Grist List
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This straw-bale urinal turns your pee into compost
Next time you find yourself drunk at a festival, instead of finding an isolated patch of grass to pee on, consider the public tower of straw that turns your pee into plant-friendly compost.
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Now you can track the inexorable progress of climate change on Twitter
The Keeling Curve is now on Twitter, mixing depressing information about carbon concentrations in with your usual diet of unsourced news and parody accounts.
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Ben Affleck is going to eat like a poor person [Updated]
Ben Affleck is going to see what it's like to be poor.
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Here are some capybaras hanging out in a hot tub
Capybaras do cute stuff. You watch.
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A desperate McDonald’s Japan turns to frantic dance as metaphor
McDonald's Japan isn't doing well. Bring on the dancing employees.
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This magical filter makes soda into water
This water bottle, which is based on a filter developed by NASA, is so powerful it gets rid of everything in the Coke that makes it Coke, and turns it into plain water.
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L.A. ice cream shop churns all its ice cream using bike power
An L.A. man who loves bikes and ice cream has gotten them together, for sustainable pedal-powered deliciousness.
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It’s World Penguin Day! Here are some ways to celebrate
We are fans of penguins. We do not want them to go extinct. Because look at all the things they do for us.
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Quiet Car on stalled Amtrak train transforms into rowdy impromptu wine tasting
Score one for mass transit.
