[-] azi@mander.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The fruit flies you've seen eating fresh fruit are probably Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing fruit fly). Most (all?) other Drosophila species (including the model organism Drosophila melanogaster) only feed on rotting fruit. Though they'll consume the sugars too, not just the microorganisms. So standard lab diets include sugar along with yeast and often cornmeal.

There are also some more distantly related flies that feed on fresh fruit and are commonly called fruit flies, eg Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)

[-] azi@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Honestly I think the fame of the tank man has overshadowed other scenes of the incident and people often don't realize just how bloody it was.

CW blood and shooting

[-] azi@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

in my defence, am sleeby ouppy 😌

[-] azi@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

Better than asking a dentist is asking a dental hygienist. Dentists are dental surgeons primarily concerned with solving specific problems with surgical intervention. Hygienists are oral health nurses concerned with preventive care and overall health and wellbeing.

And listen to your hygienist. There is no cure-all toothpaste for everyone (eg not everyone needs anti-sensitivity toothpaste, the risk of erosion in whitening toothpastes might be a concern for some people, some people need higher fluoride concentrations, etc)

[-] azi@mander.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

Mr Bean for English class is so fucking funny. "Surely the show with next to no dialogue will teach them English"

[-] azi@mander.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

Male is the sex that produces the smaller gamete, female the sex that produces the larger

[-] azi@mander.xyz 11 points 4 months ago

Will it? Facebook/instagram did a similar thing in response to the Online News Act by banning any Canadian news links and in my experience people blamed facebook not the government

[-] azi@mander.xyz 11 points 4 months ago
[-] azi@mander.xyz 10 points 6 months ago

Even if there was something to learn I don't want anyone digging up my grandma. If someone's descendants are saying "Don't do that to our ancestor's grave, it's disrespectful in our culture" then you're defiling a grave.

[-] azi@mander.xyz 10 points 6 months ago

Anyone know what the first known case of 'bug' exclusively referring to Hemipterans/Heteropterans? The first use of bug being applied to arthropods was in the 1620s in reference to bedbugs (in Hemiptera but not Heteroptera) with the term ladybug (not in Hemiptera) first attested in the 1690s. Both predate Linnean taxonomy. So why and when did entomologists decide to coin this highly restrictive definition? It's a very English-language term so it surely wasn't when the taxon was created by Linnaeus.

[-] azi@mander.xyz 9 points 7 months ago

Currently used definitions of the cup:

The US customary cup (236.6 mL) is 8 US customary fluid ounces. The US customary fluid ounce (29.6 mL) is 1/16 of a US fluid pint.

The US legal cup (240 mL) is 8 US nutritional fluid ounces. The US nutritional fluid ounce is 30 mL.

The metric cup is 250 mL

Historically used definitions of the cup:

Ths British cup (284.1 mL) is 10 imperial fluid ounces. The imperial fluid ounce (28.4 mL) is 1/20 of an imperial fluid pint

The Canadian cup (227.3 mL) is 8 imperial fluid ounces

[-] azi@mander.xyz 11 points 7 months ago

Essay Response: With specific examples, explain the various ways African states responded to the spread of colonialism. How effective were these responses?

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