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As if they don’t already have drug problems…

General, assuming you think most will enable federation in due time. I’m just looking for the most appropriate place to join with.

Oh, my bad. I was confused. I assumed ActivityPub was some specific sub-app rather than a general communication protocol. That makes sense. Would still be good to get a list of instances.

Love the idea of a federated github, but I could only find this list of instances, and from my basic test it looks like the search doesn’t bring up projects from other instances? Unless I’m doing something wrong.

The supreme court is an illegitimate institution that regularly declares itself arbiter of things it has no business in. It has effectively become first among “equals” in a government of increasingly questionable legitimacy. Doesn’t matter whether they do something “good” or “bad” we shouldn’t view them as having any legitimate authority in the first place – Certainly not in elections.

Today they have a voice in gerrymandering. Tomorrow? Will they declare lottery elections illegitimate? More Money is speech nonsense? Can’t Tax political donations? Can’t tax political advertising? There are ways to make the government legitimate and give it consent of the governed – but we cannot allow corrupt oligarchs to tell us what is and isn’t legitimate.

Ain’t a democratic election unless there’s a lottery option on the ballot.

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I suppose, if they can survive that.

I can’t tell if this was a criticism of me or an agreement with me, lol. But, yeah, it’s a lot more important to know what’s physically going on and communicate on that level than to worry about subtle differences between definitions. What’s physically going on is the why.

Did you know it’s better for the environment to keep an old gas car running than to buy a new electric vehicle? It’s the same principle. One Polyester shirt that lasts 20 years is better than 20 cotton shirts degrading year after year.

This is entirely inconsistent with my experience, so I suspect there is no correlation. My polyester shirts are silky and breathable, and my cotton blankets are rough and scratchy. I’m sure you have your on experiences that seem to validate your view, so I suspect there is no correlation. Perhaps there is some other processing factor that determines how comfortable or breathable a fabric turns out to be.

Only difference I’ve reliably seen between cotton and polyester is that cotton degrades faster, which makes you buy clothes more often. If you throw clothes away a lot, cotton is better for the environment. If you wear clothes until they’re unusable, polyester is better for the environment.

Doesn’t matter what Americans want – America isn’t a democracy. America’s electoral oligarchy system is meant to placate the people without giving them any agency, power, or meaningful control over how the society they live in functions. They can protest all day every day, and it’ll only have an effect if they convince an oligarch.

So… ICE will know both your location and face every time you get in your car? Yeah, I’m sure this won’t result in a genocide. ^/s

The politics isn’t a problem I can solve as an individual.

Welp, that settles it. I’ll just have to live forever.

For what it’s worth, a lot of synthetic biologists are looking into Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms (e.g. carboxysomes) so that we can improve carbon capture in native plants. Honestly, as a protein engineer / synthetic biologist myself there’s even odds I could end up working on it too; though, it’s not my first choice.

I’m pretty sure short-sightedness is more a result of patience and critical thinking, but outdoors might help near-sightedness.

Maybe, Idk. I don’t worry too much about definitions as long as I can figure out what’s physically happening they don’t matter.

Honestly, I think other countries should just block US citizens from traveling until we at lest put the CDC back together. Just like, a minimum standard. Or maybe put US Citizens in quarantine for some period.