Disposable vapes may be more toxic than cigarettes
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Comment on Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on Best daily sunscreens? in ~health
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Comment on If you were referred to with an Epithet, what would it be? in ~talk
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Comment on Scientists reveal how DMT alters brain activity and consciousness by lowering control energy in ~science
Moonchild Link Parentexample https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2416106122chemical "neighbors" of psychedelic drugs that are not themselves psychoactive seem to also work to some degree
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Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to launch disease registry tracking autistic people by collecting US private medical records in ~society
Moonchild Link Parenti don't mean to equivocate, but it's not clear to me what distinction you are trying to draw, and wikipedia and the oed do not illuminate. it doesn't seem obviously outside the purview of the us...i don't mean to equivocate, but it's not clear to me what distinction you are trying to draw, and wikipedia and the oed do not illuminate. it doesn't seem obviously outside the purview of the us department of health and human services to study autism; that seems to me like a strange thing to focus on
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Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to launch disease registry tracking autistic people by collecting US private medical records in ~society
Moonchild Link Parentit is a disease and i am sick and tired of the rhetoric that it isn't i tried mdma recently, and it cured my autism for the few hours i was on it—it turned me into a normal person. that was what...it is a disease and i am sick and tired of the rhetoric that it isn't
i tried mdma recently, and it cured my autism for the few hours i was on it—it turned me into a normal person. that was what really cemented it for me. it was very depressing, since you cannot take mdma very frequently—so many ways i'm hamstrung in my day to day social and emotional experience that just suddenly. weren't like that anymore. and then were again
i agree that this program sounds like state terrorism
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Comment on US President Donald Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they’re not citizens in ~society
Moonchild Link Parentthat one 'ghibli ai' post literally made me gag. and of course that's the pointthat one 'ghibli ai' post literally made me gag. and of course that's the point
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Comment on Post something from your notes app in ~talk
Moonchild (edited )Linklist of chapter numbers to look at from a plastic surgery textbook cursory attempt to analyse fiona apple 'i want you to love me'. i am quite bad at music; i let my mom take one listen and she...3 9 13? 15? 27? (genio) 28,29? (rhino) 30? (cranio) 40 44? (makeup/skin effects, perceptual?)
list of chapter numbers to look at from a plastic surgery textbook'i know' in 'i know none of this will matter in the long run' is a minor release in the 2013-10-02 version, which is what you expect; in the 2020 version, it sustains the tension for longer (like portal)
in the 2013-10-12 version she maintained it more but added a cymbal to still add some overt emphasis? i think pure maintenance (not even quite what happens in the 2020 version, but closer) takes more guts and is more subtle and difficult to pull offthe moment after 'bang it—bite it—bruise it' is less emphasised in the 2013 version. importantly, in neither version is it actually the transition, but in the 2020 version, it serves to call attention to the transition which immediately follows
cursory attempt to analyse fiona apple 'i want you to love me'. i am quite bad at music; i let my mom take one listen and she caught lots of things i missed. versions are 2013-10-03, 2013-10-04, 2013-10-12, 2020. i don't know what 2013-10-02 was a typo for but probably -03The singular of erotica is eroticum
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Comment on Record thefts boost North Korea to third-largest bitcoin holder in ~finance
Moonchild Link Parentthis seems eminently reasonable. in the 1990s, the us government attempted to regulate the use of strong encryption; it was not a good time (this was overturned on 1a grounds, and now it is legal...On November 26, 2024 a US Federal Appeals court overturned an earlier ruling stating that the law could not sanction a protocol.
this seems eminently reasonable. in the 1990s, the us government attempted to regulate the use of strong encryption; it was not a good time (this was overturned on 1a grounds, and now it is legal to communicate privately). the eff's comment on this hedges a bit but is supportive, brushing on the issue of financial privacy. and there are lots of other ways to obscure financial activity anyway; that just evidently happened to be the one they found most convenient to use at the time
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Comment on Why Dua Lipa is so good at asking questions in ~books
Moonchild (edited )Link Parenti would go further and say i find it entirely expected and obvious that someone whose literal job is to socialise and perform would be good at in-depth interviewing. he talks up oprah's castmate's...i would go further and say i find it entirely expected and obvious that someone whose literal job is to socialise and perform would be good at in-depth interviewing. he talks up oprah's castmate's capability at this, but then for some reason assumes dua lipa would not be equally capable? the interesting thing is obviously not that she is capable of doing this, but that she has chosen to in fact do it—something less glamorous, for a smaller audience. it seems to me to speak not to sophistication on her part, but rather to a degree of earnestness. maybe also comfort with publicly sharing something more intimate. maybe also attempt to spread literacy among those of her fans who might not otherwise have read those books (cf. dolly parton?)
with that said, ignoring the more obnoxious aspects of the frame, i thought the video was a not-that-bad (if somewhat shallow) deconstruction of various interview formats
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Comment on Waiting for a book in paperback? Good luck. Publishers increasingly give nonfiction authors one shot at print stardom, ditching paperbacks as priorities shift. in ~books
Moonchild (edited )Link Parentequally important for durability is the quality of the materials and construction. i'd much rather a properly sewn softcover on thick, acid-free paper than a shoddy, perfect-bound hardcover. many...durable
equally important for durability is the quality of the materials and construction. i'd much rather a properly sewn softcover on thick, acid-free paper than a shoddy, perfect-bound hardcover. many hardcovers today are quite low quality. hardcover will not be worse than a co-published softcover edition, but it still rankles quite a bit—books are mostly not made to be treasured artifacts anymore. i recently got a conference proceedings from the 60s and a poetry collection from a not-so-famous poet from the 50s. both are not so 'fancy' as these things go, but they far and away blow away the vast majority of books printed in the last few decades
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Comment on Piglets will be left to starve in a controversial art exhibit in Denmark – Marco Evaristti aims to raise awareness of the suffering caused by modern pig production in ~arts
Moonchild (edited )Linki see this as somewhat similar to the killing of the united healthcare ceo. the death of one particular individual (whom you have never met) is of no consequence one way or the other. it is...i see this as somewhat similar to the killing of the united healthcare ceo. the death of one particular individual (whom you have never met) is of no consequence one way or the other. it is entirely symbolic, and should be taken as such
we can however think about the symbology of killing some pigs to try to help some others. is it (forced) martyrdom—what is the implication of that, and of forcing somebody to be a martyr? how does the experience of these pigs compare to that of commercially farmed pigs—is perhaps this life even better, or at least not much worse?
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Comment on US Department of Homeland Security quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity in ~society
Moonchild Link Parentmy dad started trying to get us out of the us probably 15+ years ago. made it to canada around 2016, which is funny (coincidental) timing, but now increasingly seems more prescient than evermy dad started trying to get us out of the us probably 15+ years ago. made it to canada around 2016, which is funny (coincidental) timing, but now increasingly seems more prescient than ever
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Comment on Against addressing root causes in ~society
Moonchild (edited )Link Parentthe alleged root cause is that, due to the nature of biology, there will always be viruses; if you just eradicate one virus without changing the nature of biology, you're not getting at the root...the alleged root cause is that, due to the nature of biology, there will always be viruses; if you just eradicate one virus without changing the nature of biology, you're not getting at the root of the problem, because there will be more viruses
i think the author's main point with this is that you can always push the concept of a root cause one level deeper, so it's not really useful to make a binary split of root cause/symptom; instead we should just consider the magnitude of the impact of whatever we do
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Comment on What is a book that every 13-year-old boy should read? in ~books
Moonchild Link Parentwhen i was a little younger—maybe 9 or 10—i read basically just the dialogues. they don't hit quite so hard without the fuller, more direct expositions that follow, but are still nice to read (and...when i was a little younger—maybe 9 or 10—i read basically just the dialogues. they don't hit quite so hard without the fuller, more direct expositions that follow, but are still nice to read (and might invite curiosity into the latter, piecemeal)
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Comment on The American physicians are healing themselves with Ozempic in ~health
Moonchild Link Parenti have a friend who recently decided she wanted to lose a lot of weight, and has been basically starving herself since, to great effect. (she wasn't fat and was happy with her weight before. not...Empirically, most treatments (except for GLP-1 agonists) have very poor success rates. It might feel different because "free will", but that's not a scientific way to look at things. The only thing that matters is outcome.
i have a friend who recently decided she wanted to lose a lot of weight, and has been basically starving herself since, to great effect. (she wasn't fat and was happy with her weight before. not saying whether i think this is a good idea :p.) i think it's more that some people are capable of exercising willpower around food consumption etc, and some people aren't, and obviously people looking for help with weight loss will belong to the latter group because the former doesn't need any help
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Comment on I just turned 29 last month, what are some things I should be thinking about before my 30s? in ~talk
Moonchild Link Parentvisible light also causes photoaging, which sunscreen can protect against somewhatbecause UV still gets through the clouds
visible light also causes photoaging, which sunscreen can protect against somewhat
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Comment on Did Donald Trump's executive order just make everyone in the US female? in ~society
Moonchild Linkno, it did not, and it is no more than pedantic sophistry to pretend it didno, it did not, and it is no more than pedantic sophistry to pretend it did
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Comment on US President Donald Trump to issue executive orders to end birthright citizenship, limit gender identity — incoming official in ~lgbt
Moonchild Link Parentthat's neither here nor there. trump's administration is not expressing a positive position, but a political position, and one which is intended to oppressthat's neither here nor there. trump's administration is not expressing a positive position, but a political position, and one which is intended to oppress
i find semicolons and em dashes both very abusable, at least in my own writing (because i tend towards long sentences—it always feels like i lose momentum with every sentence end—and a semicolon helps to stretch out a would-be runon), and try to avoid both when i care. imo the really slept on punctuation mark is the colon. i only really seem to see it in popular writing before a list