xkcd #3283: Size and Lifespan

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With their 13 years recording and performing together and two humans worth of mass, the White Stripes are sandwiched neatly between gray wolves and blue whales.

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This post is for casual conversation if you don’t feel like making a post office your own.

So I'm a man, and have no experience of this. I just remember that growing up and talking to various misogynist types they'd all like to say 'har har, all the women have synced up, stay away' sort of jokes.

And I heard people say this and then get a rebuttal from women - feminists in particular, 40-50 years old, who took objection to this idea that women become a monolith and are defined by their period and so on. And sure enough, I look into the research,band research at the time and seemingly evermore indicate that they don't sync up.

So I said this to my partner, and she said well yeah, duh, the research around women's bodies is piss poor - and I agree, that is generally true, but the research done on this topic wasn't historically always done by men, and while McClintock came up with the theory of syncing in the first place, feminists and women and men since then have found that it's true less and less.

And yet, most women I know have an anecdote about syncing up. I don't bother saying anything about it anymore because what do I know and what do I really care - but it seems like the younger generations have fallen back on this as something that is true. I don't want to know for the sake of debate lording, and I'm not gonna go back to my partner and say SEE, LOOK WHAT HEXBEAR SAYS, but I would like to know a good answer just for my own curiosity.

Anyone actually know about this?

(If you're just googling it and repeating results to me, do clarify that...)

With US beef prices soaring to record highs, you might think that South Dakota cattle rancher Eric Gropper would be celebrating.

Yet while the cost of the meat in US supermarkets is now 12% higher than it was a year ago, a rise more than three times the rate of general inflation, Gropper says that he and all the other beef farmers aren't making any more profit than usual.

Global News article

in some wm in my case it's Niri during window maximize/minimize or playing videos it cause artifacts that looks like my gpu is dying and that scared the shit out of me, downgrade back to kernel 7.1.5 resolve all the issues. sorry for bad English

While most Australians receive the bulk of their income as wages or salaries, much of the increase in wealth for high net worth individuals comes from the rising value of assets they already own. Increases (or decreases) in the value of these assets are known as unrealised capital gains (or losses).

Suppose you buy a share for $1 in 2025. By 2026, its value has increased to $3. The share has generated a capital gain of $2. If you sell the share, you realise the gain. If you continue to hold it, the gain remains unrealised.

For billionaires, unrealised capital gains on shares in companies, real estate and other valuable assets, such as artwork or classic cars, account for a large share of the growth in their wealth.

For example, over the past 10 years, the wealth of Australia’s 200 richest people has grown from $197 billion to $707 billion, according to the Australian Financial Review’s Rich List.

From an economic perspective, these unrealised gains increase a person’s purchasing power just as wages do for workers. The key difference is how they are taxed, with unrealised capital gains receiving preferential treatment.

Bekommen die Shareholder den Hals nicht voll?

https://archive.is/7vyQ6

This ability to turn oil demand on and off, ostensibly at low economic cost, allows the world’s biggest oil importer to move prices just as the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have long done through their control of half of global output. And as the cartel is weakened by the recent departure of the United Arab Emirates and strained production capacity of its remaining Gulf members, China’s market power is growing. As one oil-trading boss puts it, “China is the new OPEC.”

TERFs: "Rowling is just pro-women"

Rowling: "Hold my butterbeer!"

I completed Drakengard for PS2 a couple days ago. The game was janky and bullshit, but it also gave an equal amount of opportunities to cheese. I accidentally broke the ai for final boss (B).

I played this air battle pretty aggressively. While chasing the boss I found a position diagonally behind where I can keep it stuck flying in a big circle. I could just eat its healthbar in peace while the boss was confused and doing nothing.

So, anyone got interesting experiences in breaking enemy behavior?

From Mary Smith

This Eastern Screech Owl closed its eyes and tucked its feathers perfectly into this tree hole. It's amazing how well nature helps them blend in, which is why these tiny masters of camouflage are so hard to find!