When all the cars have stopped, that’s the safest time for the cyclist to slither up to the front of the line. At 20 mph on a crowded freeway, it’s a little more dangerous but legal in CA as long as they don’t go more than (iirc) 20 mph faster than traffic. At 65 mph on a still-crowded LA freeway, having a bike race past you doing 90 can be disconcerting to say the least. At least you know if they cause an accident and you’re injured, they’ll probably be your organ donor.
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.
Firefighter here. I was reflecting on a fatality I attended recently. My thoughts wandered to how a body looks like it is ‘just matter’ in a way that a living thing does not, even when sleeping. Previously I assumed this observation was just something to do with traumatic death, but this person seemed to have died peacefully...
They didn’t say “spiritual,” they said “spirit” and “ghost.” Ghosts are not in any heaven or hell but unseen among us on Earth. Not necessarily something to worship or fear either. I think it’s a step apart from religion.
Imagine coming upon a lot of delicious-looking mushrooms, a couple of which are in the hands and mouth of a dead person. Being faster to realize the person is dead, and to flee, than the time it takes to take and eat the mushrooms, is why you’ll live to reproduce. Same for the dead animals around that fresh-looking water hole.
Hello there! I was wondering if anyone has some low budget meal recipes that they want to share. I wanna save money but I also don’t want to get malnourished on my low budget!
Squashy Soup. Equal amounts zucchini, butternut squash, and yellow squash cut in bite-size chunks. If you have to buy too many zucchini, you can skip the yellow squash, or vice versa, but you need some kind of orange winter squash. Frozen will do. Pour in enough chicken broth (the kind with salt, or water+bouillon will do) to almost fill in all the spaces but not quite cover. Add ¼ tsp sugar per zucchini in case the zucchini are bitter. Bring to a boil, boil 7 minutes, then turn down the heat. With the back of a wooden spoon or a spatula, press the pieces against the sides of the pot to squash them, they will thicken the soup. It can now simmer on low until you’re ready for it.
Put a piece of toast (sourdough is best but what you have) in your bowl, add a handful of grated cheese, (I like colby-jack or cheddar but whatever you have) and ladle squashed squash soup on top.
Your local government should provide sand, check their social media. Remove things from your yard. Go buy essentials. If you lose power keep your fridge closed as much as possible. Don’t try to drive through flooded areas. Stay safe :3
Except by the time it gets here it will be downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Which is still very wet and windy, and extremely unusual for summer in SoCal. There’s concern for mudslides in the burn areas. We did have a very rainy winter, so we’ve had a bit of recent practice at sandbagging, etc. Personally I made sure to close the 🏖️ over the table by the pool so it won’t fly up and into a window or the pool.
Our real problem is, no Waffle Houses to check if they’re open.
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?” Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE. Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.
Well I hope you do! Just pour the raisins into your palm, see that they’re fine, put them back in the little box for the kid to pinch out one at a time. Meanwhile, put all the little boxes in a ziplock bag to keep pantry moths out. If you want to be extra sure, I think if you froze them for a day or two you’d probably kill anything that was already in there.
Last time I looked, textbooks were fucking expensive. You might be able to borrow one from the library, of course. But most people who study something pay up front for the information they’re studying on
Do you want to be done with the picking and scraping as easily and quickly as possible? Brush first. Not excessively, just as you normally would at night. If you’re flossing, do it a couple hours early so any swelling can subside before they measure your gums.
Otherwise it’s like trying to mop an unswept floor.
Logically I realize the “white” is bluish-gray, especially if I stretch it out to the edges of my phone so I’m not influenced by the backlighting in the photo. But I held it up next to my black cat and the “black” isn’t even close. At most it’s brown, which is what gold looks like in shadow. Compare it to your background if you’re on night mode, or your text if not. No black there.
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
So you think we should “maintain a sense of fairness for cis folks” at the expense of creating actual unfairness towards trans and nonbinary folks? Since it’s been shown (cis) women fare better against men when neither knows the other’s sex, wouldn’t it be fairer to simply hide the combatants from one another? Then it would be pure chess.
Seriously, a lot of people would play better chess if they weren’t intimidated by their opponent. Unless you consider headology part of the game, the way it is in poker and Cripple-Mister-Onion.
I keep my tamale steamer/giant stock pot in there because it fits nowhere else and I don’t use it often. Also the coffee pot from my old coffee maker, as insurance against breaking the one that came with my new coffee maker. It’s an awkward space, perfect for awkward items.
Hmm, my apartment building is mostly cinderblock and concrete, I have 12 foot ceilings, I’m on the first (above the entry) of five floors so hot air should rise away, and I have good double glazing with UV blocking film and screens. But mid-afternoon when that low-latitude Southern California sun hits, and the Santa Anas are blowing off the desert, even closing all the curtains and turning off appliances can’t keep it cool. So we set the AC for 77 and swelter until the sun goes behind the building across the street. And I make sure I get all the day’s cooking done in the morning so I’m not adding any heat. I’ve seen Europeans come and sunburn themselves because they think they know how long they can play in the sun but they haven’t met OUR sun. It’s just more direct.
I’m still not satisfied because menstrual blood is much chunkier than a donated pint from your arm. Until they’re using mucus blood we’re still in the dark ages.
Iirc, weren’t lots of women going to send their used pads and tampons to that GOP politician something something monitor schedule to detect abortions…?
I’m post-menopause and post-hysterectomy myself so I didn’t pay complete attention, just sort of cheered them on.
Anyway you could start by doing a study based on recording the real-life experiences of a large pool of women who self-identify as having “normal” periods. To set a baseline at least, by which to judge “heavy” bleeding.
Or a smaller pool who are willing to alternate cup and tampons to better measure capacity. I think pouring from cup to tampon would be inaccurate because pressure from the vaginal wall affects tampon capacity.
I guess it depends on your goal: better tampons or better healthcare. Is the problem that you can’t switch brands and have any expectation of similar absorbency? Or is the problem that your doctor asks “how many tampons do you use in a day?” and thinks it will tell him whether you really have a heavy flow, because he doesn’t believe you and doesn’t really understand how periods work? Both are real problems. Both deserve better research.
It’s about 75% dust mites by now. They’re very supportive little buggers! But at 15 years you should replace it and put an encasement or waterproof cover on the new one. And a mattress pad on top of that. Then you’ll be able to wash the absorbent mattress pad while your mattress stays pristine. An encasement has the advantage of blocking out any bedbugs you might bring home. You don’t have to go expensive, I recently got an Ortho Signature Club II for about $500 including delivery and disposal of my old one. If you can handle getting rid of the old one by yourself, Bear makes very good arrives-in-a-box mattresses. No fiberglass, meets Canadian standards.
So far I’ve only blocked users whose names and posts indicate they’re just here to post porn. Nothing against them, I just want to look at All once in awhile without accidentally (clumsy old-lady fingers) opening someone’s vulva or ass. Nazis I downvote and/or report and/or yell at.
I’m just curious about this. As someone with a chronic illness, I pretty much never hear anyone talk about things related to the sorts of difficulties and discrimination I and others might face within society. I’m not aware of companies or governments doing anything special to bring awareness on the same scale of say, pride...
Here’s an example of disability discrimination: many doctors’ offices don’t have any exam tables a person could get on from a wheelchair. If you don’t bring a person who can lift you they’ll refuse to see you. Even when I’m there to lift my husband some will say that’s not possible, but we just do it anyway.
By not having a table that lowers (they exist and are great) nor having an orderly to assist, they can avoid dealing with anyone with a disability.
And they get away with it because the ADA has no agency of enforcement. You would have to have the time, energy and money to sue each individual inaccessible business in order to make them change, so the burden is on the most vulnerable population.
Airlines are worse, because the airline lobby got them excluded from the ADA entirely.
As for people being rude to those with a disability, it happens all the time. Kids asking questions is not rude btw. I’m talking about rude adults making rude remarks.
A lot of businesses look on people with disabilities as an expense rather than a market. And politically they’re too diverse to be considered a voting bloc except for certain issues. But July was Disability Pride Month… www.womansday.com/life/…/disability-pride-flag/
Why shouldn’t a person be proud? They constantly use lateral thinking and creativity to maneuver through the world, and their disability is part of their unique identity. Their disabilities cause some of their problems but society causes more. Living with a disability doesn’t make a person less worthy of respect, self-respect, or pride in who they are. Having to face attitudes like yours every day is why we need to have celebrations of disability pride.
I made smoked chicken lollipops today. They are a bit of effort but so worth it. Quickly they have become a family favourite. Thinking doing these up with turkey drumsticks would be very fun.
There’s probably a wiki article, but it’s a mold that grows on black bread, not black mold on white bread. I don’t know about it killing people but it was the Middle Ages, who’d notice another death?
If she’s used it anywhere already, you need to tell her. If you don’t tell her, another teenager will, and in the meanest most embarrassing way possible.
Say that while the emoji is innocent and cute, it’s from a furry porn site. If necessary, “porn is about people having sex, and furry porn is about people having sex in animal costumes” is enough.
If anyone does tease her, she can say “I just found it with some emojis, but what were you doing looking at furry porn?”
Personally I would rather pick my heavy stuff up for shorter stretches, especially if there’s more than I can carry at once. Can you imagine the chaos of her moving forward 20 feet and each person behind her having to carry two bags forward 20 feet and then run back for their other bag/pet carrier/baby car seat? Especially if they don’t wait for each other? Or someone tries to help but now the helpee can’t say they’re the only one who’s handled that bag? Dragging everything 3 feet at a time is hugely preferable.
Like, I’m on a plane. I don’t want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.
She's beautiful (lemmy.world)
Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading....
[Serious] Am I really the ONLY PERSON who thinks Elon Musk is just absolutely sexy?
I know ppl hate him bc of Twitter. But I’m asking for a person to person perspective based on his looks. He is an attractive man right?
Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.
Non-religious emergency responders/medicos of Lemmy, do you believe that something is 'missing' when looking at a corpse?
Firefighter here. I was reflecting on a fatality I attended recently. My thoughts wandered to how a body looks like it is ‘just matter’ in a way that a living thing does not, even when sleeping. Previously I assumed this observation was just something to do with traumatic death, but this person seemed to have died peacefully...
Tomorrow will be interesting (lemmy.world)
Does anyone have any favorite recipes for cheap, nutritional meals?
Hello there! I was wondering if anyone has some low budget meal recipes that they want to share. I wanna save money but I also don’t want to get malnourished on my low budget!
If you live anywhere near the hurricane please take it seriously. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Your local government should provide sand, check their social media. Remove things from your yard. Go buy essentials. If you lose power keep your fridge closed as much as possible. Don’t try to drive through flooded areas. Stay safe :3
Spam donates 5 truckloads of beloved canned meat in response to Maui fire | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
At least there are cats! (lemmy.ml)
Trump cancels news conference to release report on 2020 election (www.reuters.com)
This is my cat. There are many like it, but this one is mine. (lemmy.world)
Woman sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to mail Trump ricin (www.axios.com)
A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.
Pure evil (i.imgur.com)
Report: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: nom.mom/post/121481...
Do you clean your teeth before going to a dental appointment or let the dentist do it?
I always brush my teeth beforehand, but I know that there are always people who will behave differently.
Do you see Black and Blue, or White and Gold? (lemmy.world)
When headlines try to trick you like this (lemmy.ca)
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
The placement of the stove would make me not want to cook (lemm.ee)
homework (discuss.tchncs.de)
Chonkasaurus (lemmy.ml)
TIL just 20% of European homes have air conditioning compared to 88% in US (www.nbcnews.com)
til: Benford's law: real life number are not evenly disribued, 1 occur 30% of the time (lemmy.world)
First (I repeat, first) test of menstrual products using actual blood published last week (I repeat, last week) (mastodon.social)
Archive link to story here: archive.ph/HVNLH...
How Do You Deep Clean a Mattress? What Tools Do I Need?
How Do You Deep Clean a Mattress? What Tools Do I Need?...
Is Blocking Users Problematic to the Platform?
There was an issue on Reddit a while back where people would post some hateful stuff, and of course lots of people blocked them....
As far as public support goes, why aren't disabilities and chronic illnesses treated in a similar manner to LGBT issues?
I’m just curious about this. As someone with a chronic illness, I pretty much never hear anyone talk about things related to the sorts of difficulties and discrimination I and others might face within society. I’m not aware of companies or governments doing anything special to bring awareness on the same scale of say, pride...
Chicken lollipops (lemmy.ca)
I made smoked chicken lollipops today. They are a bit of effort but so worth it. Quickly they have become a family favourite. Thinking doing these up with turkey drumsticks would be very fun.
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18+ How do I explain THAT to my niece?
Hello dear know-it-all....
Insanity (reddthat.com)
Instead of movies and crappy games on those in-flight displays, they should just stream the view out the cockpit window.
Like, I’m on a plane. I don’t want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.