LibertyLizard

@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“The Curtains Were F*cking Blue”: Thought Terminating Cliches, Anti-Intellectualism, and Propaganda - YouTube⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad to hear the “I ain’t reading all that” meme reply getting called out. It’s honestly one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen online and it should be shamed every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨triosaur⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking splitters at it again.

• The News Is Just Police PRyoutu.be ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polar bears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are tons and tons and tons of species that can do this. It’s not clear to me what the prevailing species concept is nowadays, if we’re even still following one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Showing your ID to get online might become a reality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s wrong with being able to opt out of cookies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dramatic rise in publicly downloadable deepfake image generators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Real talk people are just going to need to get over this because there’s no real way to stop it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but unfortunately, this species is way over-planted in many cities. I would not recommend them unless they happen to be uncommon in your local area. Urban forests need to be as diverse as possible to resist the constant barrage of pests and diseases being introduced by global trade.

  In California we have a relatively new pest called shot-hole borers which are killing off many of the London planes, so we’re scrambling to plant other species that can resist them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your potted tree isn’t a tree in the sense that I’m talking about. The environmental services trees provide are all based on size and are predominantly provided by larger trees.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Trees don’t attract VC funding the way some dumb new invention does.

  I guess this could be useful in places trees don’t fit but I think there are other simpler solutions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of water required is trivial compared to most other water uses. Especially if correct species are selected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the evolutionary benefit of loving a pet so much you melt into a puddle when they are around?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My hypothesis has always been that we find baby (and adult!) animals cute to incentivize us to care for them when they need care, because our ancestors benefited tremendously from their presence in our lives. I agree that it probably started as accidental overlap from parental instincts but I think the feeling is too strong and applies to too many distinct animals to be coincidental.

  That said, this is just my pet theory and I have no evidence for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Know when you are appreciated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Xerces is dope as hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmmm proper mammilian⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean the obvious answer is to smell and then eat them. That’s what I do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This being’s air tastes of sweat and milk. Disgusting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Even though I think voting is the right thing to do, forcing people to vote is an infringement on their freedom and I don’t think it’s justified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*No.*⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most neighborhoods have HOAs nowadays. It can be hard to avoid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor -- [Long read]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Love that is enforced by violence is meaningless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the top of my little tree die?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s what it is, but I’m not too familiar with this species and its potential maladies. You could try cross posting to !treehuggers@slrpnk.net to see if another arborist sees it there but I don’t know if any on Lemmy unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neutronium would like a word.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I forgot to say it needs to fit in the package lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the top of my little tree die?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this an eastern redcedar? If so, it should be cold hardy enough for Wisconsin I think.

  To me the top doesn’t look dead, but I’m not sure what’s causing the color difference. Perhaps it’s just maturing? If it’s still soft and pliable I would assume it’s OK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neutronium would like a word.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you create a device that would compress some substance to the extent it would reach this weight or is that impossible?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This thread is for lizard posting. Post your favourite lizards.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally, my moment has come.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Come here little guy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically every field of science at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would the USA look like if it had Referrendums/Initiatives on both the Federal and State level?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨purpose⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shrimp colour drama⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.