Fern

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[–] Fern@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Simple TL;DR by me:

Dicamba has been known to cause drift and damage many other plants and has been rejected by the courts at least twice in the past. This is all after a corrupt lobbyist that has a track record of being pro-harmful pesticides like glyphosate has been appointed to part of the EPA and flys in the face of promises of RFKj's MAHA.

EPA has had seven long years of massive drift damage to learn that dicamba cannot be used safely with GE dicamba-resistant crops," said Bill Freese, science director at the Center for Food Safety, in a statement.

"If we allow these proposed decisions to go through, farmers and residents throughout rural America will again see their crops, trees, and home gardens decimated by dicamba drift, and natural areas like wildlife refuges will also suffer," he warned. "EPA must reverse course and withdraw its plans to reapprove this hazardous herbicide."

"This is what happens when pesticide oversight is controlled by industry lobbyists," he charged. "Corporate fat cats get their payday and everyone else suffers the consequences."

The Post asked the EPA whether Kunkler's recent appointment influenced the dicamba decision. In response, Vaseliou said that the "EPA follows the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act when registering pesticides" and any insinuation otherwise was "further 'journalism' malpractice by The Washington Post."

After Kunkler's new job was made public last month, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) also flagged his "years of advocating against restrictions on farm chemicals such as glyphosate and atrazine," and stressed that "these are the very pesticides singled out in Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' report for their potential links to chronic illness in children."

"The appointment of Kyle Kunkler sends a loud, clear message: Industry influence is back in charge at the EPA," said EWG president Ken Cook at the time. "It's a stunning reversal of the campaign promises Trump and RFK Jr. made to their MAHA followers—that they'd stand up to chemical giants and protect children from dangerous pesticides."

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Doesn't look like it. Not on Android at all either. They say they can't ensure the privacy of an app on Android. I don't fully understand why.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You love to see it.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

He's going to win, because, despite that, this sentiment is incredibly popular. Also, they already were scared of him.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The comments on this article are really interesting

They are filled with people saying that this is a very poorly written article about an interesting topic.

From what I can glean with my limited knowledge. This insanely high "temperature" of 30-50k, is actually how the author is trying to represent the speed of particles. However, the insanely small amount of particles means the "temperature" is almost imperceptible. I think? This is why Voyager was able to cross this barrier with no issues. As one commenter put it, an astronaut in a space suit would not be able to notice the difference.

Also, the article talks about why this phenomenon occurs, it's the sun's magnetic field. And inside the field, it's like an atmosphere that is different than outside. And the winds outside move a lot faster. Even though the particles are few and far between. As the sun moves throughout space it's magnetic field creates an effect similar to that of a ship moving through water. Also, the magnetic field itself fluctuates with the sun so it's shape and size changes. I thought that was pretty interesting.

Also, someone commented something questioning how the Voyager, a half-a-century-old device, could accomplish this and still communicate with us. And another commenter responded that it's actually pretty amazing. Because we are only able to communicate with it still because we have upgraded our sensors on earth and because the Voyager itself is still pointed towards earth.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you catch the joke? Or did you think it was dumb?

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

How can you tell?

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

What a sad fucking time we live in.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is just dripping with corporate branding so much that's weirdly kitch.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That′s fucked up

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

So beautiful

 

Really appreciate Kurzgesagt spreading awareness with content like this.

 

I would love the ability to swipe left to downvote. Right to upvote or vice versa. Long swipes on each side would be a major bonus as well.

 

Anyone have any advice for a nooby pirate trying to find some textbooks at the decent price of free-fiddy?

 

Even though I'm on here, I honestly lurk most of the time and don't fully understand the activitypub vs at protocol war. This was a great explainer that will reach a lot of people. Really appreciate a lot of David's takes. I hope David and others at MKBHD become aware of and talk about Lemmy soon too.

 

Lemmyversers, I'm looking for some help developing a new mnemonic device.

Inspired by a video by Epic Spaceman, where he explains a handy system for comparing the size of things from a banana to an atom, I’ve come up with a mnemonic device to aid in remembering these scales.

He lists items, each smaller than the previous by a factor of 10:

It goes:

  • Banana
  • Coin
  • Edge of the coin
  • Waterbear/microorganism
  • Red blood cell
  • Bacteria
  • "Good virus"/Bacteriophage
  • Corona Virus/"Bad Virus"
  • DNA
  • Atom

So a coin is roughly 1/10 a banana, and the edge of that coin is roughly 1/10 the size if that coin.

It gives good references for thinking about other things if similar size. A sort of banana for scale at each factor of 10.

And allows you to quickly determine approximations like Covid is roughly 1000 times smaller than a red blood cell. Or an atom is roughly 1 billion times smaller than a banana. (That doesn't sound right. Is that actually right?)

Do you think that's a useful memory tool? And are these best touchstones for scale at each level?

The mnemonic I've come up with for it as you may have guessed, is:

  • Be
  • Cool
  • Even
  • When
  • Really
  • Big
  • Goblins
  • Casually
  • Drop
  • Acid

Do you have any better ideas or tweaks you"d recommend for the mnemonic or the touchstones?

Would this be helpful when trying to wrap your head around the scale of the micro?

Also, what would make for a good macro version of this? Where everything got bigger by a factor of 10?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Fern@lemmy.world to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world
 

Got some ideas/requests.

This is my favorite app so far. Love the swipe controls and the compact UI. Liking the snappiness of it all.

Ideas/requests

  • Add direct messaging (I can see my messages but can't respond to them).
  • Add trending communities when you click search/a way to explore communities rather than having to type in the specific community you want.
  • Make it so clicking on "all" at the top of the screen opens a menu that gives you the option to switch between all, local, subscribed and specific subs and functions as a search.
  • Allow user to customize UI a bit more, specifically in compact mode I'd like to be able to switch the side that the preview thumbnail is on.
  • Show profile banners and have a way for users to customize their banner and profile pic.
  • Add an edit post function.
  • Add sidebars.
  • Ability to save drafts on posts and comments.

Keep up the amazing work! ʕ⁠·⁠ᴥ⁠·⁠ʔ--

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