Notices by dave stranding (dthompson@toot.cat), page 18

my experience so far has some parallels with my experience in software. decentralized > centralized. giant monoculture farming operations can feed a lot of people in the short-term but at the expense of long-term ecological destruction. small organic farms, while they don't scale as much, can harmonize with natural cycles better. so why don't we stop having lawns and instead have lots of little organic farms all over the place?

@brandon yes, this is true. leaving the ground uncovered is one problem. I don't know how popular cover cropping is in big-agriculture, but it's one technique for keeping the ground covered at all times.

no scientific-minded organic farmer is opposed to selective breeding: it's how all the good veggies are produced! but at the same time people have *a lot* to learn from how nature manages an ecosystem. why does traditionally cultivated farm land quickly turn into dust without dumping tons of synthetic fertilizer on it but a forest untouched by humans can remain lush for thousands of years?

is it still so controversial to acknowledge that herbicides, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers are harmful? how about that modern agriculture has resulted in the loss of most of our topsoil?

this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of stuff. there's this false dichotomy that's well established even among the left that you either have to accept modern agriculture as good (mostly, the only problem being capitalism) or else you are a loon.

*sees good tweet about real GMO concerns vs. pseudo-science*
https://twitter.com/gayamidala/status/1001247447467810820
this is good
*scrolls down and notices same user defending the use of round-up*
this is bad

every time I watch a stream: "I should get into this streaming thing"
then I never do

in a cross-origin k-hole

hahaha the roseanne reboot just got cancelled hahahaha why was it on in the first place hahaha

@sajith yes! I meant to include a link in my toot but forgot. thanks!

I really like the suburban homestead youtube channel. siloe knows how to make high quality, relaxing, and informative videos.

when I started gardening I assumed that I would find tons of areas where I could apply my software knowledge to make things easier. like maybe using sensors and stuff to automate watering. but that hasn't happened. in fact the more I garden the less use I see for advanced technology.

@K4_713 I also took up gardening as a break from software and I'm interested in this project.

@deejoe xiaomi redmi note 4