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ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something you can see, hear, smell, etc., that others can't?
5·3 days agoThe chemical most places use for drycleaning is perchloroethylene, or perc, which can contaminate groundwater if not stored or disposed of properly.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something you can see, hear, smell, etc., that others can't?
21·3 days agoI used to operate a drill rig for taking soil and water samples. I learned to read all the utility markings and to spot the telltale markings of previous drill work. I can walk around an urban area and tell you where all the gas stations and drycleaners used to be just based on a look at the pavement. In that sense I can “see” things others can’t.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
memes@lemmy.world•I stand by my statement about people who cut sandwiches horizontally
7·1 month agoWhat is in the sandwich determines if you cut it diagonally. Tuna/chicken/egg salad sandwiches shouldn’t be cut diagonally because everything falls out.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What songs or covers of songs used in movie and/or movie trailers but never got a proper release?
5·1 month agoThe version of Sugar High used in Empire Records with a female vocalist.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Texas@lemmy.world•Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims
15·1 month agoI can’t wait til Tylenol goes all Dominion Voting Systems on these idiots and sues them into the poorhouse.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class.
16·1 month agoThat’s why cops love using dogs too. Courts have ruled that dogs can’t lie. That means if a dog indicates you have contraband, then a search is warranted, even if nothing is found. This of course ignores that it is entirely possible the dog indicated contraband because the cop trained it to do so on command.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.ml•Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
25·2 months agoOh come on. You cease starting fires. It’s right there in the name!
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Help! Drone motors 2 & 3 in wrong direction, not possible to switch using Betaflight. USB defective, any way to access ESC Configurator using WiFI connection?
6·2 months agoMaybe a dumb suggestion, but physically switch the positive and negative wires on the motors?
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.ml•Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping – video
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ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.ml•Greta Thunberg gives first public speech since Israeli kidnapping – video
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ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•America could have avoided all of this with a functional justice system
32·2 months agoIt’s all been downhill since Florida rigged the election for Bush in 2000.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains.
4·2 months agoI like how Invincible addresses this. He tries to save people but it always ends disastrously because normal people break really easily when handled by someone with super strength and speed. His best bet is to take out the villain that is the source of danger.
Haven’t seen anybody say armadillo bug yet.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't.
3·4 months agoCorrection - Has led, is leading, and will lead…
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't.
52·4 months agoA large band around the equator will become unsurvivable. Hundreds of millions of people will flee to cooler climates. Countries will already be straining to provide food and water for their people. This will lead to wars for resources. Nations with nuclear capabilities will fracture and collapse, leaving their weapons in the hands of warlords and despots. Pandemics like COVID will become increasingly more common, not just for humans but for our livestock and crops. I hope you are right, but then again 5 billion might be a conservative estimate.
“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
Yes, some cops are going to use chokeholds regardless of bans. Some people are going to commit murder regardless of it being illegal too. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t bother having laws against murder. The fact that chokes are not reduced to zero by chokehold bans does not negate that it reduces the number of chokes used. In the same way, the fact that cops will sometimes shut off their cams does not negate the times that they don’t turn off the cams and it allows victims to seek justice.
I am aware of Killilogy and Warrior Cop training. Cops receiving the wrong training is an entirely separate issue from the cost of improved training.
Finally, please refrain from personal attacks as this detracts from your arguments and violates community guidelines.
I am hoping that the success of Zohran Mamdani is seen as a blueprint moving forward.


Amusingly I got a spam call last week that came up on caller ID as “Obama 2012”.