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Cake day: February 13th, 2024

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  • The USDA told Reuters that Mexican exports from the western state of Michoacán have not been blocked. Additionally, avocados and mangos already in transit wouldn’t be affected by the suspension of inspections, which would be paused “until further notice.”

    So we’re saying “if you beat up our people, we’ll stop enforcing our policies and still do business with you”

    Cool

    I’ll make a point to not buy Mexican avocados and mangos until this is fully resolved because who knows what’s happening with them if the people who are charged with ensuring their safety get beaten up.





  • It’s so fucked

    Micro and nano plastics are so thoroughly spread through the world and through our bodies

    I fully believe it is having negative impacts on my body. I eat takeout a lot and I wear polyester clothes and I live in the city. When I was younger I microwaved my leftovers in the plastic container and so on and so on.

    The only way I know how to decrease plastics in blood is to donate the blood, 1/10th at a time.

    So, do I give up my life and move to the woods and make a log cabin and start a garden and wear wool and linen clothes and donate blood and treat plastic goods like radioactive substances wrapped in asbestos?

    The more I read and learn about the effects of micro and nano plastics - the more that all actually seems rational. But that is such a massive jump from my current lifestyle, I fear I will remain irrational and continue this life, and die early from cancer and discomfort from inflammation.




  • Or, it’s because whoever is doing this hates freedom of information and historical evidence. There’s a long list of powerful people and governments who have the resources and will to carry out these attacks.

    Cyber warfare is real, and the Internet archive is a museum and library of culture and truth. It provides evidence and context to our past.

    As in conventional war, it is valuable to the amoral to destroy culture and truth in order to control it. Many would like to kill that to supplant it with their version of events that can’t be refuted with evidence.



  • Reddit did that and then instantly multiple serious competitors began to siphon off their power users both out of principle and practicality, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    YouTube i think understands to not cross the line because if they no longer have a monopoly on mid to long form content their golden goose dies. People are already on edge after a long sequence of attacks against non-premium users.

    Personally, If they do do that, and at least some amount of the channels I care about move to a different platform, I’ll happily move with them and cancel my YouTube premium.


  • The issue is that you called it dumb because you interpret it as “only children” are enlightened enough to see the tree as a tree.

    But I don’t believe that is the intent of the comic, instead, they simply drew a child as a shorthand representation for the concept of enlightenment.

    I believe any person can be so enlightened to see something as it is, and not what it could be made into if they wanted to.

    Therefore, I don’t think the comic is dumb as you stated. I think the comic is attempting to motivate people to see things as they are and be enlightened.

    Also there was a little humor in the misspelling of a common word when calling something dumb, in the way of “kettle calling the pot black”





  • It’s drawn for comedic effect, but ideally it should be in a proper holster (it can still be in that area, like an appendix holster), that covers the trigger and protects the hammer - prevents it from falling out - and also ensures the weapon is always pointing slightly away from the body towards the ground




  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeidasTouch#History

    The group name and slogan come from their mother and father, combining their father’s last name, Meiselas, and their mother’s maiden name, Golden,[14] while alluding to the mythological Greek king Midas known for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold.

    On July 21, 2023, MeidasTouch filed paperwork to rename itself to Democracy Defense Action,[19] and later that year, news reporting indicated the MeidasTouch name was being used for a news network called MeidasTouch Network



  • I’m not sure about this gate keeping.

    When I was first accepting this part of my identity and thinking structure, and why I’d react in certain ways - it really helped me become comfortable by dipping my toes in and saying “well, I’m a little bit autistic, so what?”, before getting more comfortable and understanding of who I was and the masks I was wearing and that it was ok to take them off and say confidently “I am autistic, so what.”.

    I think we should allow people that grace to slowly take off their masks at their pace, and if some people improperly co-opt that, so be it

    Someone unsure of being “a little autistic” doesn’t hurt me, provided it’s only an introspective admission.

    There’s a difference if they say “well, I’m a little autistic, so I don’t think someone else needs support or dignity” of course, and those people should be opposed.