Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza....
Yeahhhh I had the same thought, but it feels racist / antisemitic to point that out. I'd like to take people by their character and actions, and not judge them off a name or a skin color. Besides, I'm a pretty firm believer that Israeli government =/= Jewish Americans
All that being said, fuck this hospital system, and fuck the president and vice president.
Keely’s attorney, Marc Curtis, said in a release, “It is unfortunate that in this time of political correctness, Michigan’s Attorney General has chosen to ignore the facts of this incident and rely on political pressure.”
Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable....
There are a bunch, sadly none of them stand a chance, despite being better candidates. In the upcoming election, voting for Biden results in a better outlook in every aspect. I've always voted 3rd party, but I pivoted last election cycle because anything is better than Trump, and I recognize that. Once he's out of the picture I'll go back to third party.
God I love these edits. They turn a boomer energy comic (which is fine, I'm not hating on the OG) into something philosophical that really makes me think
Fourteen people have been found guilty in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial, the prosecution of the so-called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy campaigners....
Not sure who downvoted you without adding anything to the discussion (coward). I think legalization is the best path forward, for both humanitarian and financial reasons. Legalize and tax the shit out of it. Use the taxes to fund education and rehabilitation.
I don't even check anymore. I get a credit / "your info was found on the dark web!" Email literally every week, what's the point. I've been fucked by giga corps and I have nothing to show for it besides weekly notifications of my compromised info
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The Alligator Has a Permanently Erect, Bungee Penis
ByEd Yong
February 12, 2013
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7 min read
In the video above, Brandon Moore from Louisiana Tech University is dissecting a freshly dead male alligator. You’re looking at the creature’s underside, near its hip area. As the sequence begins, Moore’s scalpel touches the alligator’s pelvic nerve. The metal makes the nerve fire and… well… just watch the video.
That’s the alligator’s penis—ten centimetres long, ghostly white, and surprisingly quick-moving. It flips out in an instant and just hangs there for a few seconds to greet a startled Moore, before twanging back inside just as quickly. I love that Moore back-steps and freezes. There’s no audio. I wish there was audio.
The video was a revelation to Diane Kelly from the University of Massachusetts, and the key to interpreting the utterly bizarre penis of the American alligator. Here are the highlights: it’s permanently erect; it shoots out like toothpaste from a tube; and it bounces back because it basically has a rubber band attached to it. “It is really weird,” says Kelly. “Really weird.”
an American alligator
American alligator
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARAH TOWNE
That’s not something she’d say lightly. Animal penises are her speciality. She has studied and dissected the male organs of mammals and turtles to better understand their anatomy and their evolutionary history. Meanwhile, her close colleague Patricia Brennan—“the other penis lady”—had done a lot of work on birds, snakes and lizards (remember the infamous duck penis video?). The crocodilians—crocodiles, alligators and their kin—seemed like the obvious group to target next.
Here’s what we knew about their penises before Kelly started. The males have a single large phallus stashed within the cloaca. That’s the joint opening you can see in the video above, which also gives way to the urinary and digestive tracts. Sperm travels along a deep groove running the length of the penis, which is surrounded by dense tissue. Okay, but how does a crocodilian inflate its penis or eject it from the cloaca?
To find out, Kelly needed to get her hands on some crocodilians. Fortunately, she didn’t have to work with living ones. In September, she headed down to the Rockerfeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, which has an annual cull to control the local population of American alligators. They let her work with four of the animals that had been shot, including a huge four-metre-long bull. “It was really scary, even though it was dead!” says Kelly.
Through dissection, she discovered that the alligator’s penis doesn’t inflate at all. It’s permanently erect. The whole structure is filled with dense layers of a stiff protein called collagen. Even the central bit, where blood would normally flow down, is just collagen, collagen and more collagen.
That’s bizarre. Whenever a reptile, bird or mammal has a penis (and some don’t), it always inflates in some way. Maybe blood pumps into it, as in humans, other mammals, and turtles. Maybe it explosively turns inside-out like in ducks and some lizards or snakes. Either way, some shape-changing occurs. But not in alligators—when Kelly tried to artificially inflate the penis by pumping saline, it didn’t change in either length or diameter.
So, if the penis doesn’t inflate, how does the male alligator extrude it from the cloaca? Muscles would be the obvious answer, but continuing the theme of “really weird”, the penis has no muscles attached to it. It’s almost free-floating. One pair of muscles—the levator cloacae—cradle the penis like a sling, but doesn’t actually connect.
This stumped Kelly until she saw Moore’s video. She now thinks that when the levator cloacae contract, they force the penis out by squeezing the cloacal chamber. “This squishes the whole penis and pops it out of the vent,” she says. Indeed, when Kelly yanked on the levator cloacae by hand, the penis of her dead alligator leapt into the outside world.
I said the penis is almost free-floating. It’s got a tendon that connects to its middle, which helps to swivel it forwards when it pops out. Its base is also attached to the hip bone by a pair of large ligaments, that are “the consistency of the big rubber bands the post office uses,” says Kelly. When the penis comes out, these rubber bands are stretched. As soon as the levator cloacae relax, the elastic ligaments yank the penis back in.
an alligator penis
Alligator penis.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE KELLY
This is just a hypothesis. Kelly now wants to do some tests of the muscles, tendons and ligaments to check that the “ones I think are everting the penis are actually the ones that are doing this”. Then, it’s time to look at living crocodilians to see how they actually use their penises, and how they might benefit from a permanently erect organ.
I leave you with this—an autographed cocktail napkin on which Kelly sketched out the alligators’ genital tract for me at a bar in Raleigh, North Carolina. She would like me to note that is it not to scale.
Isn't it also that sourcing the raw materials for the batteries results in a lot of pollution, and the charging is often provided by coal burning plants?
Tack "&udm=14" on to the end of a normal search, and you'll be booted into the clean 10 blue links interface. While Google might not let you set this as a default, if you have a way to automatically edit the Google search URL, you can create your own defaults.
Wow, the film makers Heineman and McNally are total pieces of shit. They were warned several times that people would be killed if they didn't blur their faces. Heineman and McNally said it would be fine, then said no one ever warned them, then said it's normal to show faces, then said it's really the governments fault, not theirs.
Heineman and McNally are responsible for this person's death, and are too cowardly to admit it.
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the United States since the virus was first detected in dairy cattle in late March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday....
Downvoting the guy who said "you don't get people to agree with you by insulting them". Also, insulting me when I said I supported vegetarianism. Also calling the majority of humanity "slow", while willfully ignoring that not everyone has the blessing to be able to afford everything they think is most ethical, nor the blessing to have the education to desire alternatives to meat.
You're just an asshole, and you justify it by preaching about how long you've been a vegan. I gave you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you were a troll, but you're worse. You're an arrogant narcissist who can't handle criticism.
A 10-year-old boy who was swept into a storm drain while helping his family clean up storm debris is being kept on life support so that his organs can be donated, according to his father....
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in a hard landing while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on X on Sunday....
The YouTube accounts fake description says he's been harassing her for days over every little thing, always brings his lawyer to the door, and she's finally fed up enough to shoot him with a "powder gun". Not sure if it's in this videos description, but that's what I remember reading a few days ago when this got stuffed in my recommended videos
I'm assuming he's not in custody because he's in the hospital. There's no way they're letting this guy get away; in an increasingly polarized society, few things bring everyone together more than being anti-shooting-a-fucking-baby
Former President Donald Trump, who four years ago called on Joe Biden to take a drug test prior to the pair’s first debate that September, decided to make the same demand on Friday—one that Biden is sure to wave away once more....
Not sure why you're being down voted, with the stress and stakes of the presidency I assume every single modern president has had their performance enhanced a number of times.
With the astounding amount of work I have to go through with every job I've had, when it comes to personal information, previous addresses, social security numbers, driver's license, previous employers, etc, how is this a thing? Do I spend hours filling out these forms for nothing?
Where Trump's 3 other criminal cases stand after his conviction in New York ( www.cbsnews.com )
If you're trying to keep track of where we're at in the Trump prosecutions:...
A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech ( apnews.com )
Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza....
TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS ( www.bbc.com )
Michigan state trooper accused of fatally hitting a fleeing suspect with an SUV is charged with murder ( www.cnn.com )
New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances ( apnews.com )
Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable....
Seeing a lot of this lately... ( lemmy.world )
Via Berkeley Mews
Heathcliff without Heathcliff 5/30/2024 ( lemmy.world )
‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 pro-democracy activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion ( www.theguardian.com )
Fourteen people have been found guilty in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial, the prosecution of the so-called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy campaigners....
Gangs mix another potent sedative into U.S. street drugs causing 'mass overdoses' ( www.npr.org )
Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms ( www.cnn.com )
Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users. ( mashable.com )
Male alligator fashion choices ( lemmy.world )
Via Zoodraws
Donald Trump Says He'll Stop All Electric Car Sales (Update: He Was Talking About Made-In-Mexico Chinese EVs) ( gizmodo.com )
Double chocolate ( lemmy.world )
I might be stupid, but doesn't "double" mean there's more of it?
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
Tack "&udm=14" on to the end of a normal search, and you'll be booted into the clean 10 blue links interface. While Google might not let you set this as a default, if you have a way to automatically edit the Google search URL, you can create your own defaults.
Afghan mine-clearer killed by Taliban after it sees him in Emmy-winning film ( www.yahoo.com )
https://archive.ph/KAsUS
Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s yard. Police called to help him shot him dead ( www.independent.co.uk )
ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down ( www.pcmag.com )
ICQ will stop working on June 26. It's encouraging users to migrate to a messaging app from Russia-based VK, its parent company....
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation ( www.theguardian.com )
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
National Park Service cracks down on Pride leaving LGBTQ+ rangers feeling betrayed ( www.advocate.com )
Second US dairy worker infected with bird flu confirmed in Michigan ( www.reuters.com )
A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the United States since the virus was first detected in dairy cattle in late March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday....
You wanted AI, didn't you ( sh.itjust.works )
22 May 2024 ( sh.itjust.works )
Not cool ( sh.itjust.works )
Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision ( globalnews.ca )
An ambulance collided with a moose early Sunday as it responded to another crash, also involving a moose, Ontario Provincial Police say....
10-year-old swept into storm drain to become an organ donor, dad says ( abcnews.go.com )
A 10-year-old boy who was swept into a storm drain while helping his family clean up storm debris is being kept on life support so that his organs can be donated, according to his father....
23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace ( arstechnica.com )
Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi involved in hard landing, local media reports ( www.cnn.com )
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in a hard landing while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on X on Sunday....
Sums Up My Feelings on HOAs ( thumbsnap.com )
Boebert ridiculed for fumbling sign of the cross during House Oversight Committee hearing ( www.salon.com )
My favorite old ladysitting on her couch ( lemmy.world )
TIL one of the oldest TV shows was simply called "Sea Stories" on the BBC, featuring Royal Navy Commander A.B. Campbell describing the personalities and places he had seen. No known footage exists. ( en.wikipedia.org )
aired from 1936-1937. if anyone has a copy pls lemme know
Six-month-old baby shot repeatedly during Arizona standoff with child’s father ( www.theguardian.com )
Police were able to rescue child, who is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, before house caught fire with father still in it...
Trump, Still Stuck in 2020, Recycles His Tired Drug Test Demand ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Former President Donald Trump, who four years ago called on Joe Biden to take a drug test prior to the pair’s first debate that September, decided to make the same demand on Friday—one that Biden is sure to wave away once more....
North Koreans stole Americans' identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says ( fortune.com )
They took er jobs!! Derpa DERR!!!