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Fiber optic cables reveal a serious problem at the heart of modern farming
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
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Link: https://grist.org/drought/fiber-optic-cables-reveal-a-serious-problem-at-the-heart-of-modern-farming/
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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
#2 · Quote Reply

were used to reveal**

Genuinely what is it with bad headlines? Do journalists actually do this on purpose?
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply
Kairos wrote:
were used to reveal** Genuinely what is it with bad headlines? Do journalists actually do this on purpose?

Yeah but I mean if it gets people to click, why not just blame it on the AI headline optimization tool you used?

sigh
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grranibal lemmy.zip grranibal@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-03-05
#4 · Quote Reply
supersquirrel wrote:
Yeah but I mean if it gets people to click, why not just blame it on the AI headline optimization tool you used? sigh

Don’t blame AI, blame the user
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply
grranibal wrote:
Don’t blame AI, blame the user

No, blame the ideology of people who cannot see any future other than the fantasy one they magically promise is possible that also in the meantime dehumanizes people.
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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
#6 · Quote Reply

whatever happened to no till farming to stop soil degeneration?
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grranibal lemmy.zip grranibal@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-03-05
#7 · Quote Reply
supersquirrel wrote:
No, blame the ideology of people who cannot see any future other than the fantasy one they magically promise is possible that also in the meantime dehumanizes people.

What about blaming the people that spread that ideology?
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nomad infosec.pub Nomad@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-16
#8 · Quote Reply
Hanrahan wrote:
whatever happened to no till farming to stop soil degeneration?

Tilling is not the problem. But you need to plant cover crops you can till under after a few months to help the soil recover and retain organic matter and moisture.
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A🔻atar of 🔻engeance lemmy.ml tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-05-10
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supersquirrel wrote:
Yeah but I mean if it gets people to click, why not just blame it on the AI headline optimization tool you used? sigh

It's a really cool study, thanks for sharing. Will spread it around.
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