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Comment on Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the cost of civility-theater liberalism in ~society
canekicker (edited )Link ParentOh I agree but take the abortion issue, despite the effectiveness of reproductive rights in 2022 in stemming off an even greater beat down for the Dems, you did have quite a few states make...Oh I agree but take the abortion issue, despite the effectiveness of reproductive rights in 2022 in stemming off an even greater beat down for the Dems, you did have quite a few states make meaningful progress on protecting those rights while still going for Trump in 2024. Missouri, Nevada, and Montana for example. I think splitting the vote is a distinct possibility in the upcoming midterms.
As @DefinitelyNotAFae mentioned in their comments, it's likely going to be a messaging strategy rather than beliefs. I brought up Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez because I think she reveals a path forward for the Dems in places that they are currently not competitive. I think the uphill challenge is that the right has a far more effective messaging strategy with dumbass manosphere podcasters/comedians, assholes like Kirk and Shapiro, social media, minsinformation campaigns, etc. The Dems are feckless right now and while I do think they can be pushed from the left in certain situations, they really need to consider what needs to be done to be more effective.
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Comment on Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the cost of civility-theater liberalism in ~society
canekicker Link ParentYea this reminds me of Marie Perez of WA who won in a Trump district. Like honestly her views on things like gun control are easy to criticize for those looking for a purity test but she's a good...Yea this reminds me of Marie Perez of WA who won in a Trump district. Like honestly her views on things like gun control are easy to criticize for those looking for a purity test but she's a good partner on a lot of other issues and is an effective communicator.
I understand what you're saying on local elections as well but in red state like Texas with blue cities and counties , the amount of bullshit the State throws at local governance is wild. I guess the point of developing a stronger local ground game is important but it's pretty disheartening.
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Comment on Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the cost of civility-theater liberalism in ~society
canekicker (edited )Link ParentMan I did not express myself clearly on this. We all have lines that cannot be crossed and I too would include LGBT and reproductive rights in the values I would not compromise on. However I was...Man I did not express myself clearly on this. We all have lines that cannot be crossed and I too would include LGBT and reproductive rights in the values I would not compromise on. However I was thinking about the purity test of the economic left who are critical of more center left capitalists or when Bernie bros attacked Warren in the 2020 primaries. I think of people like Marie Perez who won in a Trump district as an example of someone who is scrutinized for her views despite being pretty on board with a lot of more progressive ideas. Though any general statement is sufficient broad so I hear your pushback.
At the same time, the margins for public opinion on trans issues is razor thin. I bring this up not because I want to sacrifice a group I'm not a part of but because it's part of the nightmare reality we live in and I'm still looking for an "and/both" strategy that can work for places like where I'm from.
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Comment on Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the cost of civility-theater liberalism in ~society
canekicker Link ParentTo be clear, when I was referring to purity tests I was thinking more about the broader perspective of some uncompromising leftists and their ire at the center left. It was more of a...To be clear, when I was referring to purity tests I was thinking more about the broader perspective of some uncompromising leftists and their ire at the center left. It was more of a generalization though obviously any broad generalization would include your specific circumstances.
I also agree with your criticism as well, that it's easier to present these hypothetical when Klein isn't affected by these circumstances. At the same time I do agree in pushing for more progressive candidates and policies and do so in my voting habits. However I vote in a place where this isn't a winning strategy and won't be until a cultural shift occurs which ,while once believed to be years away, now feels decades off. I think part of the problem is the self segregation we're doing these days means we simply can't move the needle like we used to. I may be wrong but progressive candidates didn't do well in 2024 which certainly is disheartening.
While I vote in a very red state, I live in the bluest city in America. Candidates here can easily be outflanked and pushed from the left , but a moderate Dem where I vote doesn't have a chance in hell in the general election ,even with the shittiest senator in the union. At this point my vote is purely aspirational. So I get your frustration and empathize with you and do not think the trade off is acceptable. But right now the margins are so thin and the voting districts so gerrymandered that I really don't know what an effective strategy looks like before the mid terms. Maybe an effective Mamdani mayoralship will help change people's minds but NYC is such a unique thing that can't be replicated.
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Comment on Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the cost of civility-theater liberalism in ~society
canekicker (edited )LinkI've found the anti-Klein backlash starting with "Abundance", to the Kirk op-ed, to the excellent new discussion with Ta-Nehesi Coates (which everyone should listen to in full rather than through...I've found the anti-Klein backlash starting with "Abundance", to the Kirk op-ed, to the excellent new discussion with Ta-Nehesi Coates (which everyone should listen to in full rather than through clips) to be exhausting. It's so much the product of these times where information/content, reaction, and reaction to the reaction, occur simultaneously. We no longer have the ability to evaluate the original source, sit with it, and come to our own conclusions when the algorithm is pumping us with hot takes before we have a chance to find the actual source.
This piece is certainly not the worst but it feels in the same vein and will be used as bludgeon by people who fail to read past the headline and actually process what was written. Like I'm a Klein fan and even though I disagree with some of his takes or wish he pushed harder on certain guests, but when the author says:
The best moments in liberal modernity, by contrast, have tried to reset the moral grammar: The Reconstruction Amendments, Brown v. Board, and the Civil Rights Act recast public life around equal protection, dignity before hierarchy. To say “we argue here, we do not shoot” is a minimum. The question is what is being argued for, and what a platform helps along.
It seems to miss the point that these things are only accomplished when you have the political and/or cultural power to do so and right now the left is getting curb stomped. During the discussion with Coates, it becomes very clear that Klein is interested in discussing strategy while Coates is more focused on context and morality, neither of which are wrong. Tbh, I found myself agreeing with Coates on nearly everything he said but fundamentally, the problem is power and the inability for the left to form an effective coalition to combat the current shithole we're living in.
On a personal note, I've heard the point from friends that one of the frustrating parts of Klein these days is the fact that he's basically saying certain strongly held beliefs aren't worthy policy goals (see his comment about fielding anti-abortion "Dems" in red states or his discussion with Sarah McBride on trans women in sports) or the fact that his coalition building strategies inevitably will lead to people getting left behind or at worst sacrificed. But what I'm failing to hear are actual actionable strategies we can implement now to reduce the suffering from this shitshow of an authoritarian administration. Like sure, Klein should have gone harder on Kirk, he should have pushed back harder on Shapiro (to be fair, this author doesn't mention that the Shapiro interview was recorded before Kirk was killed), Klein should push back harder in general and I want universal healthcare, taxes on billionaires, a stronger social safety net, and stronger protections for minority groups. But when one party is filled with boot licking "whatever daddy trump says" supporters who cosign everything he does, seeing the infighting and purity tests on the left is absolutely infuriating, particularly when the largest part of the coalition is led by two out of touch idiots with no spine and no strategy.
edit: Update as I wrote this very late. When I was referring to purity tests, I was referring to the diversity of opinion on what I would consider "the left". In a saner country, we'd live in multi party system but instead we have this idiotic two party system that groups ideologies that arguably shouldn't be grouped together in an unnatural binary, leading to infighting between factions and views being used as a cudgel. Things like foreign policy (Gaza, Ukraine, foreign aid), women's health and reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, policing, race relations, domestic infrastructure, housing affordability, living wage, climate change, gun control, etc : there's always something to fight about.
I'm trying harder and still likely failing to ease up on those more closely aligned with the center left because we're living in hellish times and it's not clear to me that we've reached the bottom. I won't deny that for many, this has always been the case in America. I get that the status quo potentially maintained under a Harris administration isn't good enough and who demand progress should not have to wait. But at this point, not even a year into Trump 2 and it's clear that the idea that things couldn't get worse is wrong. There's always a new floor, there's always a new bottom. Maybe it's my preferred way to cope but I'm finding more comfort these days in discussion over strategy.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts – Power, paranoia, and orbital tungsten rods
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Comment on Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them. in ~tech
canekicker Link ParentI think a lot has changed since the early 00s and now. We had the opportunity to explore these awful spaces at our own leisure with more off-ramps available to us. Now, algorithmically driven...I think a lot has changed since the early 00s and now. We had the opportunity to explore these awful spaces at our own leisure with more off-ramps available to us. Now, algorithmically driven consumption mainlines this shit into everyone's brains and the line between online/offline lives is basically non-existent.
At it's core, this is a cultural values issue but until we can as a society can figure out what the fuck we're doing, these interventions make sense in the light of the fact this child was already in therapy for depression/self harm, withdrawing while expressing hateful and suicidal thoughts, and buying a knife with "death' inscribed on it. To me, this is more than just an edgy teen and to hear medical staff state he's a moderate/high risk of suicide, being involuntary committed ( I'd argue this characterization wouldn't apply for a 14 yo) makes sense. Sure there there's embarrassment and the possibility this will follow him around but the alternative seems far worse and if he continues to get help, I can see this as an important moment in his life that informs his world view versus a burden or blemish.
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Comment on Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them. in ~tech
canekicker LinkThis was a particularly difficult read given the age of the victim. These horrid spaces have existed online for quite a while but the speed and reach is something that is relatively new and even...This was a particularly difficult read given the age of the victim. These horrid spaces have existed online for quite a while but the speed and reach is something that is relatively new and even the term "Nihilistic Violent Extremism" or NVE appears to have been coined earlier this year. Violence as an aesthetic, violence for the sake of violence, like... the fuck are we doing. My mind always goes to my friends who have kids who are about to reach this age who are so unaware of these threats that their children are about to face.
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Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them.
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Comment on Nick Fuentes breaks with US President Donald Trump and MAGA over Jeffrey Epstein in ~society
canekicker (edited )Link ParentYup and it's still the case. There was nothing more infuriating to me than leaving up a bad faith, barely compliant comment but having to take down all the good but rule breaking rebuttals,...There were right wing people who were willing to put in so much work to make sure their gish gallop stayed within the letter of the rules and trying to counteract their bullshit was exhausting.
Yup and it's still the case. There was nothing more infuriating to me than leaving up a bad faith, barely compliant comment but having to take down all the good but rule breaking rebuttals, usually for a lack of sourcing or addressing the user. It'll be the case with that subreddit until something drastic changes as all these ass holes employ the same tactic and anyone who tries to participate in a productive and good faith way will get burned out, myself included.
edit: In all my years of modding, not once did anyone respond to one of my removals with this. Like that's just how shitty some of these Redditors are.
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Comment on Nick Fuentes breaks with US President Donald Trump and MAGA over Jeffrey Epstein in ~society
canekicker (edited )Link ParentYup, nothing "happened" but I have strong feelings so this will be a long one. If anyone spent time in the subreddit or it's sister subreddit /r/neutralpolitics over the last 5 years, I should be...Yup, nothing "happened" but I have strong feelings so this will be a long one. If anyone spent time in the subreddit or it's sister subreddit /r/neutralpolitics over the last 5 years, I should be somewhat familiar and apologize for removing your comment. I should have let all that shit fly to burn down the place. Here's the core of my issue: there's a complete inability and unwillingness to adapt procedures. When Reddit was smaller and there good faith discourse was more common, those processes worked but now, the bad faith is so easy and too common.
The rules are so ill-equipped to handle the bullshit and shitty rhetorical tactics mostly coming from the right. To be honest, some mods care more about keeping it open to these people because they represent a political perspective (a fucking shitty one) than trying to make the place more welcoming to users acting in good faith. Why worry about the 80% when you can do everything to protect the 20% who make everyone's life worse? Any proposed change had to come about by overhauling the already complicated rule system, which required reworking procedures, pointless deliberation, and sometimes multiple votes. For example, the rules for how a new source is added? That was created by me and you know why it was created? Because I couldn't ban some fuckwad user who kept finding loopholes in our source standard to post bullshit. The only reason we made any progress on that fucko was because I threatened to quit. We also had a run in with niche crack pot Michael Harrop aka MaxamillianKohler and as the only person on the team with a background who could see through Harrop's bullshit, I argued multiple times for his ban but was denied. You know how Harrop was "solved"? He was banned from all of Reddit. Note, Harrop tried to come here and was basically banned on sight. THAT'S HOW YOU FUCKING DO IT. The fact that Reddit, a place well known for tolerating pedophilia and Qanon-cultist, found Harrop more reprehensible than members of that mod team speaks volumes. Every other reasonable subreddit just banned these users, but no, we couldn't because of "wE ArE rElucTanT to BaN uSerS". Honestly, it's a perfect place to nazi bar and I'm hoping it happens one day.
As a mod who did the fucking vast majority of work (I want to say it was like mid 80% of mod actions for long stretches) on both subreddits for years, it fucking takes a toll on you and anytime I tried to solve an issue, I had to contort my thinking to try to get something passed. This type of mindset fucks up your thinking and solutions and never the simple or obvious one. It destroys your spirit and the veteran mods do not support you and if anything, make your life harder. I joined around a time where we had quite a few new active mods and they all burned out and became inactive long before I quit. I know for a fact that three of these mods just got tired of dealing with the bullshit without support. I was harassed multiple times in DMs, harassed in the comment section, and I had a user literally calling for my sterilization. No support, no updating of the rules, no ability to permaban users without a vote. Just suck it up, it's part of the "job". And when I left, I got a response from one of them that basically was "sorry you feel this way". It's why I deleted everything in my old account and when I saw my comments/posts weren't being deleted properly, I just nuked my Reddit account because I want nothing to do with that place and I want to destroy anything I ever contributed to it. So yea, fuck that place. Fuck some of those mods.
TL;DR - Modding is hard. Modding a political subreddit is even harder. Modding a subreddit where other mods stick their head in the sand or work against you? IMPOSSIBLE
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Comment on Nick Fuentes breaks with US President Donald Trump and MAGA over Jeffrey Epstein in ~society
canekicker (edited )LinkSome meta commentary on this publication from someone who used to mod a subreddit (side note, fuck that place) focused on higher quality news. There's been a few sites, namely Latin Times, Irish...Some meta commentary on this publication from someone who used to mod a subreddit (side note, fuck that place) focused on higher quality news. There's been a few sites, namely Latin Times, Irish Star, and The Daily Boulder that seem to exist to churn low quality, high engagement, left biased rage bait. Throw in contributor networks from notable publications like HuffPo and Forbes as well as general decline in legacy publications like Newsweek and the whole media landscape is turning to shit and the good stuff is all behind paywalls.
Like do I believe what this article is somewhat accurate? Absolutely and Latin Times is better than it's sister site Irish Star and light years ahead of Daily Boulder but to me, they all have questionable journalistic standards and low credibility. While this singular article is probably ok, I tend to take everything from these outlets with a grain of salt. That said, fuck Nick Fuentes and that whole alt right/racist influence sphere. I hope they never find peace and live a long life suffering proportionally to the harm they cause
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Comment on The America Party in ~society
canekicker (edited )LinkGet me off this fucking ride. I literally just looked up to see if I qualify for citizenship in my parents country of birth and turns out, I do so going to keep that in mind going forward. This...- Exemplary
Get me off this fucking ride. I literally just looked up to see if I qualify for citizenship in my parents country of birth and turns out, I do so going to keep that in mind going forward. This "America Party" is just perfectly summed up in this thread a friend shared with me from David Roberts
Tech bros get frustrated with politics, which involves painstaking, often frustrating communication & compromise with other people who have different backgrounds & perspectives, so their approach is always to wish it away....But it's as true now as ever: the choices are frustrating, slow, unsatisfying democracy ... or tyranny. And no matter how much you think you may have found the perfect tyrant or tyrant class, sorry, we've run this experiment a few times & the results are pretty clear: it doesn't work out.
Like absolutely fuck white nationalist and Nazi salute throwing Elon Musk. Fuck AAPI hate apologist and fucking loser "politician"Andrew Yang. Fuck Mark Cuban and The Mooch.
Maybe America needs to learn that the billionaire class doesn't give a fuck about it and have and always will be in it for their own self interests. Relying on billionaires to 'save us' is fucking insane given how they've always throw us under the bus if it keeps the line going up. Musk isn't some politically homeless centrist, he's a fucking racist / possible white nationalist whose fucking mad his shit cars are now less attractive and desperately wants to be loved. He's a child who's mad he can't eat ice cream before finishing his veggies.
Sure, maybe this will make a dent in the 2026 midterms of 2028, though Trump not being on the ticket for either will likely do more, but the fact that margins are so thin any thing backed by this kind of money and Elon's personality cult has a real chance of making shit a lot worse for a lot of people.
Side note, this whole thing is perfect for the left to seize upon to maybe put aside their stupid fucking internal conflicts and maybe develop a coherent strategy to capitalize on the insanity of the movement we're all living in. Just finished this good opinion piece breaking down the flaws of abundance vs populism. For all this talk of mutual aid, you'd think left populists would put aside their purity tests and you know, FUCKING TRY TO BUILD A COALITION TO ACCUMULATE POWER while the abundance left can start, I don't know, FUCKING ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS THE INSANE INEQUALITIES THAT EXIST IN THIS SHIT HOLE COUNTRY.
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Comment on Suspect in Minnesota attacks is detained, ending manhunt in ~society
canekicker (edited )LinkI've been following this whole situation kind of closely, not just because it's an awful situation but because the speed and stupidity in the response from the right is as astounding as it is...- Exemplary
I've been following this whole situation kind of closely, not just because it's an awful situation but because the speed and stupidity in the response from the right is as astounding as it is disgusting. I've seen it all over Reddit, including in a place I used to mod (aside, fuck that place) and I wanted to provide sources about what I've found about this piece of shit with the caveat that we may learn more in the future
- Started his own security firm however, NPR has investigated these claims and cannot verify the full legitimacy of this security firm and it's now pretty likely it was an aspiration rather than an actual functioning company. It appears he worked primarily food services and recently was delivering bodies to morgues.
Boelter himself appears to have no history working in law enforcement, the military or private security.
...one long-time friend described parts of Boelter's narrative about his life as "fantasy."....NPR found no record of the firm having clients or providing any services. A call to the company's phone number connected to what appears to be a private phone line, not a business. The address listed in incorporation papers appeared to be that of a law firm specializing in divorce litigation.
There are also claims that he has multiple advanced degrees from Cardinal Stritch University, which closed in 2023. I question the veracity of these claims since the place is closed and this fucker has a history of lying and possibly over stating his successes.
- Evangelical "who opposed abortion and went to church “every Sunday”. He also went on missions to Congo and delivered multiple sermons there, stating in clips that "Many churches in America didn’t listen to Jesus. They’re divided...The churches are so messed up, they don’t know abortion is wrong, many churches.” This makes his targeting of pro-choice advocates and abortion clinics more "understandable". Additional information reveals he studied practical theology at charismatic bible college. For those who are not familiar with this style of evangelicalism:
Charismatic Christians believe in supernatural, spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit such as speaking in tongues, prophets and divine healing.
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He was appointed to a MN workforce board, including an appointment under Walz. However, despite the assertions by idiots on the right, this appears to be an apolitical board that includes people "on the opposite end of the political spectrum from Walz" and the board doesn't interact with governor on a regular basis. I have questions about why the shooter was on this board if things like his security business are not as they seem
Boelter’s friend and roommate David Carlson told reporters on Saturday that Boelter voted for President Donald Trump and was a “strong supporter” of the president but was “hardly ever talking about politics lately.”
- Random tidbit but maybe something useful to demonstrate knowledge on the material, his name is pronounced like "belter"
“The ‘o’ is silent,” Boelter said."
He described Boelter as “the gun type,” saying he liked to go shooting at the range. But he said he never thought he would use guns to hurt people.
- Probably fits more into his conspiracy theories but in his ramblings, had mentioned killing Sen. Klobuchar and having Walz replace her? I'm sure the right will seize on this to make him seem like he's on the left.
Despite the right spreading this stupid false narrative, what appears to NOT be the case is
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Boelter was not a close ally of Walz nor was he an appointee in the way a chief of staff or Attorney General may be
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There isn't any evidence at this point that Boelter is a Democrat. Instead there's a longer history demonstrating the opposite
Boelter was registered as a Republican when he lived in Oklahoma in the early 2000s...The DFL also shared a survey response from Boelter in 2012 saying he would vote for Republicans down the ticket...
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Boelter voted in the March 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary, according to records obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune
- Boelter's wife was not an intern. In typical right wing fashion, they can't seem to understand that multiple people can have the same name. This appears to be more AI slop
The Walz intern is a different person who appears to be married to someone else, the spokesperson said.
Grok, X’s AI bot, said Vance Boelter’s wife, Jennifer, worked at CentraCare. St. Cloud-based CentraCare indeed does employ a doctor named Jennifer Boelter. However, she is not married to Vance Boelter.
- There's no evidence suggesting Boelter did this because of the removal of health care from undocumented adults, in fact evidence suggests the opposite
Boelter also shot and injured Hoffman and his wife, even though Hoffman, unlike Hortman, voted against the bill to remove health coverage.
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Conspiratorial and appears to be a prepper.
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Struggling financially and it appears a lot of his ambitions never came to fruition. My personal view is Boelter is a "i have a plan" loser. You know the type, the ones who keep talking about grand ambitions but have neither the competency or ability to actually work on making those things come true. If he did any of the things he claimed he did, like "400 farmers and 500 fishermen and hoped to develop a network of 1,000 female motorcycle taxis in Congo", his resume would look completely different.
edit : final update
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Comment on How one company secretly poisoned the planet in ~science
canekicker (edited )LinkPersonal opinion as someone who understands and has quite a bit of experience working in the drinking water industry and discussing regulatory compliance. Note I'm not disputing the health risks...- Exemplary
Personal opinion as someone who understands and has quite a bit of experience working in the drinking water industry and discussing regulatory compliance. Note I'm not disputing the health risks related to PFAS but instead critical of EPA's regulatory approach discussed at the end of the video.
EPA recently announced changes to PFAS regulation which has upset some environmental groups. One thing I want to point out is the PQL or practical quantitation level aka the lowest value defined by the EPA that can be reliably measured is 4 parts per trillion (ppt), which is equal to the PFOS MCL aka maximum contaminant level which means if PFOS is detected using method 537.1 a water system is in violation. Note most MCLs are orders of magnitude higher in the range of parts per billion rather than parts per trillion. This is very much a classic example of "dose makes the poison" but on an absolute level, detecting something at the PPT, particularly PFAS is extremely challenging as chance of cross contamination for a near ubiquitous substance is quite high. I've collected this stuff before and while I was confident in my technique, it is stressful in ways other water samples are not.
Note as well that EPA's own presentation on treatment technologies (PDF) cites this paper whose results may not be effective at low concentrations which begs the question how effective are treatment options at levels closer to the MCL and for the amount of water some mid sized cities/water systems are able to produce. Take Omaha, NE which pushes out 90 MGD a day : how is it feasible for them to achieve compliance at this scale?
Another thing the video doesn't discuss is the fact that removal =/= destruction and what may end up happening is the creation of concentrated PFAS wastestreams from water filtration processes: filtration plants need to get rid of this stuff but how? Incinerators are hit or miss as if the critical temps aren't met, then you end up creating a PFAS plume in what you're burning off. You can't just dump this stuff in a landfill either, you just create another environmental disaster in waiting.
Note as well is this whole video talks about the role of Dupont and 3M but where is the federal action against these individuals? Why are water/wastewater systems being regulated for a problem they did not create? We're regulating a few dozen PFAS compounds when thousands exist, how effective is this decision by the EPA? My question is always, what viable actions are available to water systems? So far, my question has yet to be answered.
Generally speaking I'm a huge fan of the EPA, I've built my career around understanding their decisions but this PFAS one made zero sense in the context of reality. The same goes with some of the provisions found in the former Lead and Copper Rule Revisions and the recent Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. Based on my conversations with EPA employees and other federal government officials, it appears that EPA has a lack of real world perspectives informing decisions and instead of talking to medium or small water systems about their concerns and difficulties, they're more willing to listen to shit "advocacy" groups like EWG whose objectives and goals don't really align with water systems overall goal of providing safe drinking water.
TL;DR edit - Here are my concerns and why imo, EPA fucked this one up
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What technologies effectively remove PFAS for systems who produce at a level of 10s of MGD per day? So far I've seen none
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What is the benefit of single digit ppt reductions of PFAS for systems with low detectable PFAS levels? Does the money and environmental impact of installing treatment methods for single level actual offer benefits over known benefits like infrastructure improvement projects or source water protection efforts
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What technologies exist to eliminate PFAS, not just destroy it? So far it's just sequestering/removal which is an environmental justice disaster waiting to happen
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Where is the action on PFAS producers? Why isn't the government pursuing action against 3M and Dupont and using the penalties to fund remediation projects for water systems? Why does this fall on utilities hands? I mean I think we all know why but this is the biggest issue I have.
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100 Slaps: The breaking news the games industry ignored in 2024
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Deception, lies, and Valve - Valve's role in CS gambling
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The United States of beer, mapsplained - Phil Edwards (former Vox) explains the history of beer in America
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How the news broke on X. The epistemology of an assassination attempt.
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Really into a couple of shows at this point. Task is fantastic and solves a lot of the issues I had with the writer's first big hit Mare of Easttown, namely unnecessary side stories and twists that only add to artificially inflate suspense.
Also watching The Lowdown which is created by Sterlin Harjo of Reservation Dogs fame. Really good so far and has a nice comedic neo-noir feel.