Firefox for general use. TOR browser (Firefox) for everything else.
Thanks for this! For some reason it's not showing in the videos under his channel for me.
Oh no he didn't!
Oh goodness, he's so deranged that it's hilarious!
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Wait.
Shit.
People actually take him serious. I keep forgetting that every time I see stuff like this. My first thought is that no one could possibly ever take him serious... And then I remember... he was intentionally elected to lead the most influential country in the world... on purpose!
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Why can't I wake up from this bad dream?!
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As the article says, "The supernatural is hypernymic to religion. Religions are standardized supernaturalist worldviews." It also says "the supernatural is featured in folklore and religious contexts, but can also feature as an explanation in more secular contexts, as in the cases of superstitions or belief in the paranormal. The term is attributed to non-physical entities, such as angels, demons, gods and spirits."
There may be "non-physical entities, such as angels, demons, gods and spirits," but semantics clarifies how I would interpret their existence. They aren't entities as described by religious beliefs. Instead, they would be "natural" and certainly "alien" to the human experience. If they violate natural laws, it's only because humans lack the understanding to comprehend their nature.
There are absolutely "phenomena" beyond our current understanding. And you are correct when you say "mainstream religions are actually complicated incomplete stories full of misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and half-truths." Science and history have shown this to be exactly the case.
With that said, I am apostate for a good reason. Religion doesn't have the answers I zealously sought. It simply cannot, by its very nature and definition, do that. Science is the only way humans might honestly understand the world around them. While pragmatically I'm atheist, in terms of belief, I'm agnostic.
Alien non-physical entities may exist. Perhaps it's probable... somewhere in the universe. However, most religious beliefs can be demystified and logically explained false. For everything else, such beliefs make good stories. Until science proves or disproves the belief though, it remains just that--belief in a story.
I'd give anything to practice "magic." It's probably why I read so much fantasy. I love science fiction because it envisions so many very different and greater things. Frankly, I could have been spared an incredible amount of pain if there truly was a "benevolent" god I could trust. It would be absolutely wild to know that, beyond my short frail human existence, there factually is an afterlife.
More important to me than anything is Truth. Believing in something for which there is no evidence does me more harm than good. Trusting in that which is known and natural keeps me steady and able to embrace the moment rather than laying false hopes in an improbable future.
Sure. There absolutely could be non-physical entities. I would call them "alien" because that better describes them than our religious terms. If they exist though, I'd wager they wouldn't be friendly to humanity either by nature or intent. Angels and demons make better story devices than they do real life neighbors. We are at the top of our food chain. The last thing we need is to encounter something worse than we humans already are. If science ever proves that other beings exist, then we need to immediately determine next how to ensure human autonomy and survival amongst something that would more than likely be a threat.
Down voted due to the headline. Seriously, why can't media outlets just be honest. How on earth does "Free Palestine" and "Donβt celebrate genocide!" equate to "anti-Israel"?
It's about 120,000+ dead. It's about Palestinian civilian lives. It's about war crimes.
SRC: https://www.gazahealthcareletters.org/usa-letter-oct-2-2024
I don't have anything to add to this conversation as I'm in agreement that the "supernatural" is simply how humans have historically described natural phenomena that is not yet understood.
Now... what I do find interesting is the shared art. I've seen similar styles, but not this piece. I looked it up and thought I would share because I find it to be pretty rad.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_engraving
The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist. Its first documented appearance is in the book L'atmosphΓ¨reβ: mΓ©tΓ©orologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"), published in 1888 by the French astronomer and writer Camille Flammarion.
The illustration depicts a man, dressed as a pilgrim in a long robe and carrying a walking stick, who has reached a point where the flat Earth meets the firmament. The pilgrim kneels down and passes his head, shoulders, right arm, and the top of the walking stick through an opening in the firmament, which is depicted as covered on the inside by the stars, Sun, and Moon. Behind the sky, the pilgrim finds a marvelous realm of circling clouds, fires and suns. One of the elements of the cosmic machinery resembles traditional pictorial representations of the "wheel in the middle of a wheel" described in the visions of the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel.
I'm so incredibly happy for these postal carriers!
This is not the way.
I found this amusing and great. π
He hasn't posted in 10 months, so who knows if he's going to follow up, but if he does I'd be interested in watching.
After recently reading Children Of Time and Children Of Ruin, I just don't have the heart to read Children Of Memory. So kudos to you for that accomplishment. The writing was so rambling, verbose, and often confusing. If this book is beyond that, then I'd say... perhaps it is better reused as a doorstop? π
A fake account? What the hell is wrong with people?
Found her twitter, but the post seems to have only been on bluesky. All well. I tried. I'm sure there will be plenty of articles on this.
I just want to read her response to ask this and I can't seem to get to it. This article and another from the guardian doesn't even go to the referenced story.
Then I found a website that quotes her "pee in peace" comment and when I click on that link, which theoretically goes to her blue sky account, it says the post is deleted.
So then I remind the post specific information from the URL so it'll go directly to, what I presume to be, her blue sky account people. (It's literally the first time I've ever clicked a link that goes to Blue sky, so I'm not 100% sure that the URL is correct.) it seems correct though because now it says her account is suspended.
She must be scary as hell since every path I take to try to get information on this keeps getting blocked.
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Still incredible, I think. Consider all the resources of various institutions and corporations which are not used in such a way. If only more did similar.
Perhaps I read too many stories where humans are past this kind of bigotry. I hope so much for such a timeβsome day. But living amidst the constant hate and bigotry... it hurts so much. It's so very tiring.
TakahΔ : "prehistoric-looking" birds released into wild in New Zealand - BBC Newsround
A "prehistoric-looking" bird that was thought to be extinct, has now been released into the wild in its native home of New Zealand.
Older article (2023), but sharing for those unawares.
>The birds - which have been around since the prehistoric Pleistocene era - were officially declared extinct in 1898.
>After their rediscovery in 1948, conservationists began collecting and incubating eggs from wild takahΔ, to prevent them from being eaten by predators
Meet the Kid Who Wowed the Internet With His Incredibly Accurate Bird Calls | Audubon
The talented 10-year-oldβs performance at a school talent show recently went viral on TikTok after folks couldn't believe their ears.
This kid really is incredible! I heard him and his mother interviewed today on All Things Considered. Managed to find this Audubon article to show my family. It links TikTok videos that show off what he can do. I don't really know how to share those directly and they often don't work for me because of registration requirements. I think they should work for at least one listen for you all though.
The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding.
>The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk
The Biden administration is doing the best they can possibly do. /s
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The northern bald ibis, or the Waldrapp, once soared over North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Europe.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19034034
> How do you teach a bird how, and where, to fly? > > The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last two decades. But the birds β known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak β donβt instinctively know which direction to fly to migrate without the guidance of wild-born elders. SoΒ a team of scientists and conservationists stepped in as foster parents and flight instructors. > > βWe have to teach them the migration route,β said biologist Johannes Fritz.
Yunus faced a number of corruption accusations and was put on trial during Hasinaβs rule. He received the Nobel in 2006 after he pioneered microlending.
This is kind of big news. I never would have expected it.
Yunus faced a number of corruption accusations and was put on trial during Hasinaβs rule. He received the Nobel in 2006 after he pioneered microlending.
This is kind of big. I would have never expected it.
TIL that the ruby-throated hummingbird flies non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico as part of its spring migration and has a VO2 max that is about 10 times higher than elite human athletes.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21718242
> - > - Author: /u/tW188y > - Link Shared on Reddit > - Original Reddit Comments >
From the article: >This feat is impressive, as an 800Β km (500Β mi), non-stop flight over water would seemingly require a caloric energy that far exceeds an adult hummingbird's body weight of 3Β g (0.11Β oz). However, researchers discovered the tiny birds can double their fat mass in preparation for their Gulf crossing, then expend the entire calorie reserve from fat during the 20-hour non-stop crossing when food and water are unavailable.
This is nuts!
Gemini App w/o Google App and forced Android login integration?
Is there any way to install and use the Gemini App without the Google App and forced association of the account with my Android phone?
I have a specific Google account just for Gemini, but I neither use the Google app nor desire for my phone to maintain this alt google account as one of the phone associates accounts. I think many folks would prefer login stay within the app itself.
The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history. The Texas-based organization is announcing at its annual meeting in Florida on Tuesday that it will become Scouting America.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204
Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There's a lot I don't like about the organization, but this is something a love--a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.
May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There's a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won't discount it even though it's riddled with a dark history.
The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren't just plentiful, they're downright weird.
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OnePlus 11 Lens Attachment?
Could anyone recommend a OnePlus 11 telephoto lens attachment? My searches are coming up dry so far.
A new study of Japanese tits provides the first evidence of non-primate animals using gestures to convey messages
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13638497
> A new study of Japanese tits provides the first evidence of non-primate animals using gestures to convey messages > > When a mated pair of small birds called Japanese tits arrives at the nest, one of them might flutter its wings at the other. The second bird then typically enters the nest first. This motion might be a signal, meant to convey the message βafter youβ to the other bird, scientists reported Monday in the journalΒ Current Biology. > > The research provides the first evidence of animals besides primates using gestures to communicate meaning. The result βshows that Japanese tits not only use wing fluttering as a symbolic gesture, but also in a complex social context involving a sender, receiver and a specific goal, much like how humans communicate,βΒ Toshitaka Suzuki, a co-author of the new study and a biologist at the University of Tokyo, tellsΒ Science Newsβ Darren Incorvaia.
A Bird's Field Guide...
My youngest shared a page from his funny poem book with me. I laughed out loud quite literally and thought I would share it with you all as well. π
OnePlus 11 Lens Attachment?
Can anyone recommend a OnePlus 11 telephoto lens attachment? My initial searches seem to be coming up dry.
Gamified Bird Identification App?
Does anyone know of a Duolingo-like birding application that gamifies bird identification?
(Particularly for Android and extra points for sound ID in addition to visual ID)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
"A U.S. intelligence report declassified in mid-December 2023 estimated that 315,000 Russian troops had been killed or wounded in Ukraine. If accurate, the figure would represent 87% of the roughly 360,000 troops Russia had before the war, according to the report."
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I will never feel as though I fit in this world, a place where the so-called leaders of humanity callously throw away the lives of their own people--slaughtering the innocent along the way--in their own broken, vileness.
There is no goodness from such death.
We have the ability, today, to be so much more than we have ever been. We can realize the greatest of human potential. Yet we continue to choose death.
Had I only been born in a later age where I could spend my one life in an era that is extraordinarily glorious. Presuming of course that our species would survive itself to such a time.
Not seeing comments
Any idea why I am not seeing comments for any of the posts here?
When I click the "Last weeks thread" link and it opens in my web browser, I am then able to see the comments including my own...
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How often do you attempt to use preternatural abilities on the world around you?
I am one with the Force and the Force is with me.
The White House says it is preparing additional βmajor sanctionsβ on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalnyβs death in an Arctic penal colony.
Even more major than the current major sanctions...
A Texas judge has granted a pregnant woman permission to obtain an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the stateβs ban that took effect after Roe v.
