I wonder if plants will evolve to deal with the increased microplastics or if there’d be a way to filter it out of soil. Life is always adapting. The most obvious solution is to quit manufacturing plastic but that’s looking increasingly unlikely.

What would that be useful for?

Heh, heh. I didn’t know that people actually bought the books on kindles. It’s ridiculously easy to get any book you want for free on them.

Assuming that there’s no major issues with your laptop, I recommend that you at least donate your laptop to a thrift store or make a Craigslist listing and give it away to someone who could use it as opposed to putting it in the landfill. You never know who might find it useful.

That’s awesome. I’m gonna cross post it to here.

For devices with bad batteries that aren’t easily replaceable, I just keep them plugged in and either use them like I would a desktop or use it to host stuff. Most laptops will work with the battery removed so long as they are plugged in.

For a phone you still might be able to host stuff, but you could also use it as a primarily storage device.

If they’re Pixel phones GraphneneOS is insanely easy to flash and is the one of most secure ROMs out there. I’ve heard good things about CalyxOS too.

A lot of people speak well of LineageOS, but I have no idea how involved the installation process is. Another option that I’ve heard of is postmarketOS but that’s a lot more complicated to install.

I’m going to be referring to propagating seedings as plant piracy from now on. Thanks for that.

…now I’m remembering that in the US you can patent plants and sue people for unauthorized use, so this isn’t even a joke anymore.