Donald Trump, a 77-year-old Bible salesman from Palm Beach, Florida, has emerged as the nation’s most prominent Christian leader. Trump is running for president as a divinely chosen champion of White Christians, promising to sanctify their grievances, destroy their perceived enemies, bolster their social status, and grant them...
Nice. I remember thinking even in his initial campaign for 2016 that if he wins, there might be a silver lining of benefit we could get out of it, in the same way that a hangover is beneficial for an alcoholic: it’ll suck, but it might slap some sense into people who wake up that next morning and decide they’re never letting that happen again.
…unfortunately that didn’t really happen on a large scale, but this hits close enough to that mark that I’ll take it.
When I am asked to choose my favourite insect, I have no hesitation in choosing the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris). I have been stung many times, having first fallen into a wasp nest at 5 years old – though the young me was spared many stings as the wasps became entangled in the thick sweater my great-aunt had knitted....
Absolutely, but no one with the means to do those things has the will to, so the rest of us are left scrambling for a plan B. We’re on our last few laps around the drain - we need major interventions if we’re going to stop ourselves from going down.
Preserving the environment is no longer a good reason to not experiment on it, cuz if we stay the course it’s fucked anyway. It’s already broken beyond our current options to repair it.
I just recently learned that this is a thing that exists. I’ve had a couple audiology tests that use these weird headphones with firm rubber balls where normally expect to see the speakers; the rubber balls sit on your temporal bone, and there’s a metal bar the wraps around your head connecting them and giving them pressure...
Yeah usually TLDR means “here’s a short summary” but in this case it’s “here’s where to start reading if you don’t care about the context and want to just dive right into the questions”.
Starfield just got a DLC-sized expansion mod, allowing you to create whole colonies with giant mechs, defense turrets, a farming system and more (www.dsogaming.com)
Trolly problem solved any % WR (lemmy.world)
I miss vegetables (lemmy.world)
Trumpism Is Emptying Churches: The former president’s embrace of White Christian militantism coincides with a precipitous decline in religious affiliation in the US (www.bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump, a 77-year-old Bible salesman from Palm Beach, Florida, has emerged as the nation’s most prominent Christian leader. Trump is running for president as a divinely chosen champion of White Christians, promising to sanctify their grievances, destroy their perceived enemies, bolster their social status, and grant them...
In defence of wasps: a misunderstood insect with human-like qualities (www.theguardian.com)
When I am asked to choose my favourite insect, I have no hesitation in choosing the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris). I have been stung many times, having first fallen into a wasp nest at 5 years old – though the young me was spared many stings as the wasps became entangled in the thick sweater my great-aunt had knitted....
Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere (www.scientificamerican.com)
Bone conduction headphones?
I just recently learned that this is a thing that exists. I’ve had a couple audiology tests that use these weird headphones with firm rubber balls where normally expect to see the speakers; the rubber balls sit on your temporal bone, and there’s a metal bar the wraps around your head connecting them and giving them pressure...