthecities

3 years ago

Two way side streets in Minneapolis are effectively one ways right now because they still haven’t been properly cleared from the last big snowfall but the city somehow has time and resources to bulldoze tents and displace people who have nowhere else to go? Disgusting.

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Read Starting Somewhere @JPHilllllll

3 years ago

Cops joking about how people who might freeze to death outside can get a roof over their head in jail as though that isn’t a massive indictment of society and the legal system especially

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habitual line-stepper @alaskastardust

3 years ago

When I was a kid, everyone told me that when I grew up and started seeing taxes being taken out of my check, I would get more conservative but the opposite has happened because I look at my paycheck and I’m like “I pay this much in taxes just for people to be unhoused and unfed?“