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This whistle fights fascists | How thousands of 3D-printed whistles are derailing ICE. (www.theverge.com)

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[–] sepi@piefed.social 10 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

Polylactic Acid (aka PLA) is a protein found in milk and corn. PLA filament is made from fermented corn starch.

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

They use PLA in several tea bags and coffee filters now.

... of course I research and avoid those. I'm not super paranoid about plastic, but boiling it and drinking it seems insane.

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I'm just gonna leave this here.

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