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  • Even in baobab forest pictures they seem far enough apart for sunlight not to be an issue. I’d hazard either an environmental or animal caused adaptation (but I can’t seem to find anything about why).

    I’d also say for forests in general “crown shyness” means if they get similar enough height they usually avoid one another rather than compete.





  • Looking at a couple publications from the lab funding appears to be from a couple different foundations but nothing commercial. Pharma barely puts anything into basic R+D unless they’re a startup. Established pharma R+D is largely clinical trials and/or process development. If her work is patented by the university then pharma may pay the university to use her work. University would then give a smaller kickback to the lab/scientists.

    NCI (national cancer institute-part of NIH) was the largest cancer research funder in the US, about 7B worth and even then less than 10% of proposed projects were being funded. The ACS (American cancer society) funds about 100M.


  • Bad blood won’t get solved by doing nothing either. People need a common goal. Fighting against billionaires is one billions of people can get behind regardless of other demographics. It doesn’t solve the bad blood and it doesn’t erase identities it simply reminds us we can be allies against the larger issue first.

    It is a catch-22 to solve the bad blood you mention before going after the billionaires because the billionaires will continue causing more bad blood and more division in the meantime. As showcased by Trump, decades of building torn down in 3mo. Doesn’t matter that he decreased taxes for the rich or openly manipulates the market for himself and other rich bastards he’s convinced 1/3 of America that its all worth it to hurt sexual and/or racial minorities. By the time you fix one divide he’s created another 5.





  • If we don’t take these nazis out by the roots they’ll have all 9 soon enough. The liberal justices aren’t that young and the conservatives keep on doing whatever they feel in the moment logic be damned. Sure they’re against this right now but they also gave him sweeping immunity. I don’t trust any of the conservatives to stand against the emperor they’ve created for any real length of time.

    So many different things need to happen for the country to get somewhere half decent much less actually good. The modern Republicans and “moderate” democrats are symptomatic of much greater issues.





  • In the 5y since the pandemic started no proof of a lab leak has turned up. The existence of these covid viruses was already known in the nearby bat population and even zoonosed to humans a few times.

    This is entirely contrary to your false claims that scientists couldn’t find a link between animals and covid. So yes, it is the point. Lableak was a theory at the start one I even hypothesized myself. However, the data has consistently shown otherwise so unless new data gives the hypothesis any credence it is only political propaganda to give any credibility to the leak theory.