KeithDJohnson

KeithDJohnson, 13 minutes ago to random

The Onion reports, semi-satirically: "Touting the legislation as a common-sense victory for family values, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a new law Thursday requiring all Florida women to produce three healthy, white sons by the date of their 22nd birthday. “The production of white daughters will not be penalized, but they will be seized by the state for the production of white sons,” said DeSantis, who clarified that regardless of the race, ethnicity, or religious background of the mother, all sons would be required to be both white and raised in a Catholic household. “Three is the bare minimum. Despite what the virtue-signaling, left-wing fanatics are espousing on CNN, this requirement is actually quite fair and attainable. Whether Florida women and girls choose to get started at age 15 or 19, they will have plenty of time to comply.” At press time, DeSantis added that a miscarriage counted as negative one white sons." https://www.theonion.com/new-florida-law-requires-all-women-to-produce-3-healthy-1851482288

KeithDJohnson, 31 minutes ago to Flowers

This iris has been blooming for a few days. Too bad I can't share the fragrance. #flowers #gardening

KeithDJohnson, 17 hours ago to Michigan

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, #Michigan’s largest #egg producer, says it will lay off 400 employees in Ionia County as it deals with [the economic results of] an outbreak of #BirdFlu [in farm animals].

https://youtu.be/ZASDlUiaZ0E

KeithDJohnson, 1 day ago to random

@JuliusGoat wrote: "The stuff that's happening makes you sound crazy if you write it out, but it's not conspiracy, it's really just what's happening. We've got a huge cult of creepy religious bigots who are destroying our public schools & our social safety net & our democracy all so they can establish a fascist dictatorship headed by a flagrantly criminal former game show host with a penchant for Nazi rhetoric, in order to harm & control & kill the people their God tells them to harm & control & kill if they want to live in an eternal gated community while the rest of us burn in conscious torment literally forever because we deserve it. They've captured our courts & many of our levers of power in order to enforce their minority rule, & this November we're giving them another in a string of regular opportunities to seize the rest." https://www.the-reframe.com/lying-to-fascists/

KeithDJohnson, 4 days ago to climate

Expect avocado shortages and rising prices. #climatechange #drought https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/avocado-shortage-climate-change-water-b2543950.html?

falcennial, 4 days ago to random

we need to get better at handling people controlled by fear.

you can spot them easily. they are the ones whose ideology seems to be against shit. I talk like that a lot of the time, and guess why. it's the fear.

berating people who are controlled by fear isnt going to influence them, as you already know from experiences in both positions.

abusing their fear could influence them, but that's not worth doing.

I can identify them. but what's the best way to reach them in your experience?

KeithDJohnson, 4 days ago to random

"“I feel like if I don’t speak out, then I’m complicit,” Gore said. “I refuse to be complicit in something that’s going to hurt children.”
The pervasive indoctrination she had railed against simply did not exist. Children were not being sexualized, & she could find no examples of critical race theory, an advanced academic concept that examines systemic racism. She’d examined curriculum related to social-emotional learning, which has come under attack by Christian conservatives who say it encourages children to question gender roles and prioritizes feelings over biblical teachings. Instead, Gore found the materials taught children “how to be a good friend, a good human.”

Gore rushed to share the news with the hard-liners who had encouraged her to run for the seat. She expected them to be as relieved & excited as she had been. But she said they were indifferent, even dismissive, because “it didn’t fit the narrative that they were trying to push.”" https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore/

KeithDJohnson, 5 days ago to permaculture

"#Permaculture Instructor #AndrewMillison travels to the City of Bengaluru, #India, to visit an innovative & visionary project to fix that city's #water crisis by restoring the city's water table. The Million Wells for Bengaluru project was founded by Home Biome & they already have 250,000 recharge wells built or restored throughout the city. This is a simple solution to a massive problem."
#permaculture #restoration
https://youtu.be/jvFk4NsYurA

KeithDJohnson, 5 days ago to permaculture

I asked a guy, who was tearing up a driveway a couple miles from my place, if I could have the busted "urbanite" for #landscaping, as my site has NO rocks (unless they were brought here). I'm 72 and I really should find some helpers. Every piece gets picked up and set down at least 3 times before coming to rest, not to mention busting up the big piece and fine shaping the smaller ones. It adds up and my knees let me know they are not thrilled. Oh, well. I think it looks nice & I love the work. Keeps me exercised while wearing me down. Like Life. #urbanite #hardscaping #permaculture #gardening

KeithDJohnson, 11 days ago to Futurology

Water, water everywhere, & not a [safe] drop to drink. More rain & flooding to come. Compound #catastrophes become very expensive.
"The city of 1.3 million inhabitants has been almost totally cut off by the #floods.

An estimated 80% of its population do not have access to running #water after five of the city's six water treatment plants ceased working.

Suzan, a resident of Porto Alegre, said that people in the city had "never experienced anything like it".

"There are thousands of people who lost their houses. Now we don't have water anywhere."
#permaculture #climatechange
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cle07g0zzqeo

KeithDJohnson, 12 days ago to random

War kills ecosystems / life-support, too.
"...the IDF... attacks against Gaza are targeting not just its civilian population, but also the landscape & vegetation that people need to survive." https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/15/gazas-trees-disappear-showing-a-humanitarian-crisis/

KeithDJohnson, 14 days ago to food

An image for your #food / #farming / forage files: A much larger detailed image is at the link below.

Crops of the world‘

Harvested area globally, average 2011-2021

By Benjamin Nowak https://lnkd.in/eNHg--6W

#permaculture

falcennial, 16 days ago to random

a like button is some straight 1984 shit. it can mean "I like this thing," or "I like that you told me about this thing I dislike." when something can mean either yes or no, why have it? people either have their own personal rules, or adhere to a convention they know, or don't. why have it? what outcome is it for? what outcome does it achieve? why have it?

KeithDJohnson, 16 days ago to random

When dogs vote.
#ClayBennett #cartoon

KeithDJohnson, 16 days ago to random

@aaron.rupar wrote: "What’s most striking in the interview is that Trump, even after four years as president, has virtually no grasp on any policy issue beyond empty talking points, most of which are lies. When asked how he will implement his plans, he waffles, obfuscates, & delivers a stream of non sequitur boasts about how great he is or about how other people have said that he’s great. He lies all the time, but many of his statements on core policy issues are so garbled & gassy they don’t even qualify as lies. It’s like interacting with a chatbot programmed by a fascist parrot." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-time-magazine-interview-2024?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3MOkdO50_vBK7Yc9CraUP6XXaVvTHANw7RC-maRYC7FHNaHovR8jk1eO4_aem_AWpli_df4RJqgFmhcHdo7EfIiSAFT_HFOiR_Zl2UGeanPXORxU3iDxg6EhH5lVX7xRTDy_E5sV7WPqdo_8bxsG2c

KeithDJohnson, 18 days ago to random

We're Watching The Elite Panic in Real Time
by Jessica Wildfire

"The #AvianFlu situation is evolving daily now. Farmers & ranchers are starting to show "bird flu-like symptoms," but they aren't getting tested. Nobody is forcing them, either. The USDA is inspecting ground beef, but only in states with outbreaks in dairy cows, & only because other countries started rejecting our beef. As one epidemiologist told Scientific American, "We don't have a good sense of the spread because testing is voluntary and certainly not being done in a systematic way."

Avian flu has been spreading for months in cattle, & none of our government institutions can tell us anything except, "Don't panic."

It's pathetic.

You can look at nuclear meltdowns, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, & pandemics. Almost every single time, government authorities rush out to calm down the population. They censor accurate information. They put most of their emphasis on protecting the assets of the rich***."
https://www.okdoomer.io/were-watching-the-elite-panic-in-real-time/

protecttruth, 19 days ago to random

Hot damn. Look at this org chart for The Intercept.

That's a lot of business-side people: the whole left side.

I get why they're needed in today's for-profit disastrous journalism industry.

But the problem is the for-profit disastrous industry.

KeithDJohnson, 20 days ago to random

Amy Siskind shared: "NEW: Trump found in violation of the gag order by judge. Fined $1k for nine occurrences. Trump must remove posts by 2:15 pm. Judge warns of incarceration if he continues.
womp womp."

KeithDJohnson, 20 days ago to random

I'm a Tenured College Professor. I'm Quitting. Here's Why.
by Jessica Wildfire

"Most of my professor friends can't support themselves. That includes the fancy tenured professors, even at nice schools. They have sugar mamas & sugar daddies. They're married to lawyers and bankers, or IT managers. If they're like me, they've got a secret side hustle.

Here's an irony:

My university forces everyone to disclose outside income. So if you have a second job or a side hustle, you're technically supposed to report it. You're supposed to ask them for permission. They can say no.

That's right, the same university that gave me a chocolate bar for a raise also says I can't take on a second job to support my family. They're worried it would distract me from all the free work I'm doing for them." https://www.okdoomer.io/im-a-professor-heres-why-im-walking-away-from-my-tenure/