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machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Judge allows testing of tissue from George Floyd as officer convicted of killing him seeks new trial9·5 months agoAs we’ve seen recently, there are things that individuals can do to make a difference.
machinin@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedEnglish23·5 months agoI see it as a sign of health that people working with vaccines only use them when they are beneficial, and don’t use them when there are reasons not to.
Citation needed…
machinin@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google TV has a whole new way to show ads on the homescreen [Gallery]English8·5 months agoRemote adb (I think?) was a lot easier than I expected. I recommend changing these tv launchers as quick as possible.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open41·6 months agoYou seem awfully upset that people are criticizing Tesla. Are you okay?
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open3·6 months agoHow many?
Also, the bigger issue is not being able to escape the fire because you can’t find the manual releases. Pretty horrible death. Probably done that way to save a little bit of extra money to line Musk’s pockets.
machinin@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there a word, phrase, or trope for an idea that gets more popular the more it fails?3·6 months agoPerhaps the closest term is “cognitive dissonance.” I don’t think current usage best fits your description, although the original event that inspired the term certainly does.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html
Cognitive dissonance was first investigated by Leon Festinger, arising out of a participant observation study of a cult that believed that the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood, and what happened to its members — particularly the really committed ones who had given up their homes and jobs to work for the cult — when the flood did not happen.
While fringe members were more inclined to recognize that they had made fools of themselves and to “put it down to experience,” committed members were more likely to re-interpret the evidence to show that they were right all along (the earth was not destroyed because of the faithfulness of the cult members).
machinin@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there a word, phrase, or trope for an idea that gets more popular the more it fails?1·6 months agoThere is the sunk-cost fallacy, but that is more about investments. I don’t know if it’s refers to popularity like OP wants.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•More straight couples are calling each other partner. Here’s why23·7 months agoWhy not husband/wife?
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Actions to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate.154·7 months agoApparently the people don’t care enough to stop their soldiers from burning kids alive. Why should I care what happens to them?
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Actions to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate.166·7 months agoAfter burning those kids alive, honestly, I’ve given up caring what happens to the people in Israel.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Actions to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate.13711·7 months agoStop enabling the genocide? Please?
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Trump campaign worked with Musk’s X to keep leaked JD Vance file off platform9·7 months agoThere was the question of why Vance would work for someone he had called Hitler. His public statements are they here was convinced after Trump’s first term that Trump was a good president.
In fact, there are private texts stating that Vance believed Trump’s presidency was a failure. This was new information. It made it clear that he wasn’t convinced by Trump’s presidency.
It probably doesn’t make much difference to most voters, but it is significant information.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•SOMETHING MASSIVE IS SHIFTING DEEP INSIDE THE MOON2·7 months agoIs the statement that it is a semi-liquid more or less confirmed? That is what I’m saying.
Is the moon’s diameter and composition enough to create a semi-molten rock? Or could this phenomenon be better explained by a loose set of rocks, which also displays characteristics of a liquid when in movement.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•SOMETHING MASSIVE IS SHIFTING DEEP INSIDE THE MOON19·7 months agoA recent study from scientists at NASA and the University of Arizona found that a layer of low-viscosity goo sits between the Moon’s rugged mantle and its metal core. This goo is rising and falling beneath the lunar surface — not unlike, say, ocean tides — which they concluded is likely caused by the gravitational push and pull of the Sun and Earth.
I wonder if it has to be a partial melt. We are finding that many asteroids are loosely bundled rocks. I wonder if maybe the moon has a similar structure. I have no clue how much pressure is under the surface and off it’s enough to fuse everything together.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Secret Service: Suspect in apparent assassination attempt did not have a line of sight on Trump, never fired his weapon5·8 months agoI think there’s a YouTube channel called the armed fisherman whose deal is to carry an AK as he goes “fishing” because that is allowed. I’ve only seen a couple of vids, so my details are probably wrong.
machinin@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Police officer who dragged NFL player Tyreek Hill from car had problem record8·8 months agoThat could even be a private service. What is the service about rating professors? I don’t think schools and teachers have to be involved with that. I don’t think the police need involvement either.
machinin@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?9·8 months agoThanks, I do appreciate this. It’s good to be reminded.
machinin@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?53·8 months agoSorry, no greenwashing, just guessing. I just haven’t seen the criticisms like we had 10 years ago.
I agree that politicians don’t have much reason to speak against it without pressure, but I haven’t seen any pressure from citizens about it recently.
I could very much be out of the loop, so if you have any recent articles critical of the industry, I’d be happy to see them.
machinin@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?814·8 months agoIt seems like the fracking industry has cleaned up a lot of their shit? We aren’t hearing the stories of water on fire, earthquakes in areas like Oklahoma, etc.
I’m just guessing. I haven’t seen any criticism of the industry recently.
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