So not Stein. I think your comment is worded somewhat misleadingly but alright.

What??? When did that happen? Source?

Oh my god it’s a whole paper. Amazing.

I’m not sure how she planned to secrete eggs on Chad but maybe menstruation is as close as humans can get.

I noticed in the references that Chad is also published! I wonder if that’s a real paper too.

Edit: My god it is real. Are they all real?! How deep does this go???

https://jabde.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chad_Defeats_the_AI.pdf

Now I really want to know which worm sexual behaviors the author tested on Chad.

Stop eating my oak trees, you fuckers!

Unfortunately that kind of behavior from users is common on pretty much every instance from what I’ve seen. Just go to Lemmy.world and try to criticize Kamala Harris and see how it goes.

But from what I’ve seen the admins and mods there and on most other instances (usually) take a more measured hand and only ban when necessary, while frank discussion of Chinese history on Lemmy.ml is equated with racism and will get you an immediate ban from the entire instance.

That’s why I, even as a non-tankie leftist, prefer these spaces even though many tankies will claim they’re overrun with liberals. I still disagree with a lot of the conventional wisdom there, but I’m allowed to express that dissent and discuss any topic I wish to in a respectful way, which I think helps me and other people understand these contentious issues more fully and accurately.

While I wouldn’t say I like the instance users I do get some value from engaging with tankies, personally. They have a unique perspective and it motivates me to learn more about aspects history and politics that are not always discussed by other groups of people.

The big problem is that I’m not allowed to correct their misinformation. This makes honest discussions and learning impossible on the .ml instance. Since my instance is defederated from grad and Hexbear I have little knowledge of their space. When you say I wouldn’t like it, is that due to the users or due to the way the space is moderated? Can I go to these spaces and offer a respectful dissenting viewpoint? Personally I find that to be a very significant distinction. I don’t mind being the bearer of unpopular truths—in fact it gives me a certain satisfaction. But I will not tolerate spaces where the truth is completely silenced.

I mean all of Lemmy is an echo chamber of one kind or another. Although there are certainly varying degrees. I don’t know anything about Hexbear but lemm.ml is the worst I’ve seen due to the heavy-handed behavior of the admins.

I live in the city but I get birds that are usually only found in the forest because they like to forage in the fallen leaves! It does make a difference.

https://youtu.be/mbbaPsvCDDE?si=cJ2hvsNSywCcipP4&t=25m30s

It’s just difficult to carefully follow biosecurity protocols while importing millions of tons of shit all the time. Especially while racing to the bottom in terms of time and money spent on that process.

No way to avoid it other than stricter controls on imports and a more local economy. Expect it to continue, barring major reforms.

Certainly more nutritious.

It’s only a few cents here. But I don’t know because I don’t do it.

Most people don’t in the US, no. In my city there isn’t really functional transit so that’s not really a thing.

Yeah I know but I object to calling all plants in the asparagus family types of asparagus. Otherwise we’ll soon be dealing with famous types of asparagus such a hostas, agaves, bluebells, dracaenas, and many others.

How is it asparagus if it’s not in the genus Asparagus?

And most importantly, work to disassemble the systems that normalize and support the production of the wasteful and toxic materials we now call trash.

Jared Diamond is a hack. Couldn’t keep reading after that section.

The thing is, the CIA might be as villainous as tankies think it is, but it’s far less competent. They see spooks in every shadow but many, perhaps even most CIA programs have been abject failures. Not everything wrong with the world can be attributed to the CIA, influential as they may be.

I think it the tankie mythos around them actually makes them more powerful.

Yeah exactly. I couldn’t think of how to phrase that exactly without a long explanation though.

Don’t most sub-atomic particles have the same charge and mass? Why just electrons?