I’m mostly a “wikipedia reader” type of person, so I don’t have good pop sci sources to recommend… Sorry!

Nice! Thank you so much!

For me to be a better friend by better understanding his new limitations…

He already has a good support network, they organised a fundraiser to get him an electric wheelchair, which is awesome! But at first I didn’t understand why it was helping him, because I don’t know enough about the condition. 🫣

I have a friend who’s now living with ME. Any resources for the general public to better understand the condition?

Yeah. There’ll probably be a long period before plastic can be biodegraded, like it happened for wool/cellulose in pre-historic periods.

At some point, a mushroom will learn how to use it efficiently and then it will all be degraded.

We will be long gone by then.

Hehe, I’ll have a read on that thread.

Yeah, that makes sense. It’s not so much that they are labeled weird, but that they are shocked thinking they were not…

Yup. A lot of feelings are unnecessary yet are there anyway for us to deal with them.

Nice, that makes sense. I’ll keep using weird.

And this is why tenure exists!

All the vegans and vegetarians I’ve met in real life were chill dudes and dudettes. One was an engineer and semi-pro skateboarder that was always making people feel good and happy. Another one was a solid rock climber always smiling.

I know more annoying people complaining about vegans, always grumpy and being proud of always eating meat. I also know this cool swing dance instructor girl who only eats meat, so it’s also good.

Mines are designated war crimes by the Geneva convention Ottawa treaty because of the indiscriminate killing. Many years ago, good human right lawyers could have extended that to drones… (Source: i had close friends in international law)

But i feel like now the tides have changed and tech companies have influenced the general population to think that ai is good enough to prevent “indiscriminate” killing.

Edit: fixed the treaty name, thanks!

Instead of gold versions, rich people will get inconel-pannel cybertrucks!

COINCIDENCE!?

What’s that story about eggs?

Yeah, I suppose my second sentence is somewhat diminitive… The article itself is more of a “dossier” than a single article, and gatekeeping discussions only for those who read the full article(s) kind of discourages discussions on the topic.

The first thing I wanted to convey is that they’re trying to redefine something that already exists. Today I learned that “atheism” has such a loaded baggage to you and the article’s authors that they’re is a need for a new word!

Too me, that is quite the revelation: everything I read in the article is exactly what I understand to be “atheism”! I’ve known that in some places on the world, it can be worst to be atheist than to be of the “wrong” religion… I hope using “the none phenomena” will help these people be safer…

They’re taking about atheists. That’s it.

Edit: Basically, this is a click-bait title where they intentionally keep the title’s meaning mysterious, like it’s a new viral trend or something dangerous. They define:

These so-called “nones" — atheists, agnostics, or nothing in particular —

When the completed manuscript exceeded 600,000 words, Cerf asked Rand to make cuts, but backed off when she compared the idea to cutting the Bible.

Wow, I didn’t know this author, and it seems I wasn’t missing much.

“sacred duty” ha!

Best excuse to commit atrocities throughout history!

Ivy’s very well implanted in my backyard from previous owners. It adds lots of green to an otherwise small fenced backyard.

I brought the hops when I moved in, and so far it hasn’t been able to take over… I’m keeping it contained as much as I can, thus the reason why it’s in a pot!

We’ll see how it goes next year.