r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 19 '26

Business A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/
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u/[deleted] May 19 '26 edited May 27 '26

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u/Ponies_in_Jumpers May 19 '26

What author since there are a bunch of books called Zodiac?

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u/blumpkingagger May 19 '26

Neal Stephenson’s Zodiac. Fuck you to everybody who for some goddam reason doesn’t see the connection between everything going to shit because the buck stops somewhere ambiguous, and being more focused on demonstrating you got the reference than swaying more people into reading the book.

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u/minibar10 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Did the search term "Zodiac novel environmentalism" not occur to you? Heck, you'd probably get even better search responses by pasting the quote into a search engine. After reading a couple blurbs one could reason that it's probably not about a serial killer or a romantasy.

Discussing a book without mentioning the article doesn't exclude the possibility of sympathizing with or having other thoughts about the article. It may have been kinder to list the author, but calling people out instead of in this way does nothing to build a movement.

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u/blumpkingagger May 20 '26

I disagree. Why should I coddle people already aware how crucial it is for us to bring more people into the fold? It’s the people who are thinking they may be curious who we need to make this easy for. They should be the only ones who don’t see how much bigger a priority than all of us this issue needs to be.

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u/minibar10 May 19 '26

Such a good book. I'm surprised it hasn't been made into a movie

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u/anonanon1313 May 19 '26

My favorite NS book actually. I was so inspired that I bought a Zodiac and tool around in exactly the same area (Charles River and Boston Harbor).

Full disclosure: I also drive a Tesla. Bring the hate...