Post a news story, entertain me!

I think it's quite creepy, and as an opening salvo for the bullsh*t fake news and character assassinations of the 2020 elections (especially for female contenders) it really doesn't bode well.

Don't get me wrong, I completely agree with you. I just love that kink came to the rescue.

Was the fetishist even needed though? If you look at the photo, the reflection of the person taking the photo can be seen on the faucet, and it clearly looks like someone with blonde or light brown hair, far from Cortez's brunette hair. Plus, I immediately noticed that the legs and feet seem to be from someone who is not as thin as Cortez.

That said, I can't deny that the choice of headline will result in clicks.

Want to get a dog DNA test? Read this Nature article from July 2018 first.

Genetic testing for pets is expanding. Hundreds of thousands of dogs have now been genetically screened, as Petunia was, and companies are beginning to offer tests for cats. But the science is lagging. Most of these tests are based on small, underpowered studies. Neither their accuracy nor their ability to predict health outcomes has been validated. Most vets don’t know enough about the limitations of the studies, or about genetics in general, to be able to advise worried owners.

Pet genetics must be reined in. If not, some companies will continue to profit by selling potentially misleading and often inaccurate information; pets and their owners will suffer needlessly [by misinterpreting DNA markers]; and opportunities to improve pet health and even to leverage studies in dogs and cats to benefit human health might be lost. Ultimately, people will become more distrustful of science and medicine.

Part of the business model for the consumer genetics companies is that you are part of the study. The way you get statistical power is you get a ton of people to give you some genetic information and also tell you about themselves. It’s not controlled but sheer mass can get you a lot of useful leads.

From the "That'll get you banned from Wal-Mart" excessive-hyphenation dept:
Pringles-can wine-drinking electric-cart parking-lot early-bird lady is now banned from Wal-Mart.
There are a couple of factors working in her favor: she wasn't driving a car, it was early in the morning, and she was out there from 6:30-9:00am. Also, a Pringles can full of wine over the course of 2.5 hours isn't exactly a wild bender, she was probably somewhat buzzed if that's all she drank.

Those carts can run for 2.5 hours on a single charge?

This is absolutely going to spawn college parties with kids drinking out of Pringles cans. The question is how widespread it’ll be.

So salty and dehydrating, gross.

Mixolyde wrote:

So salty and dehydrating, gross.

I think you take the chips out before you fill up the container with wine, Mix.

Jonman wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:

So salty and dehydrating, gross.

I think you take the chips out before you fill up the container with wine, Mix.

inb4 Pringles-infused wine is the new hot thing.

Wine-infused Pringles would be good though

Once you pop...

Ranger Rick wrote:

Once you pop...

Shalam Popskur?

Someone was confused by this Fort Collins liquor store.

Ranger Rick wrote:

Once you pop...

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Ranger Rick wrote:

Once you pop...

That's great!

Spoiler:

"Okay, ten study participants, what you are about to read is an advertisement. Now please read it."
-- read, read, read --
"Now, how many of you think that what you just read is a news article?"
-- nine hands shoot up --

https://www.bu.edu/research/articles...

During the survey, the participants viewed content from an actual Bank of America advertisement, a 515-word piece titled “America’s Smartphone Obsession Extends to Online Banking,” which was created for Bank of America by Brandpoint, a content marketing agency. Participants viewed the advertisement, which included a disclosure identifying it as an ad—the Federal Trade Commission requires that advertisers include such a disclosure—and then answered a series of questions.

Amazeen found that among the fewer than 1 in 10 individuals who were able to identify the Bank of America piece as advertising, people tended to be younger, more educated, and more likely to describe their engagement with news media as for informational purposes. In contrast, people who mistook the advertisement for a legitimate news article were generally older, less educated, and more likely to consume news media for entertainment purposes.

Lol so smarter people are fooled less by tricky advertising is the basic takeaway from that?

The tended to be younger bit does play into the theory I've been kicking around that over the past hundred years advertising has become more abstract and about emotional appeal due to the people viewing them becoming more cynical and media savvy. I mean, at this point I just assume that any given ad is lying to me, even if only by omission. Reading the ads from previous generations, they seem to have more appeals to authority and claims about facts.

Gremlin wrote:

I mean, at this point I just assume that any given ad is lying to me, even if only by omission. Reading the ads from previous generations, they seem to have more appeals to authority and claims about facts.

Your point is well illustrated by watching old car and truck commercials. Sure, they were packed with half truths, but they at least presented some data. Truck ads these days seem more focused on giving the viewer warm fuzzy feelings about their hunks of metal.

Rocking improves sleep and memory, studies in mice and people show

Anyone who has ever put a small child to bed or drifted off in a gently swaying hammock will know that a rocking motion makes getting to sleep seem easier. Now, two new studies reported in Current Biology on January 24, one conducted in young adults and the other in mice, add to evidence for the broad benefits of a rocking motion during sleep. In fact, the studies in people show that rocking not only leads to better sleep, but it also boosts memory consolidation during sleep.

I smell an emerging market...

But what are the interactions with rolling?

Tanglebones wrote:

But what are the interactions with rolling?

On or off the river?

I'd prefer the beach, but the seagulls poke at my head. Not fun!

halfwaywrong wrote:

I'd prefer the beach, but the seagulls poke at my head. Not fun!

Because everyone needs a solid hour of this in their life...

BadKen wrote:

I smell an emerging market...

And that market is in the hammock district. It's on 3rd.