[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Drone on drone warfare! Makes you wonder what sort of cold war is playing out.

#BirdsArentReal

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Yes, the largest factor for reducing body weight is calorie balance. Yes, there are nuances as other commenters point out about different effects on your body. But a lot of the discussion in this thread is really low quality and sources are few and far between.

I highly recommend Harvard's Nutrition Source for high quality science-based information on diet. The language is very accessible as well.

If you have specific questions about your health and diet, I'd suggest speaking with a Registered Dietician (RD). They are licensed medical professionals who specialize in this.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

The article details issues with pharmaceutical benefit managers, which 2 of the big 3 are owned by insurance companies and the third is owned by CVS

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In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.

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In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 73 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Fossil fuel companies knew about global warming since at least the 1970s. Those companies have used their enormous wealth to reverse trends towards public transit (e.g. Los Angeles used to have street cars...), halt the green energy transition until very recently, and spread misinformation and buy politicians.

Edit: also think about how all of those oil spills, mountain top removal, air and water pollution, cancers, asthma, heart disease that were "necessary for the economy" over the past couple of decades. When instead we could have already had fully sustainable energy systems with similar economic growth. Vote for politicians willing to do something about it.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago

The majority of carcinogens from smoking tobacco are created by burning the plant fibers. Quitting smoking is the number thing someone who smokes can do to improve their health. Vaping exposes individuals to fewer carcinogens than smoking, but still has the negative health impacts of nicotine alone on heart and mental health and still some carcinogen exposure.

SmokeFree.gov has free evidence-based resources to help quit!

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

Love my new induction stove! Our old gas stove was leaking and could have blown up the house. We've noticed a lot less waste heat too, metal pan handles can be grabbed without a hot pad, the kitchen doesn't heat up as much from cooking. And it heats up blazingly fast.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

Just in case it's helpful to anyone, SmokeFree.gov has free science-based resources to help with quitting!

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 69 points 3 months ago

Firefox just added PDF editing to the native browser!

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The "nature only has two sexes" crowd obviously never heard of Schizophyllum commune which has thousands

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[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

Metal ions can perform interesting chemical reactions that organic molecules cannot. A positively charge metal ion can also naturally bind to negatively charged proteins. So the organisms that more successfully took advantage of these chemical reactions reproduced more effectively than the organisms that didn't.

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[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Nice! That's got to be the Dragonstone bridge from the GoT universe

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 67 points 5 months ago

Too bad justice can't be this swift in the US

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For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary.

They’ve ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging drugmakers to do a better job at finding the lowest effective dose, even if it takes more time.

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