protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 98 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

If water had no polarity, life as we know it could not exist, so the mess in your apt would be the least of your troubles

[–] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Storm related blackouts are due to downed power lines largely in the last mile of delivery, not a shortage of available electricity. A battery installation in your neighborhood won't help when the lines in your neighborhood are down.

That said, Texas's low barrier to entry has enabled more small scale solar PV and battery installations I think than any other state, and they're rapidly building them out.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fact that she didn't have to face a primary this year is a political gift. She didn't have to go.on record while jockeying to differentiate herself and the instant unanimous support from the entire Democratic party means she can just be herself

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You just said a bunch of different things, some of which really aren't related to what we're talking about, and also changed nothing about X

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

You are correct, my bad. Seems like you can have some confidence that your email is secure, at least

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'd like to echo everything Cagi said, and add that it's genuinely possible this conversation with your brother was more of a "they finally got the diagnosis," sort of conversation rather than a revelation for your brother, because everyone probably already suspected you have autism. It sounds like your mother is happy that you have clarity on this and wanted to share your good news.

If I tell my mother something, it's free game for her to tell anyone she knows about it, because she wants to tell other people what's happening with her children. If I don't want her sharing something about me, I could ask her explicitly not to share, and she won't.

Regarding your concern that your brother is going to think you're no longer socializing with neurotypical people, you're waaay overthinking that. You can call up your brother at any time to talk to him if you want to. Next time you want to go visit, almost guaranteed his door will be open for you and nothing will have changed.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seems like the idea emanated from Egypt and other Arab states. Egypt just has conditions it wants to meet first:

Several Arab countries, led by Egypt, have in recent months presented the Americans with a document of principles for the day after the war in Gaza, which also included the possibility of deploying troops, conditional on achieving the two-state solution – which includes the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago

If you keep reading:

Several Arab countries, led by Egypt, have in recent months presented the Americans with a document of principles for the day after the war in Gaza, which also included the possibility of deploying troops, conditional on achieving the two-state solution – which includes the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Why would you care about anyone being removed from X? These decisions are being made by a capricious, petulant, and increasingly right-wing extremist Elon Musk. By complaining about this you just give him oxygen. Just abandon the site instead.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I use 2FA, authenticators, etc.

If this is the case, how did you not know these login attempts were happening? Shouldn't you get a ping when a login is attempted and can decline it if it's unauthorized?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago

I guess I have to reiterate: Child sexual abuse is perpetrated by people of many different backgrounds. Using a handful of perpetrators who identified as LGBTQ as an argument against all people who are LGBTQ is bigoted. Using a handful of religious leaders who are perpetrators of sexual abuse as an argument against all religion is bigoted. I've noticed you only seem to care about one of these, though...

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

According to a study conducted by researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, “4,392 priests and deacons had allegations of child sexual abuse from 1950 to 2002 against 10,667 children, representing approximately 4% of all priests in the United States in that time period.

My god man, this is at the beginning of your source. You're still completely missing my point in an effort to...I guess make it seem like child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is a myth? Reread my previous comment and try to think about it again if you're interested in trying to understand how what you're saying here is totally off topic

 
 

Morning y'all, anyone able to identify this "weed?" It grows very low to the ground and has tiny blue flowers. Seems to be one of the first bloomers of the year

 

These were sold to me as Senegalia roemeriana, but really don't look like any pictures I'm seeing. Any ideas?

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