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Comment on Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections in ~society
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Comment on Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections in ~society
paris Link ParentCan we maybe change the headline to reflect these are arrests for older events? (I nearly had a heart attack thinking this was today. 😅)Can we maybe change the headline to reflect these are arrests for older events? (I nearly had a heart attack thinking this was today. 😅)
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Comment on Marius Borg Høiby, the 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her 20s in ~news
paris LinkIt apparently isn’t the case in Norway that royals are exempt from prosecution, as they are in the UK.It apparently isn’t the case in Norway that royals are exempt from prosecution, as they are in the UK.
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Comment on US FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine, phenylephrine, from market in ~health
paris Link ParentOver the counter: they just give it to you, aka it might as well be on a shelf. No protections, freely accessible (think paracetamol). Behind the counter: a pharmacist is protecting this. It...Over the counter: they just give it to you, aka it might as well be on a shelf. No protections, freely accessible (think paracetamol).
Behind the counter: a pharmacist is protecting this. It requires either a prescription (higher tier; need doctor/insurance authorisation), or simply can’t be bought without them making sure you’re not buying enough of it to LARP Breaking Bad.
🎶~ idioms are fun ~ 🎶
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Comment on Fossil fuels aren’t the biggest source of surging methane emissions in ~enviro
paris LinkThis article feels disingenuous in its mystified lack of conclusions. Bolding mine. 🤔🤔🤔 Hm, something’s missing from this second list of where these mysterious “microbes” might be coming from…...This article feels disingenuous in its mystified lack of conclusions.
But microbial sources—such as wetlands, cattle, and landfills— are an even more significant source of methane, accounting for more than half of global emissions.
Bolding mine.
It remains unclear whether the increased microbial emissions came from natural sources like wetlands or human-driven sources, such as landfills and agriculture.
🤔🤔🤔 Hm, something’s missing from this second list of where these mysterious “microbes” might be coming from…
Meanwhile every other science says, “Hey, it’s animal agriculture, it’s cows, it’s cattle, it’s bovines.”
What a mystery!
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
paris Link ParentI had to look up mandarin in this sense: Wow, that’s quite the term to be throwing about so casually! Does it not read as entirely racist????I had to look up
mandarinin this sense:a powerful official or senior bureaucrat, especially one perceived as reactionary and secretive
Wow, that’s quite the term to be throwing about so casually! Does it not read as entirely racist????
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Comment on Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week in ~comp
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Comment on Epiousion in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on PimEyes says Meta glasses integration could have ‘irreversible consequences’ in ~tech
paris Link Parent(sigh)“2016”
“pervasive surveillance culture and the use of facial recognition in public spaces”(sigh)
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Architecture blog recommendations?
Morning, y’all! I’ve been a reader of Dezeen for years, but have lost touch with all the other architecture blogs I used to read via RSS (RIP Google Reader) pre-current internet. I like their...
Morning, y’all! I’ve been a reader of Dezeen for years, but have lost touch with all the other architecture blogs I used to read via RSS (RIP Google Reader) pre-current internet. I like their combination of showcases and architecture news, though I do wish there was more technical information given.
Anyone have any architecture blogs they’d love to recommend in a similar vein?
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Comment on Viossa and venting about Etymology Nerd in ~humanities.languages
paris LinkI like the “if you can understand it, it’s correct,” aspect. There’s often significant focus on grammatical functions in conlangs that don’t really reflect how communication is achieved (which is...I like the “if you can understand it, it’s correct,” aspect. There’s often significant focus on grammatical functions in conlangs that don’t really reflect how communication is achieved (which is fine: often it’s in worldbuilding contexts).
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Comment on Touch / Snerting | Official trailer in ~movies
paris Link ParentSpeaking for myself, I find myself not too concerned. If I don’t like something, I don’t have to finish it; and I’m more willing to give things a try if they don’t come loaded preconceptions. I...Speaking for myself, I find myself not too concerned. If I don’t like something, I don’t have to finish it; and I’m more willing to give things a try if they don’t come loaded preconceptions. I try to be open to new experiences.
For example friend recently recommended a book to me that I knew nothing about going in, and it was one of the best books I’d ever read. Had I known the synopsis ahead of time, I never would have read it.
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Comment on São Paulo mayoral candidate treated in hospital after getting clobbered with chair in ~society
paris Link ParentMastodon was absolutely giddy talking about the cadeirada today. So many good memes, it felt like old twitter for a minute. Slightly unrelated but something that’s been bothering me for a while:...Mastodon was absolutely giddy talking about the cadeirada today. So many good memes, it felt like old twitter for a minute.
Slightly unrelated but something that’s been bothering me for a while: why does the AP accept the ç in Marçal, the é in José, yet refuse to spell São Paulo correctly? (Though I suppose I should be thankful they didn’t write Sao Paolo, which is unfortunately so common in anglophone reporting it makes me insane.)
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Comment on Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website – potentially chilling effect on artists engaging critically with large corporations in ~arts
paris Link ParentIn preliminary hearings, the high court judge initially questioned whether “Iceland is not the better place for this sort of issue to be ventilated”, though later appeared satisfied with the prosecution’s argument that the spoofed website’s co.uk suffix meant it was targeted at the UK.
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Comment on cohost.org to shut down by the end of 2024 in ~tech
paris LinkArchive link: https://archive.is/1Oonr I really wanted to like cohost but the culture never jived with me, and their lack of updates and financial transparency despite their continued communicated...Archive link: https://archive.is/1Oonr
I really wanted to like cohost but the culture never jived with me, and their lack of updates and financial transparency despite their continued communicated insistence on both, made it hard to trust the project was in capable hands. I’m curious to see how they handle data export, another long-promised and never delivered feature, now that the site has a scheduled death-day; I don’t have high hopes considering they’re already walking back promises about what the site would be “if” they ever shut down.
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Comment on Originally created to soundtrack a video game, Jónsi's solo album ‘First Light’ has an immersive, escapist quality that reflects his inspiration, but far exceeding the original purpose in ~music
paris LinkThis is an extremely laudatory written review, and then the numerical score given is a blindsiding 7/10. What gives?This is an extremely laudatory written review, and then the numerical score given is a blindsiding 7/10. What gives?
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Comment on Personally protecting a piece of prairie in ~enviro
paris Link ParentThe prairie they are trying to protect would die if the trees spread though. It would not be prairie if they let the trees grow rampant.The prairie they are trying to protect would die if the trees spread though. It would not be prairie if they let the trees grow rampant.
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Comment on Is there an independent, cross-device cloud sync platform for ebooks? in ~books
paris LinkI wonder if calibre can be made to work with your use-case? I have my Calibre library synced to iCloud for ease of downloading on the go, but I wonder if any cloud-service (I use Koofr for...I wonder if calibre can be made to work with your use-case? I have my Calibre library synced to iCloud for ease of downloading on the go, but I wonder if any cloud-service (I use Koofr for academic stuff bc Zotero/WebDAV) should be able to be finagled into working?
Koofr has a web interface which is… lackluster, but supposedly they have a app as well which I've never used. Setting up iCloud with the e-reader is almost assuredly a no-go though.
Will be following this to see if anyone has a solution for you. I'm curious too!
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
paris Link ParentNo idea! None that make this as big a stink.No idea! None that make this as big a stink.
Thank you!