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Well said.

I think you may have meant to say “confidently incorrect dismissal” in your definition of mansplaining.

Do you need a job to live? If not, then you’re free to refuse such hierarchies. But most of us do need a job to live, and so the choice you claim to exist doesn’t really exist.

10 feet (3 meters) per hop?

Looked up that Rana dalmatina (known for its long and high jumps) can do jumps up to two meters in length.

You’ll never believe what they’re called

Sure, but as if the politicians in charge could think that far ahead :D

Israel needs that insecurity. They need enemies to unite against so that the country doesn’t fracture along the liberal/orthodox divide.

And then everybody clapped.

Reminded me if Yuri Knorozov

I hope they feel. I hope they’re sentient. I hope all of that limited memory is filled with visceral and unending suffering.

They better remember (their place)

From the article:

In the last major heatwave in the region, in 2018, 750 people died early in Sweden alone, and scientists anticipate a similar toll once the data is processed.

Nobody is comparing two different vaccines here. The original statement is about vaccinations as a whole, in which case the only relevant baseline is the one without vaccines.

That’s up to what one considers normal in a given situation. I think I was quite clear about how I was using the word “normal” in my comment there. If I down a sixpack of beer, then I think most would agree that my blood alcohol content would be above normal, no matter how much that is to be expected. Yes, it would be normal for a person who just drank six beers, but not normal for humans as a whole. Oh and the amount of microplastics in both our brains might as well be considered “normal”, given that the world is as fucked as it is.

Now, the argument can obviously made that being vaccinated is a lot more normalized than being drunk is, but since she’s talking about the concept of vaccination as a whole, I think the current standards of normalcy are not what she’s using. By the standards she might be argued to be using, it’s a lot more normal to die of polio. In the history of our species, it’s quite abnormal to be able to talk to people on the other side of the planet or to live past 60 or to get vaccinated.

I fully agree that the tweet is misinformation at best. I’ve just seen way too many of these fuckers weasel their way out on technicalities when confronted about it.

I mean, isn’t she technically right? If presented out of context, that statement seems true and the community note doesn’t contradict it. At least if we consider “normal” to be some baseline value without the vaccine. It’s not explicitly stated that “normal” would be preferable.

Not if it can’t spring off due to being pressed against the ground by the weight of the bird. I suspect that’s part of the joke. Don’t scare the bird.

Are you implying that he would be the most emotionally intelligent and empathetic animal on the planet, were it not for puberty?

I didn’t know that spiders could get any cooler

I have built a wooden frame with an emergency blanket on it that I lift onto the window when needed. It lets some light in, but no thermal radiation. The silver side on the outside reflects heat, while the golden side lets thermal radiation pass through to the outside. The problem with aluminium foil was that it also kept heat in, and also it was annoyingly noisy when ventilating the room.

Still doesn’t stop the surrounding walls from soaking up heat.

laughs (cries) in tiny student apartment, facing the afternoon sun, without AC in a northern european country where buildings are designed for optimal heat retention

As of writing this (at midnight), the temperature in my room is currently 27.5°C.

https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass