Ok…? I really don’t get this “I love all plants equally, peace on earth, bro” messaging that pops up any time someone mentions a highly invasive plant.

Some plants, in the wrong spaces, are highly damaging to wildlife on many levels. It’s not just about wanting a monocultured lawn and having been tricked by Monsanto propaganda.

People who say this have never battled goat head burr, burr clover or bristly ox tongue. Invasive as shit, crowd out threatened species and necessary natives for plant-specific pollinators, poke through your shoes and bike tires and generally run your day.

Billionaires.

Also, the propagation of the idea that you are poor because of the actions of even poorer people.

But have you tried making it extremely salty?

-The Dutch

It’s also annoying af for me, because my local Safeways are all dead zones for cell and WiFi service. So you try to scan the stupid little barcode and then it just spins and spins and you still have to pay full price for the fucking can of beans. I fucking hate Safeway.

Brain pooping (waste removal via cerebrospinal fluid).

I PAY $700 A MONTH TO PG&E JUST LIVING IN AN OLD HOUSE, NOT DOING ANY KIND OF ENERGY INTENSIVE ACTIVITIES.

YOU GET ENOUGH MONEY PG&E. FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF.

No, we voted that asshat in. Musk on the other hand…

The eggs are the least of our worries.

And a no-cull policy would expose farmworkers to sick chickens, according to Koci. “You’re exposing more humans to more chickens,” he says, “and just buying more lottery tickets for that pandemic strain.”

Trump sad it’s not a federal crime and he can’t pardon it 😔

I have been sitting by daffodils with my camera for hours (like 20 mins at a time) trying to get a bee butt. The bees here have no interest in them. Best I got was a blurry shot of one checking it out and deciding not to stop.

Was going to suggest Talenti, but just looked it up and they are also Unilever. It comes in a cool jar though…

Ruby Jewel does still seem to be owned by the lady that started the company after winning a food competition twenty years ago. And it’s available nation wide (US) as of three years ago.

Also Strauss Organic is amazing, but I don’t know how far they are distributed, they are local to me. Edit: Their ice cream is available across the US.

Are Golden Delicious good straight from the tree? I do not find the supermarket variety to be particularly delicious.

I just use the phone. I just got a Sony A7 IV, I have a 200-600mm telephoto for birding, I’ve been thinking of getting a macro lens for it, but hard to justify the expense when the phone is so good for bugs, but I am interested. Maybe I’ll grab one too!

But you can lick yourself and others for… other purposes?

https://apnews.com/article/hippos-animals-personhood-pablo-escobar-e89daf05efb37efd3d35e6dabce56726

The “cocaine hippos” are descendants of animals that Escobar illegally imported to his Colombian ranch in the 1980s when he reigned over the country’s drug trade. After his death in a 1993 shootout with authorities, the hippos were abandoned at the estate and left to thrive with no natural predators — their numbers have increased in the last eight years from 35 to somewhere between 65 and 80.

A group of scientists has warned that the hippos pose a major threat to the area’s biodiversity and could lead to deadly encounters with humans. They are advocating for some of the animals to be killed. A government agency has started sterilizing some of the hippos, but there is a debate on what are the safest methods.

“Legal personhood is just the ability to have your interest heard and represented in court,” Berry said. “It’s about enforcing rights they already have under animal cruelty laws and other protection laws.”

This is adorable.

I think it could be replaced with cookies and non alcoholic hot apple cider, but it might not be as sociable without everyone being a bit tipsy.

Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut touches on this subject. It’s a fun read.