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:geordi-yes: USians trying out the metric system
:geordi-no: nanoångström
living in :amerikkka: has me so fucked up lately that just skimming these articles about lead pipes made me hysterical [probably just the brain damage from all of that lead though]
Love that in the 21st century the cult of “personal responsibility” extends to basic utilities. No home lead filtration? Pull your poisoning up by the bootstraps, Jack! :biden-rember:
Part of me thinks that the Dems are pro-solar purely so that the notion of the provision of power infrastructure beyond a Musk battery in your basement is destroyed.
A lot of the piping is treated and sealed such that they shouldn't be dumping their toxic particles into whatever they're piping around. But when you run a solvent through those pipes, it breaks down the seals and exposes the water to contamination.
Flint was a textbook case. The pipes had been used without issue for years, but only because the water they trafficked was properly treated and clean. When the state switched Flint's water source to a cheaper, dirtier source, it eroded the piping and released lead contamination.
That's not to even say these pipes shouldn't have been replaced decades ago, on principle. It is simply to say that we're seeing a compounding crisis through both misuse and neglect.
The west coast. Being LGBTQ ain't easy anywhere but it's definitely more dangerous in the Midwest. And even in the big Midwestern cities, if you'r'e black and you move into a white neighborhood you'll be facing social ostracism if not worse, even in 2022. Midwesterners don't make it easy to make friends if you didn't grow up there, unless you decide to join a church. If you're not religious and you move to the Midwest good luck on having any social life. These are all things I've personally experienced as well as talking to other folks. I was born and raised in the Midwest so I don't enjoy saying it but it's true.
this is me from the time i enter Wisconsin's borders up until the time i exit into an acceptable state.
