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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

Can't it be addressed with any regular, properly practiced sport, which many people don't do over 30? Lifting seems like effort without the fun of a game.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 hours ago

I think it's mediagenic enough that journalists and other organizations probably tried to do their own tests and found nothing suspicious that wasn't officially announced.

By the Olympic Games 2024, the work to improve the infrastructure to prevent pollution already costed 1.4 billions of euros. I guess additional infrastructure for exceptional meteorological events was just too much to be justified.

If the water is tested every day of the opened swimming season, there's no reason to worry.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

It's controlled every day and closed if there's any danger, for example after heavy rains bringing more pollution than usual. They have started finding different forms of life that only happen in very clean waters, it's pretty cool. One of the few positive ecological news lately.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (11 children)

What is the relation between this and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Depending on the country no ID number may be necessary. Not required for France.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The fact that we can't see his left fin is a strong indicator.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Surprise, surprise, you reached Nirvana.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

This tab seems to be written for the mod to deflect accusation of supporting the Lemmy-unapproved dark sides of 4chan that may come up in green texts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

It is still getting hugged, I guess people are rushing to add their names now that it is a won battle.
Edit: managed to load at 999,614.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

When your family is so brilliant they die from it.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

From a scientific point of view this is correct, the climate system is too complex to say this particular event is due to climate change. Exceptional events happened in the past too. So you can only draw conclusions from larger statistics. What's solid science is the increasing averages, increasing frequencies of extreme events etc. If it was scientifically informed, that's what this kind of sentence mean.

 

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/20013110

Also added some Japanese Delaware grapes for additional fruitiness. It's never fruity enough.

Lemon cheesecake goes great, that's a keeper.

The buckwheat crust remained soft, despite quite a long pre-baking. Some people like soft crust, but I like mine crumbly, I will go back to wheat.

 

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/19454496

 

 

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Gum arabic - Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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Gum arabic (gum acacia, gum sudani, Senegal gum and by other names[a]) (Arabic: صمغ عربي) is a tree gum exuded by two species of Acacia sensu lato, Senegalia senegal[2] and Vachellia seyal. The gum is harvested commercially from wild trees, mostly in Sudan (about 70% of the global supply) and throughout the Sahel, from Senegal to Somalia.

Gum arabic is a complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides, predominantly polymers of arabinose and galactose. It is soluble in water, edible, and used primarily in the food industry and soft drink industry as a stabilizer, with E number E414 (I414 in the US). Gum arabic is a key ingredient in traditional lithography and is used in printing, paints, glues, cosmetics, and various industrial applications, including viscosity control in inks and in textile industries, though less expensive materials compete with it for many of these roles.


Gum arabic exuding from Acacia nilotica. Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin) • CC BY-SA 4.0

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