Justin (koavf)
I'm tall but not too tall. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Koavf
Joined Mar 2018
@SomewhatStableSapiens As I recall, that is pretty consistent with previous years, but I could be wrong about that.
The United States is energy independent (but not using exclusively alternative energy): https://www.axios.com/us-energy-independent-petroleum-2982ed18-9110-4c31-ad67-82abe643f661.html #energy #axios #petrol #petroleum
In a metaphor for late-stage capitalism, a burning cargo ship full of Porsches and VWs is adrift in the mid-Atlantic: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/17/1081620129/porsche-volkswagen-burning-cargo-ship #porsche #volkswagon #portugal #atlanticocean #pollution #fire #latestagecapitalism #npr
We subsidize the things that kill us to a tune of almost USD $2 trillion a year: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/17/world-spends-18tn-a-year-on-subsidies-that-harm-environment-study-finds-aoe #green #environmentalism #environment #latestagecapitalism #capitalism #theguardian #guardian
@killagator @th3j35t3r Understandable and I get where you are coming from here, but as someone who worked with the special needs community for over a decade, I don’t feel comfortable with that kind of language or encouraging its use.
A kind-of follow-up from my last toot: https://jacobian.org/2017/nov/1/you-have-two-jobs/ #kindness #professionalism
@th3j35t3r Which makes sense. Thanks.
A brief post on toxicity on Hacker News that applies everywhere online and in lots of places in real life (God knows I could have used this attitude when I was in my youth): https://kg.dev/thoughts/i-love-you-hn-but-youre-toxic #kindness #hackernews #empathy
Follow-up: My previous toot would not post with a tag for qanon, even tho this tag exists: https://counter.social/web/timelines/tag/qanon I kept on getting 422 errors. #help #debug
QAnon fascists are trying to take over state elections: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/11/qanon-donald-trump-big-lie-elections-swing-states #fascism #theguardian
At least one person believes in the dream of Cryptoland: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/12/bitcoin-paradise-briton-creates-crypto-utopia-in-south-pacific #cryptoland #vanuatu #cryptocurrency #fyrefestival #lordoftheflies #theguardian
@MelissaHDavis My assumption is bias in the test, but there are many open questions here.
New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum: https://news.mit.edu/2022/plant-derived-composite-0210 #cellulose #plants #materialsscience
Differences in familiarity with certain English words by sex: https://observablehq.com/@yurivish/words I can confirm that I knew a lot of the boy words and not a lot of the girl words. I feel ashamed. #language #english #linguistics #sex #sexdifferentiation #men #women #males #females #words #data
Time in Nature Can Now Be Prescribed as Health Care Treatment in Canada: https://www.ecowatch.com/prescribtion-nature-canada.html #nature #canada #medicine #alternativemedicine #ecowatch
Truss says Falklands part of ‘British family’ after China backs Argentina: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/07/truss-says-falklands-part-of-british-family-after-china-supports-argentinas-claim Mainland China is ginning up support for its bellicosity over Taiwan by backing other ridiculous land claims and trying to cause friction in the international order and sow doubt about whether or not they should be able to take over another land. #china #argentina #theguardian #falklands #falklandislands #malvinas #taiwan #roc #prc #peoplesrepublicofchina #republicofchina #internationalrelations
Justin (koavf)
I'm tall but not too tall. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Koavf
Joined Mar 2018