Doesn't it get charcoal stuck to it? Do you have to clean it off or is it sitting on something?

Google will surely block third party app stores to enforce this law.

TEXAS just passed a law that turns Big Tech giants Apple and Google into bouncers at the gates of the internet.

Under SB 2420, starting 2026, app stores must verify the age of every user. Want to download a weather app? You’ll need to show ID. And if you’re under 18, you can’t install anything without a parent’s permission.

This isn’t about “protecting children.” Porn apps are already banned in the app stores. This is about creating a mass surveillance system that erases anonymity, chills speech, and forces Texans to hand over their real identities to access digital life.

The state tells developers to “delete the data.” But delete when? And trust who? Developers? Apple? Google? You’re betting your privacy on a handshake.

Meanwhile, Apple and Google are forced to collect and store troves of sensitive info from every user, just to comply.

For Texans, from next year, everything you say on a social media app can be tied to your real-world identity.

And if you think this ends in Texas, think again. Utah passed a similar law. Congress is eyeing one, too. The war on online anonymity is here.

Carboxylic Biochar

Lower temperatures in biochar production (350-500 C) results in more "functional" groups. These groups provide the char with a higher negative charge. These chars adsorb much more positively charged ions than char produced above 600 C and have a much higher CEC (cation exchange capacity). The positively charged ions in question happen to be the majority of macro and micro nutrients necessary for plant growth and health.

Higher temp chars are more hydrophobic, have less negative charge and therefore less CEC.

The functional groups provide sites for microbial colonization as well so they increase the "life holding capacity" of soils. Further increases of these functional carboxylic (-COOH), phenolic (-OH), lactone (C(O)O-{carbon chain}-OH), and carbonyl (C=O) groups occur if the char is exposed to steam while still hot.

Steam oxidation at 400°C for 2 hours can nearly double the CEC of biochar compared and significantly increases the concentration of functional groups on the surface.

Here's a fun bounty.

100 sats to the first person who comments with an AI generated image of a wine glass, full of wine, right to the brim, almost overflowing, so full you'd have to sip it without picking it up, like what I'd pour myself.

And good luck. No real photos.

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It's yours man?

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what are your favorite non-political, not bitcoin specific podcasts?

crafts, maker, building, ideas, comedy, philosophy, etc etc

I can't stand walking on a treadmill

if I couldn't listen to music to zone out from the boredom, I wouldn't even try

the thought of walking in place and going nowhere is so fiat

About 18 months ago, I cancelled my home insurance.

Now we're about 2 days away from being hit by a tropical cyclone.

The sats I've saved aren't going to go far in rebuilding.

My house is on a hill and unlikely to be flooded. Strong winds & falling trees are my biggest threat.

Taking responsibility for everything can be hard to swallow sometimes.

#Alfred