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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It wasn't about climate change, it was about plastic waste giving turtles straws up their nostrils.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And they still eat floating plastic that they mistake for jellyfish.

No the straw thing was about a cute kid making a science fair project about "The Dangers of Straws!" With all the thought an elementary school student could offer to the conversation that was latched onto by the media to fill a time slot and get more media buzz.