15 rumors we've investigated about Tesla
From fatality rates to a Roadster in space, we've looked into a range of claims about the American car manufacturer.
St. Patrick was originally from Roman Britain, not Ireland
According to the saint's autobiography, raiders kidnapped him from his birthplace in Britain and forced him to work as a slave in Ireland.
Why are shamrocks associated with St. Patrick's Day?
As with many holiday symbols, the plant's significance is steeped in legend.
Yes, this photo shows NYC from space shortly after 9/11
"We were looking at NY around the time of, or shortly after, the collapse of the second tower," an astronaut wrote in his journal.
This Icelandic rock formation genuinely resembles an elephant's head
The natural geological feature was formed by volcanic activity and erosion.
Breaking down Trump's claim the government spent millions on 'making mice transgender'
Snopes traced the origin of the claim: a conservative-led advocacy group called White Coat Waste.
Trump said, 'They rigged the election, and I became president.' Here's the full quote
He made the comment during a news conference with FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
Meet Markers
For the next step in the Ethical Revolution, we are learning about markers, or labels, that denote more ethical products. Sam goes through a bunch he thinks "you can probably trust" with a short blurb on each describing what they cover, and their limitations. Some are UK-specific. Of the international ones, there is B Corp, Cradle to Cradle, Cruelty Free, FairTrade Foundation, Fair Tax Mark, Forest Stewardship Council, Global Organic Textiles Standard, Orangutan Alliance, PETA-Approved, Rainforest Alliance, TCO Certified (for IT products). Although noting some labelling schemes may amount to greenwashing, Sam didn't name names on those.
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TCO Certified was most interesting to me because I had not heard of any certification for IT products before. It is quite new. Interesting that there are many different models of computer from major brands certified, but the only smartphone are is the Fairphone. tcocertified.com/product-finde…
Meet Markers - Ethical Revolution
Join me in taking step M, “Meet Markers”, in the A-Z of simple steps to a better world: Making use of ethical accreditations.Ethical Revolution
A video about our first few days on the road in our motorhome: videos.trom.tf/w/5XT3pQdsFVQmR…
Here we went from Estartit, Spain, to Delta de l'Ebre. Unfortunately we lost a bunch of footage and didn't have the best experience in the big delta, but this was only the start of our journey :)
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Thank you Nicholas for the 15 Euros donation! And this message:
Thank you especially to Alexio and Rokosun for listening to me and letting me vent on Matrix/Element. Fuck this trade-based system, the game we have to play, and the fact that we have to sell ourselves for who knows how long!
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We have started our journey and lost most of our footage.... - videos.trom.tf/w/5XT3pQdsFVQmR…
These are the first days on the road for us, and the experience was not the best. We went to Deltebre, a very weird place...we were so happy to move away from it. But we also experienced some nice other places on the way there.
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How do you recover from corporate burn out?
I realized I hit a wall at work after I spent 2 weeks spontaneously gagging during meetings. Things are worse than I care to admit.
I'm so burnt out I don't even know who I am anymore. I feel like I put my head down in August and lost 7 months to 60h work weeks. Everything is blurry.
How do you recover?
Dat ons extreemrechtse kabinet geen enkel probleem heeft met een PVV staatssecretaris die haar master bij elkaar heeft gefraudeerd, dat verbaast niemand.
Maar WTF, waarom geeft Erasmus University Rotterdam haar de kans om een nieuwe scriptie te schrijven?
Dit is geen satire, de helft van haar scriptie bestaat echt uit plagiaat.
Satire is dood in dit land. Hoe valt hier nog een grap van te maken, of iets aan te overdrijven? Je kunt wel proberen om er de spot mee te drijven, maar de werkelijkheid is gewoon nog erger.
Vicky Maeijer schrijft dat het feit dat ze fraude heeft gepleegd (en niet zo'n beetje ook) "een enorme klap voor haar persoonlijk" is.
De Calimero-fasciste schrijft verder dat ze de scriptie graag eh, over wil schrijven, omdat ze toen ze stiekem andere scripties overschreef ook al zo graag haar papiertje wilde halen met "hard werken volgens de regels", alleen eh, had eh, IEMAND daarbij "grote fouten gemaakt". "Een enorme klap"!
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