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melanie

@melanie@bv.umbrellix.org

fucking die!

english without an england to go home to.

Committed to the retroactive invention of 8192 unwords.

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melanie, to random
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… you can just say IDF. We don’t call the 40s Wehrmacht the Scheissmacht, although maybe we should. We shaln’t invent names for the IDF either.

RE: https://toot.wales/users/fkamiah17/statuses/112376968274791201

fkamiah17, to USpolitics
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WEEK 31: Following reports of "secret" meetings between US senators and the ICC prosecutors, the ICC issues a very strong statement on the arrest warrants.

melanie,
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@fkamiah17 Can you link where you got this statement?

Wen, to environment
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Bird flu outbreaks in cattle will not affect supply, Americans told

http://archive.today/2024.05.02-184845/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bird-flu-outbreak-us-virus-spread-cattle-cows-mgbnwwn9f

(cached)

Scientist and animal/human health workers are worried, but the public is told ‘nothing to see, nothing to worry about, move on’.

The massive power of agribusiness is threatening the world we live in and also (for those who don't really care), our health by incubating new and dangerous illnesses.

melanie,
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@Wen We’re so screwed, and confinement operators don’t even have the care for their stock to introduce filtered air to confinements.

melanie,
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@Wen @DanielleVossebeld it’s not even that, it’s more of an inexhaustible desire to inflict maximal suffering. I think there’s something to be said for relatively inexpensive meat being possible without creating ideal conditions for the spread of a lung-eating zombie virus

melanie, to random
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To save the British economy, blow up the Union.

melanie,
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Unilaterally (from the W’minster side) put Scotland (as a kingdom), Wales (as a principality), Mann (as a lordship), insular Normandy (as a duchy) and Ulster (as a Free State) on an equal footing with 1932 Canada, except that they have the right to make constitutional legislation by means of referendum, including stripping Westminster’s right to legislate on constitutional matters. Referendums in the colonies (yes there still are some) must be used to dispose of them, according to the options of condominium with all the independent states, or subjection to just one, or secession (only Bermuda would realistically have a chance).

This way, England gets to have the national reckoning it really needs relating to resource availability and feeding itself, and the other countries (except Wales with Llyn Celyn - Liverpool could be annexed to Wales, instead) get to continue or break ties with England as needed.

compost, to random
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This little video from the channel Primitive Technology, one of my favorites, is an amazing reminder of why we should not use too much ash on clay-dominant soil.

Clay plus ahs is the recipe for cement. It will compact your soil if you put too much of it.

Demonstration... I am so glad someone decided to make a video about this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaCfKda82nA

melanie,
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@compost If you need cement for whatever reason (e.g. rice basin), it’s perfect.

melanie,
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@mamsell @levampyre @compost ginger likes crap drainage‽

astrid, to random
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melanie,
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@astrid epsi

CLMilne, to connecticut
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https://mstdn.ca/

Tomatoes outgrowing pots and shelving!!Am pondering same -
Is it too early to put tomatoes in the ground?

#Zone7
#Connecticut
#Gardening
@gardening
#Tomatoes
#GrowYourOwn

melanie,
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@richrollgardener @CLMilne @gardening what latitude?

june the 1st is the guideline date for any frost tender plant where I am in Prince George, BC

melanie,
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@richrollgardener @gardening @CLMilne Right on.

melanie, to random
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An educated proletariat is a useful thing. It means that if all the leadership somehow gets snuffed, the society has backups.

When leadership hoards the means of leading, society doesn’t have backups.

Wen, to Scotland
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Guardian Balanced reporting

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/02/the-snp-are-in-trouble-scottish-voters-on-the-drama-at-holyrood-john-swinney-humza-yousaf

If anyone has ever taken the trouble to read the comments (when allowed) below any article on Scotland will have realised, many, if not all, readers (they definitely seem to have done so) take a rather different view.

One more for their collection of ‘balanced articles' I suppose, along with Crace, Rowson and many more.

melanie,
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@Indyposterboy @Wen a painfully English rag

melanie, to random
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@amythegay :blobfoxrage:

RE: https://estrogen.network/notes/9ssn0kn8v89l4idq

SerFinchalot, to gardening
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This year’s battle against the dandelions.

melanie,
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@SerFinchalot @Irisfreundin @gardening “pollinators” =? plants attracting pollinators

ncommander, to random
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The ham radio equipment has come out of the box.

I'm actually planning on keeping this, so I'm goig to just hook it up so I can't accidently toss a part.

melanie,
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@ncommander have you become an amateur of radio

aardrian, to random
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“She Only Served 10 Months Behind Bars. Florida Still Slapped Her With A $127,000 Bill.”
https://reason.com/2024/04/24/she-only-served-10-months-behind-bars-florida-still-slapped-her-with-a-127000-bill/

Via: https://kolektiva.social/@pdxlawgrrrl/112368905566697243

IMO, those fees are to continue to disenfranchise people after Floridians voted to restore voting rights to felons because Florida Republicans don’t actually care about votes:
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/1173786694/felon-voting-database-florida-registration-card-disclaimer

Unclear why Reason article does not mention that.

melanie,
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@aardrian most incarcerees don’t even earn $50 a day before incarceration or after being freed

ai6yr, to brazil

Massive flood disaster in Brazil. "“It will be the biggest disaster in the history of Rio Grande do Sul"

CNN Brazil: “Será o maior desastre da história do Rio Grande do Sul” https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sera-o-maior-desastre-da-historia-do-rio-grande-do-sul-diz-eduardo-leite/

melanie,
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@ai6yr Out of interest, what are the mechanics of this incident? The water looks murky, like it’s carrying eroded soil.

justafrog, to random
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Meanwhile, in Portugal, the new ruling coalition proposed using military service as a sort of juvie, and the Portuguese military responded with with "No, fuck off." and "You have no respect for what we are."

Not fun to get told off by the military when you're trying to project a Tough Man image, but they "saved face" by claiming it was merely a thought experiment and they never intended to implement it for real.

Spoiler: They are lying.

melanie,
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@justafrog I wonder if they’ll try to throw a coup…

Haste, to random
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Can you find the cat in this picture

melanie,
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@Haste Of course; you are pointing at them and they have a question mark sperch bubble

melanie,
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@Haste Good enough, no?

kravietz, to Bulgaria
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Unemployment in in 2004 and 2024 - this massive blue hole (>17.5% unemployment) that disappeared over the 20 years is and East . What happened in the meantime was Poland joining the common market of the European Union.

melanie,
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@kravietz this looks like EEA

melanie,
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@kravietz Sweden is EU, not EEA.

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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A recent post on Twitter by Govanhill Go! reminded me of the concept of desire lines. These are unofficial paths, like the one on the right in this photo, worn into the landscape by people who would rather use them than the official routes (like the one on the left). They're generally short-cuts and often indicate a failure by urban planners to properly understand and account for people's desires as they move through their environment.

Cont./

melanie,
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@thisismyglasgow the beginning of the desire path is mucky, which makes me start to wonder about the hydrology of this site

melanie,
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@thisismyglasgow like, if the desire path was paved over, where would the runoff ideally be run-on to?

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