Rivalarrival

joined 2 years ago
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, windows certainly isn't an option. The options I'm weighing are "pre-installed Linux" and "tabula rasa".

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hogg isn't looking for young progressives. He idolizes Pelosi, Clinton, Jeffries. The do-nothing incumbents he wants to replace are useless, true. But he wants to replace them with younger versions of centrist corporatists, not progressives.

The guillotine party needs to remove him along with the rest of the DNC leadership.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

With Amazon, you can get rid of the can as well. Cardboard boxes make excellent, disposable wastebaskets.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

I thought it started with ice shanties and ended with prostitution.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 12 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Installing my own OS is half the fun of getting a new computer. Why would I want the manufacturer to install an OS?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Hi, how many ~~miles per gallon~~ gallons per mile does it get?

FTFY.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

Yes. My mouse.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They work well with herbal flavors like spearmint, wintergreen, clove, ginger, allspice.

But I'm weird. I actually like spiced gum drops and Necco wafers.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was wrong on that. The article did actually make that point near the end. I didn't read that part before I commented.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I read more of the article:

There are shortcomings to FSIS’s testing program. The tests performed didn’t distinguish between selective antibiotic use to treat an illness and constant low-dose exposure to antibiotics administered directly into the animals’ feed. While both are prohibited under the labeling program, the excessive, chronic use of antibiotics poses a much more serious risk to public health, contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance.

Seems that the labeling program doesn't actually make the distinction I ~~thought~~ hoped they did.

20% does sound like a lot, but given the nature of the problem they are trying to solve, I'd call it at least a partial win. With 80% testing negative, they clearly aren't adding it to the feed. 20% indicates selective use. I don't know how much lower it could feasibly go.

(I'm not particularly concerned with strict adherence to this specific labeling program. My concern is good animal husbandry, not bureaucracy.)

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 16 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I could be wrong, but AFAIK, "no antibiotics" means no prophylactic antibiotic use. It means they don't dose the whole herd when one animal has some sort of bacterial infection, but they will treat that particular animal with antibiotics.

I agree that antibiotics should not be used to try to prevent infection, but I think it is inhumane to withhold antibiotics from animals that actually need them.

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