https://xkcd.com/927/

Seems to be an opinion piece that doesn’t say much and uses many words to get there.

In the last half they described science using some concrete examples with microplastics:

But inevitably, the analytical researchers, mainly chemists, wrote horrified letters to journal editors. They contend, for example, that the methods being used can read ordinary bodily fats in a sample as plastics, potentially giving false readings; that there weren’t proper corrections for the amount of background plastic in the laboratory; and that more controls were needed.

The clinical teams have replied that there is a steep learning curve, and that this sort of work hasn’t been done in biological material before. Maybe some more controls would help, but more background plastics wouldn’t account for some things, such as that five-fold difference in heart attacks. And it isn’t at all clear whether any of these methodological shortcomings mean that there aren’t microplastics in humans, or that they aren’t having ill effects. They just raise uncertainties.

Eventually, the analytical experts will start working more closely with the clinical crowd, and they will all learn to measure microplastics robustly in human tissue and investigate possible impacts on health. That is, if the agencies that fund scientific research keep funding them.

And I think the rest of the argument is just that the longer it takes to get the uncertainties out of the science, the more opportunities there are for science deniers to manipulate the messaging and this process has happened multiple times (“from DDT to cigarette smoke, to ozone destroyers to greenhouse gases”).

All that seems accurate, but it fits in two paragraphs.

Although agreed that there is a pretty large issue with some people treating some bros online as a trusted source of information and not getting the obvious red flag that they are selling these same

And that being particularly irritating if you know someone like that and they happen to be loud about freedom of speech (so use that as a shield while trying to convert anyone in their orbit).

Since this link wasn’t part of your post, and your post kind of prescribes health actions from news releases, I’d argue you’re making a separate mostly independent point here

I didn’t get why, but it is pretty obvious in hindsight after reading these paragraphs:

One of the Arab officials said there is a “lack of enthusiasm from the neighborhood” for U.S. strikes in Iran right now. Another expressed concern that “any attack or escalation by Israel or the U.S. will unite Iranians” and noted there was a rally-around-the-flag effect in Iran after the American and Israeli attack there in June.

Israeli officials have told the Trump administration that while they fully support regime change in Iran, and U.S. efforts to facilitate it, they are concerned that outside military intervention at this moment might not finish the job that protesters have started, the current U.S. official, the former U.S. official and the person familiar with the Israeli leadership’s thinking said

except sheep?

The ship, previously known as Bella 1, was boarded while south of Iceland in an operation supported by British armed forces.

A UK government spokesperson said: “The Bella 1 entered UK waters to be replenished with essential supplies - including food and water for the crew - earlier today before it continues its onward journey.”

The UK government has no direct involvement in the replenishment operation.

I didn’t see anything written about where it will be going

The page hidden behind the text “said in a statement” has a lot more information and I think is better written (but longer):

https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/about-us/news-and-press/press-releases/archaeologists-reveal-a-medieval-super-ship-its-the-worlds-largest-cog

It’s only at 13 metres and seems to be excavated as part of construction work. I think that explains the diving gear, I don’t think I’m familiar with it at all

And I think its 32% or basically 1/3rd of the population that voted for Trump

Edit

Here’s the maths using numbers from the above article so people can tell me where I’m wrong:

77,303,568/((77,303,568+75,019,230)/0.641)

With 36% choosing they didn’t care enough to vote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

Actually, I’m likely wrong about this being their most recent work. 2016 is almost ten years ago so his lab must have done more but I’m going to move on to something else. I’d love to see more recent papers if someone wants to add them

I think this is his most recent paper:

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10986

Here is the abstract:

Human language can express limitless meanings from a finite set of words based on combinatorial rules (i.e., compositional syntax). Although animal vocalizations may be comprised of different basic elements (notes), it remains unknown whether compositional syntax has also evolved in animals. Here we report the first experimental evidence for compositional syntax in a wild animal species, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor). Tits have over ten different notes in their vocal repertoire and use them either solely or in combination with other notes. Experiments reveal that receivers extract different meanings from ‘ABC’ (scan for danger) and ‘D’ notes (approach the caller), and a compound meaning from ‘ABC–D’ combinations. However, receivers rarely scan and approach when note ordering is artificially reversed (‘D–ABC’). Thus, compositional syntax is not unique to human language but may have evolved independently in animals as one of the basic mechanisms of information transmission.

I think most people’s intuition for “can talk” is very different from “first experimental evidence for compositional syntax in a wild animal species”

Why the downvotes for asking for clarification on a statement that is ambiguous and unclear for at least one person, so presumably some others?

I hope it’s a start to more governments starting to grow a backbone for standing up to US tech companies

There is no rational reason to do this whatsoever

For the US government to aim to have the world drop the US dollar as the global reserve? For US citizens to listen to Peter Thiel? Something else?

A lot of those methods involve completely ignoring people’s interests or the legal system, the international order, deliberately trying to kneecap institutions that get in your way, filling the government with people of one political view while trying to remove those of the other political views, threats, bribes, and weaponising the justice department. I can see how that worked to get more done but I think even with noble goals thats a pretty expensive cost to get there

This is crazy on its own. Crazier that its before the case for Cook’s removal gets to the Supreme Court. And crazier again because he’s set to be replaced as the head in a few months anyway

One down?

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/nuclear-fusion-china-artificial-sun-b2896015.html

Scanning the users posts I’m a bit lost what their interests are. A few titles read a bit like gossip magazines though

I get the condescending thing you’re going for but this is lost on me:

Instead of talking about that, you’re going to reply with a story about the lack of education in America.