My understanding is the food production excess is “thanks” to unsustainable, damaging methods that rely heavily on synthetic fertilizer and have massive downsides like agricultural runoff and topsoil erosion (in addition to the wide-scale habitat loss required for those acres upon acres of farmland).

Since this is an “ask me anything”…

Have you ever broken a piece (or been accused of breaking a piece)? What typically happens next in those scenarios?

A roulette wheel of random instances is certainly a solution, but it’s not a great one, given that there are substantial differences between instances that could potentially impact a user’s fediverse experience, such as who they’re defederated from, whether they allow nsfw or downvotes, etc…

Not even interests per se, but rather qualities of the instances like:

• do you want nsfw blocked?
• do you want downvotes enabled?
• do you want more or less defederation from potentially objectionable instances?
• etc

Basically all the features that invalidate the “just pick an instance, bro, it doesn’t really matter” argument.

No, not unless the “choose an instance” problem at sign-up is resolved.

Every non-aggressive wasp species:

This literally just happened. How is it already compressed to early-2000s levels of jpg?

the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world.

Do I use Libre office? Yes. Do I trust it? Absolutely not (in the sense that I don’t think they’re stealing my data, but wow is the user experience a buggy mess)

Why is this the Mandela effect version?

Jonathan Ross

Godammit you made me think I missed a huge news story

Did you see the thread on electric blankets? Absolute game changer, especially when room temps are kept low, and much cheaper to purchase and maintain than most other heating solutions. You don’t need to keep it on your bed either; wrap yourself in an electric blanket with a thick blanket or two (or even a comforter) on top to insulate it when you’re on the couch or at a desk. It’s the closet thing the Western world has to a kotatsu in terms of comfort. Bonus tip: wear heavy clothes and crank up the dial and marinate in the heat until you’re uncomfortable, and you’ll feel ready to venture into the rest of the freezing house, at least for a little while.

Here’s what I assume when I see YouTube/Patreon links:

YouTube link = recommendation for free content

Patreon = self-promotion for paid product

You know, there’s a shortage of RAM right now, not pixels.

I love both dandelion leaf and root teas! The flowers probably make a decent tea too, although I’m yet to try that. Roasted dandelion root + roasted chicory root is a fantastic caffeine-free coffee substitute too.

Some of my personal favorites I grow in my own garden(images taken from the web):

Catnip

Stinging nettle

Calendula

Echinacea

Oregano

Plus there are so many more medicinal plants that I wish to try someday!

It’s less that Santa is on strike, and more that his sleigh is quagmired in a foot of melted permafrost

Is this meme recommending the destruction of:

1. generative AI Godzilla

or

2. generative AI, Godzilla

?

#commasmatter

I sometimes get sent/click on shorts too, however I absolutely cannot stand that YT shorts auto-repeat, which keeps me from watching more than one video at a time (hit that back button at light speed). Plus the clickbait videos are almost always disappointing (“I tuned in for 90 seconds for something that could have been summed up in a sentence and ended up being a total dud anyway!?”).

Stinky ginky? Nah, yellow fellow.

Pretty ironic, given that Oregon Republicans are best known for taking the ball and going home…