Well, that’s interesting; there’s several things that conflict with my prior information. Time to look into it further; thanks for sharing.

Oh, then I might not be using enough because I don’t look like a ghost after applying it lol

only recently bought some mineral sunscreen for the first time, because I got into biking places

thinks back to college chem lab classes and MSDSes why would anyone put benzene in sunscreen

Anyway, for reference here’s the paragraph from the article about the harmful substance:

When people say chemical sunscreens are unsafe or “toxic,” they generally point to a 2001 study that found some risks associated with oxybenzone after scientists put high levels of the ingredient in drinking water for rats. But a followup study in 2016 found that for humans to get to similar risky exposure levels they’d have to apply full-body daily sunscreen for 227 years.

Meanwhile, I’ve noticed that mineral sunscreens (zinc oxide and titanium dioxide) are reportedly considered “reef safe”: https://savethereef.org/about-reef-save-sunscreen.html

And they aren’t the substances that are cited for toxicity/carcinogenicity. So, based on the available information (correct me if I’m wrong, of course!), it seems that they’re the best choice.

Also I’ve heard that mineral sunscreens work by reflecting sunlight rather than absorbing it and dissipating it as a different form of energy (I forget whether that’s heat or chemical change) so that might also be useful in other ways. But I am not an expert.

EDIT: see later replies to this post for more information to consider

Ah, I see. So, basically a “less bad” alternative for people who have nicotine dependency?

why do these even exist

Reading this reminds me there’s efficiency in terms of energy conversion (which is presumably what the efficiency stat here refers to) as well as efficiency in terms of materials and space usage (which is why there’s separate stats talking about those aspects).

Brainworms man (along with the rest of the administration) should go eat worms and pound sand and stop bothering everyone else.

This is awesome.

who is this btw?

The only things I know that look like this are in genus Heptapleurum (formerly Schefflera), specifically H. actinophyllum and H. arboricola. That genus is in the family you mentioned so that’d be my first guess.

I love how the French flag is a backdrop here

It’s unfortunate that there are negative stereotypes of vultures as creepy just because they eat carrion, as they’re the janitors who take care of the messes that others don’t want to deal with.

I encourage everyone who sees this comment to check out the article, including the giant list of related stories at the bottom, and see if there’s anything going on near you. There’s a ton of stuff from many different states mentioned – Wisconsin, Idaho, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina… Even if there’s nothing in your local area, you should be vigilant about what’s going on in your local area, and be active in local government.

If you’re an elections geek (like me) or have friends in the St. Petersburg, Florida area, you might want to know about that one crazy candidate, Danielle Marolf, for Pinellas County school board (Florida, basically St. Petersburg) who’s lying about the availability of a book that’s already been banned, and campaigning on this lie. Marolf is running against incumbent school board chair Laura Hine in this year’s school board elections.

Maybe this is why they named a Super Mario RPG boss after this genus

It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener)

Oh I see

Excellent!

The funny thing is that both “July twenty-third” and “the twenty-third of July” are common in the US.

as if my Florida Man posting didn’t already give it away :P

that said I have learned to prefer YYYY-MM-DD for all my cataloguing needs on computer because it sorts far more easily

Your mentioning using stuff from tlieset packs (which I presume you made) actually made me wonder about something – I’m definitely not a skilled visual artist myself, but I do have various very well-made asset packs that I’ve picked up over the years (mainly due to the giant bundles on itch.io), so maybe I could actually try stitching a scene together from them sometime. Could be a fun way to spend an hour or two when bored, and I could do something with these purchases while also being able to show off the work of a variety of pixel artists to friends.

The way Mario seems to teleport when turning around in the water seems to say something about the way hitboxes worked in the original DKC1.