notacat

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[–] notacat@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Yes just like the anti-abortionists failed again and again until they succeeded in taking away rights. Building a movement takes time, especially if it’s not flush with corporate money.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

It is a failure of our system that a populist candidate without his name recognition would have no chance against the incredibly well-funded corporate shill neoliberals/conservatives we usually have to choose between.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“sexually oriented performances”

So no taylor swift concerts then?

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Farmed honey bees can actually harm local pollinators through competing for resources.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

T cells.

“Most studies on COVID-19 vaccines have focused on neutralizing antibody (NAb) responses, with little emphasis on cellular immunity. However, accumulating data suggest that T cell responses play an important role in vaccine protection against severe COVID-19 disease, particularly against viral variants that partially escape from recognition by NAbs. These insights have implications for using current COVID-19 vaccines and for developing next-generation vaccines against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases”

science

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s a U.S. thing! Yay! You can buy insurance for it if you do a lot of backpacking but that’s rare. I believe it’s in the five figures for a rescue. But apparently occasionally it can be free if you’re lucky enough to get rescued by the one agency whose name I forget.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correct. I have no idea why people are freaking out over drinking water. We constantly eat and drink things that have wildly different osmolarity than our cells and yet here we still are. Our stomach and intestinal mucosa cells are not going to burst if we accidentally drink a milkshake (a hyperosmotic solution).

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Or just eat food along with water. Under normal conditions drinking distilled water is just fine. But if you’re running a marathon in 100 degree F weather then yes you should also get some salt. This is why sports drinks and pedialyte is better for hydration for strenuous exercise.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Yes that is why saline is used to as an IV fluid instead of water. But if you’re not injecting it straight into your blood stream, the osmolarity of the liquid does not matter so drinking distilled water is completely fine.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

This was also my impression, especially after the republican primary debate where they were scarily almost all anti-helping ukraine.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do they have a godfundme for legal support? They clearly need some civil rights lawyering up to protect their town. Holy crap this is some jim crow shit.

[–] notacat@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it that Desantis can appoint six members of the board of trustees for a college?

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