airrow

@airrow@hilariouschaos.com

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Extreme Water Conservation: Germans urged to use washcloth instead of taking showers amid energy crisis (2022) (www.anews.com.tr)

I’ve come across this idea among backpackers or campers but don’t see too many articles about it… it seems like a simple and convenient idea, but any tips on how to clean one’s self (like with a washcloth and sink) without taking a shower or a bath?

airrow,

Actually you might be surprised (as I was) to learn the majority of farms in the U.S. are still family-owned (2020): thesustainabilityalliance.us/ninety-eight-percent…

From 2016: agri-pulse.com/…/6513-new-poll-sheds-light-on-how…

“In the most extensive poll of how U.S. farmers and ranchers plan to vote for president, respondents overwhelmingly say they’ll support a Republican, and among those, 40 percent say they will support Donald Trump.”

So most farmers seem to be right-wing?

Anyway, the OP meme was reacting to how some writer thought that supporting you local farmer’s market is “fascist”…

You may also be aware that for all of capitalism’s faults, the standard of living has generally increased for the poorest under capitalism: fee.org/…/extreme-poverty-rates-plummet-under-cap…

So, I guess my question is what specific problems are you trying to solve, and how might we solve them? A “free market” doesn’t automatically fix these problems, any more than regulations automatically fix these issues. Problem with regulations is it makes it harder to start up a farm yourself for example: you have to comply with all these rules that make it cost-prohibitive to run small operations. Problem with “free market” like for housing is certain private entities buying up real estate (homes) and then renting it out.

So I guess have you thought about how these problems might be solved together, or do you think there are mutually exclusive approaches (only one side is right)? I think the rightwing side is “right”, but I also identified like with housing how a “free market” approach also allows bad outcomes. However regulation of housing makes it more expensive to provide housing, leading to a lack of a supply of affordable housing and subsequent homelessness.

Anyway if you’d like to discuss it and try to make progress on the problems, that would be nice. Adieu @webghost

airrow,

indeed, 'tis poison for body and mind…

Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images (www.bloomberg.com)

When Adobe Inc. released its Firefly image-generating software last year, the company said the artificial intelligence model was trained mainly on Adobe Stock, its database of hundreds of millions of licensed images. Firefly, Adobe said, was a “commercially safe” alternative to competitors like Midjourney, which learned by...

airrow,

the problem is “intellectual property” existing at all, just get rid of it entirely and make everything public domain

airrow,

mistake is relying on bing’s servers?

airrow,

I guess the point is the “science” isn’t settled so people should be free to not wear masks; certainly mask mandates are a ridiculous idea, right?

Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban. He says limits should be left to the states (apnews.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Monday he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, outlining his position in a video in which he declined to endorse a national ban after months of mixed messages and speculation....

airrow,

it’s worse since the unborn babies are innocent and defenseless and that’s reason it should be banned all the more!

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