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  • If these aren't microplastics, what are?

    "Micro" just means "small" in this case and doesn't mean "microscopic" or have anything to do with "micrometer".

    The definition of "microplastic" according to NOAA: "Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long".

  • Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban
  • This kind of thing is intended to draw outrage away from the other horrible things that he's actually doing. If they talk about things that everyone agrees are insane, then back off, they spread the outrage around and get less pushback on their real agenda.

    Anyway, that's my theory.

  • Amazon asks corporate workers to ‘volunteer’ help with grocery deliveries as Prime Day frenzy approaches
  • I highly doubt that Amazon is dumb enough to ask people to volunteer their time for free. There are way tooany ways that ends in lawsuits. HR and the lawyers would put a stop to that faster than you can say "wage theft".

    I've worked jobs where, at times of peak business, office staff were asked to volunteer for paid shifts rather than hire more people for a very short time. It's not weird or malicious, it's fairly normal.

    "Volunteer" doesn't always imply "work for free".

  • Welcome to petty lane
  • You know, I get it, they're probably just an asshole. Maybe they're having an emergency, though. How about just letting them get around in case there is a good reason for driving recklessly? Or maybe just in case they're nuts enough to make things violent?

  • Alligator Auschwitz
  • The point is that one would think that Jewish people might have learned that mass murder is bad. That said, Israel seems to have forgotten so it's unsurprising that a right wing loon like Laura Loomer would also fail to understand the lessons of history.

  • What would you have done? White guy observing anti-black racism.

    I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter.

    The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant.

    What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against?

    Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

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    [Feature Request] Make it more obvious which user you are currently

    I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

    • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
    • allow setting different color themes for different users.
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    What's this Bug? @lemmy.ml vortic @lemmy.world
    Who is this beautiful, damaged specimen (Colorado, USA)?
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    How do some podcasts have location-based ads when my podcast player doesn't have location permissions?

    I use Podcast Addict and have recently noticed location-based ads in my podcasts. Adds that are local to my large town / small city. The app doesn't have location permissions, so how are the podcasts embedding localized ads?

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    Some better shots of American White Pelicans from the nearby lake (June 2023, Colorado)

    They decided to give a show today. Six of them were hanging out on the dock, but when I stopped to take pictures, they all decided to take off and do circles over the lake.

    ! ! ! ! ! !

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    Barn Swallow (Colorado, June 2023)

    I got lucky and this guy posed for me for about five minutes. I tried to get some in flight, but they're simply too fast for me!

    ! !

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    Great Blue Heron

    This beautiful bird has been hanging out at our local lake for the last several weeks. I've been trying to get some pictures of him and he finally got close enough for my lenses.

    ! ! ! !

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    American White Pelican

    Three or four of these guys have been hanging out in the lake near my house.

    ! ! !

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