The Audubon Society made this lovely guide to when a bird is a birb
https://www.audubon.org/news/when-bird-birb-extremely-important-guide
The Audubon Society made this lovely guide to when a bird is a birb
https://www.audubon.org/news/when-bird-birb-extremely-important-guide
ugh need to get work done, laundry, errands run, etc. before work tomorrow, but need nap
maybe I'll see if I can work Sunday instead
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In Texas, Alex Wild (🐦myrmecos on Twitter) discovers tiny rodeo ant queens that ride around holding on to bigger ants of a different species: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/texas-has-its-own-rodeo-ant-queens 🐘
Geddup.com is struggling to convert to becoming a cooperative because it’s main users are trade unions that move really slowly.
But they have contributed to a lot of wins including making it easy for unions to engage with their members. Fascinating.
Instead of crowd-funding, crowd-actions!
Co-op development process used by incubate.coop in Australia to get co-ops funded. Cultivate tribes not heroes!
#ica #coopresearch #icaresearchconference https://social.coop/media/4UsO8OwBlK_CZvowv6I
I reserve the right to laugh heartily at people as leopards are eating their faces
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@colon_three <3
@velexiraptor I'm.....I'm afraid to check
Yo @SocialCoop we gotta block this instance proactively (https://elekk.xyz/@noelle/103297758964119284), dude is a wingnut and poses a serious harassment risk for trans ppl
(also better double check that another transphobia-dedicated instance, spinster.xyz, is blocked)
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elxn results heartbreaking, was just catching snippets as i was biking around for work. at least the shift was good, busy, not too cold, all in the west end.
just got home and inhaled a biryani and took meds and did some blogging housekeeping, and am going to take a shower
Scholar Social has had the following in its Terms for the last ~ 8 months:
> Scholar Social will suspend any instance launched, acquired or funded by Alphabet, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, or Elsevier.
Does your instance have a similar policy?
Please do not reply until after you have read and understood the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
Since a lot of people seem to not know:
Boycott: A call for consumers to cease purchase or use of a product or brand until a demand is met.
Walkout: A one day action where all of the workers at a company, during the day, suddenly all stop working and walk out to rally
Strike: A prolonged action where all of the workers at a company cease working until a demand is met. Which often involves...
Picket lines: When striking workers stand outside a business rallying and urging for a boycott
Wasabi is being a pretzel
@patience nothing is okay anywhere
@patience he tweeted it and it took ALL MY STRENGTH not to @ him
@patience Daniel Dale is on vacation!!!
@steven I mean there was basically no consequences for Loblaws except for giving out paltry gift cards to people, and also Americans don't care about Canada, so even if he was involved this realistically has no repercussions
it's just funny
Lastly, in a frankly hilarious turn of events I did not see coming, Dem candidate Pete Buttigieg's campaign has had to announce he had no role in the Canadian bread price-fixing scandal (bc he had Loblaws as a client while working for McKinsey).
Every Canadian journo working in the US is basically like, MY TIME TO SHINE.
I have not been able to bring myself to read this New Yorker feature by Dexter Filkins yet.
"Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India: The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/blood-and-soil-in-narendra-modis-india
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