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Re: What are you reading?

The Panda Ant: Nature’s Furry Enigma!

Meet the fascinating Panda Ant (Euspinolia militaris), captured in stunning detail by Chris Lukhaup. Despite its name, this intriguing insect is actually a type of wingless wasp. Known for its distinctive black and white markings that resemble a panda, the Panda Ant is a marvel of nature’s creativity. Native to Chile, it’s a striking example of the incredible diversity found in the insect world.

📸: Chris Lukhaup

silvermouse

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Re: Carrot Bros.

Thought I would share a quote from "White Fire" by Preston an Child that I ran across.
"Carroting, you must understand, was a process by which animal fur is bathed in a solution of mercury nitrate, in order to render the hairs more supple, thus producing a superior felt." At this last word, he threw a significant glance in my direction.
"Felt," I repeated. "You mean for the making of hats?"
"Precisely. The solution is of an orange color, hence the term "Carroting". However, this process had rather severe side effects on those who worked with it, which is why its use today is much reduced. When mercury vapors are inhaled over a long enough period of time the toxic and irreversible effects almost inevitably follow. One develops tremors of the hands, blackened teeth:slurred speech.. In severe cases, dementia or outright insanity can occur. Hence the term " mad as a hatter"
Be careful you guys.

First_Warrior

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Re: Whatcha smokin this afternoon??

Has a funky flavor I am not real sure how to describe other than musty. Hope it transitions into something else. So far not a fan.

NorthSideSmoke

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Re: Quote Of The Day

The sentence in bold, below has been extracted by Musk haters without context to the larger discussion. ...

Musk: There's a guy who posts on X who's great, Gad Saad?

Rogan: Yeah, he's a friend of mine. He's been on the podcast a bunch of times.

Musk: Yeah, he's awesome, and he talks about, you know, basically suicidal empathy. Like, there's so much empathy that you actually suicide yourself. So, we've got civilizational suicidal empathy going on. And it's like, I believe in empathy, like, I think you should care about other people, but you need to have empathy for, for civilization as a whole, and not commit to a civilizational suicide.

Rogan: Also don't let someone use your empathy against you so they can completely control your state and then do an insanely bad job of managing it and never get removed.

Musk: The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit. They're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response. So, I think, you know, empathy is good, but you need to think it through and not just be programmed like a robot.

Rogan: Right, understand when empathy has been actually used as a tool.

Musk: Yes, like, it's weaponized empathy is the issue

silvermouse

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