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moon ,

He looks pretty nicely layered up for the climate, but those shoes will haunt me in my sleep

moon ,

Oh it's far more useful than that. It's the shiny new thing that's going to make a lot of money for shareholders

moon ,

Pick a major to prove someone wrong and you'll never work a day in your life

moon ,

English is the current lingua francia because the dominant nation has been speaking English for the past two hundred years and created a pop culture market

Cute that you think it's the U.S. and it's little movies that are responsible for English being widely spoken, and not the bloody history of British imperialism being forced on half the planet

moon ,

No. George Floyd was murdered because an asshole cop thought he could choke him out with impunity

moon ,

Did you not read the end of the article you linked? His wife definitely had black roots, but it was a family secret.

Earlier this year, the mystery of whether Vivian was descended in part from Africans was finally resolved. In a February episode of the PBS show, “Finding Your Roots,” host and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. presented Rosanne Cash with her DNA results and family genealogy. Vivian Cash’s maternal great-great grandmother was indeed an enslaved Black woman, Sarah Shields, whose White father in 1848 had granted her and her eight siblings their freedom and their passage into Whiteness, too.

Basically Vivian's great-great-grandmother was a black enslaved woman, and her descendents hid this fact to save themselves from Jim Crow laws.

It's possible she and Johnny knew but kept it quiet because they lived in the deep south in a time when it was scary to be in any way black. The 'one-drop rule' is still a thing for a lot of americans, after all. We know that Vivian wife was living in fear of the KKK whenever he went on tour. I would imagine he said whatever he had to say to keep her safe while he was away

moon ,

The one drop rule is absolutely central to this conversation. Whether or not she was dark-skinned was not why she had threats from the KKK, it's the fact that her complexion and facial features suggest black ancestry that made her a target.

One sixteenth black was still legally black in many States, and Tennessee, where they lived, was the first place to codify this. You're not wrong that her Sicilian heritage could have given her this complexion, but if her Black heritage was proven, as small as 1/16th might be, it would have made their marriage illegal under miscegenation laws. So he had a vested interest in keeping it quiet for both their sakes. He's still progressive and brave for embarking on such a relationship, if indeed be did know of her heritage

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moon ,

Is there a working alternative frontend for Twitter? I haven't visited the site since the public instances of Nitter I used went down

moon ,

Huberman has been a guest on Rogan's podcast and seems to be in the same circles with overlapping guests and ideas. He also peddles pseudoscience and random supplements, so I'm not sure this helps OP's sibling escape the misinformation sphere.

There's also a pretty alarming piece in NY magazine (paywalled) that goes into how much he lies in his personal life to build a narrative that seems to align with the agenda he pushes on his show.

moon ,

First, he's not in the right wing Rogan group but he's definitely in the grifter circle that preys on insecure young men.

Lol this guy is not Albert Einstein. He spends too much time podcasting and being an influencer for that to ever be the case. The best case you can make for him is as a scientific communicator, but he has been frequently shown to spread shoddy science and pseudoscientific claims about things like sunscreen damaging the brain.

His personal life is very relevant here because it shows he's a pathological liar:

  1. He had a primary partner who was in a serious relationship with him and on IVF so they could have a baby, but he was cheating on her with FIVE other women
  2. These women all believed they were in an exclusive relationship with him and he spun an astounding web of lies to maintain these relationships
  3. He exposed all of these women to a form of HPV that can cause cancer for women, without telling them that he was a carrier or that he was having unprotected sex with all of these other people (is this the kind of health advisor you want?)

The reason why these 3 points matter are that they show a shocking pattern of deceit. The man was lying like it was oxygen to him, just so he could maintain six ostensibly monogamous relationships. He's also a danger to public health, yet giving millions health advice every week.

He has claimed to have been a bad kid who was locked up in an institution with conditions so bad that kids around him were dying/taking their own lives. That was entirely fabricated. He has more hard-luck stories about how his life was rough as a kid, but he found some hidden truth and became an academic and professional success. But the NY Mag article demonstrates he had a very privileged upbringing and neither his parents nor the kids who grew up with him know what he's talking about. He's obviously an upper-middle class guy selling a rags-to-riches story to his followers. It's classic grifter stuff. "I used to be troubled and unsuccessful, until I found this thing. You can be like me if you do whatever I tell you and buy whatever I'm selling."

This man lies in public about his upbringing to convince people of a narrative about his success. He lies in private to all of these people who care about him. That should concern his daily listeners and fans. If he's lying this much, why wouldn't he lie to you? This isn't a case of a few minor embellishment and a mistress either, this is disturbing shit he's doing because it suits him. Someone like that should not be the trusted advisor of millions about anything, let alone how to be healthy and successful.

moon ,

The article is based on interviews and quotes from people who actually know him. Journalism is based on interviewing sources and reporting what they said. I don't know why you think it's equivalent to a Reddit comment but I suspect it's because you're blinded by your admiration for this man.

You linked to a review paper of existing research in the area and its conclusion is: we don't know enough to speak authoritatively about this, more research is needed. From the paper:

Although most studies reviewed in this paper reported adverse neurotoxic effects of UV filters at concentrations substantially higher that those observed in environment and human tissues, these studies should not be disregarded, as they afford potential pathomechanisms which might occur in other conditions or sensitive populations.

Aka, these studies only found that it's toxic in doses no human would use as sunscreen.

Unfortunately, the effects of repeated, long-term and low-dose exposures to single compounds and mixtures of various UV filters is also poorly studied.

Aka we don't actually know what the effects are for regular use.

But we do know that skin cancer is a real concern for people, and sunscreen has been proven to help. Until there is actual research showing sunscreen is toxic at normal usage volumes, it's deeply irresponsible of Huberman to advocate against it. Or make claims that haven't been proven in the literature.

His personal life is relevant because it proves he's a pathological liar. He's also lying on podcast appearances when he talks about his upbringing. If you want to take life advice from a proven and prolific fabricator that's your prerogative, but he is not someone that should be promoted in a public forum like this

moon ,

Science is not about "finding contradicting science." It's not about spouting off on subjects that are not within your research expertise and waiting to be proven wrong. It's not a 'debate me bro' your facts vs mine endeavour.

The worst thing this guy has done is convince a bunch of people, primarily young men, that they too can spout off about scientific matters they barely understand. See also: Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson and all the other PhD-turned-grifter figures

moon ,

The people who are disproving the hypotheses are doing so through peer-reviewed studies in a research setting. They are not doing it on podcasts.

No, I mostly just think it's horrible in Huberman's case. Most of the people you listed aren't prolific liars who prey on young men to sell a no-fap, buy-my-supplements lifestyle to. I've literally never seen a Brian Cox fan expend as much energy in defence of the man as you Huberman listeners. He's more akin to grifters like Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson who trade on their PhD credentials to make claims that go behind their area of expertise and talk almost exclusively to lost and lonely young men who are looking for guidance.

moon ,

Isn't that a character in This Is The End?

moon ,

This is giving me a headache

moon ,

This guy said something entirely uncontroversial about the only rapper to win a Pulizer prize for his skill in writing and he's being downvoted to the underworld.

Something tells me a lot of Lemmy users either stopped listening to rap a decade ago or skew in a very particular demographic direction

moon ,

It sucks when people gatekeep like that. You can like what you like, even if it's not the most critically acclaimed music

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Because he looks like a smug bastard

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moon ,

The snake eating its own tail

moon ,

The Cybertruck of hair

moon ,

The techno-authoritarian Curtis Yarvin-type crowd have been around for a while. We can laugh them off or ignore them, but their biggest believers are billionaire man-children in the Valley and that will undoubtedly come to bear fruit in horrific ways.

moon ,

The speech won roars from the audience at Y Combinator

Starting to get why everyone else in the Bay area hates the tech people

moon ,

There are people out there still using Windows XP. Not everyone will jump because Microsoft is trying to force their hand

moon , (edited )

Africa: Liberates itself from imperialist colonisation in the decades after after WWII

USA: Takes advantage of the post-war European Imperialist vacuum to go and do some imperialism for itself in Latin America, Asia and later the Middle-East

Africa: Mistrusts USA

USA: Pikachu shocked face

moon ,

This was a fascinating read

moon ,

WhatsApp is a huge vector for misinformation across the world. This is exactly the kind of specific demand people should be making of them to force some level of responsible behaviour

moon ,

More likely someone who's never even met someone that doesn't eat gluten but fears and hates that they exist

moon ,

Yeah but uncomfortably tight leather pants that one woman told me was sexy 40 years ago probably ain't it

moon ,

Wilt Chamberlain was putting numbers up too but he wasn't wearing his 70s shorts and a headband to attract to women into the '90s.

Do you really think Mick Jagger can't get laid unless he's dressed like it's Halloween and he's going as himself? This is about reliving their youth and not being willing to accept the passage of time. I think you open yourself up to satire if you're a public figure who has such glaring insecurities

moon ,

I'm really not. If you read my original comment you'll see I was speaking hypothetically about how I would dress in my 70s: i.e. for comfort and not to look appealing to the opposite sex. You made this a weird conversation about how much sex this guy is having and what other male celebrities they're rumoured to have slept with

moon ,

You missed the part where you were supposed to make a joke. The top of this thread is someone asking how I would choose to dress in my 70s. My answer being 'not like Mick Jagger' led to you getting in a huff about how much sex he's had justifying his choices. It wasn't a joke, but if that was the intention it was poorly executed. Not sure what anyone has to gain by being so defensive about a man who's been world famous for about 6 decades, though

moon ,

They can stop running, the cloud is bigger than a thumb

moon ,

People think that because you can build a Spotify clone with two sticks and a heroku subscription it must not need a lot of people to work on. It's what Elon said about Twitter prior to buying it and gutting all the features.

These apps are first and foremost businesses with legal, HR, and all sorts of other roles before you get to product. And the products are so mature, so complex, that you need dozens of teams to cover the entire thing

moon ,

Spotify is also a record label now. They probably need an entire division devoted just to the marketing and strategy needed to make that successful

moon ,

Another one of those frustrating segments where they come so close to being right but miss the point entirely by the end. The diagnosis of the issues young people face is on point, but the answer to most of the problems mentioned is not civics courses. It's redistribution of wealth and providing access to housing and social mobility to young people.

moon ,

What's the use case that would upset Microsoft the most?

moon ,

This kind of thing is going to ruin so many lives before society learns to adapt to the new normal.

But it's tough because who wouldn't want a school board to err on the side of caution if there was an audio leak of a principle saying worrying racist shit? Or worse, what if someone made one look like a paedo? Every parent want them out before asking questions, just to be safe

moon ,

This isn't an anti-trust case, it's just anti-China posturing and lobbying from Meta and friends bearing fruit. Google and Meta will fight for the users and their monopolies will grow even more menacingly bloated

moon ,

China takes a protectionist stance towards many industries, whereas the US claims, not entirely correctly, to be a bastion of free trade. I'm not sure US citizens want their government taking cues from the CCP either

moon ,

You may fascinate the elderly with a bird

moon ,

A billion vulnerable users is wild. I’m sure there are government entities taking advantage of this already

moon ,

Boston Dynamic didn’t let this happen. Their EULA explicitly prevents people from doing this so they used this robot from Unitree instead

moon ,

Okay but here’s the argument for why the Oxford comma can be misleading:

We invited the stripper, JFK, and Stalin.

I just changed stripper from plural to singular, and now you could read the sentence as: a stripper named JFK was invited, as well as Stalin

moon ,

Depends on the job, and exactly which English-speaking country you live in. A lot of employers have style guides, and those can mandate using/not using the Oxford comma so you’ll have to pick one and be consistent about it

moon ,

You would, actually. It’s called apposition and is commonly used in all varieties of English, as far as I’m aware

moon ,

“I can assure you this is a completely normal question, and I am a completely normal person. I desperately need an answer from people who think their sons are good looking. Don’t bother if you think your son’s an uggo. And daughters? Well that’s okay. You can have 'em.”

moon ,

They suspended journalists and researchers who posted the identity of a neo-Nazi cartoonist after he made a direct appeal to Musk for support. It was free-speech and not against Twitter’s terms of service to post the man’s name since it was newsworthy and already in the public domain, but Musk doesn’t actually care about free speech. He cares about the right to offend and say heinous shit without being shut down or ‘canceled.’ If you attack him or his allies (even the neo-Nazi ones) then he conveniently drops the free speech crusade

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OP asked this less than 24 hours before they went mask-off as a Fascist.

Yes, you do need a good argument. And no, Forced sterilization and eugenics isn’t a good argument or even a conversation worth dignifying.

Edit: OP has deleted their post after an avalanche of downvotes and dissenting comments. I have some screenshots, although I expect OP to delete this post too.

Post: OP’s deleted ‘ask Lemmy’ post asks: Should we replace democracy with Science? A Lemmy user replies in a comment: “should we replace bees with mathematics? These two aren’t exactly valid substitutes for each other”

OP letting the mask slip:

User ‘Spiderwort’ comments on a post: “I read a short story where they took a humane approach to population reduction. An engineered disease. A short fever and then your uterus stops working. 95% effective. Rioting. All scientists hung. But the world was better.” There are -10 votes.

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