And just like DEI teams, ethics teams will be easy to cut back on if a company runs into economic trouble.

I’m jealous. Mostly what I’ve managed to do with African violets is kill them. Probably overwatering, so perhaps I’ll try again after our move next year - right now I’m trying to cut down on the number of pots we’ll need to move!

Clearly someone needs to figure out how to get an old Furby to interact with a new Furby.

(Of course, someone has already done ChatGPT + Furby)

Yep, I get it. Effectively block ads and javascript and it doesn’t much matter what a site wants to do. I skip the few that have actually effective paywalls (as opposed to just putting a div over content on the page - as far as I’m concerned, if it’s downloaded to my computer, I am allowed to read it). Of course, the sites that load up on ads tend to be pretty low-quality content anyhow.

This is why I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, and Firefox with a few selected extensions that ensure I almost never see an ad. I would be shocked if Google enabled any long-term ad-free experience.

In addition to making it easier to find authentic perspectives, we’re also improving how we rank results in Search overall, with a greater focus on content with unique expertise and experience. Last year, we launched the helpful content system to show more content made for people, and less content made to attract clicks. In the coming months, we’ll roll out an update to this system that more deeply understands content created from a personal or expert point of view, allowing us to rank more of this useful information on Search.

That seems like just a step in the inevitable AI arms race.

There are a few nice trails in the southern part of the Hoosier National Forest, which is where this one is. Probably my favorite is German Ridge, which offers a variety of loops from 5 to 20 miles and a decent but not overwhelming number of hills. Tipsaw Lake is nice easy 6-miler which I hit when I want a quick couple hours with lake views. Two Lakes has some scenic parts, but a lot of that trail system has been logged in the past 2-3 years, so it really could use some time to recover before it’ll be nice again.

Further out (2 or so hours from the Evansville area where I live), I like the Shawnee NF, the Deam Wilderness, the Adventure Hiking Trail, and the Mammoth Cave backcountry.

Oh, and the logo washed out, but that last additional arrow is because this trail segment is also part of the American Discovery Trail, so in theory at least you could follow it all the way to the Pacific.

Upvoted the photo. I’d downvote the caterpillar if I could.

Go you!

It’s a lemmy bug. Though we already have thousands of users on Beehaw, the reality is that this is a very immature software platform. I guess the good news is that means it should steadily improve!

Bug in lemmy’s issue tracker: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1329

I think one of the major benefits is that courts do take notice of science, even in this country. The more we get studies on the record, the harder it will be for transphobic laws to stand judicial challenges.

Good to hear you were able to find a way to get good local produce! Using a CSA isn’t quite as nice as growing my own, but I no longer have half an acre to devote to home gardening (or, probably, the back muscle strength to manage it myself). It really does seem like small scale production and actual freshness does make everything taste better. I pity people who have only had supermarket carrots.

Non-paywall article on the same topic: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iowa-meteorologist-chris-gloninger-quits-18-year-career-after-receiving-death-threat-over-his-climate-coverage/

I’m saddened by this, but not surprised. The rationalist in me wants to think that at some point the red state attacks on science will have consequences in worse quality of life for their residents, but I’m not optimistic enough to believe that will happen before the whole culture collapses.

It’s not just about the information though, is it? Web forums can offer a sense of community that his preferred alternative (long-form Medium articles with comments) just can’t match, in my experience.

Speaking just for myself, I’ll be giving cultivated meat a pass. Not because I’m a vegan, but because I avoid ultraprocessed foods and venture capitalism as much as possible.

Looks like it’s already under discussion (not surprising given that some of the cultured meat companies are in Israel: https://time.com/6251154/lab-grown-meat-kosher-israel-rabbi/ https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2293219/jewish/Is-Lab-Grown-Meat-Kosher.htm

Yeah so far it seems to be battling experts. UC Davis is a big agriculture/animal science school. On the other hand I don’t trust the lab meat industry’s own experts either. Hoping at some point to see a credible neutral analysis.

Being discussed in https://beehaw.org/post/681993

There are some analyses out there that suggest cultivated meat will actually be worse for the climate than animals - for example https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/lab-grown-meat-carbon-footprint-worse-beef

Of course the cultivated meat startups disagree: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/1138371310/a-taste-of-lab-grown-meat

Looks like only available in one restaurant for now, but it’s a start.

“For one thing, cultivated meat is not vegan or vegetarian.” -> I know some vegans who would disagree with that, on the grounds that no animal cruelty or slaughter is involved. I suspect there will be a fair bit of debate on this as cultivated meat becomes more widespread. I would guess just like we’ve already got “I’m a vegetarian who eats fish” we’ll end up with “I’m a vegan who does/doesn’t eat cultivated meat.”

You might want to cross-post this to !food too.