"I know I'm artificial,
But don't put the blame on me,
I was raised with appliances,
In a consumer society."

I never realised that song was about #AI, sung from the AI perspective.

#PolyStyrene

"I know I'm artificial,
But don't put the blame on me,
I was raised with appliances,
In a consumer society."

I never realised that song was about #AI

#PolyStyrene

one of the largest fast food chains in the #UnitedStates, to stop using #polystyrene foam #packaging.

Plastic packaging, and specifically polystyrene foam, is commonly used for takeout containers. That's because it is lightweight and cheap to manufacture. However, polystyrene foam is also one of the worst forms of #PlasticPollution.

Because it's lightweight, polystyrene is carried through the environment by wind and water. It also takes centuries to decompose,

2/5

Occurrence and backtracking of #microplastic mass loads including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic #air

Few studies report the occurrence of microplastics (MP), including tire wear particles (TWP) in the marine #atmosphere, and little data is available regarding their size or sources. Here we present active air sampling devices (low- and high-volume samplers) for the evaluation of composition and MP mass loads in the marine #atmosphere. Air was sampled during a research cruise along the Norwegian coast up to Bear Island. Samples were analyzed with pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, generating a mass-based data set for MP in the marine atmosphere. Here we show the ubiquity of MP, even in remote Arctic areas with concentrations up to 37.5 ng m−3. Cluster of #polyethylene terephthalate (max. 1.5 ng m−3) were universally present. TWP (max. 35 ng m−3) and cluster of #polystyrene, #polypropylene, and #polyurethane (max. 1.1 ng m−3) were also detected. Atmospheric transport and dispersion models, suggested the introduction of MP into the marine atmosphere equally from sea- and land-based emissions, transforming the ocean from a #sink into a #source for MP.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39340-5#Abs1

It's not my area of expertise, but the word 'Pac-Man' in its title caught my eye. Published in #Nanoscale, researchers from Strathclyde, TU Dresden & University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, synthesize Pac-Man like particles to degrade #polystyrene microplastics. Like, actually gobble the microspheres!

Combining photocatalytic collection and degradation of #microplastics using self-asymmetric Pac-Man TiO2
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR01512B #PacMan #chemistry

As I’ve been prodded by @kathimmel, who has posted a very beautiful portrait of the much-missed Poly Styrene for her birthday today, here’s my version of X-Ray Spex’s Germ Free Adolescents.

I drew this during the first lockdown when Jarvis Cocker played the title track during his Instagram-streamed “house music” lockdown disco.

#PolyStyrene #XRaySpex #OnThisDayInMusic #MastoArt

#art #history: i'd like to think that, in addition to elli & jacno, there were also poly & jacno. imagine the sublimely joyous collaboration these two - both born #otd in 1957 - musical pioneers could have created. damn, they're missed.
#polyStyrene #jacno #xraySpex #punk #electronic #pop #music #illustration #portraiture

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said aka Poly Styrene (July 3, 1957 – April 25, 2011) #PolyStyrene #XRaySpex #punk #punkrock

🖤 In memory of the one and only Marianne Joan Elliott-Said aka Poly Styrene, frontwoman of the punk rock band X-Ray Spex, born on this day in 1957, Bromley, United Kingdom 🖤

Photo by Roberta Bayley

#punkrock #womenofpunk #polystyrene #xrayspex #punkrockhistory #otd

L'énergie du matin, amère, fut trouvée dans ce classique pourtant d'actualité.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsGmx0lWK5A

#PouetRadio #PunkRock #DeadKennedys #concombre #polystyrène #maroufleuse

“This Ukrainian startup is making ‘polystyrene’ out of mushrooms”

“‘It is 100 per cent biodegradable and after usage, it can just be thrown in with the food compost or even into the soil on the yard,’ says Bialetska. Conventional polystyrene, meanwhile, can take 500 years to break down, or even longer, according to some estimates.”

Found this hopeful news here:

https://www.positive.news/economics/polystyrene-made-from-mushrooms/

#news #hope #Ukraine #polystyrene #science #mushrooms

Popcrimes playlist #67

#rosalia #againstalllogic #futureutopia #amontobin #bigbrave #ginabirch #polystyrene #kristofschreuf #anohni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApNQX6fVWQ4&list=PLlCuI2ibN4lI_eXhO2R3wt2VAKDIvudyw

popcrimes playlist #67

#rosalia #againstalllogic #futureutopia #amontobin #bigbrave #ginabirch #polystyrene #kristofschreuf #anohni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApNQX6fVWQ4&list=PLlCuI2ibN4lI_eXhO2R3wt2VAKDIvudyw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ2QyCXHUyw #PolyStyrene #JukeBoxFridayNight #RockandRollDivas

https://mar73.threadless.com/designs/poly-styrene/accessories/bag #polystyrene #punk #PunkRock #xrayspex #portraitart #punks #BuyIntoArt #artmatters #londonpunk #art #portrait #digitalart #ayearforart #digitalpainting

#Nurdles: The Worst #ToxicWaste You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Billions of these tiny #plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous

by Karen McVeigh

"Nurdles, the colloquial term for 'pre-production #plastic pellets', are the little-known building block for all our plastic products. The tiny beads can be made of #polyethylene, #polypropylene, #polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride (#PVC) and other plastics. Released into the environment from plastic plants or when shipped around the world as raw material to factories, they will sink or float, depending on the density of the pellets and if they are in freshwater or saltwater.

"They are often mistaken for food by seabirds, fish and other wildlife. In the environment, they fragment into nanoparticles whose hazards are more complex. They are the second-largest source of #micropollutants in the ocean, by weight, after tyre dust. An astounding 230,000 tonnes of nurdles end up in oceans every year."

#PlasticPollution #Micrplastics

Read more: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/nurdles-the-worst-toxic-waste-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of?utm_source=pocket-newtab

In memory of the wonderful Marianne Joan Elliott-Said aka Poly Styrene, English singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the punk rock band X-Ray Spex, who died 13 years ago today of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 53

📸 Peter Stone

#polystyrene #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory

46 years ago today
The unforgotten Poly Styrene with X-Ray Spex at Greyhound, Park Lane, Croydon, 16th April 1977.

Photo by Gus Stewart

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #polystyrene #xrayspex #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Bills targeting polystyrene containers, single-use plastics separately pass Illinois House, Senate

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230413/bills-targeting-polystyrene-containers-single-use-plastics-separately-pass-illinois-house-senate
#Illinois #Environment #Plastics #Polystyrene #Politics

Going #barbie crazy #liggypop #lemmy #LydiaLunch #polystyrene