Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

Coffee pods, hotel shampoo bottles, and tea bags targeted in bid to reduce Europe’s ‘growing mountain of waste’

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2022/12/01/coffee-pods-and-tea-bags-targeted-in-bid-to-reduce-plastic-waste/ #plastic #plasticpollution #climate #pollution #waste

why call it bird site when ‘the fowl place’ is right there and a much better pun

Pigeon photobomb, Brighton seafront, UK.

Incredibly lucky, unintended, genuine pigeon shot. Pigeon flies into centre frame as pic is taken. Exactly between two railings. Only edit is slight sharpening.

#Pigeon #Birds #BirdLovers #LuckyShot #LuckyPigeon #BirdLife #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #CanonPhotography #BackGardenBirds #CanonSX50 #BirdPics

The best dating advice I ever got was to remember that if someone ghosts me, they were probably a hired assassin who fell in love and couldn't finish the job.

You want to help #OpenSource #FreeSoftware but you are not a developer? And English isn't your first language? Well - that's just perfect! Join us at #codeberg and donate some of your time and knowledge of your language by helping with translations for many open source projects at https://translate.codeberg.org!

While not *really* for #MedTwitter or #MedMastodon, I feel like anyone can enjoy this oral history of when six pediatric specialists swallowed Lego heads to see how long it would take for them to exit their bodies, an experiment that was published in the “Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health” under the title, “Everything is awesome: Don't forget the Lego” https://defector.com/an-oral-history-of-the-time-six-doctors-swallowed-lego-heads-to-see-how-long-theyd-take-to-poo/

the "danger of a filter bubble" is that you might, through tremendous effort, construct a useful, readable and enjoyable incoming flow without turds bobbling in it

this idea is strongly objected to by the turds

For thousands of years, native peoples of the southeastern US harvested mollusks, depositing shells in midden mounds that grew to be literal islands above the surrounding marshland. Many of these mounds now host "hammocks", or groves of trees ecologically distinct from neighboring biomes. In Florida, many endangered tropical plant species are only found in these small handful of shell hammocks. Another way that native people enrich the environment through traditional practices. #ClamFacts

All I can say about this is that archaeologists of the future are going to have their work cut out for them. Because memes don't fossilize.

(Image from: Rage Against the Geek)

And
2. Sheanderthal (what do we know about the lives of #Neanderthal women) from 2021

https://aeon.co/essays/what-do-we-know-about-the-lives-of-neanderthal-women

@afewbugs "Pro Life" is one of my favorites. They rebranded from "anti-abortion" (which is all they were) to make it more palatable.
#NewSpeak

Across the United States, Elon Musk’s Boring Company shows up to pitch transport projects far below the cost of competitors. Local officials get excited and pursue them, for cost savings and to associate with Musk. In Ontario, CA, officials said, “it’s the Boring Company, so Elon Musk brings that kind of sexiness to it.”

But when it comes time for the Boring Company to deliver, it conveniently disappears.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-traffic-11669658396

#elonmusk #tech #transport #cities

The Boring Company’s actions show Elon Musk isn’t ushering in a transport revolution; he’s stifling any hope of one. We need to wake up if we’re to ever build a better transport system.

In the same way that the Hyperloop’s purpose was to get California’s high-speed rail line canceled, the Boring Company is distracting from train and transit projects that aren’t as “sexy”, but could make a real difference.

#hyperloop #boringcompany #elonmusk #transport #tech

Dear Random Sleaze,

Just because my wife models for me and allows me to draw her and allows me to show those drawings to people doesn’t mean that I am going to send you “nudes”. This has made me furious! Not only is it inappropriate, it’s insulting, disrespectful and degrading to my wife! You are nothing more than a pathetic toad!

I didn’t write all this to you because I blocked you straight away. But I am so fucking mad I need to express my feelings. I can hardly formulate my words.

Fuck you and your misogynistic gaze!

I am still seeing red and feel

"The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink": An Ad for London’s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652

https://www.openculture.com/2012/07/the_vertue_of_the_coffee_drink_londons_first_cafe_creates_ad_for_coffee_in_the_1650s.html