silence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoDuke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproarwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkDuke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproarwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·10 months ago“causing uproar” = “causing nothing” Should be “causing mass theft”
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoStealing the specimens would as a practical matter simply destroy the collection. It’s not a useful approach
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoSure, I’m not actually suggesting the best course of action, I’m indicating “uproar” is nothing.
“causing uproar” = “causing nothing”
Should be “causing mass theft”
Stealing the specimens would as a practical matter simply destroy the collection. It’s not a useful approach
Sure, I’m not actually suggesting the best course of action, I’m indicating “uproar” is nothing.