The source is a little lacking in that they don't have real numbers for synthetic textile contribution to microplastics, just the overall contribution of textiles to micropolution, but they do talk about the relationships between the two.
I keep hearing random statistics about sources of microplastics and have no idea what to believe at this point. Just yesterday I saw something saying that 78% of microplastics come from tires.
Please please please! Aldi's would kill in CO, especially if the Kroger/Albertsons merger goes through. I kind of hope Aldi's stays out of CO until we know if the merger will go through, though. Their presence would weaken the case against the merger.
Here's the thing. Right wing media will simply ignore this. Most republican voters won't be informed that their representatives are taking way their right to a safe work environment. I'm not sure if it would change anything if they were aware but they don't stand a chance when they're stuck in their echo chamber.
I'm fairly sure that the admins of lemmy.world said that we could expect a big spike in active users after the upgrade to 1.19 due to a change in how active users are calculated. I can't seem to find the post now, though.
I think it is hard to find sources that firmly support the charge of genocide but I also think it is an argument with having. Most, if not all sources are biased in one way or another and can be discounted if you don't like their particular bias.
That said, some, like Amnisty International, think that not allowing aid into Gaza is a genocidal act which seems like a reasonable argument when children are dying of starvation and aid is being blocked.
Human Rights Watch has another good article describing ways in which Isreal is complying with the IJC orders to recuce civilian casualties.
the court ordered Israel on January 26, 2024, to “take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian aid,” and to report back on its compliance to the specific measures “within one month.”
One month later, however, Israel continues to obstruct the provision of basic services and the entry and distribution within Gaza of fuel and lifesaving aid, acts of collective punishment that amount to war crimes and include the use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war.
I recognize that these sources are biased but i think you'd be hard pressed to find a source that isn't biased with respect to this conflict. Lack of coverage of atrocities is, itself, a form of bias.
Personally, I'd say that at least a portion of what is happening in Gaza could be considered to be genocide. It doesn't appear that Isreal has done much to mitigate civilian deaths and may be actively trying to increase the civilian death toll.
Elie Honig had an interesting take on this on his podcast. While I'm not sure that I completely agree with Elie, I feel like he tends to say things that, emotionally, I wish weren't true but that are very factually true.
Elie said that, as supreme court cases go, even important ones, this is a very accelerated timeline. They are asking both sides to prepare their arguments quickly but want to allow both sides to construct their arguments. He also suggested that this is exactly the kind of case that the supreme court should hear. It is an issue of first impression with dire impacts for our country, both in the short and long-term. He argued that this kind of decision shouldn't be left to an appeals court simply because it is simply too important. It requires the weight of the supreme court.
Many people here are talking about under-funding of education in the US. If you look at expenditure per student vs GDP per capita, the US is actually doing fairly well when compared to the rest of the world. Our problems aren't funding related (though I wouldn't argue against more funding). Our problems are allocation and priority related.
Maybe there should be an option to join the various conversations together if a user wants to see more content. That sounds pretty difficult to manage, though.
Unfortunately, "these people" seem to have taken over the Alabama Supreme Court and, possibly the US Supreme Court (we'll see how they rule when this gets to them).
Hopefully, since Alabama's Supreme Court justices are elected, they will be voted out over this ruling. Also, hopefully rationality will prevail at the US Supreme Court.
I found a source that supports your "almost half" number for microplastics contribution from synthetic clothing.
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The source is a little lacking in that they don't have real numbers for synthetic textile contribution to microplastics, just the overall contribution of textiles to micropolution, but they do talk about the relationships between the two.