Wed. 03/02 - Death to Plastic

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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175 nations have agreed to craft a legally binding treaty to reel in the world’s out-of-control plastic problem. Plus, remember that rocket booster no one is taking responsibility for? It’s still hitting the moon on Friday. Here’s what it might be able to tell us. And, a Beetlejuice sequel might finally be happening––unless Batman thwarts him again. Sponsors: DeVry University, Learn more at DeVry.edu/Future Jenni Kayne, Use code KRH at jennikayne.com for 15% off your first order Links: Ice Cream Machine Hackers Sue McDonald's for $900 Million (Wired) 11/30 episode with a McDonald's milkshake update (Kottke Ride Home) Fri. 04/23 - A McShake Up: The Battle Over McDonald's Ice Cream Machines (Kottke Ride Home) Plastic pollution: Green light for 'historic' global treaty (BBC) The World Is Awash in Plastic. Nations Plan a Treaty to Fix That. (NY Times) A rocket is going to crash into the Moon – the accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space (The Conversation) 'Beetlejuice 2': Brad Pitt's Plan B Boards Sequel In Early Development (Deadline) Michael Keaton & Winona Ryder Reportedly Returning For Beetlejuice 2 (Screen Rant) Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian [Script to Pieces] (Wicked Horror) Brad Pitt's 'Beetlejuice' (The Ankler) Beetlejuice The Animated Series - Everything You Didn't Know (Syfy Wire, Youtube) Beetle House NYC Beetlejuice Broadway Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to the cotkey ride home for Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022.
0:40.2	I'm Jackson Bird today.
0:42.4	175 nations have agreed to craft a legally binding treaty to reel in the world's out-of-control plastic problem.
0:51.9	Plus, remember that rocket booster no one is taking responsibility for?
0:56.3	It's still hitting the moon on
0:57.9	Friday. Here's what it might be able
0:59.9	to tell us. And a
1:01.8	Beetlejuice sequel might
1:03.9	finally be happening
1:05.4	unless Batman thwarts
1:07.8	him again. Here are some of the
1:09.8	cool things from the news today.
1:14.4	It's being compared to the Paris Agreement. UN member states representing 175 nations have
1:21.2	agreed to begin negotiations on a global plastics treaty. The treaty would outline production, use, and disposal of plastics
1:29.5	in an effort to reduce plastic pollution around the world. Quoting the New York Times,
1:34.8	the sheer volume of plastics the world produces is difficult to comprehend. By one measure,
1:40.5	the total amount ever produced is now greater than the weight of all land and marine
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