According to the police, one liter of medicine from scorpion venom could be worth $10 million, which is why it was prohibited to take these animal species out of the country.
If that seems like a dramatic exaggeration of the value or quantity of venom you could get from scorpions. A quick google search shows you can get 2 mg of venom per scorpion, and it is indeed one of the most valuable liquids on earth. Assuming it’s roughly 1 mg per ml, 500 scorpions could make a liter, but professional scorpion farmers only manage to milk about 50 per day.
Ruben Espinoza, the police chief for the Santa Fe Independent School District, told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston that the video does not tell the full story of what happened.
The video where she’s shown hog-tied face down in a pile of fire ants? Yeah, there’s nothing she could have done that justifies what we see in the video. No criminal or suspect ever deserves police brutality, regardless of the crime.
I had a European friend complain that Americans are so egocentric that they call their music “Country Music.” He was also mad we put mayonaise on a pasta and call it a salad.
I remember the movie, but I don’t remember any characters who look like this. Maybe it was an early design for a less physical General Kael? Or perhaps there was another role in the film for an advisor to Queen Bavmorda. His cowl piece looks similar to the queen’s crown design.
And once again, it won’t be the stupid people killing themselves. They’re going to spread the virus, and kill old people, babies, and the immunocompromised. Hospitals will be sapped of resources, services will be distupted, Big Pharma will make money, and life will continue to get shittier while we tolerate stupidity.
This is a rehash of a classic joke about capitalism vs communism. The American worker feels free because they can criticize their government. The Soviet worker feels free because they can criticize their boss. The joke was funnier during the cold war.
The problem with the joke is that it reinforces the lie that the two are mutually exclusive. Both nations were run by oligarchs selling the idea that their system, which keeps them in power, is in the best interest of the people. But you can have socialist worker protections AND democratic values. Individual rights and economic regulation are synergistically beneficial. It’s just much harder to abuse that system to take and keep power.
He’s betting he won’t lose votes on the left because the left will vote against Trump. He’s playing chicken with the end of civilization, and we’re all in the car with him.
If we were protecting American EVs, I could understand the tarrifs. China is undoubtedly manipulating the market and abusing their workers to price out the competition the way Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, Google, Subway, and so many other great American companies have done.
But there are no cheap American EVs. These tariffs are designed to protect cheap American gasoline cars, and the American oil and gas industry.
TURKU, Finland — Beam me up, Scotty! In a study that seems straight out of a “Star Trek” episode, an international team of researchers has achieved a remarkable feat in the realm of quantum teleportation. They have successfully conducted near-perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that typically...
There’s zero chance this will be used to transport matter in our lifetimes, much less sending sentient beings across space. Right now, it’s just information, which is phenomenal by itself.
Oh man, this is going to be exciting for you then. Quantum mechanics is breaking all sorts of laws of physics that were previously assumed to be inviolable.
Healthy skepticism is good, but the more you read about this, the crazier it gets. Quantum entanglement requires an entirely new understanding of dimensional spacetime.
I got you, I just think there’s a lot of pop science reporting on this, and people act like we’re going to have transporters. Even the thumbnail for this article implies it. The problem with that sort of hyperbolic reporting is that then people are disappointed when reality doesn’t live up to the hype.
This is really big news and a great leap forward in research physics. If we can utilize quantum entanglement, it will change the world in ways we cannot even comprehend.
It would be like when Bell first called Watson, every newspaper started promising same-day Amazon delivery.
Game File reports that both Nintendo and the parents who brought the suits on behalf of their children called for the cases to be dismissed.
So both sides agreed to drop the case. Probably because the complainants ran out of money to pursue any further, or they settled out of court. Or both.
Most any voting system would be better than what we have, but STAR is one that accomplishes the most. Several states and local governments have adopted Ramked Choice voting, only to face pushback when people realize that they still need to be strategic with their votes or risk being uncounted. With STAR, voters can be honest about their preferences, every vote is always counted, and there is less risk of spoiled ballots because of voter error. Votes can be counted locally and tabulated later, and fraud is harder to conceal.
Here’s more info on how it works and why it’s better for voters:
America is at the mercy of idiots, by design. We could invest more in education, public healthcare, and income inequality, and we’d have fewer idiots, but first we have to win elections. That’s not my fault. Ignoring that is what got us Trump.
Honestly, that would be preferable to the reality. Unvaccinated children, by and large, aren’t the people who suffer from their parents’ shitty choices. I wouldn’t want anyone to suffer, but if it were the unvaccinated children who suffer most, it would be easier to make the case to ignorant and selfish people who don’t want to vaccinate.
No vaccine is completely effective, and each infection is an opportunity for mutation and spread. Not everyone who gets infected will get sick. Not everyone who gets sick will have severe illness or even the same symptoms. The people who suffer the most are the very young, the immunocompromised, the elderly, and the poor. If you’re talking to someone who thinks their internet googling is as valid as actual medical doctors doing actual scientific research, it’s going to be harder to convince them to do something for the greater good.
Any vaccine mandate would have exceptions, and a process for applying for an exception, along with mandatory alternative treatment plans like directions to isolate during periods of higher risk.
When should you in fact: Ask to speak to a manager?
US museum curator temporarily detained in Turkey airport with 1,500 scorpions and spiders in luggage (www.usatoday.com)
15 May 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
Texas mom says police held her face in pile of fire ants, covering head and neck with hundreds of bite marks (www.nbcnews.com)
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Country music (lemmy.world)
Character design for the movie Willow (unused) - by Mœbius, 1988 (i.imgur.com)
Copyright and Trademark 1988 Lucasfilm, Ltd
Biden slaps new tariffs on Chinese imports, ratcheting trade war (www.aljazeera.com)
Biden is conducting a trade war
Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
Three cheers for Democracy! (slrpnk.net)
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Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum (apnews.com)
Climate change and inflation are both important, so we’re going to make it as expensive as possible to switch away from fossil fuels.
US suggests possibility of penalties if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico (apnews.com)
Near-flawless quantum teleportation demonstrated in groundbreaking experiment (studyfinds.org)
TURKU, Finland — Beam me up, Scotty! In a study that seems straight out of a “Star Trek” episode, an international team of researchers has achieved a remarkable feat in the realm of quantum teleportation. They have successfully conducted near-perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that typically...
Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Dublin and New York City portal to be changed after 9/11 images shown (www.dublinlive.ie)
A follow-up on an earlier report where people wondered how long it would take to get out of hand. The answer: Not long....
Whatever (midwest.social)
How did he know? (lemmy.world)
Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden (www.nytimes.com)
I just can't even. (lemmy.world)