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• I will teach you how to be less pissed THROUGH DANCE

  on Does it have to be soup, though? Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago

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  on Does it have to be soup, though? Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago

• Tbf when people do the whole “theres no such thing as a fish” thing its not supposed to be a paradox. Its a simplistic version of relativistic/constructivist philosophy which really does tend to hold truth. A fish is a fish but only because we call it that, and the fish otherwise exists independently of us calling it as such. Thats not really a useless point if followed by a solid understanding that the constructed terms we use to talk about everything do actually have weight and power, and dont always align with reality

  For example, gender is broadly viewed as a non-constructed and biological concept by the majority of people. This human construct ignores a lot of people, but especially the 2% of the population that is made up of people born or living intersex. It pushes the very idea of intersexuality to the margin and labels it an anomaly, despite the fact that intersexuality exists independently of human constructs and is made up of a variety of entirely natural phenomena (like a fish).

  Constructivist perspectives definitely have weight and affect the social realities and lives of people. Its more than just “theres actually no such thing as a fish”

  on Tomato rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6d ago

• Its not “just bury it underground”. Thats extremely reductionist and makes it seem far less safe than it is.

  The spent uranium is not a liquid or a loose green sludge. It consists of solid, durable ceramic pellets that do not melt or dissolve easily in water. Those pellets are then sealed inside airtight tubes made of zirconium, which are then placed into massive canisters made of thick carbon steel thats coated in copper. The canisters are engineered to withstand extreme pressures and resist rusting for hundreds of thousands of years.

  Those canisters are then placed in underground tunnels and packed tightly with bentonite clay. If any moisture ever seeps into the tunnel, this clay absorbs it, swells up, and creates a waterproof seal that locks the canisters in place. But even then, the repository is built at least 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) underground inside exceptionally stable rock formations, such as solid granite or deep salt beds. These areas have virtually no water movement and have remained seismically quiet for millions of years

  Its perfectly safe, and significantly more thought out than “just put it in the ground”

  on Exclusive: Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fuel in c/technology@beehaw.org · 17 Sep 2026

• Bisexuals that grow from the ceiling are called “bicicles”

  on Queer discourse rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 Sep 2026

• “Heavy is the head that wears the cockscomb” just doesnt have the same ring to it

  on Heavy Is The Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026

• The craziest part of this picture is these two people dont even know each other whatsoever

  on Bob rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026

• Over the last two years, officials in numerous states have questioned the model, characterizing it as “untested” and ”experimental.” In North Carolina, one charter school board member feared two hours was “not nearly enough” to teach required subjects. A month earlier, in August 2024, an official in Utah worried that the school’s instructors may act more like “a life coach” than a teacher

  I agree with that assessment 100%, but it makes you question other things that get approved even though the same case applies. If were gonna apply that assessment to this kind of AI bullshit program, then the same standard should be held to all of the athletics-centered programs that are all over the place. There are tons of private programs where kids go to class for an hour and then participate in a sport for two hours and then back to class for an hour, etc. Hockey is especially rife with these kinds of programs because hockey kids tend to have money. Why is a school allowed to get any degree of public funding when half (or more) of the kid’s “education” is just playing a sport? Beyond public money, how is that considered an acceptable equivalent to an actual 6-8 hour per day education?

  They cant even make any argument that these kids are likely to be successful because of the sport. Odds are their academic skills will be too shitty to play for a college (if they are held to real standards), and the odds of them succeeding in athletics are slim to none considering how rare it is for someone to become a professional athlete. Sports based schools shouldn’t exist any more than this shit should

  on Texas Rejected an AI-Driven School’s Bid to Open a Charter. The State Still Approved It for the Voucher Program in c/technology@beehaw.org · 3 Sep 2026

• I’m not insightful enough to be a movie critic. Maybe I could be a food critic. ‘These muffins taste bad.’ Or an art critic. 'That painting is bad’

  on Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 Aug 2026

• Considering sea sponges are simultaneously asexual and hermaphroditic Im not sure how spongebob could ever have been cishet in the conventional sense

  on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 Aug 2026