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I did this last year while exploring the ability of the @ZeroWaterFilter filters to remove various chemicals as part of an exploration into clay based filters. https://t.co/y4FhSRzpOX
I still think you can use their PPM sensor for measuring urea, but the display needs to be hacked since it goes up to like 10,000ppm depending on kidney function and the display only has 3 digits.Can probably use a digital display from a pregnancy test.https://t.co/hXY7gqOteP
I've been digging into clay based filters pretty heavily under an assumption that the ancients may have figured out how to 'sweat' a clay pot to remove chemicals.https://t.co/ZEQpdA86Pk
"discovered it was dotted with even smaller crystals of “zeolites.” This type of volcanic mineral can purify water by trapping both microbes and heavy metals within a porous structure, and they’re still in widespread use today"https://t.co/esMvK0ebLL
I had a hunch that ancient water filtering methods would involve naturally sourcing zeolites.Water filters are fascinating.https://t.co/Q6nPWonkTv
I think half my hunches can be blamed from watching @NileRed2 https://t.co/aMtzf0X7l2
That, and bear grills.https://t.co/HyB6zHsyql
I had an idea. What if we store poop in a bunch of clay pots and use it to leech out various chemicals and then run it thru a digester?https://t.co/s0hJ7bkLEJ
And it turns out something like this already exists!"It's not quite turning water into wine, but scientists in the United States have developed technology that turns cow poo into water."https://t.co/nnDybvcCZuJust not with clay pots.
The harder problem was how to remove pesticides from the water and manure so that soil health can be improved.If clay can filter herbacides, and then you spike it with oyster mushrooms... Turning waste directly into food + compost!https://t.co/hT42oGdMl5
"Excuse me ... I think this might be Gatorade or something. I was just looking for some regular water.""Water?""Yeah.""You mean like in the toilet?"https://t.co/bVIFBMkdN3https://t.co/Sd1Up7F31C
Been thinking about this problem for a while.https://t.co/V45N8kfCQx
Did you know that one of the big things we don't know about with bees is how ground water contaminates impacts the burrowing kind?https://t.co/esFxwEV1hm
I care a lot about my (insect) friends.https://t.co/ELxblWm3AX
We traditionally think of bees as European hive-building honey bees. The reality is that much of our wild pollinators are ground dwellers. They are adorable.https://t.co/rVr4RofGjj
I'm following those two accounts on here specifically because of this interest. Highly recommend paying attention to them if you wanna learn more about the interaction between pollinators and pesticides. https://t.co/mq9Q2zo6Gd
In other news, I found a source of CBG so I can continue doing my experiments with sticking hotsauce up my butt, and thanks to @rhettmc, @LinkNeal, @mikemchargue I now have a method to test long term capsaicin in my "mouth". https://t.co/qnbB7AqmD2 https://t.co/tSXp5yE1wp
I went from a tweet about a YouTube video on dissolving stuff in hot-sauce, to ants and bee pesticides, to cow shit water, and then all the way around back around to the idea of sticking hot sauce where it shouldn't belong.My muse is on fire tonight.
The earth is sick. We need to help her.https://t.co/uih034L3PH
Don't give up hope.https://t.co/Vz88iQ1HjA
"Wipe your tears awayWipe your tears awayWipe your tears awayWipe your tears away" 🎶https://t.co/7meFbfzs9Ohttps://t.co/KDxRN6FGsD
Become instrument.https://t.co/Hwyu7T2JNahttps://t.co/dvYwp3tX77
@sonyasupposedly @marlbaraLTD @PreCursorPoets I have yet to find out what the Egyptians called "ants". There is a theory that it's the same word for humans as they both formed from Ra's tears. "ants of the earth".Surprising how deep they dug their wells and how gifted they were with pottery. Theirs influenced greek's.
Termites pulling clay out of the ground and making a song with the air.https://t.co/LAGExCCfyw
Bang'nhttps://t.co/bR4RYOvL1V
"need for environmentally friendly alternatives is compelling if we are to avoid further damaging the Earth's ecosystems. Chitinolytic microorganisms are a potential alternative to these chemicals"https://t.co/RhdQtp0DrIHuh, does butyrate helps soil?https://t.co/KzuKWWUMsj
Thought about purifying any demons lately?"The seeds of the Moringa oleifera tree have been used to purify water and clean crockery since the days of ancient Egypt, but up until now scientists weren't sure exactly how they worked."https://t.co/XZp1p97vFe
You curse all of creation and wonder why the universe hates you.Don't shit where you eat.https://t.co/8qtJbCRhPW
"shows how the mobile gaming medium responds to and performs the science fictionality of the antibiotic apocalypse [...] Superbugs mediates a shift in the conceptual metaphor of a war between humans and bacteria to an interrelational model of coexistence"https://t.co/74YIfxuMWq
You ever wanna invent something by discovering an ancient tradition and pretending you came up with it in a dream?https://t.co/cg0EucC8ru
Correlating pollution sources with watershed data is a great idea. Time to dig into existing measures.https://t.co/H0wwFwrigkhttps://t.co/MujNAlToYh
Obesity is less common at high altitudes because of the watershed. Environmental contaminants build up as water flows downhill and are in much higher concentrations as you approach sea level. Compare this map of obesity by state to this map of US watersheds: https://t.co/XIFhfsTn6y
"To get there, you must walk 300 metres through a slimy tunnel under the Vistula river. There you will find eight clams hooked up to computers."https://t.co/Rek6nQN3W1
"Now, a new study from Stockholm University reports the amount of PFAS in rainwater exceeds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lifetime Drinking Water Health Advisory levels." https://t.co/orj5fRyyJYhttps://t.co/6ncY7DHc8O
"But despite their known risks, authorities test for fewer than 50 of the PFAS that are in the environment. To date, less than 1% of all PFAS have been evaluated for toxicity." [2020] https://t.co/2G2eNK1V3R
Sure... uh... Sure wish we had a possible reason for... um.. for... uh.. hmmhttps://t.co/qGS4cCgAiU https://t.co/ThsuMyV7OA
Oh Dear."It has been shown that some PFAS lead to adverse health effects in the male reproductive system."https://t.co/iptGDbFUiL https://t.co/NothFW3uPa
We need to think more holistically. Dumping money into synbio doesn't scale up or cooperate with existing biological systems that act to preserve planetary homeostasis.https://t.co/VNpO6rRpxc
"hints on transporters and enzymes possibly involved in such sequestration/transformation processes, opening the route to metabolic engineering in the perspective application of this cyanobacterium as a new phyco-remediation tool, based on [synbio]" https://t.co/CdBOgFBo2X
Find the right lever to pull.https://t.co/SeJ24YzMQo
And pull it till it breaks.https://t.co/cbrJqVbdx6
Then put some duct tape on it, and pull some more.https://t.co/rTwxUaoxps
"The air that we breathe is chock-full of particles called aerosols. These tiny liquid or solid particles come from hundreds of sources including trees [...] The small particles influence cloud formation and rainfall, and affect climate and human health."https://t.co/WE7cn4vBGz
Tired: SyntheticWired: Synergetichttps://t.co/0drsxQgd5E
“When you are looking at an environmental exposure, you need samples from well before a diagnosis because it takes time for [health problem] to develop.” https://t.co/kwXuzlG0w2
Wiping the ass of the world.https://t.co/MbjL1EQai7
Filtering the detritus of humankind.https://t.co/qQRtFLmsr3
De-assidifying the ocean.https://t.co/olEVLQulSn
Where we're going, we'll need more cyborg clams.https://t.co/tFGVWdHvTZ
"You cannot escape poop bacteriaBathrooms are gross, but so is everything."https://t.co/iFZHAGM6Gwhttps://t.co/knOzDKlI07
"So between gold poop and the ability to destroy plastic, perhaps we should welcome more bacteria into our lives."https://t.co/mdtM008Z2ZSilver pooping bacteria please.https://t.co/0vz1diTKBD https://t.co/DGHV8GubSG
"Oysters Clean the Bay!"https://t.co/DNGlhLk4InThe light filters down from the heavens and shines on the purifying bacteria in the water.https://t.co/9tTnLeK7Pg
Falling thru cracks of society. If only to see the light shine thru the gap between the piers.Dredging in the muck like a bugeye'd boat, looking for the pearls of wisdom made by fellow oysters filtering the debris. Dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.https://t.co/DNGlhLjwSP
Why is there a layer of clean water within a pond? Is this from h2o2 production from AO species feasting on ammonia?https://t.co/n9QsKUGq61 https://t.co/LSl6U8wLsp
I created a PFAS thread on Bluesky.https://t.co/NhJhR8HU7W
"By comparison, the risk of plastic ingestion via mussel consumption is minimal when compared to fibre exposure during a meal via dust fallout in a household (13,731–68,415 particles/Y/capita)."https://t.co/UKw8BeZ2g4