Yes. Growing a tree from sapling to a giant trunk removes significantly more carbon from the atmosphere than an existing trunk sitting there at mass, unable to store much more carbon.

And yes, that’s why I clarified that new trees would need to be planted, right on the money.

I mean, they’re proving their point rather well, not sure why you feel the need to take pot shots at them :/

I mean, that’s the mechanism by which carbon is removed. It goes into tree, tree dies or gets cut down taking all the solidified carbon with it, new tree gets planted in its place to repeat the cycle. In fact, the fastest way to scrub carbon with the practice is to farm trees, assuming you do it sustainably.

Wish I could donate blood, but alas, I’m on some prescriptions that would make the recipient unhappy, and I’m not about to try not-professionally-conducted bloodletting.

Yup, the fact that the court cases against him for things that have been fully confirmed by the law to be factual and grounded in reality are just going away because the president can’t be touched more or less confirms it.

The law can be fully broken whenever there’s enough nationalist energy going against it. And the US has voted to fully give in to the high of that nationalism.

I know, it’s a huge relief seeing this as someone who uses the free tier. I think I’ll cough up for the advanced tier if they stick to their guns on this decision.

Russia really has become “big North Korea”, sheesh

More proof that billionaires are treated like a special class that the law can’t touch. Cool.

Sly Cooper and Jak & Daxter are both criminally forgotten in this era of games

That if they vote third party before we can get rid of the first-past-the-post system, they are helping their ideological opposite. And a corollary: if they do it because of the genocide in Gaza and Trump encourages a total wipeout of the Palestinian state like he’s telegraphing, the blame for the deaths of those innocent civilians is on them for being self-righteous instead of honest.

Fucking good. Put the squeeze on them, they’re nothing without their workers, and constantly manipulating their employees and the job market to keep them as wage slaves is abusive at best.

I’m in PA and a lot of parts are still pretty hot for Trump (lots of big signs, every conversation is an opportunity for them to talk about their undying devotion, etc.). That is NOT to say that it’s unwinnable, but we really need to put the pedal on to keep the pace, since the default answer here is leaning back toward Trump.

Edit: That said, we’re one of the most important swing states this cycle, so not surprised things are just more political in general.

Yes, because kids catching polio from some asshole who won’t vaccinate or otherwise care for their own kids is their choice and what they want. Yup, totally apt comparison. /s

Yeah, no. iPhone VPN apps aren’t the route that Russian hackers are taking.

Yeah, too fucking late. Already canceled PS Plus.

Agreed. Just canceled PS Plus. Fuck Sony for the shitty bender they’ve been on.

😬 I’m not sure how I’d feel about porn generated on a data set of potential STIs

To be fair, I was in the camp of “put a sock in it” until I reached a point of “alright FINE, I’ll give it a go” and now I’m joining the choir on it, desktop Linux is a dream.

For me, it’s more that our species of primate’s general wellbeing and health was hijacked by a cancer-like abstract concept.

I get most of my brainstorming done at 2:20 – https://youtu.be/DFI6cV9slfI?si=RaMdKtk3GUXB0XZw