⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️ @pnathan@mastodon.social

Attn, plant nerds: This is so cool, Oaxacan farmers over centuries had already bred a kind of corn/maize that solved the nitrogen-fixing problem that scientists have been working on for a while—self-fertilizing corn!

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2018/08/20/revolutionary-corn-discovery-could-save-fertilizer-limit-runoff/958401002/

Looks like I need to consider a backup plan in case I don't hear back on the tiny house.

Is there anyone in South or West Seattle looking for a roommate? My job is in SODO and I'm looking for an easy commute.

a really wild read is the normality rpg sourcebook, if you ever get the chance. it's basically an absurdist rpg

"air quality index" values have been thrown about frequently in the discourse(tm) on the smoke and haze now blanketing the Pacific Northwest, and I was curious about just what this index actually _measured_.

it turns out that it takes five pollutants into account: ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulates in two different size ranges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quality_index#United_States

I always smile at the irony of using Guy Fawkes masks as a sign of something anti-system.

Do you know those depictions all need to pay royalties to TimeWarner? They are a licensed product.

If your mantra is simply "I don't want to / can't deal with X right now", that's cool.

Ask to be unmentioned, or mute a conversatiion or user. Support time-out block features.

I'm Popperian on intolerance, though. Those openly advocating an inherent disenfranchisement or worse based on nonoperative signifiers (e.g., gender, ancestry, faith, social status, ...), have waived the privilege of noninterference through their own failure of noninterference.

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The real superhero of mastodon.social is @CM_noelle who's been onboard the moderation team for over a year.

She's the one that gets rid of the nazis by blocking their servers.

She's the one that suspend the assholes off the instance.

She's the best. With the biggest

Her Patreon is here:
https://www.patreon.com/noelleanthony

#SupportYourModerators

Everybody say hello to @AstroKatie ! 👋

Any other #PHP #Drupal or #Python folks out here in the #fediverse?

😂

#programming #code

source : https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/implementation/

I once interviewed with GoodEggs and they rejected me for "culture fit" because when they asked me about Agile I said it wasn't a cure all and wasn't always the best choice. I co-founded npm 2 months later. #ShareYourRejections

BTW the air quality index in seattle for today, tomorrow, and tuesday is officially "unsafe for sensitive groups" or "unhealthy" (AQI 101-200) so:

- if you have respiratory issues, avoid going outside if you can
- for everyone, avoid physical activity (anything which would cause you to breathe deeply while outside)
- consider purchasing an indoor air purifier or N95 face mask if you have the means

stay safe out there

Back in 2007 I downloaded a file called unk.mp3 off the campus file sharing network. It is really good, and I've never been able to figure out who made it or where it is from.

"Here in Neotokyo millions of survivors swell in a chaotic vitality, and surge forward towards an unknown future" are most of the lyrics. It also has the line "you've got to be deaaaddd" (or possibly damned?)

Anyone have any idea what this could be, or where it is from? It isn't in any of the databases I've checked so far.

Leftists need to get behind and spread the word about the cooperative movement/solidarity economy/whatever else they're calling it these days. Worker's coops, community land trusts, etc

In particular because my hyperconservative dad just spent 10 minutes gushing about his utility coop, and when jokingly asked whether that's socialism just brushed it off. Even though, yeah, that's literally #socialism