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Wow, TIL.
The platypus’s mammary glands lack teats, with milk released through pores in the skin. The milk pools in grooves on the mother’s abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up.[16][71] After they hatch, the offspring are milk-fed for three to four months.
I think Naruto is mostly runnin’, not Walken.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications9·20 days agoI wonder how many social media accounts someone can create?
vatlark@lemmy.worldMto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I have discovered chat IS cute and so are you <39·22 days agoThis post was reported for spam.
Its not a typical showerthought, but it doesn’t seem to be doing harm, just people having good fun, so I’ll let it go for now and let the votes do the talking.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Egypt blocks activists aiming to march to Gaza to draw attention to humanitarian crisis3·1 month agoHere is the organization putting it on: https://marchtogaza.net/
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Buy European@feddit.uk•Minister of International Trade says Canada should apply for EU membership: “Canada is only 19km from France.”1·1 month agoThe article has several people quoted that didn’t know the islands are french. I was attempting to play on that but my attempt clearly didn’t land well.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto World News@quokk.au•Trump administration reviewing Biden-era submarine pact with Australia, UK2·1 month agoSome schadenfreude for France.
Now I’m walking with feet, she keeps her young in a bag.
Wow, he just made smoke. And she’s tamed a stag.
Now they invented a cure for when my stomach is sick.
And there’s math in my head, and she’s discovered the Higgs.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto AI Generated Images@sh.itjust.works•Skateboarder Witch Hovering above the cityscapeEnglish1·1 month agoDon’t sit on grip tape, it ruins your clothes.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Europe@feddit.org•France: 10% pay cut for pregnant civil servants: “unacceptable sexist discrimination” for trade unions [pay cut during sick leave starting earlier for pregnant women than other civil servants]English4·1 month agoI think I was wrong originally. My current understanding is that they did deliberately disadvantage pregnant woman: https://lemmy.world/comment/17597987
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Europe@feddit.org•France: 10% pay cut for pregnant civil servants: “unacceptable sexist discrimination” for trade unions [pay cut during sick leave starting earlier for pregnant women than other civil servants]English5·1 month agoOh so I didn’t understand it correctly. Thank you for pointing it out. The difference between pregnant woman and everyone else is when the 90% pay kicks in.
So in general, people get 100% pay the first day of sick leave and 90% every day following.
They made a special carve-out for pregnant women so they get 90% on the first day.
Yeah that’s shitty to go out of your way to hurt pregnant woman.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Europe@feddit.org•France: 10% pay cut for pregnant civil servants: “unacceptable sexist discrimination” for trade unions [pay cut during sick leave starting earlier for pregnant women than other civil servants]English3·1 month agoIf I understand correctly (I didn’t),
everyone got the cut to 90% except woman on maternity leave and pathological pregnancy. They are upset that if a pregnant woman otherwise takes sick time, they will see the 90% pay like everyone else.The headline made it sound like women were getting 90% pay for the entire pregnancy.
vatlark@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•It's June 2025. What are you looking forward to in the next 6 months?2·1 month agoHanging with my family and my partner’s family for a few weeks.
vatlark@lemmy.worldMto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•An alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communications6·1 month agoNot that power input and light output are exactly the same but the Las Vegas sphere is 28MW
vatlark@lemmy.worldMto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.1·1 month agoGood point, the lights on a boat or airplane (probably not a train) are red on the left and green on the right. Not sure how international that is.
vatlark@lemmy.worldMto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.4·1 month agoMy favorite mnemonic: “We have some red port left”
Left if you are facing direction of travel = port = the red light
vatlark@lemmy.worldMto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•What is the cutoff distance when you point and say [thing] is "here" or [thing] is "there"?1·1 month agoSo “here” is close enough for your needs. “There” is too far away to be useful.
They are so proud to be rat free since 1950… but gophers