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- Comment on They're called leaves for a reason. 2 days ago:
I have a battery powered mower and utility has done a pretty good job of incorporating renewables into their mix
- Comment on They're called leaves for a reason. 2 days ago:
I don’t view this as a “pick up the leaves or not” false choice. I leave the leaves in some areas and mow over/pick them up in others. They’re literally free mulch and compost
- Comment on Frog's Gift 2 days ago:
It’s an even more fundamental conservative tactic. What they do is find a single example of something they think they can easily deride and hold it up as representative of that entire thing. Think welfare, immigration, criminal justice, reproductive rights, gender identity, and much more. Right wing media is full of single cases they beat into their viewerships’ minds while ignoring all other cases
- Comment on Teenager in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of bird flu 1 week ago:
H5N1 vaccines already exist, no one gets them because the risk of contracting it is so low. There are even existing stockpiles in the US and EU for rapid deployment.
In January 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Audenz, an adjuvanted influenza A (H5N1) monovalent vaccine.[2][6] Audenz is a vaccine indicated for active immunization for the prevention of disease caused by the influenza A virus H5N1 subtype contained in the vaccine. Audenz is approved for use in persons six months of age and older at increased risk of exposure to the influenza A virus H5N1 subtype contained in the vaccine.[2]
Some older, egg-based H5N1 vaccines for humans that have been licensed are:
Sanofi Pasteur’s vaccine approved by the United States in April 2007,[7][8] GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccine Prepandrix approved by the European Union in May 2008, with reactive AS03 (containing squalene) adjuvant,[9] and CSL Limited’s vaccine Panvax approved by Australia in June 2008.
Other licensed H5N1 vaccines include:
Adjupanrix, approved for medical use in the European Union in October 2009.[10] Adjupanrix contains the flu strain A/VietNam/1194/2004 NIBRG 14 (H5N1).[10] Foclivia, approved for medical use in the European Union in October 2009.[11] Foclivia contains the flu strain A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (H5N1).[11] Aflunov, approved for medical use in the European Union in November 2010.[12] Aflunov contains the flu strain A/turkey/Turkey/1/2005 (H5N1)-like strain (NIBRG-23) (clade 2.2.1).[12] Pumarix, approved for medical use in the European Union in March 2011.[13]
In November 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine to be held in stockpiles.[14][15] In a clinical trial including 3,400 adults, 91% of people age 18-64 and 74% of people age 65 or older formed an immune response sufficient to provide protection. Reported adverse effects were generally mild, with pain at the injection site being the most common adverse effect.[16]
In June 2024, the European Commission signed a four-year contract with CSL Seqirus to secure 665,000 pre-pandemic vaccines with a provision for a further 40 million doses of avian flu vaccines for 15 member states.[17]
- Comment on Netanyahu fires Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, after months of clashes over war and politics 2 weeks ago:
Gallant responded to the decision shortly after it was made public, posting on X that the “security of Israel has been and will always be my lifelong mission.” In a televised statement, he said his dismissal was the result of a dispute over three things: the issue of ultra-Orthodox military services, the abandonment of hostages in Gaza, and the need for an official inquiry into Hamas’ October 7 attack.
War is something Netanyahu’s only using to distract from his unpopularity
- Comment on Texas AG Ken Paxton Sends Letter of Criminal Referral to DOJ Outlining Act Blue Illegal Campaign Finance Activity - The Last Refuge 3 weeks ago:
If someone fakes their identity to donate money, the person committing the fraud is the person faking their identity. Big brains over here probably created a fraudulent ActBlue account and donated money, thinking “gotcha!” Lmao
- Comment on I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me 3 weeks ago:
I’d be interested to culture petri dishes off my hand after I use a new paper towel to turn off the faucet vs grabbing the wet handle with my entire hand and shutting it off and then drying off my hand…
- Comment on I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me 3 weeks ago:
Paper towels folded over on themselves absolutely create a barrier between my hand and the door handle. I’m not talking about flushable paper or toilet seat covers
- Comment on I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me 3 weeks ago:
I wash my hands before I piss because my dick is the cleanest surface in that bathroom. Touch nothing afterward without a paper towel barrier
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 4 weeks ago:
The question was about early voting though? Voting by mail is only a small piece of the early voting total in most states
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 4 weeks ago:
Early voting in the US as we know it today, meaning going to a polling place to cast your vote in-person prior to election day, started in Texas in 1987 and spread to other states from there. Every state has its own specific rules regarding how long the early voting period lasts, and other aspects like how long polling places are open each day may even be left up to local governments.
Where I’m at in Texas, we have some early voting locations that stay open until 10pm, even on weekends. I’ve never had to wait more than 20 minutes to vote (and usually less) since I started voting in the 2000 election. We have 12 days to vote before election day, and even a website with real-time updates on wait times at each polling place across the county.
The drawback is there are fewer voting sites open during early voting, so people with transportation barriers will have to expend effort to get there, but you can do so on whatever day works for your schedule. On election day itself, way more polling sites are open, so there’s likely to be a site within walking distance or a short drive in denser areas, but lines are much longer than during the early voting period, and many people have to work because it’s a Tuesday and not a holiday
- Comment on Baidu CEO warns AI is just an inevitable bubble — 99% of AI companies are at risk of failing when the bubble bursts 4 weeks ago:
Bro the GME short squeeze is going to hit any day now. We’re going to be millionaires bro, you just wait
- Comment on All hail the snail 4 weeks ago:
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- Comment on A decline in arable land 4 weeks ago:
Is this showing changes in arable land or changes in land dedicated to agriculture? Those are different things
- Comment on When your vision quest changes science 5 weeks ago:
Mullis acquired a reputation for erratic behavior at Cetus, once threatening to bring a gun to work; he also engaged in “public lovers’ quarrels” with his then-girlfriend (a fellow chemist at the company) and “nearly came to blows with another scientist” at a staff party, according to California Magazine. White recalled: “It definitely put me in a tough spot. His behavior was so outrageous that the other scientists thought that the only reason I didn’t fire him outright was that he was a friend of mine.”
After resigning from Cetus in 1986, Mullis served as director of molecular biology for Xytronyx, Inc. in San Diego for two years. While inventing a UV-sensitive ink at Xytronyx, he became skeptical of the existence of the ozone hole.
And he only goes downhill from there…
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
As if that made a difference when the people being demonized were Italian or Irish. Immigrants have always been used as scapegoats in the US to divide the workers my class, even when they were white
- Comment on They say “anyone can become president”, but this will be the first presidential election since 1970s, where there is no Bush, Clinton, or Biden on the ballot. 1 month ago:
Joe Biden doing some heavy lifting in this narrative as a VP and one term president. If anything, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton actually prove this point that anyone can become president, both come from very modest means.
The Bushes, however, are a dysfunctional political dynasty stretching back to senator and investment banker Prescott Bush, George HW’s father, and Samuel Prescott Bush, a steel executive and industrialist, who was HW’s grandfather.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
It being at its lowest price in a decade is literally true. I don’t have a clue why you’re bringing the pandemic into this since this stock reached its peak in 2018. Ubisoft stock has been on a precipitous decline for 4 straight years now, wtf are you even trying to convey here?
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
Sure, a 20% drop on the same day is significant
Yes, and that’s literally all this post is trying to convey. This post is not a news report or a economist’s dissertation, this is a screenshot of the pre-bell stock price posted to Lemmy
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
You can see right there at the top of the graph it’s down 20% in the given timeframe. There’s nothing misleading at all about zooming in on the data in this chart
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
I’m buying my son Xbox 360 and PS2 games
- Comment on i need it, soz 1 month ago:
Geopolitics is “The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation,” and in that vein is also a science.
- Comment on i need it, soz 1 month ago:
Geography is definitely science.
From Wikipedia:
Geography is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be.
- Comment on i need it, soz 1 month ago:
You might have heard of a branch of science called geography
- Comment on 💸💸💸 1 month ago:
Yes, you might have read my comment above clearly noting exceptions. The bulk of weapons going to Israel are purchased by Israel. Whenever you hear something like “the Biden Admin is sending a $50 billion arms package to Israel,” that’s Israel buying weapons, because Congress has to approve gifts/aid.
- Comment on 💸💸💸 1 month ago:
Another thing to consider is that the US typically sells weapons to Israel (with some exceptions), meaning that’s mostly not our tax dollars.
- Comment on Not cognitive behavioural therapy 1 month ago:
Gimme somma that black market DBT
In all seriousness, these aren’t rare in the US at all, and most insurances cover them no problem. The healthcare system as a whole is fucked tho
- Comment on Not cognitive behavioural therapy 1 month ago:
These modalities have the best outcomes and are used worldwide
- Comment on The mark 1 month ago:
He is risen
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 1 month ago:
Ok