🧪#pharmacology
How do researchers determine how toxic a chemical is? A toxicologist explains alternatives to animal testing
Thousands of chemicals in industry haven’t been thoroughly tested for their safety and toxicity. Researchers are working to standardize quicker, cheaper and more ethical methods to assess chemicals.The Conversation
The evening sun illuminating our upper garden and wood this evening - still no signs of gardening having started!
#photography #PhotoOfTheDay #darktable #umbria #italy
#italia #nature #photo #landscape
Many Americans, want a fellow American, and not a politician. More to the point, they want someone who is not part of the status quo - an outsider.
This has been true for years now. It is part of the reason why, Donald Trump, even though he, personally is bad for this country, was still viewed more favorably.
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Hallway, NYC, 2014.
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Hallway in West Village Walk-Up
21 March 2014. West Village, NYC. This improbably tight hallway, in a West Village walk-up, is similar to one seen in the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis". I like that you have to share a doormat with your neighbor.Flickr
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Captured with a small mirrorless camera and 50mm lens.
This hallway reminded me of a sight gag in the Coens' "Inside Llewyn Davis". I like that the two neighbors have to share a doormat.
The starkly bare hallway and contrasting tones between the walls and the doors and floor make this as much a study in abstract shapes as it is about urban living.
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"Who designed this?" you might ask.
Small NYC brownstones such as the one shown here were generally either built from the start as multi-family tenements, or were built as single-family homes and later subdivided into apartments. In the former case, the layout into individual units was part of the original design and generally fairly sane. In the latter case, landlords often tried to squeeze every square inch of rentable space out of the existing layout, at the expense of things like hallways.
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I mean you can't sleep in a hallway now can you ?
At USC there used to be a design contest at the Architecture school for putting the maximum number of living spaces into the smallest number of square feet. Each 'unit' had to support two adults, cooking, bathing, a bathroom, and a place to sleep.
One of the students called it 'smooshed camping' which sort of stuck with me.
Appeals Court: ‘Plain View” Also Includes Using iPhone Camera Options To See Through Tinted Car Windows
As tech advances, the law mutates. In some cases (Riley, Carpenter) we get more protections. In other cases, we get fewer protections. This case dates back to 2022. Christopher Poller was a suspect…Techdirt
I’m not sure what bit of legislative fuckery is going on to prompt this sure to be epic response, but if you find yourself in or near Montpelier, VT tomorrow.. hey it’s a party 🙂
On a lighter #electronics note, this is the bestest solder sucker that I have ever used and I love it dearly. About the only thing I'd change I'd make would be to make the body longer (not necessarily the piston volume) to make it a bit better-fitting for my clumsy hands.
The main upside of this one is that it is all-metal, so the button lock doesn't wear out in like 50 uses, unlike the standard variety of these.
Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN
Israeli forces have used sexual violence as weapon of war to ‘dominate and destroy’ Palestinian people, report also saysEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
So yesterday we ( @thatfrisiangirlish and I ) took a glorious nap and I awoke to my wife looking at me like she liked me and enjoyed my presence. Concerned I hid my face under the blankets, she just smiled more at her "Dork". Send HLEP, I think my wife likes me! What am I gonna do, it's been 6 years and she just loves me more and more!
@thatfrisiangirlish@blahaj.zone gasp it'll be six years tomorrow. It felt like nothing. Well it felt like a lot of love, affection, and cuddles. Your really think it'll be 25 years?!
Jokes aside I was watching The Bear last night. Really quite good if you are interested in how Gastro actually is. But the Exec chef said to his new girlfriend that he was nervous.
"Why, because you're waiting for the other shoe to drop"
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"You want to know a secret, nobody is counting any shoes"
Tally is like that. I keep expecting the other shoe to drop because I was raised and grew up in and was divorced from transactinal affection. She just gives it free of charge.
The BSD Cafe Mastodon instances have been updated to v4.3.6
Sony’s new RGB backlight tech absolute smokes regular Mini LED TVs
Sony announced its General RGB LED Backlight Technology, which improves Mini LEDs with RGB color.Sam Byford (The Verge)
Film Screening – Staff Picks from the Prelinger Archives
Prelinger Archives is in the final year of a three-year grant for mass-digitization of its film collection funded by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Since the start of the […]\nblog.archive.org
potatoes in the dark
blind eyes
reaching
#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng.
Today’s haiku was originally posted on Jan 20, 2012.
Elektrėnai // Lithuania
#elektrėnai #lithuania #lietuva #litauen #lake #see #zesa #travel #photography #kraftwerk #powerplant
#WritersCoffeeClub
#EpigraphCoffeeClub
"If I yell F-words, it writes them down perfectly, underlines them and comments 'some readers may find this offensive'." — @caronallan
13 Are you mindful of your readers’ expectations?
Only so that I can subvert them.
Starbucks wants to be your 'third space' again — if you buy something
In the words of the almighty Donna: Treat yo'self!
Hope all goes well and you can get some rest when you're done.
I am now craving an iced coffee. 😅
@VulpineDruid Thank you for the sweet message! You're the best, I swear. Dunks (as we New Englanders call it) is always my go-to on infusion days. Kinda gives me the will to get through my treatments. It's like a treat to get me up in the morning. LOL.
(Also sorry for making you crave iced coffee earlier. Oopsies.)
My impact driver has given up the ghost, so I need a new one. Tools seem to be one of the few areas that is dominated by American brands: Black and Decker, DeWalt and Stanley, plus Milwaukee (sort of).
Things being as they are I'm looking at Bosch, Makita and Ryobi.
#DIY
@yngmar It's a minefield, and you have to decide what your ethical tolerance is - does the head office actually matter vs the parent company? At least Bosch is Bosch, German company and German owned, so there's not much to go wrong with there.
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Power Tool Manufacturers and Who Really Owns Them
It may surprise you that only a handful of larger companies own your favorite power tool manufacturers. Here's who owns who...with lists!Clint DeBoer (Pro Tool Reviews)
Not had much luck with Bosch powertools. The Pro range is overpriced, the regular range not up to par, probably intentionally, to differentiate the Pro range. Plus the company image isn't pristine either: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosch_(c…
Might as well buy the store brand in that case.
Metabo is still good and has always been, but may be hard to find in places. Don't think I've ever seen one of their battery tools in the wild. The cabled ones are solid.
Scientists Potentially Found a Three-Body Problem in Space—but the Mystery Is Just Beginning
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#news #science #astronomy #space
Scientists Potentially Found a Three-Body Problem in Space—but the Mystery Is Just Beginning
The real thing is even more confusing than the Netflix show.Elizabeth Rayne (Popular Mechanics)
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* Thanks to all for the *unaninimous* recommendations for lone.earth. Pending approval, I will be at lone.earth/c/xris.
#FediVerse Hive Mind: I have been using @Vimeo to host my videos. I want to try using a @PeerTube instance instead.
Example Video:
vimeo.com/705157758
#Video #PeerTube #Vimeo #Nature #Ecology #Animals #Mammals #Groundhog #Gardening
cc: @darwin
Green-Wood Groundhog
A groundhog, Marmota monax, basking in sun and nibbling on Hostas at the entrance to its burrow in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NYC.Vimeo
T-Mobile: Sorry, But We're Raising Prices by $5 Per Line
Price increases start rolling out on April 2. 'We are updating the prices on some of our older phone plans in response to rising costs,' T-Mobile says.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Why worry about ethics when you can just spend a few million electing a stooge who'll change the laws for you
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Today is a shitty day. My wheelchair accessible van - which has been out of commission since October due to a leaking fuel tank (which is special equipment due to the floor being lowered) - likely will never be fixed. The companies that used to repair these special tanks have either gone out of business or have been bought out and don’t do that kind of work now.
Living in rural NH severely limits my options, but there’s still a couple things we can try. Sucks, though. #disability
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When Salvador Dalí Created a Chilling Anti-Venereal Disease Poster During World War II
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When Salvador Dalí Created a Chilling Anti-Venereal Disease Poster During World War II
As a New York City subway rider, I am constantly exposed to public health posters. More often than not these feature a photo of a wholesome-looking teen whose sober expression is meant to convey hindsight regret at having taken up drugs, dropped out …OC (Openculture.com)
Québec grows bananas 🍌 in limited quantities.
Opinion: TIL. This is bananas!
// Article in French //
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Le Québec fait pousser des bananes 🍌 en quantités limitées.
Opinion: Aujourd’hui j’ai appris. C’est malade!
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#StEustache #SaintEustache #Québec #BuyCanadian #AcheterCanadien
Fruits exotiques en serre | Des bananes de Saint-Eustache
Nous ne marchons que quelques secondes dans un air épais d’humidité avant qu’apparaisse un premier bananier avec une belle grappe de bananes pas encore tout à fait mûres, puis un autre et ensuite plusieurs arbres remplis d’agrumes ou en fleurs, des p…La Presse
OpenAI says outright that their entire business model depends on throwing copyright out the window.
“Fair use for me, but not for thee.”
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OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Indeed. I would even argue that if they want to argue that it •doesn’t• fail the “impact on potential market” test, that’s an admission that their entire product pitch is BS. Either AI can replace the humans who do this work or it can’t; you can’t have that cake and eat it too.
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#TheShitification
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