Charles Buckley

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@leigh USENET is looking better every day
@april 30 years, I ain't gonna stop now
@AnjeanetteDamon my hometown had this problem. The mayor eventually resorted to having the police park on the train track and keep the train from being able to enter the town. If the train blocked the main intersections in town for 45 minutes, the next day a police car would be sitting on the tracks before those intersections for 45 minutes.
@cstross I kinda want it
@linuxgal I am still waiting for the last 2 minutes of the 2020 NBA championship to end
@postmodern @realhackhistory the CIC is hiring
On this season of The Mandalorian

"A handful of companies own the #patents on virtually every #seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing #biodiversity back to #farming."
https://worldsensorium.com/open-source-seeds-loosen-big-ags-grip-on-farmers/

#agriculture #food #monopoly #ossi (Open Source Seed Initiative)

FYI, I link to two earlier reports on this problem (2017 and 2019) in a tweet from 2020.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1317831041055399936

“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers – World Sensorium / Conservancy

What happened the night Jethro Tull beat Metallica to a Grammy Award

When folk rockers Jethro Tull pipped Metallica to win Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Recording award in 1989, most in the audience started laughing. Some of them haven’t stopped.

louder
@alaric @mmasnick whenever there are 2, or more, possible explanations, the more cynical is usually the more correct explanation