“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
-Yogi Berra
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204·3 days agoConservative/ reactionary.
No seriously. Take the time to look at the structure and framing of conservative and reactionary arguments. Its almost ALWAYS rooted in strictly their lived experience: no other lived experience matters. The answers others are giving are technically correct, but also miss how deeply rooted this particular structure is in political identity.
I’m torn because I want to tell him to leave me alone, that I don’t care about his life,
Tell them to leave you alone, that you don’t care about their life.
I’m 100% serious. Just be honest if thats the way you feel. It sets up boundaries and if they are a sane person, they’ll respect you for your honesty.
The clapped cheek heard round the world.
conclusion: Popstars don’t get you elected.
conclusion: billions won’t get you elected.
conclusion: “less worse” won’t get you elected.
1232·6 days agoIt already served its purpose. He bought it so he could control a narrative, used it to boost right wing voices, used it to capture media for the purposes of suppressing dissent to win an election. He took Russian and Saudi money to buy the platform for the expressed purpose of getting Trump elected.
Because these ants are not easily controlled using a traditional pesticide. In fact, before I got an actually entymologist involved, the problem got continually worse. The product the company I had contracted with was using an organic pesticide that would stress the colony, then cause the colony to bud and I’d have a bigger problem every few months. I’ve got a couple good friends who are researchers in integrated pest management. IPM in this context means interrupting the lifecycle, and for these ants, if I can even get a small dose to the queen(s), this will effectively render then them sterile. I’ve been battling this infestation for over two years. I’ve had samples identified from an actual ant-lab. I’m doing bait stations, not broadcast treatments. I used a similar approach to dealing with a pharaoh ant infestation in the past. That time they did thousands of dollars in damage to some parts of my electrical system.
I don’t use sprays or pesticides in any thing but the most extreme need, but sometimes its the right tool to use, I’m not the kind of luddite who isn’t isn’t going to use the appropriate tool for the job.
I’m going to be putting the pyriproxyfen in a terro bait, not doing a broad application.
I just need some pyriproxyfen fam.
Allow me to tell you the story of the starfish and the beach…
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,
“Well, I made a difference for that one!”
IF you can only do one push-up, thats enough. IF you can only walk around the block, its a start. An avalanche begins with the movement of a single pebble.
Be the Green Mario you wish to see in the world.
Allow me to tell you the story of the starfish and the beach…
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,
“Well, I made a difference for that one!”
IF you can only do one push-up, thats enough. IF you can only walk around the block, its a start. An avalanche begins with the movement of a single pebble.
Okay.