Probably Human

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'nothing is sexier than sustainable farming' 20s

Yes, this is 100% about censorship in general, and the current anti-sexual weirdness that’s going on. But a paragraph near the end of the article is especially telling… ASMR is primarily created by women. Women doing anything will always be perceived by some as inherently sexual (excerpt in comms)

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

Bug people: This construction vehicle in my neighborhood was reminding me of something, and I thought it was some insect's proboscis, but maybe it was dragonflies mating? Please weigh in. 🧪

A construction vehicle is on one side of a large pit, with a very long segmented tube contraption stretching to the other side and poking into the ground.Blue-tailed damselflies mating, via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue-tailed_damselflies_(Ischnura_elegans)_mating,_female_typica_2.jpg

No, they used the yeast naturally present on the grapes, no control. Every year and even within batches could be radically different. Louis Pasteur was tasked with figuring it out by the Fernch govt and he discovers yeast is what ferments the wine and that leads to standardized strains in the 1890s.

part of the reason i’m so defensive of mamdani is that he’s actually an example of what a good and competent and effective politician looks like and he really should be the standard by which we judge politicians and i hate how often the criticism of him seems to flatten him with his lessers

over the past week i've watched a friend progressively get more and more hyped about finally watching she-ra, so i guess i should watch that too???? she went from "these animated lesbians got me feeling feelings" to minutes-long voice notes screaming about the universe-saving power of homosexuality.

Lindsay Graham died before we knew for certain if Mitch McConnell is dead. I love that we have so many geriatric senators that multiple just die off at once. Jesus Christ, just fucking retire and die on the fucking beach somewhere instead of making us all miserable.

the thing about trying your best is that sometimes your best fucking sucks, but crucially, trying your best entails doing right by the people you failed via learning everything you can from those failings, regardless of whether they stay in your life. important to take lessons however they come imo.