winterayars

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[–] winterayars 17 points 1 month ago

I remember when that movie came out people argued with me that the Democrats were the party that was going to create the world of Interstellar and the Republicans were "standing up for science".

It was obviously nonsense then so i have little illusions that those people have changed their view on it--or if they have, they've simply changed to believe the moon landing was faked.

[–] winterayars 4 points 1 month ago

So the person above may think they're so clever, or whoever fed them that factoid may think that. Notice the claim is remineralization. Maybe that's true, it may be that a study first showed that in 1975 and that's not contradicted by your link but that is a non sequitur. It's not what we're talking about, it's not a good faith argument.

[–] winterayars 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I can't wait for RFK Jr to stop this, he knows all the chemicals!"

Overheard while at the polls on election day.

[–] winterayars 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In 1945, Grand Rapids became the first city in the world to fluoridate its drinking water.The Grand Rapids water fluoridation study was originally sponsored by the U.S. Surgeon General, but was taken over by the NIDR shortly after the Institute's inception in 1948. During the 15-year project, researchers monitored the rate of tooth decay among Grand Rapids' almost 30,000 schoolchildren. After just 11 years, Dean- who was now director of the NIDR-announced an amazing finding. The caries rate among Grand Rapids children born after fluoride was added to the water supply dropped more than 60 percent. This finding, considering the thousands of participants in the study, amounted to a giant scientific breakthrough that promised to revolutionize dental care, making tooth decay for the first time in history a preventable disease for most people.

[–] winterayars 2 points 1 month ago

They like the lead, though!

(Probably. I mean, they did in Flint, MI...)

[–] winterayars 3 points 1 month ago

(Don't give them ideas...)

[–] winterayars 10 points 1 month ago

Black people are (still) getting murdered by cops everywhere. What set Minneapolis apart was that they didn't stand by and watch, they did something about it. Sadly, that isn't what happened in this story.

[–] winterayars 10 points 1 month ago

My take is Minnesota in general is very divided. There are some very cool people there but also some very horrible ones. The cool ones are winning but that doesn't mean they win every time or that it's inevitable that they win.

[–] winterayars 39 points 1 month ago

LGBT people were treated the same way, this is how it starts.

[–] winterayars 70 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made.

They have surveillance footage and logs of so these people were from when they entered, surely. No arrests means they're choosing to not arrest.

[–] winterayars 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She's definitely going after the Republicans because they're the ones who have the power to force this release. The Dems have no real impact as long as the Republicans vote as a bloc, which they are likely to do. This is basically a threat to people who might step out of line that their records might be next.

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