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thebutler14 t1_j41tj77 wrote

Reply to I am Assunta Marrocchi, editor of the book "Sustainable Strategies in Organic Electronics, which was published by Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier). AMA! by amarrocchi

Thank you! 'Green' can be a blanketing term, which can be frustratingly opaque when there's a lot of aspects (sustainable, non-toxic to humans/animals/plants, biodegradable, etc). Given that there's strong financial incentives to NOT investigate or obscure the external impacts of a product, how do you see standards or regulations safeguarding OE given the diversity and complexity of the field?

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ARandomDrifter t1_j3zibir wrote

Reply to We’re the investigative team at Bloomberg Law and wrote a story on toxics metals in baby food. AMA! by bloomberglaw

Toxic baby food is definitely a no go for me dog. On another note; what do y'all think about putting those dryer sheets in the wash? I'm all about no static, but they're pretty gosh darn uncomfortable to handle for the few seconds you have to hold them from box to machine.

It's the grit, the thread count. Complete lack of pizazz if I'll be honest, areas to improve here for sure. From a design element I'm looking for something (dare I say) sexier. I'm thinking we take the science that encompasses these dryer sheets and make a more aesthetic form factor.

Here's what I'm thinking, myself personally. Just a dart on the board, but what if we had them shaped in mini drying racks? Sure it'll cause a racket when they're rumbling and tumbling in the dryer, gosh what a noise that would make. But wow zoo eee mama think of the situational irony, it's almost enough to make you cry. I'm crying while making this; I'm open to admitting that, being true to how you feel about things is very important to maintaining a healthy mental landscape.

Back on the drying rack drying sheets (I've dubbed the potential venture "dry dry" because repetition catches the eye of those living in a day to day world. We really have to think about the working class consumer; they're the bread and butter to an honest life style here. I remember growing up myself, it feel so long ago if I'll be honest with you; there was a time when I wasn't grown, but yet I grew up and now here I am.

But I digress, we should really be getting back to dry dry (trademarked of course). I'm not really sure what goes into trademarking a product, especially so when the aforementioned product has yet to enter the research and development stage of product creation. But I'm definitely calling dips here.

What absolutely needs to be know here though; toxic baby food is bad for our youth, I presume they wouldn't enjoy eating non toxic food (I can't speak for baby's, but I guess we're gonna have to since they somehow are really hamming up this silent treatment game they're playing). I'm simply just trying to bring attention to the fact that dryer sheets really need that zippy wahoo feel when you're getting to that part of your day.

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worldtravelstephanie OP t1_j3z9ypi wrote

Reply to comment by f1reL10n in I am Stephanie, and I spent time amongst arctic/Siberian nomads. AMA! by worldtravelstephanie

So, that depends on your definition of “civilization” because there are little trading outposts and even villages that don’t have roads but you can get to by off road/4x4 vehicles and snow mobile, those are obviously closer than cities with “modern services”. I’ll try to summarize and hope it answers your question!

-In Russia, essentially, Irkutsk (pop 600,000ish?) is the closest “city/modern services” (even though Irkutsk is not in Siberia I had to go through there due to weird visa/permit reasons, though there are a few cities of this size all about the same distance away). As the crow flies that’s about 1,100mi/1,770km away from where the nomadic tribes are. After Irkutsk it’s only small villages without paved access or even smaller outposts. I went at the time of the migration to the winter grounds, which puts the herders going within roughly 100mi/160km of a trading outpost. That’s pretty much the closest they go. I got a snow mobile ride just over half that distance, and then had to ski the rest. That ski took 3 days, and on the 4th day I found them. On day 3 I knew I was close because I found sledge prints with reindeer prints in the snow.

-In Mongolia, from Ulaanbaatar I went to Olgii (pop 20-30,000?) which is arguably the closest “city/modern serve center” to the nomads I stayed with. As soon as we left the city center of UB we were off-roading. On maps there are roads, but they are not paved and not even grated (as of 2015). I got a smaller Jeep in Olgii toward the hillsides where I waited. The jeep ride was probably 80mi/130km as the crow flies, to where I was picked up via horse. I was picked up by the dad and his son-in-law, they had diverted probably 10mi/16km from where they were on their big seasonal migration route. That was easier than Siberia! I only waited for about 4hrs.

There were no real issues either time. Siberia was more worrisome for me. I didn’t know exactly my “goal” other than a very broad area (basically I was aiming for a lake they often travel by +/- 100km) and we were guessing based on the weather the prior month. So I was incredibly lucky, and had very good guidance from a local hunter/trader. By the time I got to Mongolia, I was like, ‘just wait on a hill and they find me?! Awesome!’

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calmrain t1_j3z90zp wrote

Reply to A murder at my alma mater inspired "Death in the Dorms," a new docuseries on Hulu from ABC News Studios about the deaths of six students on college campuses. AMA. by abcnews

Andy was a friend of mine. I had left UCLA, not even a few months prior, when I heard all sorts of rumors surrounding her death. Thanks for getting the truth out (about Andy’s story — and the others). I will be checking this out, later today.

My question was originally about whether you knew Andy or her family, personally, but since that has been answered… are you planning on branching out with investigative journalism, or sticking with true crime?

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