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You are what you hate. What you hate says a lot about who you are and what you value.
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The response in the body when we dislike someone
In order to understand what happens in your body when you dislike someone, you can start by trying to understand #fear. As Robert Sapolsky writes in “Why Your Brain Hates Other People,” when we see someone who even looks different from us, “there is preferential activation of the amygdala,” which means the brain region associated with fear and aggression flares up. This visceral, emotional reaction can spark a long-term pattern of dislike when it’s validated by action: if you perceive that someone has hurt you, your fear of them becomes rational.
Our negative feelings toward someone get stronger as bad experiences with them pile up, and these negative thoughts trigger the fight-or-flight response in our bodies. As AJ Marsden, assistant professor of Psychology at Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida, puts it, “our fight-or-flight response is our bodies way of dealing with a stressor.”
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Stressors that trigger fight-or-flight need not be life or death, though, says Marsden: “Sadly, our body cannot tell the difference between an actual stressor (being chased by someone with a knife) and a perceived stressor (having work with someone you hate).” This is why seeing posts from your high school bully can make you feel the anxiety of being bullied all over again: your fearful associations with disliking the person trigger your own need to protect yourself.
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Source: headspace.com
Art Series: The Middle Finger #Organic T-Shirt.
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AI Water Usage Comparison
ChatGPT’s data centers—like those for most large AI systems—consume water primarily for cooling, which is a common practice in many industries that operate heat-generating equipment. Here’s a comparison of ChatGPT (AI/data centers) water use with other industrial sectors:
📊 Water Use Comparison Table
1. AI/Data Centers (e.g. ChatGPT)
• Typical Use: Cooling servers in data centers
• Water Usage: ~500 ml to 4 liters per 10–20 prompts
• Purpose: Cooling via evaporative systems
2. Power Plants
• Typical Use: Steam generation, cooling (especially nuclear & coal)
• Water Usage: 20,000–60,000 liters per MWh
• Purpose: Steam turbines and heat management
3. Agriculture
• Typical Use: Irrigation for crops, livestock
• Water Usage: ~1,500 liters per kg of wheat, 15,000 liters per kg of beef
• Purpose: Growing food
4. Textile Industry
• Typical Use: Dyeing, washing fabrics
• Water Usage: ~200 liters per T-shirt, 2,700 liters per cotton shirt
• Purpose: Dyeing and rinsing
5. Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Typical Use: Washing wafers, ultra-pure water processes
• Water Usage: ~7,500–30,000 liters per wafer (depending on chip size)
• Purpose: Cleaning and chip etching
6. Steel Production
• Typical Use: Cooling, descaling, processing
• Water Usage: ~100–150 liters per kg of steel
• Purpose: Cooling and material processing
🌍 Context for AI & ChatGPT Water Use
- OpenAI reported that ChatGPT usage can indirectly lead to water consumption through data center cooling, especially in places where water-cooled systems are used (like Microsoft’s data centers).
- A 2023 paper estimated OpenAI’s GPT models consumed ~500 ml of water per 5–10 prompts, when averaged globally.
💡 Why Does AI Use Water?
- Most data centers use evaporative cooling systems or chillers to dissipate heat from servers.
- In hot/dry regions, water-cooled systems are more efficient than air cooling, but they consume more water.
🧠 Summary
Efficiency per Impact AI is less water-intensive per unit of energy than agriculture or steel but still contributes noticeably as demand scales. The concern isn’t just total water used, but where it’s used. AI data centers in drought-prone areas may stress local water supplies.
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Who would win and who would lose in Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’
“The tax cuts would add around $3 trillion over the next decade to the national debt, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. That means the U.S. would have to borrow more money to cover its expenses, requiring it to pay an estimated $600 billion to $700 billion in additional interest payments, according to an analysis by the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget.”
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Top Carbon Emitting Industries
The industry that creates the most carbon emissions globally is the energy sector, particularly:
- Electricity and heat production, which primarily relies on burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
- This alone accounts for roughly 40% of global CO₂ emissions.
Other major contributors include:
- Industry (manufacturing, cement, steel, chemicals): ~21%
- Transportation (cars, trucks, planes, ships): ~16%
- Agriculture, forestry, and land use: ~18%
- Buildings (heating, cooling, electricity use): ~6%
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Smog Inspections – California DMV
How can we help reduce PM 2.5 pollution in Thailand?
“Your vehicle does not need a smog inspection if your:
- Gasoline-powered vehicle is a 1975 year model or older (This includes motorcycles and trailers.)
- Diesel-powered vehicle is a 1997 and older year model OR with a Gross Vehicle Weight of more than 14,000 pounds.
- Powered by natural gas and weighs more than 14,000 pounds.
- An electric vehicle.
- Gasoline-powered and less than eight model-years old. ”
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“This is the largest recovery the Department of Justice has ever obtained for a person with disabilities whose housing provider denied them their right to have an assistance animal,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in a press statement at the time. “This outcome should prompt all housing providers to consider carefully whether their policies and procedures comply with federal law.”
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The Trouble with Art Biennials Today
“The mega-exhibition is a form fundamentally unable to bear the weight of its own contradictions.”
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Here are some examples of activities or uses that typically require that amount of water:
Using 500 milliliters (ml) of water is relatively common in everyday life. Here are some examples of activities or uses that typically require that amount of water:
- Drinking Water: 500 ml is equivalent to about two standard glasses of water or a typical small bottle of water that people might drink.
- Cooking: Many recipes involve boiling water, such as making pasta or rice, where 500 ml might be a starting quantity.
- Handwashing: A brief hand wash, depending on the faucet flow rate, can use around 500 ml of water.
- Brushing Teeth: Leaving the tap running while brushing teeth for two minutes could use about 500 ml or more of water, though turning it off saves water.
- Showering: A very short shower using a water-saving showerhead might consume around 500 ml in a few seconds, as shower flow rates often range from 6 to 12 liters per minute.
- Watering a Small Plant: Many houseplants require about 500 ml of water per watering, depending on their size and type.
- Coffee or Tea Preparation: Brewing a couple of cups of coffee or tea uses around 500 ml of water.
These examples help illustrate how everyday activities can equate to this seemingly small quantity of water.
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The ridiculed, 37-year-old Calif. law that’s changing business across the globe
It’s one of California’s most controversial propositions
“Prop. 65 called for requiring businesses to warn consumers that a product could cause cancer or reproductive harm if it included certain chemicals. It also prohibited companies from discharging those same chemicals into water. The water element had the A-listers particularly up in arms, with actress Morgan Fairchild telling the LA Times, ‘Stars drink water too. I have as good a chance of having a deformed child in Beverly Hills as a woman drinking polluted water in Eureka.’”
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“These substances stay in the environment for a long time because they do not break down easily. As a result, PFAS are widely detected in soil, water, air and food. People can be exposed to PFAS when they use products that contain the compounds, eat PFAS-contaminated food or drink PFAS-contaminated water. When ingested, some PFAS can build up in the body. Over time, they may accumulate to levels associated with negative health outcomes.”