@Criggie I merely report on stories I hear on the grapevine. ("The Grapevine" is, of course, the name of the attic of an abandoned house where we congregate to organize pro-raccoon activism.)
@jlliagre There have been a few light dust storms (not like real storm with strong winds and large amount of dust. Just high wind speed, sometimes overcast weather, along with dust) and overcast weather so it's a bit less hot. No rain yet.
I also bought two tiny saches of instant coffee, and added one to each one-liter bottle of cold kefir, and shook it vigorously, so it was coffee-laced kefir.
Not that it would matter anyway. Bunch of contemptible ineffectual corrupt rich freaks, regardless of gender
@CowperKettle not these days but kefir is the sort of drink that he'd ask everyone around to drink even if he doesn't like the taste. Especially if he doesn't like the taste.
@M.A.R. As someone who works for a manufacturer of liquid products, typically shelf life is determined by leaving out out and seeing what happens. For product that's expected to last years instead of days, you often use a heat closet to artificially age it -- cause any breakdown or bacterial contamination to show up much sooner.
@MetaEd I see through your weak attempt at euphemism. You're one of those people who synthesize water out of natural deposits of hydrogen and oxygen. I hope you're proud of your work, using up all our non-renewable resources.
@MetaEd I know about (accelerated) stability testing. Similar (but certainly more astringent) procedures are followed in determination of the expiry dates of drugs. My concern was the method, if any, of perservation of these products. Since people here buy into "traditional food" crap, we have a problem with unpasteurized unregulated milk in stores and a high incidence of brucellosis.
@Mitch not true, there's a lot of hydrogen in nebulas
We've just got to reduce the tariff on intergalactic trade and let the open market economy decide
@Vikas I heard about it all through... twitter. I know, I know ,that's not a particularly reliable source. all the message were so weird, actively -blaming- Hindus for losing in Ayodhya, I just didn't understand what direction that was coming from (I think such messages were from hard right Hindus complaining that moderate Hindus voted against Modi?)
@M.A.R. 🎉🔥🥳
@M.A.R. That sounds like the chyron (is that what you call it) for Star Wars Episode 9 3/4.
Apropos of nothing at all...
> Instagram is testing unskippable ads. The ads display a countdown timer and stop users from being able to browse through more content on the app until they view the ad. Instagram has shifted over the years to become more of a video-sharing network, so it makes sense that it is considering becoming more like YouTube. The majority of reactions to the feature have been negative.
"Nah I really like them. It gives me a little rest from swiping too hard all the time."
@Cerberus People say "Oh but you should -want- to have the ads, how else willyou get stuff for free?"
(psst... it's crap)
I've learned to press the mute button real quick when I see a forced ad on whatever platform.
Also to not visit CNN... it runs so many popup videos all at the same time, lots below 'the fold' (down lower where you have to scroll to see them) that I've learned not to bother visiting there.
@Robusto I'm not sure what your point is. If Ukraine had kept its nuclear weapons, the entire conflict would have been averted, and neither side would have used them.
With Kim Jong Un the case is complicated by the fact that he's a complete nutjob who wouldn't care about the whole "mutually assured destruction" problem.
Ideally nobody would have nukes. But it'd clearly be better if Ukraine and Russia both had nuclear weapons than if only Russia did.
Incidentally: the US has no standing to lecture anyone on nuclear proliferation, since we've allowed Israel to develop and stockpile nuclear weapons for decades without repercussions.
I don't think that that's correct in all cases. As I said: if Ukraine had had nuclear weapons, its population would obviously have been spared a years-long brutal conflict.
But I don't think it's particularly unreasonable for Iran's leadership to try to develop nuclear weapons, given the obvious risk of Israel dropping one unprovoked (in another of those "preemptive self-defense" conflicts).
Of course, nuclear weapons are entirely useless against decentralized groups like Hamas; nuking Gaza would accomplish little other than killing large numbers of civilians, among them a small number of Hamas members, while leaving Hamas's overall command structure intact.
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