• Comment105@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 hour ago

      I don’t know what the rest think, but if you can’t find an article when you know the name of the site, the name of the author, the date and the title I think it’s more appropriate if you don’t get a link.

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 hours ago

    I foster extra spicy kittens and tame them so they can be adopted. Each time one bites me I think about how I have almost no insurance and this could be the one that unalives me. Those puncture bites are amazing. This little predator weighing less than 1% what I do can do me in with just their teeth.

    My pet geese are so much safer.

      • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        We had four cats die within a year. All orange boys.

        Then one day I get a call from a place I’m doing Trap Neuter Release. Some mom just dropped three kids on a porch. I go grab the kids and set a trap for mom. I get the kids home. Three orange girls, two are bobtails. I’ve been on the hunt for an orange girl for years. Jackpot.

        Really hoping we get mom because these are bottle babies. Get mom. Orange girl with even less tail.

        I know I’m probably keeping mom no matter how feral she is. Definitely one of the kids too.

        Time to make the decision. Which kid to keep. Wife vetoes me. We are keeping them all. Plus two more orange girls that will show up over the year. I have six orange girls. Probably more than anyone on the east coast. So much foster fail. So few braincells.

        Eventually tame mom after 12 months and multiple attempts on my life. So many orange girls.

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    13 hours ago

    20 years later…

    Kid: Dad, why did everybody turn into cat-zombies?

    Dad: They caught Dipshit Nigel Disease, son.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    66·
    15 hours ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong…. But isn’t finding a new bacteria rather common for people who look at bacteria?

    • The_v@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      12 hours ago

      Yes.

      For a long time identifying bacteria required growing them on different media. If then bacteria didn’t grow on the media, we didn’t know what it was. However for most pathogenic bacterium we did figure out how to culture them.

      Then molecular biology advanced to a level where we can amplify and sequence a single bacterium’s DNA. This has led to a continuous stream of new species discoveries from different environments.

      Finding a new pathogenic bacteria for humans is still a rare discovery.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    46·
    16 hours ago

    If that happened to me, and I got rid of it, I’d ask if the infection could be named after me.

    I want it to be remembered that I won.

    • janNatan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      44·
      16 hours ago

      Sure, he gave permission for them to publish the paper about him. But, did he give them permission to address him solely as “48 year old obese man?”

  • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    112·
    14 hours ago

    Wow, a new unknown bacteria! Probably two pills of any generic antibiotic and it’s gone! Oh no, let me never pet a stray ever again.

    Last year one guy in England went outside for a walk, slipped and fell hitting his head against the pavement – he ended up in a hospital. Me, I now do not recommend anyone in the world ever leaves the premises of their apartment.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      11 hours ago

      Me, I now do not recommend anyone in the world ever leaves the premises of their apartment.

      Based on my experiences, it’s not a good idea and should be avoided if possible.

      • Mr_Blott@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        To be fair, the sub headline says “was bit by” so I wouldn’t hope for any journalistic excellence