I agree with Chapo. Maybe you can teach these things in addition to what your kid learns at school? Might be a fun way to spend time together anyway.

Abbreviations are usually read the same way the word they’re replacing are spoken. So, you’re right! Nobody’s saying “Calif.”

Yes, sugar is needed to survive, but a normal diet with little processed foods will supply more than enough. OP is talking about added sugars which are known to increase risk of heart disease, diabetes, liver disease, etc.

I agree that the comparison is dumb. Regardless, I think a better way to frame your previous statement is nicotine is a known carcinogen while glucose itself is not. Thanks for the snark lol not everything is confrontational. Ease up on your quills, hedgehog.

Exactly what someone with a sugar addiction would say lol

The human body also doesn’t need added sugars to survive.

For real. The regulations are the “reasonable” standards. If you can’t meet the bare minimum you can fuck off.

Dude could foot the bill to end world hunger. Doubt either would happen anytime soon. The last charitable thing I can remember him doing was offering that dumbass submarine in the Thai cave rescue before calling the actual rescuer a pedo.

Posting and closing beaches is pretty standard in California in response to sewage spills and water quality sampling yielding substandard results, though it’s usually enforced by local health departments instead of the state.

One issue is the public can get fatigued and disregard the warnings if popular beaches are closed on an ongoing basis, but at least they’re generally informed of the risks. Heal The Bay puts out a pretty good annual report card summarizing results for many beaches across the state if you’re interested in reading more.

I wonder how much of that crime happens in eastern Oregon. It often seems like rural folks are paranoid of crime associated with cities, but they hardly ever spend time in cities to understand it’s a relative issue that largely varies neighborhood to neighborhood.

Yeah, it’s hard for me to point to anything relevant other than that interspecies cuck film he was in.

Agreed, seems like some kind of weights and measures violation.

Holy shit, I totally forgot about that lmao

Piggybacking on this: you can still access your camera in lockdown mode if you’ve enabled the lock button double-press gesture, just in case you want to record your interaction with the pigs for good measure.

Interesting, thanks for the context. I don’t know anything about asphalt, but if it didn’t cause any health or safety issues I’d place it on the innovation end of the spectrum. I’d be interested in things like how the spent diesel fuel was disposed of and if any petro chems would leach into stormwater from asphalt made this way.

Yep, here’s a map of accredited labs to choose from.

The water characteristics you’re worried about sound like aesthetic problems, which might be displeasing but pose no real health risks. These vary significantly between public water systems. If the system pulls from surface water, the water might need more treatment in the dry season since contaminants concentrate in surface waters more that time of year. I’m lucky to live somewhere that has no noticeable taste/odor/color issues. For places that do, you should be able to drink it from tap without issue, but it might taste/smell better if you run it through a filter or even just let it sit in a pitcher in the fridge.

If a municipality were to cut corners with their water treatment in a similar way to the asphalt plant you mentioned (which sounds kinda shady btw), people would get sick and potentially die. Most municipalities are very risk averse and take liability seriously to avoid litigation/losing money. So, it’s not impossible, but I think it’d be unlikely for a city to skimp on water treatment just to save a few bucks. Water treatment facilities are also required to constantly test for things like pH, turbidity, and chlorine residual and report to the state, so it’s not as simple as hiding things from an inspector the day of.

For real, straight up looks like a ghoul in that photo

But why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated

Sure, that can happen if there actually is a problem. But, I’m failing to see a problem here that could become expensive. This person has a functional septic system and they’re trying to find out what this pipe is and whether it’s important for the function of their system. Getting plans and talking to city/county staff is pretty routine for stuff like this.

Not necessarily. Getting copies and talking to someone at the counter usually doesn’t cost anything.