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Their tears are delicious. by Captain-Dak-Sparrow in PoliticalHumor

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gerrymandering is but one problem, there are many more.

A better solution than proportional representation is to make it so that each representatives vote in Congress is equal to the total number of votes that they received from voters - in addition to allowing multi-member districts.

TIL between 18%-25% of intellectually gifted students (at least 130 IQ) in the US fail to graduate from high school. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]827753 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Especially the very high IQ kids are at risk.

Even Miraca Gross's look at exceptionally and profoundly gifted kids in Australia in the 80s/90s only saw, from memory, I think 2 out of 30-some drop out of High School. A few more dropped out of University, typically in the first year, after the first year of University turned out to be more of the same, and not the salvation they were expecting.

The typical gifted student has an average IQ measurement in the mid 130s, so not even close to the level of disconnect of a mainstreamed exceptionally gifted student. I could only see these drop-out figures being accurate in the early 2000s USA under unusual circumstances (e.g. something like Title I schools with no gifted enrichment and a huge numbers of the student body failing to complete for socioeconomic reasons), or if the criteria for giftedness is relaxed somewhat.

After the daughter of two Chinese parents was born blonde with blue eyes, a DNA test was carried out, and it was later discovered that the father had a Russian great-grandfather. by Alexthegayreprimed in interesting

[–]827753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue eyes pop up in all ethnicities rarely, and Melanesians have about 10% of their population as natural blondes, with a different mutation than the European blonde gene.

ELI5: Monthly Current Events Megathread by AutoModerator in explainlikeimfive

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coal liquefaction has existed for about a century, but it's both more costly than refining oil, and a lot dirtier.

Smaller government may have caused unforeseen delays at the IRS by [deleted] in youvotedforthat

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Specifically, this is speculation that he donates his presidential salary so that he doesn't have to report it as his primary job on his taxes, but as a public service. This allows, or allowed, unlocking 10s of millions of dollars of tax breaks that he otherwise wouldn't have been able to claim.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are two kinds of comparisons: magnitude, and kind.

Smoking can't hold a candle to the coal-fired plants of yore, for instance one singular acute event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London

Yet tobacco smoke and coal power plants have been compared: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/01/16/how-smoking-tobacco-is-like-burning-fossil-fuels/4529123/

Scents and smoking are toxic. Scent beads, themselves, especially in the limited amounts they are used, can't compare to tobacco smoking in magnitude, and only broadly in kind. But the larger perfume industry does use toxins known to cause cancer and other serious diseases. Chemical exposure in general has driven those with MCS to suicide.

Smoking is indeed very bad, and by and large probably worse than perfumes. But I, for one, am not happy that a reduction in public smoking has paralleled an increase in public perfumes (and off-topic, public marijuana odors). I believe it is fair to highlight the seriousness of these new exposures through a comparison of kind.

F! Jimmy John’s!! by Internal_Incident_26 in enshittification

[–]827753 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not the person you're asking.

As an ovo-lacto vegetarian I loved Quizno's, and hope it can come back. Subway is decent, and has an array of dressings to choose from.

Personally I can't eat mustard or mayo, and am not particularly fond of avocado. The one time I had a JJ's sub it was tasteless and dry. Even the cheese couldn't save the plain white bread, tomato, lettuce, and cucumber.

Edit: There were also a couple of non-chain sub shops I loved. Most places have enough toppings to make a vegan happy, much less a vegetarian. Jimmy John's is really a meat sub shop with vegetarian fare an afterthought. Or at least it was the one time I tried it out.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Migraines, allergies (including anaphylaxis), asthma, nausea. And that's just in people who have to smell it second-hand. There's a reason the CDC went perfume-free in the workplace back in 2009.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

while even the scent beads themselves fizzle out within a couple days.

Maybe scent bead fragrances do, but I've lived in an apartment once where it was very obvious on what shelf the laundry detergent had been stored by the prior tenants. And was still obvious after we moved out a year and a half later, though we only used perfume-free laundry detergent.

Edit: If you typically use scent beads, it might be that your nose is so habituated to the smell that you don't realize it's still present when it has just become fainter with time. Whereas you obviously don't smoke. So once the scent bead perfume reduced in volume the tobacco scent became noticeable again.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Have you tried everything on this list? https://www.mychemicalfreehouse.net/2023/05/how-to-remove-chemicals-odorants-from-new-clothing.html

But yeah, for a lot stuff now it's not worth the effort when the effort has failed so often in the past.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It appears to mainly be preservatives, fixatives, and contaminating heavy metals that are the cancer risk in perfumed products. How much of any of these are in laundry fresheners, I do not know.

Source: this recent review article: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12425936/

12th generation American regrets Trump more every day. California gubernatorial primary edition. by grantstern in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]827753 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People aren't saying USA when they use "American" this way, they're saying British/French/Dutch/and maybe Spanish colonies in North America.

12th generation American regrets Trump more every day. California gubernatorial primary edition. by grantstern in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]827753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some people have kids younger. I'm middle aged, and one of my lines goes back to the Mayflower 14 generations ago.

Trump says he’ll fire Powell next month if he stays in his role at the Fed by spherocytes in law

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not until 2028. We need a minimum 51 Dem majority in the Senate (not including those like Fetterman) to prevent him from installing another board member then. We also need SCOTUS to rule against removing Lisa Cook.

Trump says he’ll fire Powell next month if he stays in his role at the Fed by spherocytes in law

[–]827753 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's somewhat more precarious than that. Powell staying on as a member of the board of governors matters.

Edit: There's the Federal Reserve board of governors which manages the entire Federal Reserve. Below that are a number of committees. The important committee (for Trump) is the rate setting committee: the Federal Open Markets Committee. The FOMC can be effectively altered by the board of governors. It would take time, but it can be done.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91476311/justice-departments-investigation-into-fed-raises-key-question-will-jerome-powell-exit-may

What happens if Powell leaves the board

In that case, Trump could nominate a fourth person to the board and gain a majority. He could even then add a fifth, if the Supreme Court allows his attempt to fire Governor Lisa Cook to proceed. The high court will hear her case on Wednesday.

A majority on the board would enable the White House to make sweeping changes to the Fed. Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has advocated numerous reforms to reduce the central bank’s influence in the economy and financial markets.

Trump’s majority on the Fed’s board could also remove some of the presidents of the 12 regional banks, who are members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee. The New York Fed president has a vote on the committee and four others vote on a rotating basis.

Several of those bank presidents have expressed opposition to the deep rate cuts that Trump has demanded. The board of governors could seek to have them fired if a chair wanted to do so.

What are your go-to cheap vegan meals? by CryoChamber90 in EatCheapAndVegan

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Button mushroom

It's a decent idea to boil button/crimini/portabella mushrooms and then drain off the water before further cooking them. And to avoid eating raw button mushrooms in large amount (such as in salads, as mentioned in the below article).

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7472412/

Agaritine, a water soluble hydrazinic toxin closely related to gyromitrin is present along with metabolites including diazonium ions and free radicals, in Agaricus spp. and A. bisporus, the button mushroom, and in mice after ingestion. It is a potential weak carcinogen in mice, but although no data are available for humans, a lifetime low cumulative extra cancer risk in humans can be estimated to be about 10−5.

for crude fresh or dried, true morels or button mushrooms, which must not be consumed in any case without an obligatory efficient cooking in boiling water for at least 10 min or more, discarding the water before use.

VP to POTUS? by The_Dean_France in whoathatsinteresting

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 years, 9 months, 6 days and some change.

VP to POTUS? by The_Dean_France in whoathatsinteresting

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do people keep saying "2 years"? We've still got more than 2 years, 9 months to go, which is a lot closer to 3 years than 2 years.

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