Depends. You’ll need to check the package.
Only a few of them are 100% biodegradable, with bristles made from animal hair, vegetable oil or straw.
Most of the bamboo toothbrushes have bristles made from recycled nylon, so those aren’t 100 biodegradable, but they are still produced a lot more environmentally friendly than plastic toothbrushes.
Ønsker vi energitæthed?
Det er lettere for russerne at afbryde ét atomkraftværk end at angribe de 5000 vindmøller og 150000 solcelleanlæg, som vi har i øjeblikket.
It doesn’t seem so.
The actual interview referenced in the article is somewhat longer: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html
From what I can gather there are at least 3 reasons to end it earlier:
It was always planned to have an end date. This was set before they even knew what they’re were going to do. They now have a clear plan, where they can say “a human life can be saved for this amount of dollars”, so they don’t need to wait for anything.
Bill Gates criticizes post-life foundations, stating that they’re in risk of getting eaten by administration costs. I don’t know about that, but it appears that he doesn’t trust others to as good a job as he wants to do himself.
Warren Buffett is doubling the contributions for the foundation, but only for as long as Bill and Melinda are alive. Gates is 69 years old, so blowing it all in 20 years seems to be a realistic timeframe if they want to take full advantage of Warren Buffett’s pledge.
Ah shit, I thought it was OC. Whatever. The bar is pretty low, huh?
And? What happens next?
I acknowledge your feeling at this moment. However, politics are decisions about the future. Will you welcome them then? Will you accept their votes on your side at the next election?
They’re misled idiots for sure, but there’s no benefits in keeping them in that position just out of spite.
Go to the singles park on a bicycle. Ride somewhere with cute single girls in your area. Fall on the bicycle and hurt your knee. Wait for help. If the cute girls don’t help, they’re probably not that nice. Phew, you just saved a bullet there.
Is it this kind of stupid methods you want?
Okay, buy a shitload of oranges. Put them in a bag. Cut a hole in the bag, so it barely keeps together. Go to the park and find the cute girls again. Give the bag a firm shake so it falls apart and the oranges start rolling all over the place. Look sad. Attempt to pick up the oranges but keep dropping some, until they come and help.
Now for the next one, you will need to get out of your comfort zone. Go to the grocery store. Find the laundry detergent isle. Keep staring at the products until a cute single girl comes by. Look confused. Say to her: “excuse me, I’m really confused about all these, which one are you getting?” Eventually thank her for help and turn the conversation into something else " I’m new in this town, do you know any other great places to get laundry detergents (or whatever)"
Oh, I forgot to mention, you need to be wearing a suit or at least a blazer and proper shoes. None of the above will work very well if you look like a hobo who washes with a toilet brush.
The freight prices need to be changed. It’s unacceptable low.
It’s just not reasonable to get free shipping when buying “dollar store” items from the opposite side of the globe in individual packages. The environment is paying for this shit.
On long trips you need a break. I don’t need a break on my daily commute. To me, never having to stop at gas stations is one of the key benefits of driving electric.
The larger downsides are mentioned in the article. Gas stations, charger sites and potential swapping sites all require massive investments in land, infrastructure and idle batteries. And they still experience shortcomings in peak periods. The idea of driving somewhere and stopping there for refueling is probably the least efficient method of distributing energy. I’m sure the gas station companies will gladly push for this method and it will be nice to have the option, but I will always prefer not having to go there at all.
For long drives, where you do need a break, the fast chargers are quick enough. Cutting the waiting from 15 minutes to 5 minutes is really not worth the investment.
Headline ends in a question mark. The answer is no.
Battery swapping is a nice option for certain types of vehicles and locations, and battery standards would be great too, but I doubt it will replace home charging anytime soon. It has all the downsides of gas stations, as stated in the article.
Perhaps it makes sense in a couple of car-generations if batteries eventually get really big, like 5000 km range or something.
Coffee dispenser at work. It acts up like it’s a printer. Replace left cartridge. Replace right cartridge. Cleaning required. Thorough cleaning required. Unknown leak. Heating water please wait. Unknown error. Fuck that, I’ll piss in a cup myself if I don’t get my coffee now.
Then there’s also the towel roll thing in the toilets. I swear it’s stuck for longer time than it’s functioning. It’d be a full time job keeping that rolling throughout the day
According to the source, he didn’t saturate it.
I drive by something like that daily. Some days it does look like that, but it mostly looks like a regular manure field. Capturing it on camera is a matter of timing.
It’s a different culture altogether, where a job is expected"for life", which also makes it difficult to quit a job. People are literally hiring other people to deliver their resignation notices because it’s impossible to do in person.
Unions are gangs. Companies are gangs. Any group of people larger than 2 is a gang.
The difference is that unions are democratic, while companies (and criminal gangs) are top down hierarchy.
Perhaps it’s time to remind people that the date of celebration of labour day in most of the world on May 1st. was chosen to commemorate the American Haymarket affair in 1886.
It’s going to fluctuate a lot on it’s way down.
The people who bought it for a high price will also buy at lower prices to get a better average in total. These kinds purchases will increase the price for no other reason and self fulfill the option to sell the total at a slightly higher average than rock bottom. It’s a (risky) way to cut the losses. Many people are probably still holding on to the overpriced stocks. With these things combined, existing investors can maintain an artificial high price. However, unless new investors start buying, it’ll slowly but steadily lose value over time as existing investors manage to seep out.
Not a hoopy frood.
I feel like I have seen that number a dozen times before, maybe more. It’s impossible to tell.
Yeah they do.
So does Hollywood.
Minecraft would have been better with a no-name actor as Steve. It would still suck, but at least it wouldn’t also be a Jack Black movie.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Jack Black; He plays an excellent role as Jack Black in movies where Jack Black does Jack Black things like the famous Jack Black falsetto, which is funny.
He’s no Steve, though. Steve is an anonymous character and very much not a famous celebrity. Any random person off the street would have been a better cast.
It was written by the sister. It’s what she thought he would have said, and it was her victim statement.
The AI made it into a video.