Mastodawn

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds that are normally found in a wide range of natural sources, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and toads. https://www.404media.co/scientists-create-plant-that-produces-ayahuasca-shrooms-and-toad-psychedelics-all-at-once/

Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

404 Media

hjhornbeck 1h ago

Christine Hall 2h ago

The rush to lock down power for data centers is now begetting a mad dash to secure natural gas supplies and equipment: AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/ai-companies-are-building-huge-natural-gas-plants-to-power-data-centers-what-could-go-wrong/

AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? | TechCrunch

Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.

TechCrunch

hjhornbeck 1h ago

Ned Yeung 🍉1h ago

The fish net in the center represents the people's connection to the sea, while the olive leaves represent the people's connection to the land, and their resiliance. Olives are one of Palestine's primary products, and a symbol of peace. This is all interconnected by bold lines representing trade routes.

The flag of Palestine was made illegal by Israeli occupation in 1967 when they took over Palestine in the Six Day War, and while that ban was officially lifted after the Oslo Accords in 1993, Israeli officials continued to persecute its display as a practical ban until 2023 when it was officially banned again by the Israeli government, making the display of a Palestinian flag an "Act of Terrorism".

This is how the Kufiya became an important symbol of Palestine, when flying their own flag can condemn them to life imprisonment, and now death. The watermelon also became an alternative symbol due to its inclusion of the colors in the flag of Palestine.

So wear a Kufiya with reverance and understanding of its cultural significance, to show your solidarity with Palestine and to keep their culture alive in the face of genocide.

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Here are some wearing tips for outsiders like me, from New Arabia: https://newarabia.co.uk/blogs/news/how-to-wear-a-palestinian-keffiyeh-complete-styling-guide-5-ways

#freepalestine #solidarity #genocide

hjhornbeck 1h ago

Chu 朱 6h ago

So much I love about this story.

Dudes crying about their rights to harass women....

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/sexual-harassment-billboard-9.7152106

When an airport rejected this sexual harassment lawyer's small ad, she sued. Now she has a giant billboard | CBC Radio

A New York airport authority rejected sexual harassment lawyer Megan Thomas's ad copy and asked her to tone it down, so she filed a free speech lawsuit. The judge took her side, and now she has two massive ads on full display.

CBC

hjhornbeck 1h ago

May Likes Toronto 3h ago

Working software developers of the Fedi, what's your relationship with AI coding (like Claude Code)?

#poll #askFedi #software

	Don't like it. I don't use it for work.
	Don't like it. I have to use it for work.
	It's complicated. I don't use it for work.
	It's complicated. I have to use it for work.
	It's complicated. I happily use it for work.
	I like it. I don't use it for work.
	I like it. I have to use it for work.
	I like it. I happily use it for work.
	Other, comment below.

Poll ends at Apr 6 at 4:38pm.

the introduction of so-called "AI" into products whose users obviously and definitely Do Not Want It, such as ecosia or at mozilla, exemplifies the sheer soullessness of the nonprofit industrial complex. evidently the people making decisions at ecosia don't actually care about the environment, or being sustainable, or planting trees (which tbh is a very simplistic solution to a complex problem to begin with). No, to them ecosia is just a step on their career path like any other, and they're clearly more focused on being able to write "spearheaded introduction of AI at [company]" in their resume than they are on making good decisions that actually further the goals the nonprofit is ostensibly for.

hjhornbeck 1h ago

Manawyrm | Sarah 3h ago

Just released my first ever demoscene demo at Revision 2026 in the Wild-Compo:
A tech demo for Casio fx-9860G graphical calculators!

Sourcecode: https://github.com/Manawyrm/Casiomania

Details: https://kittenlabs.de/casiomania/

https://youtu.be/aLiuF9k3Xt4?t=31

#revision2026

GitHub - Manawyrm/Casiomania: Demo for Casio fx-9860G graphical calculators (audio, grayscale, 3d rendering)

Demo for Casio fx-9860G graphical calculators (audio, grayscale, 3d rendering) - Manawyrm/Casiomania

GitHub

hjhornbeck 5h ago

pzmyers 🕷5h ago

I would not have known it was Easter, if not for the joyous voices of its celebrants.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/05/i-would-have-forgotten-that-today-is-easter-if-the-president-hadnt-reminded-me/

hjhornbeck 5h ago

Firda 6h ago

#SilentSunday #Ireland

hjhornbeck 5h ago

Michael Busch 6h ago

This is a reminder that UFOs are a social phenomenon based on people misunderstanding things they see.

Nobody should pretend otherwise.

And it remains way past time for news media to stop giving a platform to Avi Loeb.