ffmike

joined 1 year ago
[–] ffmike 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, and? I'm a moderator in a different community. That's different from being on the admin team (admins have many powers mods do not) and I'm not a moderator here which gives me no special options compared to any other user.

[–] ffmike 4 points 1 year ago

When I feel like bringing a luxury item, it's my Helinox Chair Zero. Every pound counts, but at my age being able to sit for a few hours without my back hurting too much helps a lot.

[–] ffmike 9 points 1 year ago

Beehaw's community mods and admins have discussed this particular use case, and so far we haven't seen anything that we'd be comfortable having on Beehaw. The summary bots have (so far) too many problems with posting misleading summaries to make them a good addition to thoughtful conversation.

[–] ffmike 7 points 1 year ago

Their web site is down, but their Github account is currently still available, with 3D printing files and software for their microlab.

[–] ffmike 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are lots of B Corps out there these days, which I would say have at least some soul, but Dr. Bronner's is definitely something in its own class. I was surprised to discover Dr. Bronner's chocolate bars at the natural foods store the other day - honestly nothing special as far as taste goes, but the labels do have some of that classic vibe.

[–] ffmike 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many, many choices.

I think my all-time dumbest came when I was about 22, so it doesn't fit here. In my teens...probably driving drunk at speeds up to 100mph on the mountain roads up above Pasadena with the headlights off at night.

[–] ffmike 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You appear to be unable or unwilling to distinguish between "preventing births" and "voluntarily choosing not to have children."

Not sure why you're quite so interested in escalating the rhetoric here (forced sterilization? in a thread that started with individual action to save honeybees? really?) but in view of the first rule of Beehaw ("Be(e) nice") I'm not interested in joining you.

[–] ffmike 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Telling one person that they can help out by not having kids is rather different from, as the dictionary says

the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

Even suggesting to a whole group of people not to have kids is not the same as killing them.

So no, it's not a logical conclusion. It's illogical rhetoric. But you do you, I guess.

[–] ffmike 20 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Here in the middle of America, it's not SUVs - it's full-size pickup trucks. Just as much of an ecological and safety disaster though.

[–] ffmike 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that discovering a new isotope while working on your MS guarantees that you'll get the degree.

[–] ffmike 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, I get it. Effectively block ads and javascript and it doesn't much matter what a site wants to do. I skip the few that have actually effective paywalls (as opposed to just putting a div over content on the page - as far as I'm concerned, if it's downloaded to my computer, I am allowed to read it). Of course, the sites that load up on ads tend to be pretty low-quality content anyhow.

[–] ffmike 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This really isn't the place for general Lemmy feature requests. The admin team here is very small and doesn't really have the time to do custom development. A better home for that sort of thing would be the lemmy-ui Issues tracker. If you post there, though, I would urge you to make sure any given issue only has a single feature request. The way you have shown it here, it would be very hard for a developer to decide what you were asking for.

Also please note that Beehaw is explicitly not trying to be reddit, despite some confused press coverage.

 

Personally, I don't really want to interact with the sweat of a giant Chris Hemsworth on a ground-level billboard, but perhaps I am just out of touch with the culture.

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Another bullshit legal theory from Texas goes down in flames. Justice Alito dissented because of course he did.

[Image description: Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.]

 

Actual evidence from actual scientists.

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I suspect this lawsuit doesn't have much chance of winning. But:

  • the attorneys are apparently taking it on contingency, so no cost to taxpayers
  • the more lawsuits against big oil, the better the chance that one will eventually win
  • just rolling over for the people destroying the planet doesn't seem like a winning strategy either

[Image description: Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson speaks at a press conference June 22, 2023, announcing the county's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies in Portland, Oregon.]

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CSA Haul (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ffmike to c/greenspace
 

I am fortunate enough to live mere blocks from a local CSA farm (they hung on to a few acres of farmland when their family sold most of the area for a housing development) and we're getting into good harvest season. Today's haul: radishes, carrots, turnips, basil, cherry tomatoes, kale, edible flowers, onions, lettuce, oyster & lion's mane mushrooms. Veggies for dinner tonight! (and yes, if you can find me, you're invited).

If you have a CSA in your area, I urge you to check out the cost of membership. If you can afford it, it's usually a win both for small farmers and for the quality of your diet.

[Image description: plastic bags full of vegetables on a kitchen counter]

 

Sobering reading from GLAAD & ADL.

 

Well at least:

“The situation is not really getting worse, but it’s also not really getting better,” Steinhauer said. “It is not a bee apocalypse.”

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Local bunny (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by ffmike to c/greenspace
 

Because we can all use a bunny today.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ffmike to c/news
 

Another unsurprising decision from this court. Apparently guaranteeing the Navajo Nation agriculture doesn't include water in the minds of the conservative justices.

[Image description: the facade of the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.]

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ffmike to c/socialism
 

Sadly I suspect this will do nothing to push the average American closer to revolution.

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Generally depressing societal news.

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TW: Some discussion of suicide

This actually looks like a pretty responsible use of AI in healthcare.

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