FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

TLDR; EPA discovered that Apple was:
- illegally treating hazardous waste
- illegally transporting hazardous waste to disposal facilities
- illegally dumping hazardous waste into the ambient air outside the facility (into the apartment windows)
- leaving stockpiles of extremely dangerous chemicals unattended on weekends

The inspection was supposed to be unannounced so EPA surprises the inspected party who has no chance to cover up issues before EPA gets inside. However city HazMat tipped off Apple & EPA was greeted by Apple's EH&S team. Note: what EPA found was AFTER Apple had time to clean up.

After discovering what Apple did, I then spent three months requesting records & digging through regulatory filings to learn more - which led me to file a complaint to US EPA in June 2023. I met with EPA's investigators & sent them everything I discovered.

I told EPA I didn't want my whistleblowing to be anonymous, and instead, that if EPA shows up to inspect the plant, when they do, please have the EPA cops tell Apple: "Ashley says hi." 💀

US EPA Enforcement & Compliance conducted 3 onsite inspections of Apple's fab facility in 8/2023 + 1/2024. US EPA noted at least *19* potential violations of the RCRA hazardous waste statute.

I just posted US EPA's report for public access. Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/312oqvretg7yyhfx0ohx4/AGZduVXs0_1geqIyi0NA9nE?rlkey=3aa2tw15ek3trqlbdh7pw9erh&st=e7pg1cpp&dl=0

🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, in 2023, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into the apartment windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off the US EPA, who sent their env cops to raid Apple's plant in Aug of 2023. The US EPA finally released the report of their enforcement inspections & sent me a copy on Friday. 💀 ⬇️

New “sick person computering from bed” tech unlocked: thigh-mounted magnets (via concealed carry holsters, lmao) to mount my low-profile split keyboard in place.

Combines with cheap AR glasses for the 80s/90s dream of a “cyberdeck”

5 - Chibi Maddie

The best mountaineer grill :D

Meet Chinese sports shooter Zhāng Shān, the reason skeet shooting is sex segregated. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she dominated the then integrated skeet shooting competition winning Gold, defeating the men. The International Shooting Union banned women for the 1996 Olympics.

God forbid a man has hobbies

it's very unfortunate that non-musicians associate MIDI mostly with Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. even admitting that General MIDI specifically was never great, Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth is really not a good General MIDI synth…

uuuuu i really have to write that blog post or make that youtube video don't i. there's just… so much misunderstanding about this topic because most people haven't been cramming their head full of knowledge about obsolete standards for the last year and a half of their life

the worst thing is that Microsoft themselves have made a somewhat better synth: DirectMusic (part of DirectX). i don't know why they made the default Windows synth suck and only use the better one in games. maybe it was too much for an average 1996 office PC.

defeated in the breaststroke, huh

I want to see an otherwise boring binary trans person apply for a GRC with a note that says "since the GRP cannot rely on medical evidence in decision making, I believe that the requirement to provide it violates my right to privacy".

This press release undersells the judgement.

The court made it clear that the Gender Recognition Act does not require any medical treatment at all beyond a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to get a Gender Recognition Certificate, and that the Gender Recognition Panel cannot use any medical treatment or lack thereof against the applicant.

This brings up the question - if no medical treatment is required, and the gender recognition panel cannot use information about it against the applicant, why is it required?

Also, a strictly binary identity is not required to be eligible for a Gender Recognition Certificate.

https://www.39essex.com/information-hub/insight/gender-recognition-panel-decision-set-aside-family-division-high-court

Draw vs IRL lol

proposing the replacement of hot girl summer with hot girl autumn

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"I feel like to many people don't recognise fascism because they think fascism will arrive selling oppression and tyranny, but if you're part of the privileged group fascism is selling you safety, normalcy, and tradition"