In addition, government research in the sciences is miniscule. You could cut ALL of science funding and be no where close to the 1 trillion that Musk claims he’ll be able to reduce the budget by

In 10-15 years people will be nastalgic for Fortnight the way people are nostalgic for Xbox 360 halo

Just visited Denver/Boulder. They had EVs everywhere

I was made for this class

Poultry is definitely the more climate friendly of the meats but it doesn’t come without problems

There’s still increased risks of pandemic with factory farmed chickens and most chickens are raised in inhumane conditions

Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently

I’ve heard that’s the plan. They’re dedicating an hour to the presidential candidates. If only one shows up then that candidate gets the whole hour

Harris is showing within the margin of error for polls nationally

What we really want to do is look at her chances of winning each state to see the probable delegate total but it’s WAY too early to tell and either way we shouldn’t get complacent

I think the dude in the pic is trans masc

Congrats on your son! I’m sure your support is going to help them tremendously as they discover themselves

Low quality information is easier to produce than high quality information

Even worse, while people prefer high quality information, the preference is weaker than other preferences, such as the desire to see things that are cute or make you angry

Pirates of the Burning Sea

Never heard of it, either

It’s not a straw man, the guy knows what he’s talking about. Destroying biodiversity is a major problem with a lot of tree farms and tree planting programs. Tree planting doesn’t HAVE to do that but that kind of management is hard to do, like the guy said

That’s a false dichotomy in a lot of the comments here

We do both

Carbon capture isn’t so we can continue to use fossil fuels. It’s because once we get to 0 emissions we still need to draw down the carbon in the atmosphere

An ounce of prevention is almost always worth a pound of cure but we’re still going to want that cure because every extra tenth of a degree we can bring the Earth back to normal is going to be worth it

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/10/just-stop-oil-behind-the-scenes-with-the-activists

I can’t find any evidence that they were founded by her but she did help found the climate action fund which has donated a large amount of money to them as well as Extinction Rebellion

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Getty

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Emergency_Fund

I think she’s probably genuine but that’s also besides the point. Whether she has alternative motives or not all that really matters is whether the activism is helping or hurting

Agreed

There aren’t other fairies but you should keep a little dirt under your pillow for the Dirt Man

Actually yes

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/30/1178378575/no-till-farming-legend-reddit-hero-honest-work