Notices by Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org), page 34

Never forget in the story of Jesus the hero was killed by the state. -- Killer Mike

#rtj #rtj4 #runthejewels #killermike #christianity

Just us ducks here sittin'
Where murderous chokehold cops still earnin' a livin

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vYPIOaqNlyg

#runthejewels #rtj #rtj4

https://uproxx.com/music/run-the-jewels-4-releases-early/

#rtj #rtj4 #runthejewels #rap #music #el-p #killermike

I've coined a term for my son's incessant yammering about KSP: kerbal diarrhea

#ksp #kerbalspaceprogram #games #kids #parenting

How Much Do We Need The Police?

For many Americans, it goes without saying that the police help maintain public safety. But many others — especially black Americans — see the police as more of a threat than a protective force.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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https://medium.com/@timjwise/violence-never-works-really-e0af884c03b4

I've been watching Broadchurch with subtitles on, not because I can't understand David Tennant's Scottish wharblgharbl, but because I can't understand David Tennant's wharblgharbl with the air conditioning on. Anyway, I've noticed that every time someone says something like half nine the subtitles show it as 9:30, which isn't what was said. It bugs the shit out of me. It's subtitles, not translation. WTF?

#broadchurch #netflix #subtitles

Pink oysters from a plastic jug.

#mushrooms #fungi

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3dtIyt6U1E

#giftofgab #ratheruggedman #a-f-r-o #rap #music

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/forget-earth-like-we-ll-first-find-aliens-on-eyeball-planets

#astronomy #planets #exoplanets #eyeballplanets #exobiology

I got the new hose timer dialed in just in time for a really nice cluster of blue oysters (P. ostreatus).

#mushrooms #fungi #diy #food

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YbgnlkJPga4

#kurzgesagt #johngreene #anthropology #lascaux #cavepainting #art #educational

After a long wait, I got my end of a reddit trade. Two vials of "black pearl" oyster mushroom spawn. It's a Japanese hybrid between European and Asian P. ostreatus varieties, which supposedly has a lot of the qualities of king oysters, though it's not a true P. eryngii.

It's been over 90F here for a few days and they were pretty warm inside the envelope, so hopefully they haven't baked to death. I put a single grain on agar, emptied the rest of the vial into a jar of sterilized oats, and stashed the remaining vial in the fridge. Keeping my fingers crossed. If this is viable it brings my culture count up to 19. I may have to wait until fall to get a good crop of these, though. I believe they prefer cooler temps.

#mushrooms #fungi

To comprehend would-be totalitarians requires understanding their view of themselves as victims. And in a sense, they are victims—of their delusional fear of others, the nebulous, menacing others that haunt their febrile imaginations.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/silence-is-health-how-totalitarianism-arrives?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#fascism #nazism #rightwing #argentina #history

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Bd_H8Cyago

#threearrows #politics #conservatism #righttube #altright #benshapiro

The univeristy I work for is "pleased to announce" a new voluntary furlough program to reduce costs. If you sign up, you:
* lose pay
* lose retirement contributions
* do not accrue PTO

And in return you get:
* nothing

Assuming this is an attempt to save off involuntary furloughs, I'd think they'd want to add at least minimal incentives. This is all carrot and no stick, and you're being asked to sign up for the stick. Needless to say, I won't be volunteering.

#coronavirus #furlough #employement #capitalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QSy4MPYc_Y

#ratheruggedman #a-f-r-o #djjazzyjeff #rap #oldskool #boombap

The sun moved and I got a more better photo.

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #permaculture #gardening #food #diy

I went by the garden center today and got a bunch of seedlings. Planting was really easy, I basically just pushed aside a bunch of wood chips and dirt with my hand, put the seedling in, and pushed the chips back to cover it.. There's actually nothing planted on the back side right now. I ran out of plants. I'll have to figure out what else to get for back there.

So far there are strawberries, several varieties of chili pepper, red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, and snap beans. I also planted a sun-loving ground cover plant on the top (I forget the name). I'm hoping it will spread out and help keep the mount from eroding. Finally, it's ringed with petunias and begonias, just for aesthetics.

I gave it a good dousing with the hose afterward, and I'll probably need to keep that up for a while, but allegedly one of the main benefits of the Hügelkultur method is that the wood in the core wicks up and holds moisture, so once the roots penetrate down a bit, you only need to water it in extreme dry spells (which don't really happen here).

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #permaculture #gardening #food #diy

I finished the Hügel this afternoon, thanks to my new massive supply of wood chips. All together it's a pile of old birch logs stacked in a shallow pit, then covered by the dirt dug out from the pit, then a few inches of oak leaves, a wheelbarrow full of ages rabbit droppings, two wheelbarrows full of old garden soil and compost, topped with three wheelbarrows of oak/maple chips. This weekend I'm going to plant it with fruit and vegetable seedlings, and plant flowers around the base. As a bonus, I spread some wine cap spawn under the chips, so in the fall I should get some mushrooms from it as well.

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #permaculture #mushrooms #fungi #food #diy