The Oder is a river originating from Czechia that runs through Poland and empties into the Baltic Sea. And it turns out it is heavily polluted by what is probably a chemical waste dump. It is so severe that from Wroclaw (mid south of Poland) to Szczezin (coast of Poland) tons of fish are now dead. That is about 400 km of river in which and directly near it everything has died.
This is a catastrophical ecological disaster. The sheer scope of it has to mean some kind of industry is behind it and whoever dumped it into the river is keeping quiet about it. Furthermore whoever is in charge of Polish water management have been really slow on the uptake and took way too long to inform Germany about it or, well, maybe any of the other countries connected to the Baltic Sea.
This will take years before the area will begin to recover from this. This happening and the matter it was handled is terrifying, horrifying and so, so bleak.
Not that it was needed, but yet more evidence that the mantra of âEveryone needs to tighten their belts and recycle more, etc!â is utter horse dooky; itâs corporations. Its always been corporations. Absolute carnage, in the name of profit above all.
Iâm so sorry to hear whats happened really, really hope they find who caused it, and hand them their backside on a plate.
The VA for Suyin Beifong in Legend of Korra, Anne Heche, has died following a car accident. Apparently she was DUI of some sort of drugs, which is also very tragic, really. Donât condone that, as she crashed into a home where a fire erupted and destroyed the home, with all of the tenantâs personal property.
Mental health can be really serious, and apparently sheâs also been struggling for a long time.
Got a present at work that I didnât want yesterday. (As a âthank youâ from management)
Was pretty annoyed that I had to drag it all the way home in this weather. Gave it to my mum - who I know would like it - today so I didnât have to just throw it away.
Mum made fun of me for being annoyed with the useless presents from work. Guess next time Iâll just put it somewhere someone else can find it on my way home.
And yes Iâve told work multiple times that I do not wish to get these presents as I find them annoying and useless. Using these exact words because being nice about it didnât work.
Excuse me for not caring about being socially acceptable on this one topic.
Thank you for explaining. I was so annoyed and angry with everything I just went to bed.
I have to give this reminder of the root cause of these corporate oopsies and why nobody will be imprisoned and the offending institution dismantled for not upholding standards set by laws worth less than the paper theyâre printed on.
Would be awsome if I were to actually be wrong for once.
Oh I donât blame you, worry not. I know what itâs like to live near a river thatâs been polluted by the neighbouring country. ( I live near the Westerschelde in the Netherlands, and recently thereâs been more and more evidence of it being polluted due to the Belgians dumping all manner of things in there. Itâs the river that Antwerp, one of their biggest ports lies along.) Thankfully weâve not had literal tons of dead fish , but yeah, itâll be a while before I go to the beach there againâŚ
Recent polling in the UK says that up to 40% of people are now saying that rioting in response to the incredible cost of living crisis that neither party is planning to do anything about is justified
Feeling like such a crappy dog owner today. The pair of them are dying to go for a walk down the park but itâs 29C out which will burn their paws⌠And to top it off a bill has gone out early so I only have enough dog food to last until Tuesday the earliest.
Iâm just going to stay out of any natural water source for a while. The danes were pumping raw sewage into the sea not long ago.
Only 40%? Thereâs that restrained, british stiff upper lip in action. âWhat would the neighbours thinkâ vs âAwright boyz! 'Ere we go! Waaaaaaaggghhhh!!!â
Big difference between saying that rioting is justified and actually engaging in the rioting. When push comes to shove, most people will probably just keep calm, carry on and try to scrape by on what they earn.
Iâm not sure what it would take to lift discontent to a point where widespread rioting actually occurs in this country.
really, really hope they find who caused it, and hand them their backside on a plate.
( It -is- responsible for quite a few things though.)