The secret is dancing

Capitalist penguins do

You clearly weren’t there when the mountain broke its back

This is truly some cheap geopolitical analysis, the article attempts to redeem itself towards the but, Jesus, talk about clickbait. They’re literally reducing half of a continent to a monolith, disregarding the specific reality and conditions of the individual countries. Africa is indeed a country for the BBC, it appears.

Is there any incentive other than showing who’s boss on the internet? I struggle to see how the amount of time and energy involved in moderating just one community, let alone multiple ones, are worth it just to get a power high. It seems exhausting.

This is now my favourite comment on Lemmy

To go with designer sandals

And now they’re closing the Acropolis during the hottest hours as a precautionary measure

BBC News - Europe heatwave: Extreme heat leads to Greece Acropolis closure https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66202093

Indeed. One can only wish to live in exceedingly boring times…

“Interesting” - the understatement of the century

About the MSG hysteria, it’s not even rooted in actual medical data, just run-of-the-mill xenophobia, which in itself is absolutely wild to me. It’s like a whole chunk of the population collectively decided to develop the palate of a toddler, turning up their nose to “foreign” food.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate “Researchers, doctors, and activists have tied the controversy about MSG to xenophobia and racism against Chinese culture,[62][63][64][65][66] saying that East Asian cuisine is being targeted while the widespread use of MSG in other processed food hasn’t been stigmatized.[67] These activists have claimed that the perpetuation of the negative image of MSG through the Chinese restaurant syndrome was caused by “xenophobic” or “racist” biases.[68][69]”

Extremadura is not a plant-free desert landscape. Not yet, anyway.

You’re experiencing what Kant called the sublime. "Feelings of the beautiful “occasion a pleasant sensation but one that is joyous and smiling.” On the other hand, feelings of the sublime “arouse enjoyment but with horror.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observations_on_the_Feeling_of_the_Beautiful_and_Sublime#:~:text=In this section%2C Kant gives,the sublime into three kinds.

I wore a ‘No Doubt’ one, then Descartes caught up with me

Eeeh… Pro-Russians gotta Russian

Me, turning my colony vegetarian because I can’t bring myself to slaughter my tamed animals

The robots

What a fucking shitstain

Source https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/110675587849360118

Graphic of ice cover for the Antarctic is truly terrifying