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beyond_hatred t1_j8qv2ak wrote

Real expertise can be recognized as such. The problems come when we start thinking, for example, that Diamond and Silk's opinions are just as good as those expressed by the Director of NIAID.

Social media gives everyone an equal voice, but it's up to the reader to decide who is worth listening to. As our education system falters, we become less and less capable of making the correct call.

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I_Heart_Astronomy t1_j8qr719 wrote

This might sound crazy, but I was just out doing some stargazing with my telescope (~11PM to 1:30AM), and every now and again a warm gust of wind would blow by. Every time it did, I could smell something very odd in it. It was pungent enough that I cut the observing session short and came inside. I don't really know how to describe the smell other than "sweet, but unpleasant".

Apparently vinyl chloride has a mild sweet smell in high concentrations...

https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/environmental-health-protection/private-water/fact-sheets/vinyl-chloride-groundwater.html

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Curious_Buffalo_1206 t1_j8ppuhq wrote

I’m an incorrigible enlightened centrist on guns. I don’t really give a shit either way. Both sides have some good points and some really fucking stupid points. It pisses everyone off. It’s great.

One of the really fucking stupid points on the anti-gun side is this deranged obsession with suing gun shops and manufacturers. If you want to change the laws, that’s great, go for it, but these are law abiding businesses. They shouldn’t be responsible for selling someone who was legally allowed to have a gun, any more than Home Depot should be if they sell someone a chainsaw that’s used in a Texas massacre. It’s a tool. It’s legal to buy, sell, and own. We have a constitutional prohibition on ex post facto laws in Article I, Section 9. The lawyers bringing these cases seriously ought to face consequences with the State Bar. They’re frivolous and absurd.

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