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It should be regulated.

It’s definitely both. A lot of folks don’t understand that insects and shellfish are similar, and I’ve yet to see “product may contain insect meal / aggravate shellfish allergies” on things that have crickets or are processed in facilities that handle insect meal. So, the FDA likely needs to catch up. But, it’s also a cheap filler protein that’s easily grown, and companies are cheap bastards, so it’s going to slowly find its way in and push out more expensive protein options.

I do sincerely worry about insects being added as filler materials as time goes on. I have a shellfish allergy, and the same allergens that exist in the shells of shellfish also exist in most insects.

I’ve played around with it for personal amusement, but the output is straight up garbage for my purposes. I’d never use it for work. Anyone entering proprietary company information into it should get a verbal shakedown by their company’s information security officer, because anything you input automatically joins their training database, and you’re exposing your company to liability when, not if, OpenAI suffers another data breach.

💯 this. Pocketcasts is and has been outstanding for the years I’ve had it. Great UI, and will remember your position on a specific episode cross-platform.

Came here to post this, Mint just got purchased by T-Mobile.

It’s not the rules on those servers, but the rules on the server you belong to, i.e lemmy.world. Looking at their main site, their rule 3 is as follows:

Oh they’re the same one who got the top mod removed from r/adviceanimals. Literally the type of mod that has the userbase riled up against the mods by their actions. Shame they run so many LGBTQIA+ communities, I wouldn’t trust them to maintain a safe space.

Meanwhile, Cedar is badmouthing you in a stickied post on the subreddit. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this.

Everyone who cares about their instance and the fediverse as a whole needs to defederate and block their instances as soon as they pop up.

The latter exactly. Because Spez and Reddit as a whole have refused to take action on them for literal years, they built up a critical mass, and were able to both plan a migration and do so successfully.

Oh interesting, it’s not showing as a link for me. I’ve edited. Thanks for the heads up!

Because it, as a massive problem instance for the alt-right to congregate, was allowed to build up and do whatever it wanted unfettered, once they did action it it was far too late. They immediately moved offsite to thedonald(dot)win (which was r/thedonald 1:1), and continued their actions there. It allowed them to conglomerate, coordinate, and show each other that there was enough of them to try and pull off heinous shit.

Jan 6th literally was planned and executed on thedonald, which only got to the critical mass it did because reddit refused to handle it.

It’s possible your space isn’t federated with those communities yet? You might need to start the link with searching for them using the [email protected] command to force your instance to download their pages first.

The study I posted in my initial comment notes how easy it is to reach near lethal levels for a healthy adult (second article, as well as myself, notes that most folks aren’t healthy) with the current trend of supplements, powders, and additives in other foods. Other studies have noted that high/toxic levels of caffeine can and does lead to varying types of death, including suicide, but also major cardiovascular issues.

We don’t take it seriously enough, but we’ve always done this. Used to put cocaine in cola too. Regulations just haven’t caught up with it yet.

400mg is the upper limit of what a healthy adult should consume in a 4hr period. I can easily crush a Trenta Pink Drink from Starbucks in like, 25mins if I’m thirsty. But not all adults are healthy, in fact, most aren’t. If you read my linked article, those drinks alone can cause caffeine toxicity in really short order. Especially for people using Panera to telework or study in a place with decent food, wifi, and free refills who just keep going back for more, unknowing of the danger they’re putting themselves in.

It’s insidious too, because while stimmed up on caffeine, they’ll find they ‘work better’ when they’re in a Panera, thus creating the wholly intentional feedback loop of wanting to work/study there more often.

The issue is simply that, because of the unregulated nature of it, caffeine is working its way into tons of things one might not think to find it. From fruity drinks to candy bars to simple snacks. They’re doing this because, as a stimulant, you feel ‘good’ from consuming it, and it has addictive properties.

But coming from so many sources, many of whom are putting dangerous levels of caffeine in their products (such as Panera Bread with their ~400mg of caffeine in a single large lemonade!! for comparison, a cup of coffee has only ~90mg) with little to no warning or labeling, is literally going to kill people from heart arrhythmia if they have undiagnosed issues or aren’t given proper warning.

This is a weird study, or at least article on the study. Basically, “over the counter stimulant still works as a stimulant,” was their conclusion, which-- yeah? That’s-- that’s what stimulants do? Or maybe I’m misunderstanding it here.

If the study aims to get less people to misuse Adderall, great, but I don’t know that recommending that folks take caffeine supplements (which are poorly regulated as both supplements and food additives) as a ‘safe and effective alternative’ is a good idea.

Yes. Many of them. I use Baconreader which predates the official Reddit App by like four years.