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Too much RGB? (www.reddit.com)

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This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/HadyKhan on 2024-11-30 22:42:14+00:00.

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The Polyhedron from Pathologic in modded Minecraft (www.reddit.com)

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The original was posted on /r/feedthebeast by /u/guitaristcj on 2024-11-30 23:08:07+00:00.

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Mods with Terraria like boss progression? (i.redd.it)

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The original was posted on /r/feedthebeast by /u/HeavensFour on 2024-11-30 21:53:27+00:00.

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Mix up the shoes (lemmy.ca)

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InHyuk Lee's new Spider Family update, new gold Venom (files.catbox.moe)

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https://x.com/inhyuklee/status/1862524681653309569

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TIL that when Mel Brooks put his handprint in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he put on an extra, prosthetic finger to imprint in the cement (www.cbsnews.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/wingsoverpyrrhia on 2024-12-01 00:50:09+00:00.

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Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar (apnews.com)

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Trump is oblivious to the fact that BRICS is now a bigger economy than the G7. The US is no longer an essential part of the global economy.

Increasing trade outside of the dollar is the only way countries can protect themselves from economic coercion by the US. In particular, China can obviously see that the US will go after them the same way they did with Russia. So, it would be suicide to agree to tie their global trade to the dollar.

Meanwhile, China also happens to be a bigger trade partner than the US for most of the world. So if it comes to choosing between the US and China, it's not really much of a choice. Especially given that China exports things people actually need, while the US barely has any manufacturing industry left accounting for less than 15% of the overall economy. The US is a big market, but it's not essential the way China is.

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Huyền Vi - Masew (www.youtube.com)

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Waste pickers battle for recognition at plastic treaty talks (www.rfi.fr)

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Between 20 and 34 million people are believed to work as waste pickers worldwide, playing a crucial role in recovering recyclable material. "We're the biggest business in the world," 54-year-old Maria Soledad Mella Vidal, a Chilean waste picker, told AFP. "We don't have money, infrastructure or machinery... but we are extremely proud because our contribution to the environment is real."

Representatives of nearly 200 nations are gathered in South Korea to agree on a landmark deal to curb plastic pollution that litters the planet.

Just nine percent of plastic is currently recycled globally. But estimates suggest over half of what is recycled is recovered by waste pickers.

Johnson Doe joined the sector at 16 in Ghana's capital Accra. "There was no formal job around, so the only work to do was to be a waste picker," he told AFP. Every day, the 39-year-old waits for waste trucks to arrive at one of the city's dumps so he can collect recyclable items for sale to an intermediary. He earns three dollars a day on average, "enough to sustain myself", he said. [...] "I love this job," he added. "But what we need is integration, respect and inclusion."

As observers, waste pickers can sit in on negotiations, but do not have the right to participate despite their direct experience with the problem. "If there is a discussion... we should be involved," Doe said.

Mella Vidal, the waste picker from Chile, is also an expert on plastics and wants a ban on single-use items, which is under discussion in the negotiations. She also wants a redesign of plastic products to facilitate recycling, giving the example of the pill strip for the paracetamol she is taking to combat a cold. "It's PS (polystyrene). It has no value in the market. And on top of that, there's a thin layer of aluminium stuck on top. It's an eco-design problem, like yoghurt pots," she said. [...] "No machine can replace the relationship between a waste picker and waste," she said. "A nail or a piece of glass can jam a sorting machine. Nothing stops us."

In 2022, a UN resolution recognised the contribution of waste pickers to the fight against plastic pollution, and the sector wants that enshrined in any deal in Busan.

They say it would open the door to legal recognition of their work. "A lot of people prejudge us. They think we're criminals or drug addicts," said Mella Vidal. The profession is also dangerous, exposing workers to toxic chemicals, poorly regulated work sites and even violence.

In 1992, 11 waste pickers were killed in Colombia by security guards who planned to sell their corpses to a medical school. A twelfth was able to escape and alert police. The crime shocked Colombia and helped galvanise a movement. The day the massacre was uncovered, 1 March, is now International Waste Pickers Day.

About 460,000 people now belong to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, a union whose members attend international meetings like the negotiations in Busan. Among their demands is better health protection given the toxic substances to which they are regularly exposed.

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5) is due to conclude on 1 December.

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crulevids (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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A collage of crows in various poses with the caption: "This is a crow appreciation post" An image of a crow walking with the caption "strut!" An image of a polite looking crow with the caption "this one looks so polite" A list at the center of the image that says: "Crows are: - beautiful - intelligent - sassy - amazing" An image of a crow flying with the caption "graceful af" An image of a crow with it's beak open with the caption"you too could yell 'CAAAAW' ominously nothing's stopping you" The remaining captions are without accompanying images: "Just look at them?!!" "a group of crows is a 'murder' how badass does that sound? very." "I just love crows." The image is watermarked as "@undeaderthanthou"