https://xcancel.com/nytopinion/status/1829879853165765055
https://archive.ph/lxKBc
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion/heat-wave-air-conditioning-climate-change.html

  • khizuo [ze/zir]
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    3 months ago

    No, disabled and chronically ill people were protesting plastic straw bans because plastic straws are an important accessibility tool. Plastic straws help disabled people who have poor motor control, have chewing or swallowing issues, cannot lift cups to their lips, etc. Here's a good Alice Wong article on it.

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      But the microplastics! I shout, wearing a pound of plastic clothing that gets agitated in hot water, soap and detergent after every use

      • bubbalu [they/them]
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        3 months ago

        Easy simply rarely wash your clothes like I do. I probably do laundry 8 times per year. I just have a bushel of underwear and usually only really need to change it 3 times per week. I don't smell or have any hygiene issues. I am somewhat overweight and physically active too.

        I also wear a lot of natural fibers bc I am afraid of the plastic lol.

        • sinstrium [none/use name]
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          3 months ago

          In older times people would wear underclothes because washing your clothes would ruin them too quickly.

    • sinstrium [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      There has always been a deep link between "the ableist semi-eugenics crunchy just go natural no chemicals" crowd and environmentalism.