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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/askscience@lemmy.world

I got to thinking last night that theoretically, with enough hair, the air resistance would slow you down so that your terminal velocity would be low enough to land unharmed. How long would it need to be? How would one go about calculating this?

I assume you need some kind of drag coefficient and a density for hair to start with. Not sure where to find that information.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago

Ya gotta love mods who have to sound off as an extra flex before they ban. What a fucking loser.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It was restored once they realized what happened.

I didn’t see any other comment removals in the modlog. Posting the modlog is a rule here for a reason. If my understanding is incorrect then you need to prove that in a way that can be verified.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is so dumb I want to chalk it up to a mistake but I can’t think of how it could be. Puzzling. Will give @jordanlund@lemmy.world a chance to explain before casting judgement.

Edit: I believe this is a misunderstanding of the situation. Here’s the original comment, which was not identical to the one Jordan then posted. It may have been removed by mistake. I’m guessing they hit remove instead of reply which is why the comment showed up as the reason for removal.

Always post the modlog folks!

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Weren’t there a lot of food shortages recently?

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

I’ve had this very thought. Unfortunately we don’t have many trams here so there are no grassy ones at all to work on.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

Interesting. Do you feel the economy functions well in Cuba? If it’s safe for you to opine on such things. Not sure the level of online censorship or repression there.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

Which country?

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You’re allowed to identify with this description if you want to but it’s important to acknowledge that these social categories you’ve described are not reflective of reality. There are no alpha or beta males. Some people might be more or less likely to settle into those roles in particular situations, but they aren’t immutable personality types, nor even aspects of human nature. Rather, they are the result of unhealthy social structures that are forced on people and which they adopt in response. From what I’ve seen, “alpha” and “beta” in particular tend to be highly overlapping categories. A person who adopts a dominant persona in one context is often more likely to act submissive in another, usually because they’ve been indoctrinated into thinking these roles are inevitable or healthy.

If you are completely trapped in these extremely hierarchical social relations (or if you imagine that you are—online narratives about society are important here) then the sigma label might appeal to you. Acting “beta” is humiliating and acting “alpha” is sociopathic—or perhaps it merely seems out of reach if you have low self-esteem. So there was a need for another role for people who didn’t feel they fit into the alpha-beta dynamic, and it turns out this was most people.

But none of this is healthy human behavior. Just because alpha and beta don’t fit doesn’t mean you or anyone else is sigma. Most people I know don’t fall into any of these categories. They neither dominate, submit, or isolate. They are social, but in a supportive and collaborative way. In my view, this is how people are meant to relate to one another. The prevalence of these social hierarchies—or at least the belief in them—are symptoms of a deep sickness that has invaded our society. Rather than asking yourself which box you fit in, you should be asking yourself how you can free yourself and others of these boxes.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 5 days ago

Interesting article, thanks for sharing.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/videos@lemmy.world

If you’ve ever wondered why news media obsesses over shoplifting but ignores wage theft, or why media outlets report a "shortage" of prison guards without questioning why we imprison so many people, you've probably encountered copaganda.

In this episode, award-winning civil rights lawyer and author Alec Karakatsanis joins me to discuss his phenomenal new book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, and to break down all the ways that our news ecosystem is polluted with pro-police PR.

We talk about how copaganda shapes literally every form of media in the U.S. and warps our perceptions of safety and justice. Alec reveals how these fear-driven narratives are fueling the rise of authoritarian policies, mass incarceration, and deepening inequality.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/treehuggers@slrpnk.net

Trees > Parking Spots

Good to see cities in America putting in the work to fix the poor decisions of the past! Yes, this is a small step but I think it will have big impacts. Especially because my city never wants to do anything that no American city has done before, even if it's common practice in other parts of the world. Now that Portland has led the way, we might see other cities following suit.

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35583702

Whether the move will boost lumber supplies as Trump envisioned in an executive order last month remains to be seen. Former President Joe Biden’s administration also sought more logging in public forests to combat fires, which are worsening as the world gets hotter, yet U.S. Forest Service timber sales stayed relatively flat under his tenure.

It exempts affected forests from an objection process that allows outside groups, tribes and local governments to challenge logging proposals at the administrative level before they are finalized. It also narrows the number of alternatives federal officials can consider when weighing logging projects.

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19339040

Not a local but sharing the word since this is highly needed.

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Not a local but sharing the word since this is highly needed.

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Trump has instructed the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to increase logging targets and for officials to circumvent the US’s Endangered Species Act by using unspecified emergency powers to ignore protections placed upon vulnerable creatures’ habitats.

This move is similar to recent instructions by Trump to use a rarely-used committee to push through fossil fuel projects even if they imperil at-risk species. Experts have said this overriding of the Endangered Species Act is probably illegal.

The order also stipulates logging projects can be sped up if they are for purported wildfire risk reduction, via “thinning” of vegetation that could ignite. Some scientists have said that aggressively felling forests, particularly established, fire-resistant trees, actually increases the risk of fast-moving fires.

“This Trump executive order is the most blatant attempt in American history by a president to hand over federal public lands to the logging industry,” said Chad Hanson, wildfire scientist at the John Muir Project.

“What’s worse, the executive order is built on a lie, as Trump falsely claims that more logging will curb wildfires and protect communities, while the overwhelming weight of evidence shows exactly the opposite.”

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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 173 points 8 months ago

Pirating isn’t stealing but yes the collective works of humanity should belong to humanity, not some slimy cabal of venture capitalists.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 242 points 9 months ago

I reject the premise that right-wingers can be anarchists. I don’t care what they call themselves. Anarchism is a left-wing movement, fundamentally.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 178 points 1 year ago

Holy shit this dude fucking lives on his plane. Like I feel guilty about the 2-3x per year I fly to see family but this fucker has flown that far already in the past week. Why? Does he not know how to do a video call?

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