i was so sick of the flimsy plastic trays that always cracked at the seams at our old place and worrying about plastic and chemicals leaching into our ice, and i don't like that silicon trays hold onto the taste of freezer burn, but i didn't expect how elegant and sharp these new cubes would be

ok one of the bougie things i shelled out to upgrade our life in the new apartment was stainless steel ice trays and i'm in love! just cracked the first two batches.

the pop-ups on the other site begging me to sign up for a steep discount have a whiff of desperation about them

They could be a good source of energy in hard to decarbonize sectors, but the right incentives have to be there to produce e-fuels in the greenest way possible. Fascinating report by @bulletinatomic.bsky.social@smallthoughts.bsky.socialthebulletin.org/2024/10/e-fu...

E-fuels are better for the climate than fossil fuels, so why haven’t they taken off yet?

Electrifying cars alone won’t solve the problem of all transportation-related emissions, and electrifying other forms of transportation is currently unrealistic. That's where e-fuels can come in as a ...

ICYMI: E-fuels have been around for a century, usually cropping up as a solution of last resort (used by the Nazis when the war machine began to fail from lack of fuel, & by Apartheid South Africa during oil/gas embargoes). But climate crisis is sparking new interest in e-fuels

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Chinese companies are relying on Uyghur forced labor for manufacturing, drug testing, and forcibly collecting blood for drug production. Around the world, opaque supply chains make it difficult to root out similar practices. @bulletinatomic.bsky.socialthebulletin.org/2024/10/how-...

How modern slavery—in China and elsewhere—undermines the fight against existential threats

Chinese companies are relying on Uyghur forced labor for manufacturing, drug testing, and forcibly collecting blood for drug production.

Meteorologist John Morales: There’s rapid intensification, there’s extreme rapid intensification—and then there’s Hurricane Milton. Read the new interview by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social:

Meteorologist John Morales: There’s rapid intensification, there’s extreme rapid intensification—and then there’s Hurricane Milton

From extremely damaging wind gusts to a deadly storm surge of up to 15 feet to heavy inland precipitation and flash flooding, Hurricane Milton poses numerous risks to life and property.

Renewable energy ruins the landscape

if you think about it, it's truly mind-boggling that chemtrail conspiracy theorists had to invent a whole type of pollution to worry about when carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are RIGHT THERE. make it make sense!!!