Folding Ideas always has great content, and this is no different. You never can guess what the next topic will be, but it's always fascinating. I really appreciate the productive cynicism Dan...
Folding Ideas always has great content, and this is no different. You never can guess what the next topic will be, but it's always fascinating. I really appreciate the productive cynicism Dan displays.
As an aside, I'm not sure if it's just the algorithm for me, but I'm seeing more and more of these types of videos calling out and dissecting corporate/political propaganda in the past year or so, and I am all for it.
The amount and production quality of propaganda feels like it's increasing, so it's good to see people pushing back against it like this.
I thoroughly enjoyed that video, but I have no idea where this should be posted. It could be in ~finance, ~enviro, ~engineering, ~design, or even ~movies. So ~misc it is. The video is about this...
I now find myself wanting to learn more about this toxic pit problem. I was vaguely aware this happened, but it seems to be a bigger problem than I thought. I'm going to do some googling for a few...
I now find myself wanting to learn more about this toxic pit problem. I was vaguely aware this happened, but it seems to be a bigger problem than I thought. I'm going to do some googling for a few hours and update this comment once I've got the gist.
I haven't watched the linked video yet, but processing gold is pretty grim. https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/04/mercury-treaty-hope-child-gold-miners NGOs have been trying to shift people away...
I haven't watched the linked video yet, but processing gold is pretty grim.
There's a good film that I can't find at the moment showing some genuinely nasty chemicals being used with no PPE - lots of fumes and direct skin contact.
Folding Ideas always has great content, and this is no different. You never can guess what the next topic will be, but it's always fascinating. I really appreciate the productive cynicism Dan displays.
As an aside, I'm not sure if it's just the algorithm for me, but I'm seeing more and more of these types of videos calling out and dissecting corporate/political propaganda in the past year or so, and I am all for it.
The amount and production quality of propaganda feels like it's increasing, so it's good to see people pushing back against it like this.
I thoroughly enjoyed that video, but I have no idea where this should be posted. It could be in ~finance, ~enviro, ~engineering, ~design, or even ~movies. So ~misc it is.
The video is about this documentary.
I now find myself wanting to learn more about this toxic pit problem. I was vaguely aware this happened, but it seems to be a bigger problem than I thought. I'm going to do some googling for a few hours and update this comment once I've got the gist.
I haven't watched the linked video yet, but processing gold is pretty grim.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/04/mercury-treaty-hope-child-gold-miners
NGOs have been trying to shift people away from harmful methods for a while: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUY4CV50VQo
VICE has a useful short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KAOD6IZmE
There's a good film that I can't find at the moment showing some genuinely nasty chemicals being used with no PPE - lots of fumes and direct skin contact.