Over 100,000 marine animals die every year after getting trapped in plastic, but this little fish got lucky. A diver in Phuket, Thailand found the creature trapped in a plastic bag and, after a bit of gentle shaking and maneuvering, was able to free set it free. It might just be a tiny fish, but I was sitting on the edge of my seat watching this video.
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Feb 20, 2019
Watch: Diver rescues a little fish trapped in a plastic bag and it's very satisfying
Grocer designed embarrassing plastic bags to shame shoppers into bringing reusable ones
East West Market in Vancouver, B.C. had a terrific idea to get people to start bringing their own reusable shopping bags: design plastic bags with messages too embarrassing to carry. Unfortunately, while hilarious, it’s backfiring. They made them too good and now everyone wants a set of them! Collect all three: the Colon Care Co-op, […]
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Wherein Werner Herzog gives voice to a lonely plastic bag
Werner Herzog is responsible for many strange, wonderful things. Everything he’s involved in is kissed by a brutal beauty–even that first Jack Reacher movie, starring Tom Cruise. In this video from Future States, Mr. Herzog gives voice to the odyssey of a plastic bag: once loved and then discarded by its maker. For a video […]
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Getting caught with a plastic bag in Kenya can land you in jail for 4 years
If you’re in Kenya, don’t be caught with a plastic bag. Starting today, using a plastic bag, whether for groceries, lining a trash can, or anything else you can think of, will cost you the equivalent of a $38,000 fine or land you in jail for up to four years. According to NPR: “It is […]
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Python is the simplicity developers love. This training will help you harness its power.
“The whole point of a programming language is to get the most out of the computer and the developer…This is why I like Python so much…few Python developers write code that is difficult to pass on to another developer.” With so much in tech so inherently complicated, that comment from Thomas Hatch, CTO and co-founder […]
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The Mountie Plus turns your tablet into a sneaky second laptop screen
In baseball, utility players often stay employed almost exclusively because of their versatility, their ability to slide effortlessly into a variety of needed roles and remain productive. Your current tech setup doesn’t need to work any differently — except that tech items are usually created to fulfill just one purpose. But if you want a […]
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The Kitchen Cube might just bring you back to cooking again
While all the downsides of stay-at-home orders and social distancing are evident, there are at least a few small silver linings to come out of all this. For many, this time spent indoors has meant a happy reintroduction to your very own kitchen. You know your kitchen. It’s usually the place that holds all your […]
