#i do like environmental sciences
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I feel like many people care about this but there is a lot of mis-information or one sided- information going around.
(Sources; I study environmental sciences. I have followed an course on marine litter and am currently doing my end research paper on microplastic pollution in surface water. I have used some papers for this, if you want them I can put them in the comments I think)
What I really want to put out there is that the problem is divers and that personal action and industry reform both are needed.
1. Plastic pollution is obviously a large problem. Think of the Atlantic garbage patch. But also in our own environment. More recently microplastics have been of growing concern. (there is even nanoplastics, but I am not going there)
2. When talking about plastic pollution there are many terms that are used to indicate different things.
- plastic pollution: all plastics currently in the environment that do not belong there
- marine plastic: plastic in seas and oceans
- microplastics: often classified as plastic particles under 5 mm, they are found in water, air, earth, Antarctic ice, human food and our bodies
- primary microplastics: plastic particles that enter the environment as particles under 5mm
- secondary microplastics: particles that come from larger plastics that are degraded.
With this wide variety of plastics to talk about sometimes the waters get muddies. I hear a lot of 'x is the main source of microplastics'. The simple truth is: we do not know what the main source is of most of these. But we do know what the biggest contributers are.
Plastic pollution: mostly land based sources of single use plastics. Recycling is still almost never viable or implemented. Research indicates that up to 80% of produced plastics each year ends up in the environment. That seems like a lot. ( This number probably counts landfills, which are also in the environment. stuf that goes to landfill does not magically disappear. )
Marine plastic: most marine plastic seems also to be from landbased sources. However, most of the plastic sinks. Yet, The great Pacific garbage patch is made up of almost 50% fishing gear (appearantly more buoyant?) Both of these are major problems.
Microplastics:
Primary: these come from tires, paint, washing clothes, cosmetics and other personal care products, but also the production pallets that are used to make bigger plastic products are a major source.
Secondary; these come from all the bigger plastic pollution (so land based litter for example) braking down in the environment. Currently the majority of marine microplastics seem to be secondary.
3. It is hard to measure the precise main source or sources of plastics because it is hard to monitor them. They move through the environment. The total amount of plastic amount to tons. Some sink to the sea bottoms or are currently somewhere in the atmosphere. Monitoring protocols for microplastics are still being established. So there is no absolute answer about most things right now.
4. What do we know: obviously humans are the source of plastics. Plastic need hundreds of years to break down. Most current research seems to indicate that microplastics will have negative health effects. You probably have plastic close to you right now.
Yes, we need to reform the industry large scale. Plastics should be used for the things where they are invaluable such as for medical applications and such. But we need to cut back on other uses of plastics. And we need good recycling. This one is going to be harder because of the many kinds of plastics and the limits on how many times it can be reused.
However, as an individual, you can help. I am certainly not saying everyone needs to go "zero waste." But even if you are switching out little things, you do have an impact. Further more, reducing plastics and microplastics might be healthier for you.
#microplastics my beloved topic.#i do like environmental sciences#very passionate about the plastics right now#solarpunk#i just get frustrated when information gets confusing#dont get me started on clothing made from recycled polyester#Let me know if you see mistakes.
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"It is illegal for an employer to discriminate based upon disability! So if you have no excuse if you are unemployed!"
Employers:
[ID: Snippets of job requirements. By bromantically]
1. "This position requires the individual to drive either a company car, rental car or his/her own car in the course of performing their job from time to time. Employee must be able to perform the physical functions of operating a motor vehicle, including use of eyes, ears, arms, hands, legs, and feet. Employee must be able to prove that he/she has a current, valid driver’s with no restrictions." The part that says, "Employee must be able to perform the physical functions of operating a motor vehicle, including use of eyes, ears, arms, hands, legs, and feet." has been highlighted.
2. "Ability to repetitively stoop, crawl, bend at the knees and waist, squat and lift 50 lbs; includes body weight, equipment, tools and boxes, in addition to ability to stand for long periods of time on varied surfaces. Must be able to stand up to five hours at a time." End ID.]
#working while disabled#disabled employee#i have seen desk jobs use the must be able to lift 20 lbs loophole#this is ESPECIALLY PREVALENT in environmental science jobs even those that dont require fieldwork#the first one is for an entry level environmental scientist at dewberry#disclaimer: the second one is from a security guard position bc i couldnt find a ready example of this#without searching through a ton of job descriptions#but i promise you i have seen shit like this for non physical labor jobs#and jobs that have some physical labor but can have accomodations#they just dont want to do the extra work of accomodating to make the work feasible for a disabled person#so they outright say this shit#disability#physical disability#cripplepunk#cpunk#chronic disability#chronic pain#spoonie#wheelchair#from the field
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the desire to know a bit about everything vs the desire to know a lot about a couple of things FIGHT
#working towards doing a phd which is by nature very specialised#but like. I also want to go back and study a little bit of. like. every stem subject#in my heart I am a stem major but I somehow ended up in the humanities research centre what happened to me#proof: my year 12 subjects were double maths + environmental science + double english#but I actually attended three maths classes a week (joined a third one for fun)#(I knew the teacher and he didn't care if I just sat in the back and learnt bonus maths)
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH YALL?? BE FUCKING NORMAL!!!
#WDYM UR USING UR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DEGREE FOR OIL COMPANIES? DO YOU HAVE NO CONSCIENCE? NO SPINE???#WHAT!!!!#also 'they arent hiring anywhere else' literally what guys who go straight into the military cause they have no ambitions say. btw.#shut upppppp#💋#i have to assume the second person is working at a place that works with those contracts rather than independently. but uh. still???????#leave????#like. what the fuck
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do you give out your usernames to employers? I've always worried about jobs finding my accounts since I similarly claim doing art for a skill on my resume, but I figured no one would find them since I use different names? Is it because you use examples on your resume?
i dont! i really mean it when i say i priv my twitter just to assuage my own anxieties. ive had plenty of ppl irl find my account(s) even though i didnt give them my username - i fear it might have to do with online tracing or something, but im not a tech expert so i wont say it with confidence. i tend to do similar things when applying for a visa or travelling as a very small safety measure
#to clarify im not applying for jobs in the art industry - im trying to break into environmental sciences#so providing examples in my work isnt necessary yet until i decide id like to make a portfolio and do a whole career switch
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Every earth science major I’ve met is the coolest person ever, by way of being the type of person to choose a difficult major despite it not assuring financial success, out of a genuine desire to do good for the world
#one of the most noble majors#i wish you all a very job at nasa / somewhere high paying#or a very#opportunities#to make a meaningful impact#on the world#earth science major#environmental science major#geology major#meteorology major#oceanography major#geophysics major#hydrology major#soil science major#earth system science major#paleontology major#yes this is out of self hatred for being a comp sci major#and what about it#i feel bad for doing stem for money#rather than saving the earth#but i still like money
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Hi loves I only have $109 in my account after buying groceries yesterday…
I’m waiting to hear back from jobs still. My only source of income currently is from online surveys & that does not add up to much at all.
Any help (tips, reblogs etc) in getting by until I land a job is extremely appreciated!
Venmo: @Grubcore
Ko-fi: grubcore (you can look through some of my art on here!)
#ebegging#I’m canceling all my future therapy appointments bc I can’t afford them rip#groceries and subway fares are pretty much all I’m buying#HOPEFULLY I’ll hear back from some jobs I applied to soon but idk I’ve been searching for months with no luck 🫠#hard to get a job in NYC it’s so competitive even for min wage ones & i don’t have a degree#not glitter text#all my work experience is specific to environmental science n it’s impossible to find *paid* work like that in nyc without a degree at least#it’s all park volunteering I need something that pays & I don’t have to stand to do (POTS syndrome)#disabled trans college dropout problems
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06-07-23 Why Patagonia helped Samsung redesign the washing machine
Samsung is releasing a wash cycle and a new filter, which will dramatically shrink microfiber pollution.
Eight years ago, Patagonia started to study a little-known environmental problem: With every load of laundry, thousands (even millions) of microfibers, each less than 5 millimeters long, wash down the drain. Some are filtered out at water treatment plants, but others end up in the ocean, where fibers from synthetic fabric make up a surprisingly large amount of plastic pollution—35%, by one estimate. Fragments of your favorite sweatshirt might now be floating in the Arctic Ocean. In a collaboration that began two years ago, the company helped inspire Samsung to tackle the problem by rethinking its washing machines. Today, Samsung unveiled its solution: A new filter that can be added to existing washers and used along with a “Less Microfiber” cycle that Samsung also designed. The combination makes it possible to shrink microfiber pollution by as much as 98%.
[…] Patagonia’s team connected Samsung with Ocean Wise, a nonprofit that tests fiber shedding among its mission to protect and restore our oceans. Samsung shipped some of its machines to Ocean Wise’s lab in Vancouver, where researchers started to study how various parameters change the results. Cold water and less agitation helped—but both of those things can also make it harder to get clothing clean. “There are maybe two ways of increasing the performance of your washing machine,” says Moohyung Lee, executive vice president and head of R&D at Samsung, through an interpreter. “Number one is to use heated water. That will obviously increase your energy consumption, which is a problem. The second way to increase the performance of your washing machine is to basically create stronger friction between your clothes . . . and this friction and abrasion of the fibers is what results in the output of microplastics.” Samsung had already developed a technology called “EcoBubble” to improve the performance of cold-water cycles to help save energy, and it tweaked the technology to specifically tackle microfiber pollution. “It helps the detergent dissolve more easily in water so that it foams better, which means that you don’t need to heat up your water as much, and you don’t need as much mechanical friction, but you still have a high level of performance,” Lee says. The new “Less Microfiber” cycle, which anyone with a Samsung washer can download as an update for their machine, can reduce microfiber pollution by as much as 54%. To tackle the remainder, the company designed a filter that can be added to existing washers at the drain pipe, with pores tiny enough to capture fibers. They had to balance two conflicting needs: They wanted to make it as simple as possible to use, so consumers didn’t have to continually empty the filter, but it was also critical that the filter wouldn’t get clogged, potentially making water back up and the machine stop working. The final design compresses the microfibers, so it only has to be emptied once a month, and sends an alert via an app when it needs to be changed. Eventually, in theory, the fibers that are collected could potentially be recycled into new material rather than put in the trash. (Fittingly, the filter itself is also made from recycled plastic.) When OceanWise tested the cycle and filter together, they confirmed that it nearly eliminated microfiber pollution. Now, Samsung’s challenge is to get consumers to use it. The filter, which is designed to be easily installed on existing machines, is launching now in Korea and will launch in the U.S. and Europe later this year. The cost will vary by market, but will be around $150 in the U.S. The cycle, which began to roll out last year, can be automatically installed on WiFi-connected machines.
#microplastics#textiles#laundry#environmental#science#patagonia#samsung#i'm. so excited.#also i HAD been silently judging patagonia a little for their heavy use of synthetics but. they ARE walking the walk actually.#(will say that ime the feel of natural fibers is just. better.)#(like. wool has an astonishing ability to keep you warm-but-not-sweaty at a bizarrely wide range of temps)#(whereas like. the synthetic fleece tops i still have are like. immediately cozy‚ sure‚ but you WILL get sweaty if you get warm)#(like being in‚ you know‚ a plastic bag!)#(so like. even if they Fix the Microplastics Problem i have no regrets abt switching my allegiance to woolens)#(but. still fucking THRILLED they might fix the microplastics problem.)#does make you feel like. i'm unavoidably a humanities person but. what are humanities ppl doing that matters this much.#like fundamentally if you really want to do good in the world you probably SHOULD become a scientist of some kind.#that said‚ science would almost certainly not be improved by my participating in it‚ so like. what can you do.#really hugely awed by & appreciative of scientists tho.#anyway. obvs this is really just a press release and we gotta see how this plays out but.#!
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Pictured: future me's demise probably (majors + magic class options)
Text version:
Majors:
Undecided
English
Journalism
History
Law
Art
Graphic Design
Music
Biology
Environmental Science
Chemistry
Psychology
Astronomy
Computer Science
Calculus
Statistics
Magic Elective:
Magic Theory
Magical History
Modern Day Magic
Magical Artifacts
#em talks#anyway if you saw the og list I added law astronomy and environmental science#OH and graphic design because I didn't feel like I had enough arts#anyway I'm pretty sure this is the final list sorry if your major isn't on here#there's So Many and I don't feel like doing like 50+ variants of flavor text-#I do feel like a traitor for not having creative writing on the list
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I'm trying to pick a major that I would be the most interested in just because it would make my life so much easier and right now I have like three ideas and they all have a million problems
#like bioengineering. that sounds great right#id make good money with even just a bachelors degree#but i dont want to be stuck with that my whole life. that doesnt sound fun to me and engineering is supposed to be a miserable major#AND MINOR#and its a relatively new field so not a lot of places near me have it. and the places that DO have it are crazy expensive#i want to get a degree in linguistics because thats something that sounds fun to me. i would enjoy that#im good with english and language#but what can i really do with a linguistics degree? and im not good at learning other languages so i couldnt be an interpreter as much as i#would enjoy it#i kind of want to go for theatre tech stuff but. idk there arent really any buts but is that really realistic for me? i stopped doing tech#in freshman year because people were kind of mean. im a quitter and theyre not going to like that and i havent done anything related#in so long so really what are the chances i get accepted for that#how much do techs make anyways? i guess it doesnt have to be THEATRE tech i could do tech for anything#i know people who tech for bands make pretty good money and they have fun#i lied theres four#i could do geology something but thats broad and also the best school for it in the state is UF.#im NOT going to UF. i would rather die. its a personal grudge. also they suck and barely accept anybody even though the school SUCKS AND IT#SO EXPENSIVE FOR NO REASON#i wanted to do marine bio two years ago but theres soooo many problems with that. including ticks#I HATE TICKS#“but joel. isnt it MARINE science? there arent ticks in the ocean” YOURE WRONG. TICKS ARE EVERYWHERE. also marine bio has a lot to do with#marshes and there ARE ticks in marshes. and maritime hammocks where id be spending a lot of time. you would not believe the amount of ticks#ive gotten from my marine bio and environmental management classes. its so many. so many ticks
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how life feels after i allow myself to think that i dont have to do art as my job and i can just keep it as a hobby
#like i just realised i dont have to do art at a level#and like i can just do like environmental sciences and geography and things that i enjoy#that are easier to turn into jobs#that wont burn me out#art gcse#art a level#i love geography so much actually#wish i could do it twice at gcse and drop art#also drop business while im at it#do media instead#alr im done yapping#kwori stfu
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i really and truly believe that there are only two genuine human superpowers, both of which can be actively cultivated:
the ability to find anything interesting, ie the ability to reframe and reflect on any situation or encounter, even/especially negative or boring ones, so as to make what is happening to you interesting, engaging, and personally meaningful to your human experience. this habit of mind is mostly curiosity but it's also woven through with psychological flexibility, especially the ability to regulate your own emotional reactions so that you can respond to challenging or tedious situations in more thoughtful and values-aligned ways that develop your sense of self instead of making you feel trapped or bored or fragmented
the ability to teach yourself new things. idk maybe as a teacher i am biased but i really believe that the single most transformative gift you can give any human being is a deep understanding of how people learn and improve at things. what is more hopeful, more inspiring, or more life-affirming than the realization that you can learn new things at any age, and that the new things you learn (plus the joyful process of learning itself!) can utterly transform the way you experience the world and understand yourself? what is more amazing or incredible than the realization that learning things is not a mysterious & passive process that happens to you but a reasonably consistent set of steps and tools that you can learn how to master and apply to virtually any skill or domain of human knowledge? the superpower of being able to learn/improve at anything you set your mind to… but also the superpower inherent in that quiet unwavering certainty that even if you feel stuck at various points in your life, you have within yourself the capacity to get unstuck through learning and changing and growing and experiencing new things. wowowowowowowow!!!!! what an extraordinary gift!!!!
#i did a classroom observation this week#in a mid-level environmental science research methods course#and at other points in my life i would've been either bored stiff by this experience or terrified because Science Is Hard#and I Am Humanities Person Cannot Do Science#but i actually found myself getting really fascinated by some of the stuff they were doing#i think combined with all the scientific studies i've been reading over the past six months related to fertility stuff#and i was like oh wait like#i could see myself going back and doing a bachelor's degree in a science field#like yeah this is unfamiliar to me & i have a lot of baggage around being Bad at STEM#but actually through doing lots of work with researchers & learning how research works in my own field#i think i've absorbed an understanding of some of the habits of mind science values#and i feel confident enough in my understanding of how people learn new things#that i bet i could apply that knowledge to learning disciplines that previously seemed Off Limits to me#anyway idk just#what a joy it is to be a thinking learning human in the world#how lucky are we!!!!!
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knowledge is a curse, y'all. i want to write whump fic about a snakebite... but i also don't wanna fearmonger about snakes. on the one hand, they rarely bother people (and even more rarely are the aggressors) & predators are important for top-down ecosystem control. on the other hand... my favorite characters are often alone in the wilderness & they hurt so pretty.
#what do we think fellas#write it & put a disclaimer in the notes? write another type of environmental whump? open to suggestions#to clarify: i have an environmental science degree#so it feels like yknow. my job. not to make people afraid of nature#especially creepy-crawlies!#chatter tag
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A brief summary of today's fieldwork
#my art#about me#the joy of environmental science#i like my job i swear#though my coworkers and i had a whole conversation about it today#(while thigh-deep in water and overtopping our boots in a blackberry thicket of course)#cause all three of us agreed that we like fieldwork! love it even#and the other two love it even after years of doing it#but whenever they think about loving fieldwork they never linger on the shitty parts#(like overtopping your boots in a blackberry thicket)#we also had a great time occasionally shouting affirmations at each other#you know. the usual.#'i love fieldwork!' 'I'm having such a good time right now!
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aster for 10-20 on the dnd ask thing!!
Ty for the ask. I love my Birkenstock-rocking druid girl 🥺💖
Tav Dialogue Ask Meme
10. Sending them to talk to an NPC
"Alright, I'll talk to them. But I've met badgers that seem more reasonable."
11. Sending them to talk to their romanced partner
About Gale: "He'd look pretty cute with a little dirt on him."
12. Encountering a locked chest/door
"A little help, anyone? Astarion? ...Karlach?"
13. Picking a lock
"If this is a trap, we're all screwed."
14. Looking at a globe
"My whole life has been spent between Baldur's Gate and my circle... But there is a whole world out there that is yet to be discovered."
15. Looking at an astrolabe
"Beautiful, but... Not quite as good as the real thing."
16. Looking at a telescope
"Oh look, a red-tailed hawk! That's a rare sighting in these parts. ...Ahem. No enemies spotted."
17. Looking in a mirror
"Why didn't anyone tell me that I had mud on my face this whole time?"
18. Looking at a nonmagical lamp
"Nice lamp."
19. Noticing a trap
*Whistles to catch the party's attention*
20. Can’t fit into a small hole
"I can't wild shape into something that small. Doubt even an ant would fit."
#aster is a birder confirmed#i picture her as like. a cool environmental science grad student that goes off into the woods to do research#but also uses it as an excuse to go rock climbing all day#aster started as my druid self insert and then she quickly became much cooler than me#bg3#ask meme
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esalen………………………………………………………………………
#been really on that oc grind. and by on that oc grind i mean. sitting here and thinking. about how cute esalen is#hes my beloved oc……… everyone has that One oc…………#esalen#kato#<- xe’s here too#pretty sure my environmental science teacher once called xem and esalen#“the gender noncomfority duo”#although tbf i think esa isnt doing gender noncomfority on purpose#i think he just doesn’t really know what gender is#you know what i really want#in chinese we’ve a pronoun specifically for addressing divine beings#祢/祂 my beloved#(the normal first and second person pronouns are 你/他 in case youre wondering)#oh theres also one specifically for livestock -> 牠#anyway i want use case specific pronouns in english#im so tired of english only having one first person pronoun#where’s my i (emperor). where’s my i (servant). where’s my i (crass). where’s my i (im ur father and i fucked ur mom lol)#its so EMOTIVE its so characterization……………….#also i want thy back in fashion. i cant live without a pair of formal/informal second person pronouns#every time i talk to someone of importance in english i feel like im committing a thousand crimes#because i cant refer to them with extra politeness#how else are you supposed to know that i respect you the expected amount?!?????????#language. what a mess#anyway lets bring thy back so i can be slightly more comfortable in serious conversations#kenon.art
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