“The pair built two prototypes, a “Happy Time” loom built from a rotary telephone and a Speak & Spell style baby’s toy, and an “Apocaloom.” Hyyppä documented the construction and use of the “Happy Time” loom on her personal website. “Although looms have become hi-tech through industrialisation and accelerating mass production, the basic design of these useful machines that also inspired programming have remained largely the same,” she wrote. “Our aim was to explore these principles in the context of electro-waste by building loom prototypes.”
The functional little “Happy Time” loom plays a children’s song when the receiver is lifted, a common action during weaving. It’s a tiny loom, just a prototype, and Hyyppä uses it to weave a piece of discarded plastic into scarf. For the project, all the weaving materials was discarded plastic and other bits of garbage.”
This project is describe throughout the piece as post-apocalyptic, but it seems pretty solarpunk to me. Reduce, reuse, recycle!
At least 28 dogs have died and another eight fallen ill after consuming poisonous pet food that is now being urgently recalled by regulators.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling certain Sportmix products after batches were found to contain potentially fatal levels of aflatoxin.
Aflatoxin is a toxin produced by mold that can grow on corn and other grains used as ingredients in pet food.
Symptoms can include sluggishness, loss of appetite, vomiting, jaundice, and diarrhea. Pets may also suffer liver damage but not show symptoms, the FDA said.
Both cat and dog food products are among those being recalled. No cat or human illnesses have been reported, the FDA notes. The items were sold nationally and online.
The names and lot codes, which may be found on the back of the items, of the products being recalled are:
50# Sportmix Energy Plus Lots Exp 03/02/22/05/L2, 03/02/22/05/L3, 03/03/22/05/L2
44# Sportmix Energy Plus Lots 03/02/22/05/L3
50# Sportmix Premium High Energy Lots 03/03/22/05/L3
44# Sportmix Premium High Energy Lots 03/03/22/05/L3
31# Sportmix Original Cat Lots 03/03/22/05/L3
15# Sportmix Original Cat Lots 03/03/22/05/L2, 03/03/22/05/L3
