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Huh, I did learn a long time ago that having a big moon like ours is rare, but never considered the implications. Then again, I was also told that a lot of astronomers think that a moon like ours is required for complex life to evolve, because otherwise it would be reset constantly by big asteroid impact (same with gas giants like Jupiter catching most of them before they reach us). So maybe we should expect most intelligent life in the universe to think this is normal?
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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
I'm pretty sure the *actual* problem is a misunderstanding about what qualifies as an "observation", and honestly I still don't know exactly what does or doesn't count myself. So if anyone could fill me in here… (links to non-handwavey explanations accepted)
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Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls.
POV: Trump just made farm slavery easier, part 2
Watch part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/THHLR1wa8Qo
Trump low-key made it easier to get away with farm slavery in the US.
News articles:
https://prismreports.org/2023/04/14/h2a-visa-wage-theft-exploitation/
https://www.palabranahj.org/archive/caught-in-the-fields-the-h-2a-visa-workers-who-feed-america-and-the-system-that-traps-them
https://nwjustice.org/article/1965
https://westfaironline.com/courts/mexican-cartel-invoked-in-alleged-threats-to-putnam-h-2a-visa-workers/
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/critical-farm-labor-visa-use-ticks-up
2024 updates to H2A program, designed to remove human trafficking & slavery and improve working conditions: https://nationalaglawcenter.org/federal-bills-propose-changes-to-the-h-2a-program/
Trump cancelled these updates in June 2025: https://cdmigrante.org/trump-dol-rolls-back-h2a-protections/
#agriculture #iceraids #ice #labor #farm #farming #farmlife #immigration #ice #farmwork #food
We were stopping slavery in the farm system. And then Trump decided to roll farmworker protections back.
(This is a followup to this video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/THHLR1wa8Qo)
A new critical review, published in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, highlights the emergence and scientific basis of regenerative agriculture – proposing a working definition centred on ecological cycles and farm system outcomes. Dr Nicholas Bardsley, author of the paper from the Department of Agri-Food Economics and Marketing at the University of Reading, suggests…
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