onceuponatimeinerebor:

dat-physics-gal:

froggiethelesbian:

I found a guide for a no tape, easy to unwrap wrapping tutorial to make Christmas a little more accessible, wish I just found it sooner

Could i not have seen that before Christmas? Anyway, queueing this for next december to save a life.

This is how they wrap surgical sets before sterilizing them (in a cloth not paper…god I wosh the cloth is a pain in the ass) except when they tuck the last bit in, they fold it over so the end is poking out of the box (like a pull tab).

ailelie:

kittydesade:

prismatic-bell:

bogleech:

solarpunkcast:

kurowrites:

squeeful:

tilthat:

TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.

via ift.tt

Yep.  It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime.  One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility. 

“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.

Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name

Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”

Patterson died 5 December 1995.

Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.

Happy Clair Cameron Patterson day!

Oh, hey, it’s almost Clair Cameron Patterson day!

hopefulmisanthrope:

mariacallous:

What’s bonkers to me as someone who’s been in insurance data for a long time is that I don’t think anyone has ever come to me looking for numbers around anesthesia expenditures.

Anyway, the American Society of Anesthesiologists recommends contacting your state legislature and your state’s insurance commissioner if you live in CT, NY, or MO.

(Anthem enjoyed a 24% increase in net profit margin this year over last).

h-isforhome:

who was the last person in ur family to farm as a source of living

i farm as my source of living

my parent(s) farmed when i was growing up

one of my grandparents is/was a farmer

one of my great grandparents is/was a farmer

one of my great great grandparents was a farmer

one of my great great great grandparents was a farmer

we had a farmer in the family but i don’t rmbr when

my family has been wealthy for centuries

nUaNcE

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