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Devi, to asklemmy in Why is a millennium old fossilised human poop on display at the Archaeological Resource Centre in the UK?

Smells like what?

Devi, to asklemmy in Do grown-ass lions and other big cats enjoy standard cat-treats?

Raindance? He's a bobcat.

Devi, to asklemmy in What is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar?

I'm sure there's one you could but the one I have curdles the milk. That was one of the first things I tried.

Devi, to asklemmy in How do you discourage a dog from biting while playing?

Most pups are taken away too young for this to happen. You want pups with their littermates at least up to 12 weeks and they start with pretty good bite inhibition. It's so different meeting pups treated properly rather than the byb pups taken at 8 weeks or sometimes even younger.

Devi, to asklemmy in Non-religious Republicans of Lemmy, how do you reconcile your non-religious convictions with a party that bases a lot of its policies on religion?

Right wing in my country is also non religious, religion in politics is really frowned upon, to the point that one of our former PMs 'came out' as a Catholic after he left. Everyone is pretty pro LGB... less so on the T though, our conservatives are very anti-trans, our left party less so. I think our only anti abortionists are on the right? It's a rare viewpoint to say out loud though.

Devi, to comicstrips in Alone

Sorry, I don't mean moderation by mods, I mean moderation by you, the things you choose to follow will change your experience, you can even block specific pages that bring in those comments.

It takes some time to cultivate your experience and learn the voices you want there but once you've done it you'll find the whole thing more positive.

Devi, to comicstrips in Alone

That's a moderation problem, the joy of social media is that you can follow who you like so no toxic people should be on there.

Devi, to asklemmy in How do you work full-time and stay awake all shift?

I like to go for a walk at lunch, get some fresh air. If I've bought a lunch then I go to the park to eat while walking around, if I'm buying then I pick a slightly further away place.

It is worth seeing if you get used to it though, everyone struggles with a full time job to start with, especially if it's a starter job, low effort, repetitive, probably below you in the long term. As you get into a routine it gets better, adding responsibilities makes it better, even getting to know people so you have more chats makes it better.

Devi, to asklemmy in In which scenario would you last longer before being outed as a time traveller?

I think even then people are too skeptical. I could stand in Trafalgar square and start levitating and everyone will be like "Well done, clever trick!"

Devi, to asklemmy in My beagle has suddenly started resource guarding random stuff. What should I do to get this behavior to stop?

never use hands to correct them only voice or leash.

Lead pops are a punishment.

Maintain a 2 foot bubble when eating or working from home, don’t let them cuddle up to me.

As is not cuddling them.

Devi, to asklemmy in My beagle has suddenly started resource guarding random stuff. What should I do to get this behavior to stop?

There's a bit of odd advice there. Not letting your dog cuddle with you and barking at them is very weird. Check your trainers qualifications. Leash corrections is a red flag too as is dominance based nonsense.

Devi, to asklemmy in Have you ever come across some sort of container or organizer for anything that ended up being strangely useful?

I mean, boxes in general are my organising style. I keep a lot of aquariums so I bought 8 shoebox sized boxes, one for substrate, one for decor, one for water testing, etc.

In my bathroom I used to have a lot of stuff so I bought a few wicker baskets, hair stuff, skin care, and make up, then a tall cupboard with fabric boxes for cleaning products, toothcare, hair dyes, bath bombs, you know. I have boxes everywhere.

Devi, to asklemmy in Are any of the DNA testing companies trustworthy?

So the first one, what you're missing is

And it states that investigators may only use websites with strict policies around user consent.

The law dictates it must have an opt in policy, so DNA being accessed is from volunteers basically.
It's also worth noting that if they had your DNA there's no need to steal your pizza because that will just provide the same DNA.

It's also discussing a Maryland law where prosecuters there have to apply to use those volunteers and have a certain level of crime to do so. In other states they can access the volunteers with less hoops to jump through. Nobody can access non volunteers.

On the 'turned on by default' statement, that's just untrue. It was never an opt out policy, it started as an open access arrangement then after legal challenges it became an opt in policy. You can look that up.

Now another misconception that I've noticed is what Gedmatch is, you can't submit spit to Gedmatch, it's a site for people who have tested at other sites to upload their DNA file to compare against other users of the site.

ETA - There's also no addresses on Gedmatch, the police would email you and ask for your details. You can submit addresses to Ancestry for example if you want, but there's no requirement to, or for that matter your name, email, etc etc. In cases currently being worked on they have had leads closed because people won't reply to a message.

Devi, to asklemmy in Are any of the DNA testing companies trustworthy?

I agree that it's offensive, I just mean from a danger point of view, they're just looking for the names of dead people, not your personal data.

Devi, to asklemmy in It's possible to bathe a newborn kitten with fleas?

As much as your relatives might like the kittens, they do need vet care. Fleas can kill kittens quite easily and you might lose all of them, bathing them can also kill them.

Either you take them yourself or try to find a rescue who can. They can safely treat the family and check that they're OK outside of this issue.

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