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pjwestin

@ pjwestin @lemmy.world

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  • Media literacy

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  • All that's present is a false dichotomy between state propaganda and corporate propaganda, and the implication that people who choose corporate propaganda are idiots. This reads as apologia for consuming state propaganda, framed as media literacy. If it's not, it needs more context.

  • Media literacy

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  • I guess media literacy is when you think those are the only two options.

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  • Yeah, if you're going to use a phrase like this, you need to make your intention crystal clear. If this was an attempt to satirize old, racist tropes, casually using one of those tropes in the first panel of a comic with an unrelated punchline does not achieve that goal.

  • "Kids" Shows you like as an adult?

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  • My toddler has become obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog, but it's been hard to find any age appropriate stuff for him from that franchise. We recently discovered Sonic Boom, which is not only not too violent or scary for him, but is also legitimately funny. A nice surprise, since the only thing I knew about Boom was that the tie-in game was the worst Sonic game since Sonic '06.

  • I appreciate our community

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  • I mean, I take your point, but compared to Reddit, where there is no record unless a third-party website happens to archive it before the mods remove it, the Modlog is very transparent.

  • I appreciate our community

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  • The difference is the Modlog, which means everyone can see the receipts. (For the record, while it might not have been the most tasteful comment, I think that removing it and labeling you an SA apologist is bullshit.)

  • Predators vs Prey

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  • It just looks that way because they've got very narrow heads. Its much clearer on owls, which have very broad faces, that birds of prey have fully forward facing eyes.

  • Predators vs Prey

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  • My point is that they're entirely forward facing. Calling it a mammal rule isn't really accurate. It's about whether or not the animal needs to judge distance to attack. Sharks use their vision to scan for prey above and below them, but they use their other sense to attack. Hawks and cats have a significantly different sense of vision, but both need to be able to accurately judge distance with their eyes when attacking.

  • Predators vs Prey

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  • That article says exactly what I said about Panda's:

    Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivoran, the giant panda's diet is primarily herbivorous, with approximately 99% of its diet consisting of bamboo. However, the giant panda still has the digestive system of a carnivore, as well as carnivore-specific genes, and thus derives little energy and little protein from the consumption of bamboo. The ability to break down cellulose and lignin is very weak, and their main source of nutrients comes from starch and hemicelluloses.

    While primarily herbivorous, the giant panda still retains decidedly ursine teeth and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the giant panda's bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements.

    They have developed some minor digestive traits that help them process bamboo, but they don't have the four chambered stomach of a cow or the extra-long hindgut of a gorilla to thoroughly digest plant matter. They have to seasonal migrate to get the amount of nutrients they need from young bamboo shoots and mature bamboo leaves. Their bodies could easily process a carnivorous diet, but their metabolism has become too slow for then to manage to hunt almost anything besides plants.

  • Predators vs Prey

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  • I don't think there's a hard rule you can put on it. Sharks are ambush predators, but they need a wide field of vision to scan above and below for prey. Monkeys are mostly herbivores or opportunistic omnivores, but they have forward facing eyes to jump through trees. It's just about what they animal needs their eyes to do, and forward facing eyes are mostly used for trying to grab another animal.

  • Predators vs Prey

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  • Pandas aren't true herbivores, they're more like vegetarians. Their teeth, digestive tracks, and eyes are all better adapted to eat meat, but they're too dumb and clumsy to catch any, so they've settled on bamboo. If a smaller, dumber, clumsier animal moved into their ecosystem, they would start eating it immediately.

  • Predators vs Prey

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  • Birds of prey have entered the chat.

  • 🍺 🍻

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  • Yeah, but I'm not fixing it, you big dumb bitch.

  • 🍺 🍻

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  • Rattling off insect classifications while a simple pun goes over you're head is a great demonstration of the difference between knowledge and intelligence.

  • That's one smart gal!

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  • Maybe she'll get flagged for appropriate content.

  • Locked

    DonaldJMusk is running dozens of accounts

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  • I'm pretty sure Grok can spell, "hiring."

  • Gavin Newsom opposes California ‘billionaire tax’ as he eyes 2028 White House bid

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  • I'm sure they're just planning to quietly delete their comments once they're sure everyone's stopped paying attention.

  • Gavin Newsom opposes California ‘billionaire tax’ as he eyes 2028 White House bid

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  • It's just fascinating to watch someone argue that we can't criticize the Democratic nominee without helping Republicans even though we're three years away from getting a Democratic nominee.

  • Gavin Newsom opposes California ‘billionaire tax’ as he eyes 2028 White House bid

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  • She was NOT GOING TO LOSE CALIFORNIA. For fuck's sake, who could possibly be this fucking stupid.

    OK, but yes, she absolutely was..

    You know the election happened right? SHE WON CALIFORNIA, YOU IMPOSSIBLE DUMBASS.

    Again, no. She dropped out before the California ballot deadline, most likely to spare herself the embarrassment of losing her home state.

    The neither did Sanders.

    Sanders won several states. Kamala was polling so badly she dropped out before Iowa.

    I'm sorry that accurately remembering the 2020 primary is so upsetting to you, but Kamala did not win a single state, even as a VP choice. She dropped out in December of 2019. Voting started in February of 2020. Biden eventually secured the nomination, and on August 11th, the day that the final state voted, he named Kamala as his running mate.. Anyway, maybe before you jump into a thread and start calling people dumbasses, you should make sure that literally everything you're saying isn't wrong.

  • Gavin Newsom opposes California ‘billionaire tax’ as he eyes 2028 White House bid

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  • If Newsome gets the nod, which is the assumption we were all OBVIOUSLY operating one for the purpose of this conversation

    That's a weird assumption to make considering I started this conversation by saying, "The minute [Newsom] enters the primary...he's going to flame out fast."

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    "Winner"

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    I mean...violence is bad.

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    Seems Legit

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    He's cracked the case!

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    Ghosted

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
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    I have been waiting for this community my whole life

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
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    Not to get too topical, but...

  • Facepalm @lemmy.wtf
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    I want to thank Sync for placing this ad next to this post

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    I thought he sounded fine.

  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    I'm begging you to learn how to use this term.