@lightning@bv.umbrellix.org

lightning

@lightning@bv.umbrellix.org

Manipulative dragon for public health justice because it makes people more fun to fuck with.

:efcb_19plus: 19+ ONLY! • anticornucopianism • dude not man, transfem • dragon~ • footnote * = Bjornsdottirs (host; I'm an alter): @ellenor
• sysadmin https://chatspeed.net • one day I hope palestine will be free

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See pinned posts. I don't want to see ableist propaganda from @daviddd every time I scroll my profile.

Same pair of hands as: @ellenor, @reinhilde, @amelia, @melanie and probably others I've not listed here

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SynAck, to random
@SynAck@corteximplant.com avatar

I really wonder what society would look like if people weren't forced to do jobs they hate just in order to live.

The fact that a capitalist system makes money by denying people the basic necesssities of life and then lays the blame for not being able to live at the feet of the people that the system has screwed is despicable.

Capitalism profits the most on the misery that the capitalist system itself creates. The fact that "work" is seen as both an ideal state of being as well as an "incentive" to get the basic necessities of life is reprehensible. Forcing people to start work as young as possible and then work until they've been completely used up through decades of constant work like so many cogs is abhorrent.

And the capitalists who perpetuate this system have likely never been anything less than affluent their entire lives. The irony is that their accumulated wealth allows them to be more of a "freeloader" than any person without a job. They have transferred their "work" to their money and the only "work" they do is to say, "put this much here".

Capitalism is a lie. It is the ultimate ponzi scheme. It is a system of control by which the wealthy control the rest of us. Capitalism devalues humanity to the point of insignificance.

I hate it here.

lightning,

@cy what

lightning,

@cy It’d appear you did, but that’s not my point

tk, to motorcycles
@tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com avatar

Small-displacement Saturday. Who's out riding? :blobfoxhappy:

lightning,

@tk There’s no replacement for displacement, and that’s why turbos and supers exist - they displace so the engine doesn’t have to

ai6yr, to design

I'm curious how many times people fall off the deck there in the middle of the night when they have to pee, resulting in a head injury or broken leg. Also... do they not have mosquitos there? https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240420-12-stunning-buildings-that-bring-nature-inside

lightning,

@ai6yr If I lived in such a building, I’d move the bed inside, and install netting as well as guards. The guards would only drop for a hang glider or BASE launch.

volpeon, to random

Is it a hot take if I think hero images on blog posts were annoying even before image generators?

lightning,

@volpeon Yes, but it’s true. Hero images should not be so large as to cover the entire top fold, and ideally they should only take up about half the page, the other half being taken up by content text.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Fighting an invisible illness: The curse of Long COVID. By Milanda Rout

"Exhaustion, erratic heartbeat, brain fog, pain: women aged 31 to 45 are contracting Long COVID in greater numbers than any other part of the population. Why?"

@auscovid19

https://archive.md/Nvcej#selection-339.10-343.23

lightning,

@ABScientist @neutron_chick @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 drinking rainwater is not as bad as you think. it must still be treated, though

ai6yr, (edited ) to random

My suspicion is that very (very) few people who follow me are going to Coachella this weekend.

lightning,

@ai6yr Isn’t that place dry

smitten, to random

I can't figure out how to get sharkey to accept markdown if it has a symbol inside it

like why isn't this italic?
this is asterisks
this : is asterisks too

lightning,

@smitten it seems fine here, common sharkey L

seachanger, to random
@seachanger@alaskan.social avatar

let’s talk about how Boeing putting profit over safety is the symptom, not the sickness

lightning,

@seachanger the one who ««merked himself»»?

lightning,

@seachanger I, too, don’t believe true suicide is likely. Perhaps he was harrassed by an armed guard and given tools and an ultimatum - but that’s only mechanically suicide, not true suicide.

lightning, to random

I recommend that admins bofh.social and queerfedi.net. The admin of both servers is, in this post, calling for ethnic cleansing against Jews in the [edit for clarity: historic] Palestine (called Israelis because of the supposed state most of them have the right to hold a passport from).

RE: https://bofh.social/notes/9s3udc7kvci58hwv

ai6yr, (edited ) to random

BEWARE ROGUE HURDY GURDY PLAYERS in LOS ANGELES! (it's against the law, you dastardly hurdy gurdy people!) https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-128688

lightning,

@ai6yr WHY!

ai6yr, to random

My relatives: "Oh, good thing we have global warming, we were able to catch the cherry blossoms in Japan because they were later this year because of the climate changing!"

😬

lightning,

@ai6yr my lemons to lemonade is that I’m going to try to grow maize and sorghum here, in a place that has historically been unsuitable for even short-season tropical annuals

lightning,

@ai6yr interesting.

… do you think I should try my luck with tepary beans all the way as far north as I am, and technically in a humid temperate zone?

lightning,

@ai6yr I do have seed for one variety here already which allegedly did admirably over in Nova Scotia (likely the seed grower I bought it from imported it from its original domesticated range somehow), though I have not yet planted it in the ground or in a pot. I don’t think it’d like our water-retentive clay(?) soil or our high precip.

ai6yr, to food

Hmm, GMO tomatoes, what next? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/norfolk-purple-tomato-genetically-modified-foods

lightning,

@Laplantgenetics @ai6yr I wonder if a total novice can insert a spurious gene into a plant and have the plant transcribe it

ai6yr, to cycling

achievement unlocked. This cyclist went to the market. This cyclist did not stay home. This cyclist bought arugula and butter. This cyclist put it on the new rack and pedaled (wee! wee! wee!) uphill all the way home.

lightning,

@ai6yr @Catawu Lash a brella to a sail pole?

lightning,

@ai6yr @Catawu ok but seriously if you’re gonna sailbike, lash an actual sail to the sail pole, and make sure you’re on a trike

lightning,

@ai6yr @Catawu as long as your roads cross the headwind at an angle, the true sail would actually help you get there because you would be “tacking”

tk, to random
@tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com avatar

Do animals have thoughts? :blobfoxthinking:

I'm not talking about inner monologue, I'm talking about thoughts like when humans operate on autopilot.

lightning,

@tk Likely a bit of both

lightning,

@tk Especially gorillas

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

I survived but now has input lag

lightning,

@astrid like, anesthetics?

compost, to random
@compost@regenerate.social avatar

Here is a fascinating video on how to make compost with ancient tools.

I love this garden that is for me an inspiration. The owner Yves has created a garden on a swamp that he has maintained for 40 years.

The video is in French but it shows all of the basics of how to harvest and prepare your organic matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T94mlh8qtfw

lightning,

@compost @crash_course My compost pile is full of turfgrass thatch, and I’m procrastinating buying lucerne (alfalfa) pellets to give it some nitrogen as I just don’t have the nitrogenous table scraps.

lightning,

@colhill @compost @crash_course I already have one of those, I just haven’t been using it due to the squick factor

lightning,

@colhill @compost @crash_course the scheme, by the way, is a washed out milk jug in the normal bathroom

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