You Should Know

Earth Temperature Timeline ( xkcd.com )

This seems updated since I first found it years ago....

YSK: The Skin Deep web site catalogs personal hygiene products and cosmetics, each rated with a hazard/irritation score and per-ingredient details. ( www.ewg.org )

It's pretty great for finding a soap or sunscreen that will be easy on your body and the planet. Thanks, Environmental Working Group!

The ten stages of genocide ( www.hmd.org.uk )

Palestinians are at #8.

Staples plan is to recycle nearly everything — and pay their customers for it. ( www.thecooldown.com )

Check out the full list of what staples accepts now part of their expanded recycling programs....

YSK: There is a website (app too) that shows what political parties companies support (if any) ( www.goodsuniteus.com )

YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. ( www.aaa.com )

In the past, laminated glass was usually installed in the windshield, with side and rear windows being tempered only....

YSK The US Government has a Webpage for New Fathers to Find Dad Jokes ( www.fatherhood.gov )

YSK those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought ( arstechnica.com )

Many have microSD cards soldered to their circuit boards.

YSK: There is a firefox extension that redirects Youtube videos to Peertube ( addons.mozilla.org )

YSK: Targeted Ads are a Cybersecurity Risk ( avoidthehack.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11049489...

YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective" ( en.wikipedia.org )

"Systematic reviews of controlled clinical studies of treatments used by chiropractors have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain.[8] A 2011 critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews concluded that the data included in the study "fail[ed] to...

YSK: Pro Publica has a tool that lets you request documentation of why your health insurer denied your claim ( projects.propublica.org )

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/9208209

Former chemical engineer in the coal industry, urging B.C. municipalities to change the term natural gas to "fossil gas" ( www.cbc.ca )

"The term natural gas does not explicitly convey the fossil origins of such gas, leading to potential misunderstandings and hampering policy-making,"

Strong aurora borealis in the northern US this thursday ( www.gi.alaska.edu )

The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is predicting a geomagnetic storm for Wednesday and Thursday of this week (July 12th & 13th). Strong northern lights may be visible between 10 PM and 2 AM in parts of the northern US, especially from points of high elevation, clear views of the northern horizon and...

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