5 accidental ways we eat plastic and the shocking side effects
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
There is an extensive presence of plastic in our environment and food chain, and unintentionally ingesting it is becoming a significant worry. Here are several ways that people may unknowingly eat plastic: Fish and salt: Plastic garbage can be mistaken for food by fish in the water bodies, these fish eat plastic and it ultimately ends up on our plates. Microplastics may also reach the ocean and contaminate salt production operations.
[Read More]Address hunger, inequality, 105-year-old activist tells Tinubu
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Martina Birk
Ezeayaeche, the oldest presidential aspirant in the 2023 General Elections, under the platform of the African Action Congress, made the call at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. She particularly urged the Tinubu-led government to address the demands of Nigerian youths, expressed during the 10-day protests against hunger and bad governance. She emphasised the importance of respecting the freedom of speech and the right to protest, as enshrined in the constitutions of numerous countries, including Nigeria.
[Read More]Air Conditioning Is a Human Right
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
In 2011, the State of Texas convicted Larry McCollum of forgery, for passing a bad check. He was supposed to serve a short prison sentence of two years, then go home to his family. Instead, the conditions inside Texas prisons gave him a death sentence. He died of heat stroke—indoors.
Over 120,000 beds in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system do not have air conditioning, including the Hutchins State Jail near Dallas, where Mr.
[Read More]Art: Some Like Claptrap | TIME
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
TIME
October 15, 1951 12:00 AM GMT-5
“If people continue to live in stuffy homes,” says Louis Wijsenbeek, director of The Hague’s Municipal Museum, “it is hard to see how a man of use to us or to the world can develop.” Last week, in an exhibition called Kunst en Kitsch (Art and Claptrap), Director Wijsenbeek gave the public some pointers on what a well-appointed house should be. His Kunst living rooms had a few simple pieces of light-colored modern furniture, prints by Braque, Matisse and Leger.
[Read More]BBNaija 7: I p**d on the bathroom floor for Biggie's task -fake housemate Deji
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
In a viral clip of Showmax's vodcast with former Big Brother Naija housemate Elozonam, Deji recalled the one time Big Brother instructed him to request to be moved to the level two house. "All the tasks I was given by Big Brother, I actually executed properly. I remember that there was nothing to complain about so the rest room was so clean and what I did was I went there to pee on the floor, on the toilet seats,"
[Read More]Beef jerky bouquets are a thing and they're perfect for your meat-loving valentine
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
The Manly Man Company specializes in creating beef jerky "floral" arrangements. The company can make a beef bouquet, which they call a "broquet," that looks like daisies or roses, but its 100% meat and 100% edible. Each beef jerky bouquet arrives in a Manly Man pint glass. "The broquet is pre-arranged, sealed and packaged fresh in a stylish printed box. Our custom package design allows the bouquet to come fully assembled and easily slides out making it the ultimate gift experience,"
[Read More]Behind the Scenes at Team USA's Olympic Outfit Fitting
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Martina Birk
One of the first stops U.S. Olympians make when they arrive in Paris is the Team USA Welcome Experience, located about a 30-minute drive from the heart of Paris. Run by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, for Olympians, it’s like Christmas.
Every athlete is fitted for their opening- and closing-ceremonies attire and receives a duffel bag stuffed with shirts, shorts, pants, and everything else they might need in the Olympic Village.
[Read More]Bill Lawrence Admits He Teased a Scrubs Reunion So Youd Stop Asking About Ted Lass
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
The 'Bad Monkey' exec producer reveals how author Carl Hiaasen inspired the whimsical nature of 'Scrubs' and is the inspiration for Steve Carell's character in his upcoming HBO comedy
From a budgetary perspective alone, Bill Lawrence — the writer behind “Scrubs,” “Ted Lasso,” “Cougar Town” and “Shrinking” — shouldn’t have shot his new Apple TV+ series “Bad Monkey” in Florida.
[Read More]British-Nigerian actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje makes his directorial debut with the award-winning '
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Martina Birk
The latest chapter of the British-Nigerian actor's career begins with his directorial debut 'Farming', which he directs and stars in. Loosely based on Akinnuoye-Agbaje's life story, it tells the story of a London-born Nigerian child named Enitan who struggles with his identity after being intentionally placed in a white working-class home in hopes of giving him a brighter future. ''One of the most shocking social experiments in recent UK history involved the farming out of Nigerian children to white families in the 1960s,"
[Read More]BUILDING: Finish-Your-Own Houses | TIME
Posted on August 20, 2024
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| Martina Birk
For harried house hunters in 21 states across the southern tier of the U.S., the real estate ads seemed too good to be true: “Jim Walter Homes. Priced from $1,395. Nothing Down, 100% Financing!” But true they were. The houses were shell homes—frame dwellings completely finished on the outside, but with plumbing, heating, wiring and interior decorating left as unfinished business for the enterprising buyer. So enticing have they proved that, despite a general housing slump this year, the Jim Walter Corp.
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