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The [tunnel’s] accelerants cure the grout that seals the tunnel’s concrete supports, helping the grout set properly and protecting the work against cracks and other deterioration. They also seriously burn exposed human skin. At the Encore dig site, such burns became almost routine, workers there told Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An investigation by the state OSHA, which Bloomberg Businessweek has obtained via a freedom of information request, describes workers being scarred permanently on their arms and legs. According to the investigation, at least one employee took a direct hit to the face. In an interview with Businessweek, one of the tunnel workers recalls the feeling of exposure to the chemicals: “You’d be like, ‘Why am I on fire?’”

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    9 months ago

    Sorry, but that’s too many ragebait videos, and I’m not going to debunk them one by one.

    Neuralink has been FDA approved for human trials, and had its first subject implanted in January 2024. Whether it’s going to end up in “death from uncontrollable vomiting”, remains to be seen.

    Musk is a sociopath

    A businessman. 🤷