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@ Fern @lemmy.world

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Fern @lemmy.world 9mo ago
What was the picture of?

9mo ago

Spain Moves to Ban Smoking in Stadiums and Bar Terraces

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Fern @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Campfires are actually quite bad for air quality

9mo ago

Spain Moves to Ban Smoking in Stadiums and Bar Terraces

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Fern @lemmy.world 9mo ago

What's next? A license to use my own damn toaster?

10mo ago

Trump EPA 'Hitting New Heights of Absurdity' With Plan to Reapprove Pesticide Dicamba

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Fern @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Simple TL;DR by me:

Dicamba has been known to cause drift and damage many other plants and has been rejected by the courts at least twice in the past. This is all after a corrupt lobbyist that has a track record of being pro-harmful pesticides like glyphosate has been appointed to part of the EPA and flys in the face of promises of RFKj's MAHA.

EPA has had seven long years of massive drift damage to learn that dicamba cannot be used safely with GE dicamba-resistant crops," said Bill Freese, science director at the Center for Food Safety, in a statement.

"If we allow these proposed decisions to go through, farmers and residents throughout rural America will again see their crops, trees, and home gardens decimated by dicamba drift, and natural areas like wildlife refuges will also suffer," he warned. "EPA must reverse course and withdraw its plans to reapprove this hazardous herbicide."

"This is what happens when pesticide oversight is controlled by industry lobbyists," he charged. "Corporate fat cats get their payday and everyone else suffers the consequences."

The Post asked the EPA whether Kunkler's recent appointment influenced the dicamba decision. In response, Vaseliou said that the "EPA follows the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act when registering pesticides" and any insinuation otherwise was "further 'journalism' malpractice by The Washington Post."

After Kunkler's new job was made public last month, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) also flagged his "years of advocating against restrictions on farm chemicals such as glyphosate and atrazine," and stressed that "these are the very pesticides singled out in Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' report for their potential links to chronic illness in children."

"The appointment of Kyle Kunkler sends a loud, clear message: Industry influence is back in charge at the EPA," said EWG president Ken Cook at the time. "It's a stunning reversal of the campaign promises Trump and RFK Jr. made to their MAHA followers—that they'd stand up to chemical giants and protect children from dangerous pesticides."

11mo ago

Sushi pillow

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11mo ago

ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings

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Fern @lemmy.world 11mo ago

Doesn't look like it. Not on Android at all either. They say they can't ensure the privacy of an app on Android. I don't fully understand why.

11mo ago

Denmark Launches Plant-Based Diplomacy Initiative to Inspire the EU to Adopt Sustainable Food Policies

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Fern @lemmy.world 11mo ago

You love to see it.

11mo ago

NASA's Voyager Found a 30k-50k Kelvin "Wall" at the Edge of Solar System

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Fern @lemmy.world 11mo ago

The comments on this article are really interesting

They are filled with people saying that this is a very poorly written article about an interesting topic.

From what I can glean with my limited knowledge. This insanely high "temperature" of 30-50k, is actually how the author is trying to represent the speed of particles. However, the insanely small amount of particles means the "temperature" is almost imperceptible. I think? This is why Voyager was able to cross this barrier with no issues. As one commenter put it, an astronaut in a space suit would not be able to notice the difference.

Also, the article talks about why this phenomenon occurs, it's the sun's magnetic field. And inside the field, it's like an atmosphere that is different than outside. And the winds outside move a lot faster. Even though the particles are few and far between. As the sun moves throughout space it's magnetic field creates an effect similar to that of a ship moving through water. Also, the magnetic field itself fluctuates with the sun so it's shape and size changes. I thought that was pretty interesting.

Also, someone commented something questioning how the Voyager, a half-a-century-old device, could accomplish this and still communicate with us. And another commenter responded that it's actually pretty amazing. Because we are only able to communicate with it still because we have upgraded our sensors on earth and because the Voyager itself is still pointed towards earth.