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recovering climate doomer building a better timeline // pro-science, pro-democracy, still into Pokémon // the future is weird, and we’ll get there together

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@quinnslcm @astro_b3 I was just in Jackson Hole last week and it’s absolutely worth that drive just for the views

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@PBakera31938 @Rohanburdened Large enough samples will always trend towards a reliable representation of reality just by laws of mathematics. Not always *perfect* but statistically reliable enough for meaningful analysis.

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@thisismynewalt1 @Nyct0phil3_x How would you feel if you had not eaten breakfast this morning?

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@OctaneOrTurbo @dareeexc @BullTheoryio The mosquitos that bite humans* are invasive in most of the world. Sorry, should have specified

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@dareeexc @BullTheoryio Mosquitoes are invasive in most of the world, having hitched a ride on human transport (boats). Their ecological niche is quickly filled by other native insects when they are removed.

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Does God have a penis?

If not, does that mean one does not need a penis to be a man?

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

Texas will never elect someone who thinks God is nonbinary.

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@ThoreauBklyn @snuppydogg Swiping on everyone indiscriminately lowers your ELO and you stop seeing profiles considered desirable

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@2LEAVE2WANDER @chiguy06175782 @Doge111111111 @thehorizon2b2t @IndisValleyChud

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@suchnerve I installed a browser extension to replace the word “Millennials” with “Snake People” and it was hilarious. I’d forget about it until a “Snake People are killing the diamond industry”

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@LuciaLobosvilla @SanjayVedi Agreed and that is one part I find disappointing. I came to like Ezra, and Chopper is fun, but Sabine and Zeb are badly under developed

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@SanjayVedi @LuciaLobosvilla Rebels was TV-Y7 while TCW was TV-PG, which explains the difference in content. Still, Rebels has some solid moments.

I happened to watch it while Andor S1 was airing and seeing the same time period depicted in WILDLY different tones was fun.

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@Jarjar63655428 @Purrl471 It’s the only second-person plural available in English. Spanish has “Tus” and “Ustedes”, French has “Vus” etc

For some reason English abandoned that construct so we had to re-evolve it. “Y’all” has purpose and value

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@quirked_up_anzu Galen was brought on towards the end of the project to nail down powering and concentrating the beam, which the Geonosians could never get right. The “giant spherical hive-like structure that can house a million people and travel through space” part was still all them.

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@dog_domain @anarch97 Oh for sure, it comes in waves lol

I get infatuated with my wife again for a few weeks like twice a year

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@muaddibstyle I was thinking about how Jedi who fall victim to inquisitiors or Vader in later years are still basically victims of “Order 66.” They’re all still operating under that initial command.

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@FixYouthsFuture @thepanta82 @LinkofSunshine I understand your feelings, and shared them in the past. I had misgivings about the e-collars when I heard about them.

Every professional dog training facility in my area uses them. I don’t think that would be the case if they were ineffective, counterproductive, or abusive.

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@FixYouthsFuture @thepanta82 @LinkofSunshine I think there’s a difference between products called “shock collars” (which are bad) and the “e-collars” used in professional training. The e-collar provides a tactile sensation that quickly becomes associated with “it’s time to listen and respond” through classic conditioning.

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@bdquinn Sheev is a seed-planter and improviser, a chaos agent

He loves to stir the pot to see what bubbles up, and then use that to his advantage

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@thepanta82 @LinkofSunshine Those collars are used to communicate with the dog, not to discipline them. The shock administered is not painful, it’s like a tapping or pulling sensation. It provides an additional stimulus, alongside verbal cues, to get and keep the dog’s attention.