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World's oceans near critical acidification level: Report
  • Is there a link to the study being referenced? I couldn't find any citations. Ocean acidification is worth talking about, but this article is sensational as heck. Constant use of dire language ("safe limit ... exceeded", "crucial threshold ... breached", "safe boundaries ... crossed", "sustainable levels ... exceeded", "close to the danger limit") with no values explained or interpreted for the reader and only vague references to imminent catastrophe.

    Maybe it's talking about this new NOAA dashboard, it's hard to tell, but I think this was a much better read:

    https://research.noaa.gov/2024/08/21/new-ocean-acidification-maps-of-u-s-waters/

  • I thought it was satire, before I look to the source.
  • It's not as uncommon as you might expect -- here is a list for the curious. And I don't mean to denegrate nuclear energy as a power source; it is vastly better than fossil fuels and safe when done correctly -- I have participated in the safe generation of nuclear power. But the ramifications of it being done incorrectly are severe to say the least, and everyone should be aware that we do commonly have issues with it, especially in aging facilities. We commonly extend plants decades beyond what their initial construction planned for.

    Edited to say I just realized you said meltdowns, not radioactive leaks, which I do agree with. Sorry for confusion

  • I thought it was satire, before I look to the source.
  • This isn't true -- radioactive gases were leaked into the surrounding area. The containment vessel remained intact, and NRC concluded that no measurable harm was done, but there was definitely a release and that's why it was such a big deal. They evacuated children and pregnant women from the area in response.

    https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2010/ML20106F218.pdf

  • Loud and powerful sneezers, have you figured out a way to tame your sneezes?
  • I don't exhale, rather I just close off my airway to stop the big inhale. It sounds super uncomfortable to try exhaling at that point, but with some practice I have been able to stop the inhale and that mutes the sneeze considerably. Also, I can plug my nose when I feel it start to tickle and stop the sneeze entirely.

  • Be unstoppable.
  • I'll save anyone else a click, even Etsy doesn't have anything even close to a tampon costume for a penis. That link does, however, somehow have a The "Rings of Saturn" Butthole in the search results, so... yeah.

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  • I got that advice as well -- the explanation given to me was that it's almost always used incorrectly, so just be safe and don't. However, I like the way it makes writing more closely resemble natural speech; we usually talk in conjoined clauses rather than complete sentences.

  • Mom of 9 installs a professional salad bar in her kitchen: 'I am a little extra'
  • It's a professional refrigerated salad bar, so I'd expect the same as you'd find in a restaurant. Maybe prep in the morning and dispose/repurpose into dinner in the evening. Such a cool idea, $1300 is a scary investment but it seems amazing.

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