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Domestic food chemist, horticulturist, and sustainability engineer. Armchair epidemiologist. Born at 329 ppm CO2. US Pacific Northwest.

#cooking / #baking / #knitting / #gardening
#diy / #bicycling / #vegetarian / #crafts
#permaculture / #solarpunk / #animals
#politics / #film / #photography /
#languages / #science / #environment
#books

(She/They) Estoy aprendiendo español.

Trying to prod Bing's AI bot, but it's been conditioned to shut down conversations about feelings, apparently.
I've reached a time in my life when I'm occasionally exothermic.
Trying to read a medical thriller en Español might have been a mistake. Instead of the short bursts of anxiety such a book would provoke when reading in my native English, the tension is drawn out, commensurate with my reading speed.
Post.news is becoming toxic faster than the devs can implement muting, blocking, and content moderation. *sigh.*
Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly ALL previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. The decision will have dangerous consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #twitter #twittermigration #tech #technology #elon #TwitterMigrate
‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts

A Twitter poll posted by Elon Musk shows 72 percent support granting “general amnesty” to accounts suspended for harassment, abuse and misinformation.

The Washington Post

Vegetarian eats for the holiday: homemade baked mac and cheese and lentil & veg pot pie.

Taking a holiday from my low-carb diet, obvs.  

#vegetarian #food

It's amazing to me how many people think social media follows equate to votes or popularity.

It doesn't even occur to them that some of those follows might be bought followers, people from outside the country that can't vote, bots, or tabloid-level journalists waiting to regurgitate the stupid shit that gets posted so they can make money.

Common sense is a myth.

Intro: Birdapp refugee here. Occupational & environmental health professional in career limbo while getting some much-needed self care. Interested in lots of subjects and activities, many listed in bio. Currently obsessed with making my household more environmentally low-impact. Child-free gen Xer; tender of cats and plants.

#help please?
I'm trying to get at my mastodon account on the Android app, but I'm not seeing my server in the list.

@mastodon.green folks, what Android app are you using?

Still waiting on a few House races in SoCA and AK to be finalized, but it's looking like the entire West Coast of the United States--every district that touches the Pacific, anyway--is going to be represented by Democrats. Instead of a red wave, we got a blue wall. 💙