Post #2458716
2026-05-11 09:30 UTC
@futurebird@sauropods.win @anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com when I did asbestos handling training, they explained that it didn't get banned for lack of uses - it's very useful! - but because it happens to kill people horribly. A geologist friend was recently diagnosed with mesothelioma after workplace exposure many years prior. It's still killing people.
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@PalmAndNeedle@norden.social 2026-05-11 09:35
@bencourtice@aus.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @anonymouspl@expressional.social @cabel@social.panic.com asbestos is awesome, from a material science perspective
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@noodlemaz@mstdn.games 2026-05-11 09:42
@bencourtice@aus.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @anonymouspl@expressional.social @cabel@social.panic.com yep, since it takes decades for the cancer to develop, we're now seeing the impact on people who were installing it in the 60s-80s. It's horrific, very hard to treat, most won't survive. We didn't know at the time, is the thing. But we already have evidence that LLMs can kill people too. The absolute lack of giving a shit is overwhelming.