Consuming news has ceased to be something that can be done passively in order to be informed of the goings-on in the world. You have to watch your emotions closely. What phrase made me feel that way? What about it triggered that emotion? What other phrases were used to a similar - or different - effect? Who benefits from me feeling this way? Stripped of those particular words, what other ways can the events be described in?
Welcome to 2024, where news is a full contact martial art.
What is the werewolf gut microbiome like? And what happens to it when a were shifts form? (Do humans get copious diarrhoea/purge themselves right after shifting? And what happens to the gut contents if a werewolf gorges on meat right before shifting back to human?) What about parasites in raw meat, eg. trichinosis?
And are xanthine alkaloids (like theobromine, found in chocolate) as toxic to werewolves as they are to canids?
Wow. A microbiology lab at Texas A&M accepted purchased raw milk samples from NPR for H5N1 testing, then contacted the milk producers to seek permission. When the producers said, "don't test our milk," the lab not only declined to carry out the tests but also refused to send the samples on to another lab.
@kdnyhan probably, but that's a very different concern then. abd likely an individual issue, that would take time and resources to develop into a class act…
@feld@annika i wish we could put our washing machine (and optionally, a dryer) into our shed, but our shed looks like a haunted house, crawling with plants, rats, insects and ghouls and ghosts (and our bikes). But we did finally manage to get a dishwasher into the house:
someone set the alarm clock in kiddo's room for (a sensible time, tho not necessarily sensible for a Sunday). so naturally, I'm the only one in the house who's woken up by that.
Canada's early climate collapse alarm has gone off.
30 billion trees burned in one "fire season" and it has not gone out.
30 billion trees is more than the entire history of logging in Canada.
30 billion trees is an area larger than Ireland lost, twice.
Twice.
Not Ireland's forests. Ireland's forests would have burned in before the season started. ALL OF Ireland, from shoreline to rocky coast was burned into the roots.
That is the alarm. Carbon fuel is a murderous serial killer.
I mentioned in my latest video that the English-language version of the Wikipedia article for Berlagebrug was woefully inadequate compared to the Dutch-language version, and immediately several people rushed to update it.
@notjustbikes somewhat relatedly: how hard have you been finding it to learn Dutch?
(it strikes me as quite easy, coming from German & English, and also as really hard, given that everyone, especially in big cities, speaks excellent English in the Netherlands)
@dave I've had covid three times in the last four years. it's done things to my body and brain that i rather it wouldn't. so i keep masking, because what else can i do?