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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not really, no. The Upper Midwest has poisoned lakes and also the best freshwater reservoirs in the country.

The GOP just choose to supply places like Flint from the poisoned ones because they're corrupt and don't give a shit about people who can't afford to kick in at least $1000 in legal bribes every election season and more between elections.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes I wish I could just use a magic wand. I'm glad there's safe water, and I'm horrified they make anyone use the unsafe stuff.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem in flint wasn’t that the water source was polluted, but rather that it was more acidic than the previous water supply. That wreaked havoc on the aging lead pipes in the community.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I'm no entomologist, but wouldn't increased acidity be caused by pollution of one sort or the other?

Also, the "aging lead pipes" bit us significant in itself and caused by politicians who would rather give tax break to the rich than fix basic infrastructure before it poisons people too.

Isn't water infrastructure the remit of the state rather than the city too anyway, like it is in Mississippi and Georgia where they're ALSO famously poisoning poor people, people of color and ESPECIALLY poor people of color?

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe the water was acidic from pollution, could be just the different source. Either way, they should have thought it out and could have treated the pH of the water. And sure, the aging infrastructure is bullshit. The entire thing was completely unnecessary too, basically Republicans who wanted to fuck people over out of hatred and spite, as far as I could tell. I don't think we're in disagreement there.