Grilled cheese and no Trump?

versus no grilled cheese and Trump?

the choice seems obvious.

Was talking about this earlier with the s.o., we’ve both got pretty substantial biology training (phds, ms, bs etc). We both agreed that “dominant species” is a bit of a term looking for a definition, as in, it’s not something extending from biology or ecology but rather something being imposed upon them. We were between nostoc and rhizobium, with fungi capable of digesting lignin in third place, for the most “world dominating” species, in the sense that those species, through their biology, have carved the planet into a place much more suited for themselves.

It strikes me that humans aren’t even really doing that, but rather, we’re selecting for an environment less suitable to our own survival. So I don’t know that humans would even rank for dominance over the environment because we really don’t have any sense of control over the matter, whereas, some other species clearly do.

purpose, with intent

allegedly.

Crows and ravens. Highly adaptive. At home in a deep forest or the remains of a burnt out city. Social. Predisposed to intelligence.

The whole concept of a “dominant species” is also a bit ridiculous and probably shouldn’t be bought into whole cloth. If what we mean by “dominant species” is 'the most radiatively expansive single species before allopatric speciation takes over…", then pick any one of the many many invasive we’ve spread around the planet. Our intelligence has allowed for a massive and basically instantaneous geologic layer globally, but it’s not something that can be handed off in the way that a vasculature did for land plants or the ability to decompose cellulose and lignin did for fungi… unless we want it to be.

If you really want intelligence to make it’s mark on the earth we need a way to move it from our species into other species, because we’re not long for this world. Move the genes specific to human nervous tissue and neurons into bees, ants, termites, any formian creature. That’ll get this party started.

Mmm…

🐓 💍

Green for conifers.

Red for the mushrooms that pop up at their base

https://www.ffungi.org/blog/the-influence-of-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-on-christmas

You know whats funny?

Bruhs plane is in west Palm Beach.

https://mastodon.social/@elonjet

And thats just like a place. That any one can go. Any one at all.

We should just go ahead and speed run to that general Strike Shaw Fain

Conservative/ reactionary.

No seriously. Take the time to look at the structure and framing of conservative and reactionary arguments. Its almost ALWAYS rooted in strictly their lived experience: no other lived experience matters. The answers others are giving are technically correct, but also miss how deeply rooted this particular structure is in political identity.

I’m torn because I want to tell him to leave me alone, that I don’t care about his life,

Tell them to leave you alone, that you don’t care about their life.

I’m 100% serious. Just be honest if thats the way you feel. It sets up boundaries and if they are a sane person, they’ll respect you for your honesty.

This has all been made possible through the weakness of Democrats, namely Joe Biden and those who refuse to challenge his leadership.

poop knife vibe

I’d like to to see a direct oath to citizenship upon completion of for graduate degree from an American school.

#IsThisAButterFly?

Israel stoking the embers for WWIII:

Best to err on the side of caution and remove the whole nose. From what I understand they grow back in 4-6 weeks.

yeah shit sign me up.

For all the critisism they rightfully deserve, this is something TYT has manifest in their Operation Joy campaign, where the hosts and the audience focus on things that bring them joy for a half our segment once a week.

💯

Also, we’re surrounded by utter morons who are also disinterested in correcting or recalibrating their world views.