NYT is spouting every headline they can imagine to shift votes toward Trump, and not just lately. Their entire editorial focus is to cast confusion on Democrats’ prospects. They should be recognized as firmly partisan and no longer serving a journalistic purpose. Unfortunate, but that’s the times in which we live.

This is incorrect. The energy released by burning hydrocarbons is not the same as the energy required to convert carbon dioxide into biomass. The difference is that biomass has lower energy density than hydrocarbons.

The rate at which we burned fuel and the rate at which we undo the damage are not linked. We can remove carbon dioxide either faster or slower as we collectively choose.

that IS unfortunate. Ok, I unsubscribed. I wrote to the mods at !news@beehaw.org, but many of the boosts are by random users, so nothing to be done I guess. I think it will be an issue that should not be forgotten - should I explain to anyone particular that you know?

This idea of themed instances is quite common in the fediverse, I’ve noticed. Built in to the user experience is always a “local” feed - which although a user does not have to view it, it is likely to be of interest if one chooses their instance wisely. Likewise, a user’s postings appear to the other users who view the local feed. So if the user is not “in tune” with the leanings of the other users, and posts often, local users will tend to block the out-of-tune user – not because they dislike that user’s content or disapprove, just because they’re not interested and it clogs up their local feed. At least, that has been my experience. And in that context, it is quite difficult to find one’s “home” - there are many servers, but they only advertise their themes in limited ways and there is no centralized shopping market for servers. I suppose it will arise eventually.