Notices by pzmyers 🦑 (pzmyers@octodon.social), page 135

@thufir @craigmaloney @bob Perennials would be great. But what about modifications for using fewer herbicides, like round-up ready plants? The bad thing about those isn't the modification, but that the modification is tied to selling a specific herbicide.

@darwinwoodka Also…look at the federated timeline and find people saying things that interest you.

@darwinwoodka Do not follow. Be yourself. Express yourself. Find friends.

Jeez. You looking for a leader? It's not me.

@gcupc I agree with that. In general we need a deeper understanding of the changes people make to the world than "will it make me money?"

@maiyannah @bob Exactly. We've just found new ways to accelerate new crop production.

@bob @maiyannah But…that's also the case with non-GMO seed! Corporate seed has been single-generation since the 1920s.

So if you object to the business models (rightly) doing so by complaining about GMOs is a colossal miss.

I'm curious to see if I get more pushback on this from the more liberal Mastodon community than I do from the more conservative birdsite.

But then maybe people here are just plain smarter & better informed.

The Non-GMO Project is a lie. The whole anti-GMO movement is a luddite scheme co-opted as a marketing ploy for the so-called "natural" foods industry.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/23/non-gmo-is-a-marketing-scam-nothing-more/ https://octodon.social/media/35jQB6U-d_L0_9s0Y7E

PT Barnum died in 1891. 80 years later, Elon Musk was born. Just saying.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/23/when-will-people-wake-up-to-the-truth-about-elon-musk/

Cephalopods know how to get around.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/22/friday-cephalopod-piggybacking/ https://octodon.social/media/906xH2-U3exbGUia_Qk

The true meaning of Turning Point USA.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/22/whenever-i-see-tpusa-signs-i-always-think-toilet-paper-usa/ https://octodon.social/media/BOJZqhG_V3NGY32SMy0

Our cat has decided that my home office is her playground. Everything on a desk must be knocked to the floor.

She's about to learn that that rule applies to cats on desks, too.

Is it just me? Has everyone else been getting their Soros money?

Hey, George Soros! Your paychecks to me are about 60 years late!

Maybe they'll all come in at once.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/22/finally-i-discover-who-is-pulling-my-strings-and-sending-me-those-fat-paychecks/

@KenBakerMN We could form a club!

My zodiac sign is "Eh, needs more mucus."

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/22/which-living-things-should-you-study/ https://octodon.social/media/N6XjtvW9ROYEBq0hDI4

@joemcken Yes, I do on my Mac.

How did the Roman empire last for almost 1500 years?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/12/21/hey-why-is-the-solstice-on-21-december/