#partial misinformation

[thingsthatcauseautism]

New cause of autism!!!

(Image description: screen from the The Telegraph. The headline reads “autism can be prevented by teaching parents how to interact with their babies, study finds”. The tag line reads, “two thirds of cases could be solved via a video consultation, showing how to interpretation child’s all-important early efforts to communicate”.)

Turns out my nephew got autism because I tried to get him to play Ace Attorney at age 3 and then asked him his opinions on the character development and that is not the correct interaction to have had with him 😔

*** notes about the actual article (tw: ableism)

I wouldn't seek the article out because you'll give them clicks, but to sum up the article: it pushes teaching your child masking from an early age, which is... not prevention at all... great journalism

[beewulf]

to determine if a number is divisible by 7, first take the last digit and double it. then subtract it from the remaining number. if the result is 0 or an obvious multiple of 7 (including negative numbers), that means the number is divisible by 7. if it's neither of those, it's not divisible by 7. if it's unclear because the result is outside of your known multiples of 7, you can just do this process over and over until you get to a small enough number.

example:

start with 553

3×2=6

55-6=49

49/7=7, so 553 is divisible by 7.

no one knows why this works though

[saltykingsalty]

1/12/22

Please do not eat any bearded dragons that you may have bought recently, even cooking them properly to an internal temperature of 12°k may not be enough to protect you 🦎🤍

Bearded dragons linked to salmonella surge in 25 states: CDC

Contact with bearded dragons has been linked to a recent outbreak of salmonella.

[apoll-oh-no]

*stabs toe* *falls over, begins screaming, the apocalypse has begun*