Atelopus-zeteki
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- Comment on US economy added 50,000 jobs in December, capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades 4 days ago:
Funny how GOP presidents are always bad for the economy, and in obvious ways. This one's just even more extreme, and so of course it's worse.
- Comment on Head of Amnesty International Agrees Trump-Led US Is ‘Destroying World Order’ 5 days ago:
Pretty easy to see that it's true.
- Comment on X could be banned in UK amid sexualised AI images concerns 5 days ago:
Ban X. Ban Meta.
- Comment on rules of the pirate code 1 week ago:
Yar, the only way to make new friends is to talk to strangers, Matey!
- Comment on rules of the pirate code 1 week ago:
Arr, pirates must know all manner o' knots, as to knot (har har!) know them would be lubberly, and is not to be countenanced.
- Comment on rules of the pirate code 1 week ago:
Nay, Matey! We've got to count the loot, and distribute it equitably, yar! So all pirates must know a wee bit 'o arithmetic, harr!
- Comment on You hungry? 1 week ago:
Unripe mulberries are halucinogenous? https://www.erowid.org/herbs/mulberry/mulberry_info2.shtml
tl;dr - "White Mulberry - All parts of white mulberry, except for the ripe fruit, contain a milky sap (latex) that is toxic to humans. Although humans may consume ripe mulberry fruit, ingestion of unripe fruit can result in stomach upset, stimulation of the nervous system and hallucinations."Umm, not so fond of psychedelic states as to consume latex sap. I'll pass, thanks.
- Comment on Aldo Leopold was right. 1 week ago:
ALDO!
- Comment on Beer is for GIRLS 1 week ago:
Flavonoids as Phytoestrogenic Components of Hops and Beer
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7570471/The Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer on Breast Cancer Risk
https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/the-effects-of-the-hops-phytoestrogen-in-beer-on-breast-cancer-risk/
tl/dr - beer because of the ethanol, and 8-PN from hops, which is a selective estrogen receptor alpha promoter is proliferative on breast cells thus increasing breast cancer risk. And at the same time lowers risk for osteoporosis.Tho' some sources (https://www.greenskybio.com/hops_extract/37420.html) say 8-PN exists at extremely low concentrations in beer as it is served.
- Comment on Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information 1 week ago:
It's my sincere hope that in medicine and the other sciences, there will be more of a overlapping and resilient meshnet of scientific endeavor. Already, before the current administration, China had surpassed the US in terms of shear volume of published peer reviewed research. With the brain drain from the US on fast forward with this admin, after all researchers have to continue their research, there will hopefully a broadening and deepening of research from facilities throughout the world. Something good has got to come from all this nonsense.
- Comment on UK ‘not entirely clear’ what it means for US to ‘run’ Venezuela 1 week ago:
I'm not an international lawyer, but I'm pretty sure kidnapping (which is a crime) the head of another sovereign nation, and HIS WIFE, is kidnapping, and as such is a crime, and therefore illegal both internationally and nationally. And removing them to another location is human trafficking (you know similar to the human trafficking that Greg Abbott participated in, and is a crime) and is also therefore illegal. Maybe there are subtleties to this, like, if they asked THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOVEREIGN NATION OF VENEZUELA , "would you and your charming wife please get in the van/ helicopter/ boat so that we may convey you comfortably to an unknown location, possibly within the USA, but maybe not, for an unspecified period of time, so that the US can take over control of THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF VENEZUELA?" Maybe in that case it's not THE CRIMES OF KIDNAPPING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND OVERTHROW OF A SOVEREIGN NATION?
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
My experience is different. Dries in a day, or less. Shrug. I'll keep using walnut, works just fine for my kitchen ware. I've used tung and linseed oil for furniture.
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
Have you any actual data, you know, like a study of depth of penetration of your petroleum based product compared with other wood finishes?
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
And as an actual woodworker, what does your knowledge base have to say about walnut oil?
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
Can you cite any research, not sponsored by the petroleum industry, that relates to this opinion? Walnut oil is a food product, is made from walnuts, doesn't go rancid, and works quite well for maintenance of cutting boards and other wooden kitchen ware.
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
lol, good luck. also please no petroleum products on wooden kitchenware. smh
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
Plastic harbors bacteria. Every cut makes a tiny groove for the wee folks to inhabit. These folks started researching wood v. plastic back in the 90s: https://cms.johnboos.com/assets/wood-vs-plastic-cutting-boards.pdf
- Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly? 1 week ago:
Ack! No petroleum products on my cutting boards! I've used walnut oil for years, as I was told it's the only food grade oil that dries, and doesn't go rancid. I have a lot of cutting boards, wooden utensils, bowls, a few "plates" or "plowls". And I live in a dry climate, so they get oiled up about once a year. I just did the bowls, and wow do they look great!
- Comment on Humans rank between meerkats and beavers in monogamy ‘league table’, but sheep are sluts. 1 week ago:
So you're saying normal humans are incredibly rare. Yep.
- Comment on I know its hard to digest. 1 week ago:
Just like magma, and lava. Yep.
- Comment on Nigerian Village Bombed by Trump Has 'No Known History' of Anti-Christian Terrorism, Locals Say 2 weeks ago:
I guess I, not surprisingly, have my own doubts about anything this administration says publicly, given the daily mendacity from the GOP and specifically the executive branch.
"Butler has doubted the sincerity of Trump's concern for the nation's Christians due to his administration's denial of entry for Nigerian refugees, as well as virtually every other refugee group, with the exception of white South Africans.
- Comment on Mosquitoes' stabby suckers may find use in high-res 3D printers 2 weeks ago:
"They're onto us!", Big Mosquito.
- Comment on Mosquitoes' stabby suckers may find use in high-res 3D printers 2 weeks ago:
AND extruding!
- Comment on ‘All is fair in RAM and war’: RAM price crisis in 2025 explained 2 weeks ago:
I'm just quoting the article. Sounds like you have more to add, care to comment on what IS 'the real factor'?
- Comment on ‘All is fair in RAM and war’: RAM price crisis in 2025 explained 3 weeks ago:
I'm pretty sure we could all have quite reasonably expected rising costs, destruction of science, frittering of international standing, increased morbidity and mortality, etc.
- Comment on A Merry Wednesday 3 weeks ago:
A Merry Wednesday to All!!
- Comment on ‘All is fair in RAM and war’: RAM price crisis in 2025 explained 3 weeks ago:
"The US tariffs imposed on China on 1 August 2025, played a substantial role in the increase in DRAM prices. " DJT say he gonna lower prices on day one. NOPE.
- Comment on Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order 3 weeks ago:
Que Viva Elbakyan! It works pretty well: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=sci-hub&ia=web
- Comment on Praise them 3 weeks ago:
I HAVE to wait till after work.
- Comment on baked beans 3 weeks ago:
With corn!