Queer Like The SlurMar 2

Still rent free: the time I did an assignment on my local bike repair/recycle non-organisation and the sustainability tutor gave only negative feedback about how my proposal wouldn't work in real life.

It was an observational report on something that was and is working in real life.

Show threadQueer Like The SlurMar 2

Me: this is how bikes get repaired and recycled in this one small town.
- The junkyard guy leaves nice ones out by his gate for a day or two before dismantling them for scrap.
- there are several people in the town who know they can come past regularly and take anything by the gate
- there's a guy who takes any bikes he thinks we can salvage, they are almost always kids' bikes, there are just more of those
- a rotating group of friends and people who want to learn about bikes work on them
- when they're finished we distribute them by word of mouth: is there anyone around 6-8yo who wants a purple bike?
- the bikes seem to come with lifetime servicing. No one mentions this until the bike needs servicing, then they just say 'we better get onto servicing your bike, hey?' and it happens
- you can do a trade-in/upgrade. Kids swap their bikes for bigger bikes, people service the little bike and give it to another kid
-there is no name, no official location, no contact details for this, it's an ephemeral property that emerges from the community every day that the community has capacity to do it. It is fascinating and I am glad to have witnessed it.

Sustainability tutor: so first off this could never happen without NGO administration, start there

Show threadQueer Like The SlurMar 2

First you grow the beans, then people eat the beans.

University: no no no no, first you count the beans.

Show threadwarkolmMar 2
@coolandnormal IT industry: let's put these beans up our nose
Show threadAlex von KitchenMar 2
@warkolm @coolandnormal public service: we have scheduled a series of 2 hour meetings to discuss beans
Show threadKate BowlesMar 3

@Dangerous_beans @warkolm @coolandnormal

higher education: we’ve submitted our research on beans using extensive community consultation, it’ll be published in two years, and behind a paywall.

Show threadAlex von KitchenMar 3
@kate @warkolm @coolandnormal Journalism:
BEANS! The Devils grain?
Show threadQueer Like The SlurMar 3

@Dangerous_beans @kate @warkolm
TV
Beans! miracle wellness secret or harbour of terrifying toxins? Find out after the break.

[after the break] No. The answer was no, beans are not those things, thanks for sticking around.

Show threadQueer Like The Slur
@Dangerous_beans @kate @warkolm diploma of applied science in beans: first we need to write standard operating procedure for every possible interaction between a worker and a bean
Mar 3 at 11:10pmWeb
Show threadAlex von KitchenMar 3
@coolandnormal @kate @warkolm Medieval history:
they were quoting something in Latin, i think it was about beans?
Show threadQueer Like The SlurMar 3
@Dangerous_beans @kate @warkolm ancient history: they grew the beans for ritual purposes
Show threadAlex von KitchenMar 4
@coolandnormal @kate @warkolm diploma of geo-science specialising in soil: [two hour lecture on nitrogen fixation]
Show threadQueer Like The SlurMar 4
@Dangerous_beans @kate @warkolm I enjoyed that lecture!
Show threadAlex von KitchenMar 4
@coolandnormal @kate @warkolm me too! theres a follow up next week about the microbiology involved
Show threadwarkolmMar 4
@Dangerous_beans @coolandnormal @kate listen, don't threaten me with a good time will you....