Please, hold on to this reality as long as you can.
Please, hold on to this reality as long as you can.
This, to me, is one of the biggest fallacies of tech companies claiming they care about sustainability goals. No matter the application, most of our hardware is made with materials that come from central Africa. Those mines and facilities are largely controlled by China. Whatever you think of China politically, you have to recognize that many of the sustainability disclosures that, say, Apple is making are premised on these mines self-reporting compliance with certain standards. In practice, miners are using outdated, poorly maintained equipment. Commonly, they’re using shovels and even their hands.
You can write all the cutesy reports you want with stock photos of green leaves, hands holding soil, and smiling “farmers.” Unless and until you’re directly funding better means of extracting raw materials like cobalt from the ground, companies’ claims about their commitment to ESG should be completely dismissed as nonsense.
Some sources:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-24/cobalt-mining-in-the-congo-green-energy/100802588
For a bounty hunter? Definitely. For shift supervisor at the run-down Walgreens on the shitty side of town in Des Moines next to a Matress Firm and the CBD shop? Less so.
Everybody’s out here asking who is Jeff, what is Jeff, but nobody’s asking how is Jeff.
Cats were worshipped in Ancient Egypt because the Egyptians thought they were funny. Gigantic cat head monuments were built underground in their honor.
Wait, now do Goose and Danny D.
Call me when they release the Frosted Giga-Wheat™, which is projected to be the size of Iceland and consists of approximately 5.15 billion wheats.
Yeah, but I think I have like half of those devices in a desk drawer.
Simply grab two toes and gradually spread them until the skin begins to tear. Repeat for each pair of toes.
In case anyone was curious about the full review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-zone-1989
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is an oppressive dictator who was responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses of any former Soviet State (which is a pretty damn high bar).
He is also an absolute cartoon character.
Well, this looks like a goddamn nightmare.
Always wondered what was in his fridge
Simmer down, Stick.
Yeah, this is pretty painful to watch. Trump is a piece of shit, but he’s way more forceful and even somewhat coherent. Meanwhile, Biden’s just above a whisper and is somewhere between stuttering and rambling.