Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York....
The thing is, he wouldn't do it openly. He'd pass the names to an assistant who would make some anonymous posts online and let it go from there. Sure, maybe that can be proven in another trial, but that's too far away to help the witnesses or to avoid slowing this case
Russia isn't necessarily fine with it just because they started it. After all, they seized Crimea back in 2014 and got away with it without a fight. Russia also made a push to capture Ukraine's government in a matter of days at the start, which they wouldn't have done if they didn't think there was a chance of it succeeding. It's very possible that Russia expected this to be over quickly and based its decision on that expectation
Given that Iran paid for them years ago and is now in a bit more of a tense situation than usual, I have a feeling Iran is saying to Russia that they'd better deliver or they'll stop selling stuff to Russia. Iran will be fine if Russia loses to Ukraine, so they can afford to make that threat
This is one of my cats; Blue. He was recently attacked by something, or someone, while I was at work, last week. I’m currently fundraising for his treatment. It is going to be over $2000. 😞...
Vet bills can get nasty in Europe too. They're not covered by universal healthcare policies, unsurprisingly. But also, like... don't be a dickhead about someone's pet getting hurt? They already know it's costing them a lot of money
It seems odd to me that this article is framing octopodes as a surprising inclusion. Aren't they generally known to be some of the most intelligent animals of all?
Many U.S. weapons are already positioned in stores across Europe that could be pulled immediately for Ukraine, the first official said. Some materiel could reach Ukraine in days; others may take weeks.
Better late than never. Even if it reaches a point that Ukraine can't win, the costlier it would be to force Ukraine to surrender then the better Ukraine's chances in negotiations are
The hybrit process that some Swedish steelmakers (including SSAB - not a typo, it isn't Saab) are using looks promising. They've been testing it with Volvo and are apparently making it part of Volvo's regular process in 2026
They didn't, it's just an unbelievably dishonest headline
“If the Zionist regime wants to take action against our nuclear centers and facilities, we will surely and categorically reciprocate with advanced missiles against their own nuclear sites,”
CE/BCE isn't strictly astronomical year terminology, it can be applied to the Gregorian calendar and AD/BC can be used for astronomical years. If you see BCE outside of an astronomy context, it probably does not include a year zero
The other comments are right, but if you don't like tofu there are absolutely other options. Legumes in particular are really good for the same kind of role in many dishes, and in my opinion are generally far more enjoyable. Get some mushroom and/or seaweed flavours in there for the umami and butter beans for the texture and all the nutritional goodness and I'm a happy man
The original paper says that they weighted each measure to the country's national production and then weighted those by the country's share of global production. They didn't just average each result they got for beef with no regard for location.
Right, but they didn't do that. It's a meta-analysis, so they took the value that each study got for a given crop in a specific country and then weighted all of the values by the share of global production that that country is responsible for. So if we pretend that the only three countries are Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, they did the following:
Found three studies from Estonia, two from Latvia, and two from Lithuania
Averaged the values of the three Estonian studies
Did the same for the two Latvian ones and the two Lithuanian ones
Found that Estonia is responsible for 60% of the world's beef, Latvia 25%, and Lithuania 15%
Took their three national averages and weighted them 0.6 for Estonia, 0.25 for Latvia, and 0.15 for Lithuania to get the final value for beef
Repeat for each other crop
The dataset was 1530 studies across 39,000 farms in 119 countries
The paper is a meta-analysis, it's not trying to calculate those things at all. It's collating and standardising the results of other studies doing that. To take Ridoutt et al 2011 as an example because it's the first beef one that comes up in the dataset, regarding feedlots:
In the feedlot subsystem, water and energy use was calculated using data reported in a benchmarking study of Australian beef cattle feedlots (Davis and Wiedemann 2009). The composition of the feedlot ration was based on detailed, multi-year records provided confidentially by a large feedlot operator. Consumptive water use associated with the production of each feed component was calculated using national statistics (ABS 2008a,2008b) and various CSIRO data sources (e.g. Ridoutt and Poulton 2010). The EcoInvent v2 database (http://www.ecoinvent.org) was the source of water use information for mineral supplements (<0.01% by mass). The feedlot operator also provided data on the transportation distances of the feed components which were used to calculate fuel use in transporting commodities to the feedlot.
It's depending on the work of the 1,530 source papers to calculate the inputs appropriately. You would know this if you had looked at the paper, so where did you get the idea that it is as you described?
the paper tries to quantify all the inputs and outputs for foods, but it fails to actually calculate either the actualy outputs (like non-food animal products), or the actual costs of the inputs (many of which would be waste products)
Emphasis mine, of course. The remaining four-fifths of your comment focussed entirely on inputs too. The paper does not do this and never intended or claimed to. It collates the work of other papers that did it. Why tell such an obvious lie? Your comment is literally right there
I'm afraid they're straight up lying. The paper doesn't mention cotton even once. See for yourself in the paper here or the database here. It doesn't even specify one type of feed for the beef cattle, because it is a meta-analsyis of hundreds of others papers about specific practices in specific areas. It takes a weighted average of those depending on how much of the world's production the area studied in each one accounts for.
Is it fuck. You complained about their methodology and then went on to cite an example of a problematic methodology that they simply did not use. You have not read the paper.
Alright, point me to the page of the study or the line of the database that counts the full water usage of cottonseed in beef production. Should be easy for you.
Trump trial: Prosecutors withhold witness lineup from former president’s team (gazette.com)
Prosecutors made the unusual decision this week to remain almost entirely mum about the order in which they planned to call their first witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York....
These 112 House Republicans voted against Ukraine aid (www.businessinsider.com)
The House passed a more than $60 billion bill that provides more military aid to Ukraine....
Unknown process is destroying Mars rocks (youtu.be)
Chad Asks US to Withdraw Troops From Key Outpost Ahead of Election (www.bloomberg.com)
Iran Might Receive Its First Su-35 Flanker Fighters From Russia Next Week (www.forbes.com)
Blue, before he was attacked. (lemmy.world)
This is one of my cats; Blue. He was recently attacked by something, or someone, while I was at work, last week. I’m currently fundraising for his treatment. It is going to be over $2000. 😞...
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient (www.nbcnews.com)
Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus....
Pentagon prepares to send artillery, air defenses to Ukraine as House approaches vote (www.politico.com)
Many U.S. weapons are already positioned in stores across Europe that could be pulled immediately for Ukraine, the first official said. Some materiel could reach Ukraine in days; others may take weeks.
Don't care what the reason is. (lemmy.world)
How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
Iran Issues Unprecedented Nuclear Threat in Duel With Israel (www.thedailybeast.com)
Vultures feared to be dying were just "too drunk to fly" (www.cbsnews.com)
Did the year zero never exist ?
Please explain my confused me like I’m 5 (0r 4 or 6).
Pls pls pls.... (slrpnk.net)
Russia's meat grinder soldiers - 50,000 confirmed dead (www.bbc.com)
Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark - the BBC can confirm....
Beef produces 85 kg CO2e per kg of food. Tofu produces 2.9 kg CO2e per kg of food. (ourworldindata.org)