So in PA or NJ, unless you say you will be using your old plates from a dealer they will automatically sell you new plates. No one ever told me that or gave me that option when buying this #car . mind you this is only the third time I've bought a car from a dealer, prior to that It was personal transactions. The times I've dealt with a dealer were first with my dad, the second time I had the trade-in right there. Also #Pennsylvania is really weird as you go to the DVM for most things but for tags and titles you go to a private store. In every other state the DMV is a one stop shop for everything. It might be slightly more convenient but its also certainly more expensive. I've sure the dealerships and tag places have lobbied to keep this extra middle man to add extra charges.
A quick search on the internet for “climate change images” readily yields the familiar photograph of a lone polar bear on a shrinking block of ice. Despite signifying an impending crisis, such images make climate change seem abstract – happening a long way off (for most of us), to animals we’ve probably never encountered.
The idea that climate change is perceived as “psychologically distant” – happening in the future, in distant places, to other people or animals – has long been presented as a major barrier to action on climate change.
Despite the intuitive appeal of this idea, new research published today in the journal One Earth by behavioural scientists at the University of Groningen now challenges it. The authors argue the psychological distance of climate change has been overestimated – according to their results, most people view climate change as “psychologically close”.
Despite the popular and intuitive notion that people find climate change psychologically distant, a new review of the evidence shows that’s not the case at all.
One way to think of #DecentralizedSocialMedia is to compare #Christian #Catholicism to #evangelical #Christianity. The catholic #church is top down just like most social media sites, everyone must abide by the rules and judgment of the pope and cardinals. If you don’t like it, too bad but enough people like it that it doesn’t matter and it's what they were raised in and learned to think on their terms. Evangelical #Protestantism on the other hand is more like independent businesses. Literally anyone can start a church. You don’t like that church, you can just jump over to a different church. It can be a hassle but you have options especially if you don’t like the people in charge or if you have religious of philosophical differences.
I would love to see a study on the religions or former religions of #fediverse users and see if there is any difference in the casual user based based on that.
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide #press
In the 1930s, the United States government introduced redlining, a discriminatory practice that categorized neighborhoods based on people's race or ethnicity and denied financial services to residents in certain areas—redlining disproportionately aff…
Listen to this episode from The Ezra Klein Show on Spotify. The internet is in decay. Do a Google search, and there are so many websites now filled with slapdash content contorted just to rank highly in the algorithm.
@paninid oh the irony of this being hosted on a platform that intentionally breaks itself, lying to claim it won't work on my device, until I instruct my device to lie as well, claiming it is a desktop PC, at which point the site works perfectly well...
...and the site does this is an attempt to force me to use their crappy app, which they do not make available for my device, and which I think is *actually* not compatible even if I could manage to get it.
But like, David Klion popped onto Bluesky a month or two ago and did the same thing. I'm just like, how is this consistent with being a leftist, which is essentially kind of utopian right? I get choosing your battles but I also feel like people aren't connecting this issue with their value and outlook in other areas. Aren't taking it seriously as a political issue.
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The children’s section of the library now had 8 versions of the Bible, but only 1 picture book about Halloween.
Virtually everyone identifies as a Christian, and most folks vote Republican.
The divide is between those who believe the library should adhere to their own personal religious convictions, and those who argue that it should instead reflect a wide range of ideas and identities.
A battle over library books is dividing Metropolis, Illinois, which shares a name with Superman’s home. A pastor is framing the fight as a clash between good and evil.
The Metropolis Public Library is under attack by a very vocal, small group of individuals who seek to impose their own personal agenda on others in the community.
Trump inciting violence at the courthouse, like he did on Jan 6th in DC. Sound familiar? Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump on Jan 6th. "I don't f'ing care that they have weapons. They're not here to hurt me. 'Take the f----ing mags away! Let my people in, they can march to the capital from here. Let the people in. Take the f---ing mags away: Trump wanted armed supporters allowed on Jan. 6th https://youtu.be/BiuI4qfMp6s?si=DrTeWO5ENh2bZJiJ&t=377
Former President Donald Trump was furious on Jan. 6 that armed supporters were not being allowed into the White House Ellipse for his speech leading up to th...
California proposes law to allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions as ban proceeds
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says his administration is working on emergency legislation. Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total abortion ban could take effect. #press
@BEAUBOBO BONOBO ⛳ ⚽🎶♒🐵🎗🏌️♂️ RFK jr has zero chance of winning thankfully. If he's pulling more votes from Trump then Biden is great news. The crazies not hateful enough will go for RFK
We can’t afford to ignore the hidden pandemic anymore.
In When the Drugs Don’t Work, I spell out in plain language how superbugs threaten modern medicine, how we got here, and what we need to do to keep things from getting worse @juggernautbooks
Sophie has gotten into the habit of curling up under the duvet with me at night - which is lovely as who wouldn’t like a purring cat sleeping next to them? Last night I was taking longer than she liked to get into bed & I realized I was being gently nudged; turned around to this view! #CatsOfMastodon
It's kind of hilarious how angry bigots are about the "cis" appellation. You know how you could get people to stop using it? STOP SPENDING ALL YOUR TIME SPECULATING ABOUT PEOPLE'S GENITALS AND WE WON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT
I was flabbergasted by the cost of medical care I could have died without – but surprise fees are standard in a system motivated first and foremost by profit
#Trump was kind of always on vacation and #Mara-largo was was vacation but dubbed it the winter white house so it magically made it not a vacation somehow.
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