Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

RT @Botanygeek
Folks, if you want to justify your transphobia as a personal belief, that’s your right.

But using botany to do it, when plants can be either sex, both sexes and even swap between them at will, is a really poor example to pick.

Yours,

A botanist

@monkeyninja

David Graeber got an economist to admit that he was not aware of single case where a company was fined more than the profit it turned breaking the law. He summarized this as the government saying: "Do all the crime you want, but if we catch you, you have to give us a cut."

If you tell your friends about Mastodon, you’re technically an ambassador of the federation.

No tomato shortage here - but I’m in Kherson, a frontline Ukrainian city that gets shelled by the Russians daily, not a British supermarket.

It's passed! Spain has now moved to self-ID for trans folk, lowered the age for changing your gender marker, AND a ban on conversion therapy 🎉

That's one step away from the medicalisation of trans people in Europe, and a huge win for the LGBTQ+ community in Spain 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

https://www.gendergp.com/spain-votes-yes-to-trans-self-identification-law/?ma=1

Finally, an explanation for bikini armor that makes sense!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

This cartoon is funny... 😄

so why am I crying? 😢

#Extinction #ClimateCrisis

Jokes aside, this is standard M.O. for the anti-CRT / anti-wokeness / anti-PC crowd: Scream that you support free speech and want to free everyone's minds ... and then define progressive thought as intrinsically oppressive and indoctrinating. Hence, the state must engage in viewpoint-based suppression ... in the name of freedom.

It’s amazing how business want to run on data, but when presented with the successfulness of a 4-day work week, that’s not the data they want

the funny thing about the emerging Gen X tech billionaire midlife crises is that they make the previous crop of tech billionaire midlife crises look positively dignified by comparison

Yup! #Zoom #Meeting

@WanderingGaia
I am not surprised that so many Brits would leave given the chance. Removing freedom of movement and Erasmus has to be two of the worst outcomes of the brexit Tories wanted so badly (at least they kept their offshore investments safe from nasty new EU tax laws). The young people of the UK have had life choices and chances removed, for this I will never forgive the Tory party.

#Random question but does anyone know a good and relatively #foolproof #recipe for lime pickle?

All recommendations welcome.

And yes, I could just buy some, but where's the adventure in that...

Over to the #mastoverse...

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Do not seize the day. This will startle the day and may cause it to become aggressive and give you a nasty bite.

Instead approach the day calmly without making eye contact, pet it gently, and slowly enfold it in a careful embrace

If the day shows any signs of resistance to being engaged with, it is likely to turn on you. Back off and return to bed.

❝ Armed with a tool similar to an x-acto knife and a fruit or vegetable from the grocery store, Gaku carves intricate patterns that are often inspired by traditional Japanese motifs... When asked what he does with all his creations after he’s done, his reply is simple: he eats them. ❞ → https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/03/next-level-food-carving-on-fruits-and-vegetables-by-gaku/

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#FoodArt #vegetables #JapaneseArt #carving #broccoli #mukimono

I started saving seeds in my typical imperfect way a few years ago; piecemeal and without a thorough education. I know I’m not doing it right or perfectly, but now I have grown the same heirloom peas that are special to a place and a gardener I love, and saved the seeds for the next year, for three years in a row, and I’m glad I didn’t let the unattainable “perfect” get in the way of something small and good. #gardening #seedsaving #seedstarting