Is white paint racist? Norway’s University of Bergen is exploring that question, asking how the aesthetic of white paint helped the nation contribute to white supremacy and helped “[make] the world whiter.” “Whiteness is not only a cultural and societal condition tied to skin color, privileges, and systematic exclusion, but materialize everywhere around us,” a rundown […]
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A large marine paint-making company has been fined £650,000 after a highly toxic banned chemical was washed out from a holding tank into a “pristine” river in south-west England. International Paint Ltd “utterly failed” to control a substance called TBT that it had stored at its mothballed plant on the banks of the Yealm in […]
Commercial aircraft are generally expensive to manufacture, operate, maintain and fly, but not many think about the cost that goes into painting one. Dean Baldwin Painting is a 57-year-old aircraft painting company based in Macon, Georgia. It owns and operates five facilities across the U.S. Its clients are some of the largest airlines in the […]
Marine organisms tend to attach and settle on submerged surfaces such as vessel hulls. These organisms often cause increased friction or drag when the vessel moves through the water, resulting in higher fuel consumption. This phenomenon is called fouling — and in order to prevent it, antifouling paints with biocides, typically copper, are applied to […]
In the technology world, 2022 has been the year of AI. In the last twelve months, we’ve seen an explosion of AI art, tool, writers, music composers, and AI-based skin analysis. But the undoubted star of the show has been the AI image generator. Across social media, vivid digital illustrations created by a computer and […]
Emissions from copper-based antifouling paints are a well-known environmental problem. As much as 40 percent of copper inputs to the Baltic Sea come from antifouling paints on ships and leisure boats. According to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, this is completely unnecessary. When the researchers compared copper-based antifouling paint with biocide-free […]
Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid, before one then glued himself to the glass protecting the painting’s frame, footage has revealed. In the latest round of eco stunts attempting to damage artwork worth tens of millions of pounds, two male protesters could […]
A Just Stop Oil protester has been caught in an embarrassing moment as she accidentally doused herself in orange paint while trying to throw the substance over the window of the Barclays bank HQ in Aberdeen. Lee Matthews, 22, was filmed clutching a tin of orange paint in front of the bank branch as another […]
Dudley was a “sassy old man.” As she painted strokes of gray fur onto the canvas, President of the Greyhound Pets of America Denise Schumitz remembered her beloved dog who died in August. Schumitz found Dudley through her organization when he was in need of a home after his previous owner died. Schumitz adopted Dudley […]
It looks like Jason Momoa may have a new family member! Yesterday, the actor shared a video on Instagram of an ADORABLE little pig he brought home. Just look at that wittle baby face!!! Jason debated whether to call the pig Manapua or Lau Lau, LOL. “This is not a domesticated pig, is it?” Jason’s […]