Data and Disinformation: Investigating Cambridge Analytica (2022)
Timestamp 8:09 is interesting.
Who's crying
The majority of GM crops have been modified to be resistant to selected herbicides, usually a glyphosate or glufosinate based one. Genetically modified crops engineered to resist herbicides are now more available than conventionally bred resistant varieties; in the USA 93% of soybeans and most of the GM maize grown is glyphosate tolerant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_organism#Crops
93% != None
All of the ones meant to have pesticides poured on them.
GMOs come from the same company that created Agent Orange.
Pornhub disables website in Texas after AG sues for not verifying users’ ages
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13125922
Pornhub has disabled its site in Texas to object to a state law that requires the company to verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the site.
Texas residents who visit the site are met with a message from the company that criticizes the state’s elected officials who are requiring them to track the age of users.
The company said the newly passed law impinges on “the rights of adults to access protected speech” and fails to pass strict scrutiny by “employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas’s stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors.”
What's everyone growing this year?
For me:
- Tomatillos from seed that I saved
- San Marzano tomatoes
- A couple Pomegranate trees (supposedly they do well in the heat)
- Oak tree from seeds I saved (they've been in the fridge)
- Flameleaf Sumac from seeds I saved
- Prime Ark 45 blackberry from propagation
- Bluecrisp blueberry from propagation
- Cantaloupe
- Watermelon
- Blue Hopi corn from saved seed
- Sorghum-Sudangrass as a cover crop
WFAA | Snow outlook for early next week, 14 day forecast
Temps in the single digits with possible icing.
80% chance of snow on the 15th.
Sorry on mobile, just giving a heads up.
Has anyone seen the movie "Leave the World Behind"?
Curious if anyone has seen this. I'm about 90% done with the movie; there is a specific scene that prompted me to make this post because it aligned with what I believe to be the most effective way to destroy the U.S.
Egg producers, trade groups liable for conspiracy, jury finds
Tomatoes can grow back after a freeze
Apparently tomatoes will grow back after a freeze if you don't uproot them. That is all.
'High likelihood' that Texas power grid will be in emergency operations tonight, ERCOT CEO says.
Electricity demand is forecast to exceed committed supply Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., according to preliminary data from the grid operator late Thursday morning. The gap between supply and demand will be “more tight than any other day” this summer, Vegas told commissioners.
The expected tight conditions come due to very high heat, very high demand and the low expected output of wind power in the late afternoon as solar resources ramp down with sunset, Vegas said.
Natural gas and coal plants, which can underperform or fail in high heat, are seeing “at or near normal forced outage levels,” Vegas said. Grid data showed approximately 6,800 megawatts of natural gas and coal outages as of 11:30 a.m. Going into the summer, ERCOT predicted that natural gas and coal plants would see “typical” outages of 5,034 megawatts.
Native Texas plants not evolved for nights in the 80's.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161661
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161637
This is the local news for north Texas. They're talking about the unusually high overnight temperatures and how it affects plantlife.
Native Texas plants not evolved for nights in the 80's.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161661
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161637
This is the local news for north Texas. They're talking about the unusually high overnight temperatures and how it affects plantlife.
Native Texas plants not evolved for nights in the 80's.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161637
This is the local news for north Texas. They're talking about the unusually high overnight temperatures and how it affects plantlife.
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$43 million housing development planned for Denton
A large multifamily housing development is in the works for north Denton.
Share your recently discovered gardening tips.
If you have any recently discovered gardening tips post them here.
- A row of trellised corn makes for a decent wind block.
- Many things go to seed early when the temps get to 100+
- Apparently Hornworms can have 2 generations a year.
- Bees like sweat.
I'm looking for vegetables and cover crops that do well in humid 100F+ weather.
The heat index has been over 110F here in Texas. Obviously it gets hot in summer, but this is a bit earlier than usual.
Leave a comment if you know of any heat tolerant vegetables and cover crops that still grow and produce during excessive heat.
Vegetables:
- Okra (Crimson Spineless and Heavy Hitter)
- Eggplant
- Pepper
- Lettuce of unknown variety under a shade cloth.
- Tomatillo
- Watermelon (Black Diamond)
- Butternut Squash
- Recently planted Saturn Peach tree is doing ok if I water every other day.
Cover crops:
Sorghum-Sudangrass (I'm using this to cover the ground, produce biomass and to assist with compaction).
Miscellaneous notes:
Lettuce under shade cloth is somehow growing, I figured it would have died by now.
My tomatoes are producing albiet slower than before.
Cucumber seems to have stopped growing.
Jardelle Pumpkin transplants are doing ok with afternoon shade.
2nd planting of Corn tasselled way too early.
Severe thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon and evening
Severe weather, tornado, thunderstorm, fire weather, storm report, tornado watch, severe thunderstorm watch, mesoscale discussion, convective outlook products from the Storm Prediction Center.
Severe thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon and evening across northwest into north-central Texas, with very large hail as the main risk.
Severe thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon and evening.
Severe weather, tornado, thunderstorm, fire weather, storm report, tornado watch, severe thunderstorm watch, mesoscale discussion, convective outlook products from the Storm Prediction Center.
Severe thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon and evening across northwest into north-central Texas, with very large hail as the main risk.