LibertyLizard

@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would the USA look like if it had Referrendums/Initiatives on both the Federal and State level?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah… I still think referendums are good but fundamentally democracy can’t coexist comfortably with extreme wealth inequality. So it’s a good idea but it doesn’t solve the core issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jiggle wiggle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How come my melon doesn’t do this? Evolution giving me the short stick yet again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨purpose⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I mean the ethics of how humans relate to wild mammals are complicated and confusing so I’m not even going to go there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨purpose⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This has been a common sentiment but it hasn’t been proven in any substantial way to my knowledge. I personally doubt it’s accurate. That’s not to say the entire ecosystem would collapse but there would likely be consequences.

  That said, the other commenter is correct that there are many introduced mosquito species that could probably be eradicated from their non-native range without major ecological harm. And the species that are the worst pests in human cities tend to be introduced, so eliminating them might significantly reduce the level of bites and disease transmission for people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shrimp colour drama⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I was trying to avoid those details. I think it’s fair to summarize that as a system that detects the direction light is coming from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fisk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Now this is the kind of news the people need to hear!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shrimp colour drama⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this speaks to a significant misunderstanding that most people hold of the way vision actually works.

  Most people imagine that vision is a relatively simple process by which our eyes detect and transmit to us the nature of the world. Not so.

  Eyes are complex and interesting organs in their own right but fundamentally what they do is relatively simple. They are able to detect and report to the brain certain qualities of the light that hits them. Primarily these are: intensity, direction, and proximity to three points on the frequency spectrum (what we perceive as red, green, and blue). But this data alone is not vision. Vision is a conscious experience our brains create by interpreting and processing this data into the visual field before us—basically, a full scale 3D model of the world in front of us, including the blended information on reflection and emission that color entails.

  Quite amazing! Most of this takes place in the human brain, and not the eyes. From this perspective, it is not terribly surprising that an organism with more complex eyes but a much simpler brain might have worse vision than we do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'vegetative electron microscopy'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait how did this lead to 20 papers containing the term? Did all 20 have these two words line up this way? Or something else?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not up for debate!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Needs less head before crab.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Consider the following...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  !nolawns@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dendrochronology⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They usually use a coring device. It doesn’t do significant damage to the tree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dendrochronology⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the main accurate way, at least for living trees.

  There are other methods but none really have a proven track record of accuracy the way tree-ring based methods do.

  For well documented trees that coexisted with literate cultures, historical records can be used, though these records can sometimes be wrong. Some trees have ages from oral tradition too but these are difficult to verify.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dendrochronology⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, if you didn’t count the rings then you don’t know how old the tree is. I don’t care how old your uncle thinks it is. You have no idea how often this comes up and how many completely implausible tree ages are just posted as fact in the internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think the US will actually log its national parks?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doubtful but all other public lands yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wrong again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where’s your proof?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I’ve got the link, but it’s paywalled. I’ll find the full paper later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, this seems more in line with what I was wondering. but I’ll need to see if I can get access to the full paper. The example given in Australia actually fits my hypothesis since they historically lacked felid predators. So I’d like to see the full list to see the location and severity of the effects they’re reporting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you are going off of the genus Felis which is probably valid since I expect their hunting behavior is similar enough. However the map I saw showed they were absent from most of Russia and China, so there are exceptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Again it would depend on where those are—threatened species are disproportionately located on those islands I mentioned. Furthermore it doesn’t assign any causation to cat predation.

  Maybe cats are a serious conservation threat on continental areas but I’m just saying I haven’t seen evidence of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a lot of stats about cats and it seems very likely they have important conservation implications in island ecosystems where birds did not evolve with similar predators.

  But I’ve not seen evidence of conservation impacts on the mainland where we do and did have similar predators in the past. Just stating that cats eat a lot of birds doesn’t mean they’re a threat to overall populations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Even in the Americas we have cats though. Bobcats are slightly larger but not completely dissimilar. We even used to have ocelots across much of the US. So I find the claim that mainland birds are not able to handle cat predation to be a bit questionable. However I am not fully educated on this topic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s true that they’re native to 2/3rds of the earth, is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see the logic but it does feel like the cat’s already out of the bag on this one. There are so many free-ranging and feral cats that I wonder if it makes any difference at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do some straight people deny their loved ones’ homosexuality? (keyword: SOME)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironic because bi is the largest demographic but also the one that can blend in the easiest which hasn’t forced people to advocate for acceptance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨place yer bets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So what level of calamity are we talking about here? 3% doesn’t sound that low to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are mood problems a “turn off” for people even when they’re hard to manage?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, if you are unkind to people many will not wish to be around you regardless of your reasons for it.

  You’ll need to work to change your behavior if you want to avoid this. Many people have anger issues. It’s hard to control how you feel but you may have success in changing how you act when you feel this way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I like to question everything, which is the reason I know this. I investigated and saw the evidence myself.

  It’s a little disappointing to me that most people aren’t this way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There is literally so much evidence that anyone can perceive with their own eyes if they want to. You can easily observe the curvature of the earth anywhere with objects visible across an open plain or water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Valentine's Day!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume they’re fucking? But I’m not sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there communities to post videos of police brutality / excessive use of force?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Might be a better idea for a local project to start with?