jpreston2005

joined 2 years ago
[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

No! Stop it! Bad Ickplant!

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How have you managed to keep any potted plants with three cats??

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Out of 500 cats and owners, only 30 completed the entire trial, shrinking the sample size considerably. Within that sample size, the cats showed clear preference for the box-like illusions over the controls. Still, to further cat cognition research, the paper recommends future studies only require owners to perform the experiment for one day (rather than six) to increase likelihood of completion.

Wow that's some next-level laziness exhibited by cat owners during the pandemic... You'd think being stuck inside would increase likelihood of completing the 6-day citizen science course.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

“I always knew that there was risk of arrest because of the type of stories that I cover, but until it happens to you, you don’t understand the emotional and psychological impact that it has,” Ms. Morin said afterward, speaking to a group of reporters outside the police station. “And I think that it is a tactic that they use to send that message. To impede, to insult, discredit and to intimidate the media.”

This statement hits, because it's describing a traumatic event. Have you ever had a faceless gov't agency decide you're the enemy? Have you ever been treated like a criminal, despite no wrong doing? Have you ever known what was happening is wrong, but you're helpless to stop it?

It's traumatic, and we all know that. Yet for decades it's a long standing practice within law enforcement to arrest someone for merely "resisting arrest." How can one resist an arrest, if the arrest should never have occurred? without an inciting event, it's paradoxical in nature, and flatly absurd on its face. And yet, it continues.

The phrase oft repeated is that these cops are just "bad apples," or the exception, not the rule. But what's left out is that the entirety of the phrase is "one bad apple spoils the bunch." And boy, is our bunch spoiled.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's appalling to let rescued human trafficking victims remain in the U.K. while they're asylum case is pending?

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

ok now find the Canadian research he was talking about

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

more like underestimating republicans stupidity

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nobody in the comments mentioning the fact that this plane was headed for dubai.

My guess is the person was either being forced to go, and this was their way of escaping the predicament, or they were headed there to sell their soul for gold, and thought better of it.

Nothing good happens in dubai.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

yeah if this was Americas version of solitary confinement, I'd have some sympathy. Norways version? nah dude, you have so much more than so many. fuck off.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 102 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (22 children)

Christmas eve at a pub, random bloke comes in and starts shooting at people. Pub goers react to stop the assault, gunman is killed of injuries sustained in the beating from the crowd.

Man, if someones shooting into a crowd of people, using deadly force to stop them does not sound like whatever vigilante justice narrative these prosecutors are trying for. Sounds more like what the world needs, a healthy dose of FAFO.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

for me it's the loose, dark, charcoal looking dirt, while the white bunnies are immaculate, along with her clothes, hands and feet. it may not be AI, but it's staged at the least

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