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Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
Screw all of that, just burn me after I'm gone. Not that that's better, it's just done with quicker.
At least with a cremation, assuming the ashes aren't stored in an urn everything "goes back to nature".
We'll all be plant food anyway... bury me, burn me... It's not like I'll be needing my body after I'm dead.
All the legal rigamarole with being buried means your body is around a long time. Even without reading the article that started us down this conversation, it can only be an improvement.
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Ohio's Dayton rocked by storms and tornadoes
Millions of people have been left without power in the US state of Ohio after severe storms and tornadoes hit the region.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ohio's Dayton rocked by storms and tornadoes
Millions of people have been left without power in the US state of Ohio after severe storms and tornadoes hit the region.
Glad we got back before the storms hit. That's just a mess!
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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Ohio's Dayton rocked by storms and tornadoes
Millions of people have been left without power in the US state of Ohio after severe storms and tornadoes hit the region.
Glad we got back before the storms hit. That's just a mess!
I got some friends who may be close to that. Getting wifey to check on them now. I don't know how close they were to it.
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Leech smuggling: Canada fines man after 4,700 carried on plane
A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Leech smuggling: Canada fines man after 4,700 carried on plane
A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada.
Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last October.Fun. . . now let me go and throw up my lunch . .
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Leech smuggling: Canada fines man after 4,700 carried on plane
A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada.
Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last October.Bound for the US for the latest in high tech medicine.
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Nusrat Jahan Rafi: 16 charged in Bangladesh for burning girl alive
Sixteen people have been charged in Bangladesh over the shocking murder of a teenager who was burned to death after reporting sexual harassment.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was doused with kerosene and set on fire on the roof of her Islamic school on 6 April, days after filing a complaint.
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Robert Mueller: Charging Trump was not an option
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has said charging President Donald Trump with a crime was not an option, in his first comments on the Russia inquiry.
He reiterated that his report did not exonerate the president and that legal guidelines prevent the indictment of a sitting president.
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The 2019 Roomba gets an all-new design, companion mop-bot
Roomba gets a D-shaped design, and iRobot finally makes a modern mopping robot.
Robot recently announced its yearly cleaning robot upgrades, and as usual, there is a new Roomba robo-vac, the Roomba S9+. -
US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas”
The Department of Energy is on its path to "energy dominance" with bizarre re-branding.
In a press release published on Tuesday, two Department of Energy officials used the term "freedom gas" to replace your average, everyday term "natural gas." -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas”
The Department of Energy is on its path to "energy dominance" with bizarre re-branding.
In a press release published on Tuesday, two Department of Energy officials used the term "freedom gas" to replace your average, everyday term "natural gas."This has to be another Space Force initiative. . .
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Trump assails 'totally conflicted' Robert Mueller
US President Donald Trump has launched a fierce personal attack on former special counsel Robert Mueller, describing him as "totally conflicted".
He said the man who led the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election had "wanted to be the FBI director, and I said 'no'".
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Trump defends request to hide ship named John McCain
US President Donald Trump has defended a reported White House request to hide a warship named for his late critic, John McCain, during his trip to Japan.
At the White House, Mr Trump denied having prior knowledge of the request, but said whoever did it was "well meaning" in their intention.
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Boeing admits it 'fell short' on safety alert for 737
Boeing has admitted it "fell short" when it failed to implement a safety alert system on the 737 Max.
The aircraft was grounded globally in March after two crashes within months.
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 'survives' leadership vote
An attempt to make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg step down as the company's chairman has failed.
At the company's annual general meeting on Thursday, shareholders had the opportunity to vote on Mr Zuckerberg's leadership.
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China prepares to strike back at US as Huawei suffers another loss
SoftBank snubs Huawei for 5G equipment while China mulls rare earths embargo
The trade tension between the United States and China looks set to intensify soon, as the latter country is taking steps to respond to the American ban on doing business with Huawei. -
Robert Pattinson is officially the next Batman
https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/robert-pattinson-is-officially-the-next-batman/ -
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Robert Pattinson is officially the next Batman
https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/robert-pattinson-is-officially-the-next-batman/Okay. . . enough of this guy already.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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Robert Pattinson is officially the next Batman
https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/robert-pattinson-is-officially-the-next-batman/Okay. . . enough of this guy already.
Not a fan of Robert?
