The bar is down in the Marianas Trench; Zuck manages to clear it simply by standing on the shore and only falling over once a week.

There’s a few problems with that.

1) “Agriculture” is not a monolith. Not all soils or climates are capable of growing the same things, and different crops respond to weather and climate changes differently. There’s also more to “crops” than just grains.
2) 7% is just an average. Places that are already vulnerable are…

Unfortunately, country governments think that fossil fuel corporation profits are more important than you having food to eat.

You’re confusing/conflating weather with climate. Yes, they’re connected, but they’re not the same. Weather is like a dog on the end of the leash, going wherever the leash allows. Climate is the one holding the leash. Climate is heading towards ever increasing atmospheric energy. Weather is a product of that energy.…

I can’t speak for anyone else but I don’t hate Mastodon. I’ve used it and it’s fine. I just don’t think it’s a viable Twitter replacement and if I’m being honest all the evangelization about it grates on me because it seems to operate on the principle that it’s so gosh darn good that people will jump through hoops to…

Is all techbro stuff just rehashed “things from the past, with a digital spice”?

So...maybe the answer is to, oh, I dunno, SPEND WITHIN YOUR MEANS.

I’ve noticed that our comments seem to have more and more billionaire support voices. Basically, whatever pittance, if any, the billionaires deem is proper to leave us with after taking all the rest, is fine, in their posts.

I actually hope Olivia and John made it work, and then add a third named Newton.

The filthy rich and their spawn are not “able to learn and be a better person.” They have been taught their entire lifetime that us poors are nothing of import. We are disposable. We are trash. They think in terms like “I can kill as many people as I like by poisoning their environment and only pay a small fine,” or,…

I think most people who have pointed out right-wing fascist tendencies growing since the Bush years can now feel thoroughly vindicated in saying “I told you so”.

All the “you’re being alarmist, what will you do when a REAL fascist shows up?” people – the whole half-of-an-electorate of them –have proven conclusively…

Her other words were far more improtant: “If these people don’t feel different, there are many more Trumps waiting in the wings (to take over)“.

“It’s not just that we can be better, it’s that we have to be better. We’re not good enough right now.”

“I will turn this store around right now if you kids don’t settle down!”

Also, pretty much no one is “physically unable to tolerate a mask”. With very, very, VERY few exceptions, those people are just being whiny assholes.

She believes the store is large enough—16,000 square feet—to allow for a few exceptions, like customers who claim they’re physically unable to tolerate a mask or workers who need a small break during or six- or eight-hour shifts as long as they keep their distance from other people.

Maybe it really is time we stop giving white people who seek to weaponize the police against Black people cutesy little nicknames like “BBQ Becky” or “Central Park Karen.”

That shape says upright only which is a big oof for me.

The World Health Organization is using the nose emoji in official communications about a deadly, potentially pandemic disease. What a time to be alive...

Levar Burton is a Grade A, stand up guy.
But you don’t have to take my word for it.