Did you know some turtles can breathe through their butt? 😳 Sounds fake… but it’s 100% real. In this video, we explore one of the weirdest survival tricks in nature called cloacal respiration — a method that helps certain turtles survive underwater for long periods without coming up for air. Why do they do this? How does it actually work? And is it really as strange as it sounds? Watch till the end to find out. https://youtu.be/raL1wZx_gFU

Useful infographic so you know which is the best to use for the job.

i just learned about bubbles last night and i'm already in love with it. it's federated and you can login with a mastodon account to rate and comment.

For ProtonVPN as an example: you can go to the downloads section and download the wireguard config you want and then import it from the wireguard gui.

For me, I would never use other inferior VPN clients after knowing how efficient, supported and developed are the official Wireguard gui are.

Other providers who provide configs:

• Mullvad;
• IVPN;
• Windscribe.

Huge thanks to fedi.tips for their original post! For anyone who's main method of curating what they read centers around Mastodon, the ability to follow RSS feeds from there is a huge quality of life upgrade. From fedi's article:

• Create a new post but don’t publish it yet Mention the RSS Parrot Fediverse account @birb@rss-parrot.net - Mention the RSS address you want to follow
• Publish the post (it doesn’t have to be a public post, DMs will work as well)
• RSS Parrot will create a new Fediverse account that mirrors the contents of the RSS address you provided, and then reply to you with a link to the new account

Follow this new account to follow the RSS feed

This method works for any Fediverse platform that supports microblogging, including Mastodon and many other Fedi platforms.

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. None of these nations have an minimim hourly wage enshrined in law. Instead many of the base terms of employment, including wages, are decided via collective bargaining between sector trade unions and representatives of public sector and business interest organizations.

Minimum wage decided by politics is something taken for granted in many parts of the world, but ultimately it's a question that most of all affects the suppliers (employees) and buyers (employers). The government will always be behind the times in legislation and have many other interests to juggle than yours - don't just be a passive participant in the market.

I live in Sweden by the way, so feel free to ask me questions on the topic and I'll do my best to answer.

Explanation:
The crime rate statistic shows the number of registered crimes divided by the number of registered residents in a country or area.
"Registered" is important here!

If you add undocumented immigrants to the calculation, the statistic is skewed:
Undocumented immigrants aren't registered as residents for the statistic, since they are, well, undocumented.
However, any crime committed by any one of them will count towards the crime rate when they're registered by the police.

So even if they were much less likely to commit crime than the resident population on average, the crime rate statistic would still increase. The denominator of the equation doesn't increase by definition, because only legal residents are counted towards the statistic. But the real number of people inside the country who may commit crimes increases.

This is important to know as context when people try to "prove" immigrants are more criminal than citizens, using the crime rate statistic.

Many of the existing mods have become inactive and the Lemmy.world community team asked me to step in as an active member.

You should know because I need you to report rule violations. I've done my best to clean up the backlog and will be keeping an eye out.

I've never really sought out being a mod before, other than trying to start a more niche community or two. I'd appreciate a little grace while I try to navigate how to best provide this service to the community.

Unchained at Last is a nonprofit organization advocating against marriage under 18 in the US. For anyone wanting to keep up with the US' progress (it's been slow these last couple years) or possible regressions in your state/territory (if you live here; hi!), they maintain the best resource there is. It not only lists the current status but also the legislative status per-state/territory (e.g. if a relevant bill is in the legislature and details about it).

I found Unchained at Last, I think, when Connecticut banned child marriage and an NPR(?) article referenced them. From there, I made this map – used on a couple Wikipedia articles – based off their data. It's not even close to as detailed as what Unchained at Last has, and it can't possibly be as up-to-date by its very nature.

I don't mean this to be a "wow, look how shitty the US is!" post (I mean, yeah) but to shine light on really solid, and I think underappreciated, activism. This is their homepage if you want to check out their work (it's a lot more than just maintaining data).

Why YSK: child marriage is still an issue in the US, and it seems like it's one of the few areas where the US is progressing instead of regressing. This is the best resource bar none to keep track of the state of the union in that regard. It's also a good resource to point someone toward if they're confused about what the big deal is.

Edit: Swim goggles should work too if you don't have to worry about glasses.

I know this will be obvious to some, but I've never seen anyone in my family wear them. It's so obvious once you think about it, and yet I'd wager most people (especially ones who don't cook as a hobby) have never tried this.

The reason you cry is because slicing onions produces an organosulfur called syn-Propanethial-S-oxide. Lab goggles – as designed – keep the chemical irritant from reaching your eyes. I've used them hundreds of times now, and I think there was one time it got into my eyes when I didn't have the goggles situated right (not difficult; I was just being a moron).

My 3M anti-fog pair were about $5 USD when I got them, and it looks like they're about $7.50 USD now. For that price, I never have to dread cutting up onions again. It's not magic; it's just basic PPE, and it works. You can even wear them over eyeglasses (I'm sure some huge, circular frames won't fit, but most should).

Even if you forget them and remember them midway through slicing, it can still help somewhat. So even if you're as absent-minded as I am, you can benefit from trying this.

These (below) were the ones I got personally, but feel free to try what you already have if you already have a pair on-hand for e.g. cleaning. I'd assume the important thing is just that they're goggles, not glasses.

Why YSK: owie, oof, ouchie, my eyes. Cooking is just DIY organic chemistry.

I know that a lot of VPN users have it as a homepage to their browser, that is why I wanted to publish this warning.

You can replace it with:

• WTF is my IP?;
• ip.me by Proton;
• IPinfo.

Heat bursts are rare but I think they warrant being aware of. I’ll link a video below of what people did to survive the ones they experienced.

Non youtube link(attempt):

1. Click https://duckduckgo.com/?q=youtube+satan%27s+storm+texas+swegle+studios&ia=web

2. Click video tab at top, then the thumbnail with Yellow text. This should give you the watch here option

Youtube link:

https://youtu.be/y5sBhpmTjn0

The good news is that (other than the pain) it is completely harmless.

The way it always felt to me is like someone wrapped a small wire around something tender in my chest, and if I tried to breathe or straighten my posture, they would yank on it. I'd get it anywhere from a couple times a week to once a month. Then one day in my mid-30s it just stopped.

From what I understand this is relatively common. I was so grateful for the person on reddit who dropped this nugget of wisdom several years ago. It was nice to know I wasn't dying or whatever.

If you’re assigned something to read, read it aloud to yourself. This engages not just the internal monologue part of your brain, but speaking and hearing parts, and your brain makes stronger pathways when more senses are engaged and working together.

Don’t buy (eta: or download) flash cards, draw them yourself. This engages sight and abstraction., plus motor skill areas.

Write your own notes, then read them aloud and highlight them yourself. So many parts of your brain make connections by doing this. Don’t just read. That’s not very helpful; you don’t have to study long if you study well.

I think there’s a name for this, but I’m tired and will rely on Cunningham’s whatever.

e: don’t forget about all of your senses – you have way more than 5.

There are other ways it celebrates like the main page (which you should check out), but I think you're less likely to know about the deletion discussions.

NOTE: This is separate from formally nominating an article for deletion. If you wish to participate, do not actually follow the article nomination procedure. Also, Wikipedia operates on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Why YSK: Wikipedia often presents as self-serious, but in reality, the only thing keeping the project from turning into a giant shitpost is collective self-discipline. You might find it funny to see how Wikipedians really act and maybe get involved in the festivities even if you don't normally work on the project.

Seemingly as part of April Fools celebration, lemmy.zip instance hosts a famous game of "The Button"!

The rules are simple: each player has one chance to push a button. If no one presses a button in 15 minutes after you did it, you and your team win!

Just found it out in a random Lemmy corner and I think others might wanna join in on the fun:

https://thebutton.lemmy.zip/

P.S. enter your user and instance names, and a bot will PM you your personal login link

Picture only because I accidentally posted this as media instead of text in Voyager.

The verb run is only conjugated as "ran" in the simple past tense, as in:

• I ran a mile.
• He ran the company.

For literally every other conjugation of that verb, you should use "run."

It baffles me that ran has somehow overtaken the other, much more (historically) common, much more appropriate, conjugation of "run," which applies to most situations where you have a helper verb like to be or to have:

• I did run a mile
• He did run the company
• I have run a mile
• He has run the company
• I would have run..
• I might have run..
• I will have run..

This applies to a lot of other verbs with similar vowel changes like sing/sang/sung, ring/rang/rung, etc. In general, if you're using an irregular/strong verb that has an "a" in it, it is only meant for simple past tense.

Now, all of this is really only appropriate for when you're meaning to sound professional nowadays, since simple past tense is overtaking all those other verb conjugations. But for now, it's still a good YSK.

One about killed a woman by not identifying her pregnancy is ectopic. Many anti abortion folks are convinced that even ectopic pregnancies can be viable.

These places promise things like free pregnancy tests and medical advice to get people in the door.

They really just exist to pressure women into not getting abortions. They will lie through their teeth - all the classics, like suggesting that an abortion makes it impossible to get pregnant again, or that abortion causes cancer - they’ll say anything to prevent an abortion.

They are pretty much completely unregulated, and present themselves as secular non profits.

I think after Artemis 3 they are supposed to have regular annual trips or something happening to the moon. Their window opens on April first but it could be later if they have issues. Here are some NASA livestream links

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJklsJonD4

If you go to uBlock Origin's settings and then select 'Filter lists', there's a list maintained by EasyList and another by AdGuard that both block cookie notices. To my understanding, this isn't enabled by default (at least it wasn't when I installed uBO).

Apologies if this is common knowledge; I didn't know about it until recently.

Why YSK: Cookie consent pop-ups are annoyances full of dark patterns designed to frustrate you into affirmatively opting into superfluous data collection and letting companies profit off your information. Saving just a few seconds on pages you browse adds up, and this is especially true if you use something like Cookie AutoDelete that makes your answers to these pop-ups transient.

I am sure a lot of us Lemmings have known about SomaFM forever. But i always like to show new people !

https://somafm.com/

If you have assets in a bank, stock market, investment platform, 401(k) or other pension then there are a number of risks that threaten not only the existence of those funds but your access to them.

First of all, don't expect to hold onto them unless you go along with the government's game of Simon says. For example, there is a good chance that you will be forced to get digital ID to access these in the future.

Vietnam is an example of what is likely to come soon, where biometrics were made mandatory to access all bank accounts. The 86 million accounts which weren't biometrically verified were frozen and are now being closed. Transfers equivalent to around $390 or more also require biometric verification.

Many in the western world have also had their bank accounts frozen or closed for perfectly legal political views. And now when you move or withdraw money you may be asked what the purpose is and the bank may deny your request if they don't like your answer (just one example). Banks are also required to report anything deemed suspicious to the government.

If such restrictions can be applied to bank accounts, there's no reason why they can't be applied to accounts at stock exchanges and accounts with 401(k) and pension providers.

In Hungary and Poland, all private pensions were seized by the government and nationalized, leading many to accuse the government of stealing their pensions. Existing state pensions aren't safe either, as they are often considered unsustainable due to unchecked government spending and aging populations.

Banks and pension providers can also fail, as we saw in 2023, and US banks have continued to fail every year since then. While on paper there are often guarantees to cover such events, these usually only cover up to a certain amount, and these may not be honored during a financial crisis.

Just search for “’your state’ unclaimed property” and make sure it’s a .gov site (usually comes up first).

Search by your name (it could be last name and just the first initial), check the boxes, and claim the money.

You will get an email with instructions on what to include – it is usually the claim form itself with your signature, a picture of your driver’s license, and your social security number (often just the last four digits).

Occasionally, they will ask for proof of an old address. If that happens, and you don’t have one – check your credit report from https://www.annualcreditreport.com/ (it is a legitimate government site despite the .com domain, and you can get a free credit report from every agency one a year). Your old address should be listed there.

I just got myself a little under $1,000 in unclaimed funds. Some refund from my old college in one state, and unclaimed shares I forgot about in another. Even my teenage son had $350 sitting there as an old insurance/hospital refund – so check your kids and spouses, too!

At least 347 and up to 504 civilians, almost all women, children and elderly men, were murdered by U.S. Army soldiers. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated, and some soldiers mutilated and raped children as young as 12.

only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., the leader of 1st Platoon in C Company, was convicted. He was found guilty of murdering 22 villagers and originally given a life sentence, but served three-and-a-half years under house arrest after his sentence was commuted.

Research has highlighted that the My Lai Massacre was not an isolated war crime. Nick Turse places it within a larger pattern of American atrocities enabled by deliberate policies from commanders, such as "free-fire zones" and "body counts", as well as widespread racism amongst American military personnel. Many other atrocities were also covered up by commanders.

Why you should know about this: It is important to know about history so that we can learn from it, avoid the mistakes and atrocities of the past, and know which institutions have a history of performing atrocities, trying to cover them up, etc. and what that looks like.

Be it a deadbeat parent with more than enough funds to help their children or spouses making use of their significant other's dependency on them, economic abuse pervades life and remains a blindspot.