Recent comments in /f/UpliftingNews
Oerthling t1_jb9kn3j wrote
Reply to comment by nathansym in New data shows 1 in 7 cars sold globally is an EV, and combustion engine car sales have decreased by 25% since 2017 by FarmhouseFan
That stupid talking point again.
Bad working conditions around cobalt extraction need to be fixed, regardless of EV production.
Every kind of product uses resources. The materials used in ICE cars, buses or even trains don't fall from trees.
We should use less cars overall, move more people in more efficient vehicles, avoid needles business trips by moving meetings online. But the vehicles that eventually remain will be electric. ICE needs to die.
The "think of the cobalt" argument is probably from the same fossil think tank that gave us such classics as "wind turbines are killing all the birds" (a tiny fraction compared to the genocidal numbers cats murder each year).
I'm waiting for "solar panels steal sunshine" or whatever.
acidtalons t1_jb9kc46 wrote
Reply to comment by saltmarsh63 in Florida man finds giant clam estimated to be 214 years old by citytiger
This guy's Floridas
SNK_24 t1_jb9k3iw wrote
At that age that clam must be 90% mercury so better not to eat it.
ProtoplanetaryNebula t1_jb9iq11 wrote
Reply to comment by nathansym in New data shows 1 in 7 cars sold globally is an EV, and combustion engine car sales have decreased by 25% since 2017 by FarmhouseFan
The trend in EVs these days is to move to LFP, which is cobalt free.
Guess where cobalt will still be used in massive quantities? For refining petrol and diesel.
Wartymcballs t1_jb9icww wrote
Reply to comment by beattyml1 in Bald eagle rescued after eating rat poison in Massachusetts by ekser
It all depends on how big the predator is, how big the prey is, how much they consumed and was metabolized before predation. It doesn't magically kill anything that eats it or there'd be dead cats in every street of every city. The older generation of rodenticides were quite lethal to secondary ingestion though, that's for damn sure. Additionally, technically speaking, according to the manufacturer, the rodents are supposed to lose consciousness from the anti coagulant well before death, it isn't a pain inducer.
Also, the article is biased in the same way a company using a rodenticide is in the opposite direction. Sensationalism exists.
PrincessAegonIXth t1_jb9icq1 wrote
Finally a positive Florida Man headline
tudorwhiteley t1_jb9i889 wrote
Reply to comment by PorchHonky in Florida man finds giant clam estimated to be 214 years old by citytiger
... and crushes some guy's car
HKSculpture t1_jb9hr5i wrote
Reply to comment by plssirnomore in Estonia's Pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Kallas Wins Reelection by SouLG97
"Unreal corruption" is about the right descriptor for Estonia that is ranked 14th least corrupt in the world with Canada and Iceland by 2023. Because there is very little really. While Ukraine on the other hand has problems with corruption it doesn't happen overnight that you shed the Russian influence and get to do things right. So, yes - nothing really to see here other than liberal parties gaining power in EE and UA fighting for it's life.
grenade25 t1_jb9hk4m wrote
Reply to Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
I do not understand how the system allows placement for kids in a home already pending a sexual assault investigation. Blows my mind. Then again, this is Texas. If they barred pedos, there would be no providers.
Downtown-Cress-5202 t1_jb9hg2m wrote
Thank God it was re released.
Pegrmom1 t1_jb9hg18 wrote
Reply to Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
Thank you for following your gut instinct to help him and his brothers!
beattyml1 t1_jb9gjgq wrote
Reply to comment by beattyml1 in Bald eagle rescued after eating rat poison in Massachusetts by ekser
Also article directly counters your claim of needing to ingest numerous rodents and personally I’m going with the scientists studying the birds not a random person working for a company with a vested interest in rat poison.
williamsonny t1_jb9gbma wrote
Reply to comment by ArcaneOverride in Florida man finds giant clam estimated to be 214 years old by citytiger
You have deconstructed my pun with bewildering precision.
beattyml1 t1_jb9g5x6 wrote
Reply to comment by jezra in Bald eagle rescued after eating rat poison in Massachusetts by ekser
Hopefully it might considering rat contraceptive is at least as effective and doesn’t kill other animals through second hand poison and also doesn’t have the rats dying in horrible pain.
beattyml1 t1_jb9fzp3 wrote
Reply to comment by Wartymcballs in Bald eagle rescued after eating rat poison in Massachusetts by ekser
As there should considering that rat contraceptive is just as effective but without the side effects on other animals and without the rats dying painful deaths.
Constant_Will362 t1_jb9fxeh wrote
So did he kill it ? Every time someone finds an ancient animal they kill it and bring it to the local library for display.
PorchHonky t1_jb9fsmt wrote
… blows it up with dynamite.’
OuidOuigi t1_jb9fjww wrote
Not uplifting the government should be providing health care, rehabilitation, and a livable habitat instead of putting the burden on citizens. /s
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Estonia's Pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Kallas Wins Reelection by SouLG97
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whoamiforrealsie t1_jb9fb5e wrote
Reply to comment by b-cat in Florida man finds giant clam estimated to be 214 years old by citytiger
MVP right here!
plssirnomore t1_jb9ewqc wrote
This is so good. Ukraine is very important because NATO needs its bases in good positions. Viva la Estonia and Ukraine, ignore that unreal amounts of corruption in both those countries, nothing to see there.
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Reply to comment by Ashratt in Estonia's Pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Kallas Wins Reelection by SouLG97
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Reply to comment by b-cat in Florida man finds giant clam estimated to be 214 years old by citytiger
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tegs_terry t1_jb9l46b wrote
Reply to comment by Insighteternal in New data shows 1 in 7 cars sold globally is an EV, and combustion engine car sales have decreased by 25% since 2017 by FarmhouseFan
You say '/s', which is fucking horrible anyway, and you don't even have the wherewithal to use it right?