The kids will never understand…

Dad strength is real bro.

Little kids are basically human kettlebells that demand you hoist them into the air constantly lol 😂

Second granddaughter is on the way. 🍼

If you're old enough, you may recall that 20 years ago or more, you used to see many more dead insects on your car's windshield, while today you see almost none.

This is called the Windshield Phenomenon.

In the first years 2000s it became a commonplace observation among drivers that after a long drive, windshields no longer had to be cleaned of numerous insects.

It was basically born as a meme, but in 2016, naturalist John Acorn noted that the phenomenon had real and objective proofs.

Since 2017, major publications and media covered the topic of reductions in insect abundance over the last few decades and entomologists linked this withthe fact they no longer had to frequently clean their windshields.

It turned out that a meme was aware of a proved trend.

A 20-year study measured the number of dead insects on car windshields on two stretches of road in Denmark from 1997 until 2017. Adjusted for variables such as time of day, date, temperature, and wind speed, the research actually found an 80% decline in insects.

Several factors are thought to contribute to the declining insect populations.

The expansion of human settlements, agriculture, and infrastructure has led to the destruction and fragmentation of natural habitats, essential for insect survival and reproduction.

The widespread use of pesticides in agriculture and urban areas has had a devastating impact on insect populations, directly killing insects and indirectly harming their food sources.

Rising global temperatures and extreme weather events are disrupting insect life cycles and altering their habitats, leading to population declines and even extinctions.

Artificial light at night can disrupt insect navigation and foraging patterns, reducing their reproductive success and overall survival.

The introduction of non-native insect species can disrupt ecological balances and compete with native insects for resources, further contributing to their decline.

One can still consider the trend and the effect as anecdotal, but the studies conducted created a connection between the global redutction of insects species and what people of a certain age can actually confirm as something more than a simple perception.

Dude, Youtube is cracking down hard and it's insanely frustrating. My go to for YEARS for getting video and audio pulled from youtube in order to make clips, transcribe, use found footage, etc has just stopped working, It's all throwing back errors.

Legacy platforms are literally becoming hot garbage. This is all such bullshit.

As much as it pisses me off, it's at least a (albeit slow) self correcting mechanism. Because if i can't record or download stuff from Youtube... I literally will use it half as much, *at best.*

I can’t stop laughing about the Democrats unified campaign slogan, “they are just plain weird”.

Someone actually talked about how they would roll this out, sitting at a long table, thinking of ways to call their political opponents “weird”.

And it’s the fact that they take themselves so seriously that makes it high comedy. 🎭

Most people u trust talk shit about u

When they make Harris the president, will America look like Venezuela?

#asknostr

Rewriting history in front of our eyes.

Nostr dead as a hammer today. Y’all hungover from the conference?

$3 Trillion annually until 2050 will be needed to transition to a low carbon economy says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

That's a total of $78 Trillion, more than double the current national debt. Can you hear the sound of the printing press?

Marriage is not quite what I thought it would be, but then I don’t really know what I thought it would be.

Firing an employee is just about the worst feeling you can have. And this is coming from someone who has been fired, multiple times.

Shitcoining is quick, but good things take time