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Comment · 9 months ago
Another train derailed due to the storm between Blanes and Macanet with no one injured.
Comment · 11 months ago
We need mitochondria.
Comment · 1 year ago
Cats do attack bats. See https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S16165...

More anecdotally, I knew a cat that brought in bats almost daily, which is why the owner had her vaccinated against rabies (classical rabies RABV has been extirpated here).

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I do not make any point on UA-strings, just on the difficulty of rate limiting.
Comment · 1 year ago
Some of these crawlers appear to be designed to avoid rate limiting based on IP. I regularly see millions of unique ips doing strange requests, each just one or at most a few per day. When a response contains a unique redirect I often see a geographically distinct address fetching the destination.
Comment · 1 year ago
I would not expect this to make a difference as pasteurization does not inactivate Clostridium endospores.
Comment · 1 year ago
Mosses and ferns also have motile, flagellated reproductive cells.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Hang up and call back may not save you on some landline systems, where scammers are able to keep a connection open when the other party hangs up.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Clostridium endospores can survive just fine in the presence of oxygen.
Comment · 2 years ago
I see this regularly in the Netherlands, sometimes even with a feather attached.
Comment · 2 years ago
Maybe when on treatment, otherwise superinfections are a thing and associated with poorer outcomes.
Comment · 2 years ago

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