foxtrots

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[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

It's definitely like this. I don't entirely mind it for myself, because it reminds me to log off before I can get into a doomscroll where I'm assailed by my family member's awful opinions. I only use FB for marketplace/buy nothing groups, and the barrage of shitty ads/promo posts helps me log off as soon as I've found what I need (or have given up on finding what I need).

[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Is there a typo here? If you make 140k a year in the US it puts you in the top 10% of earners, but still below average. Yes, part of the richest in the sense that most of the world probably makes less than you, but nowhere near the richest in terms of what these statistics are talking about when they refer to the top 1% - ie. people who make close to, if not more than, a million dollars per hour.

That is to say - someone making 140k is not capable of the levels of pollution that people with private jets, who take dozens of flights every year - not even scratching the surface of their shopping and eating habits, and the pollution caused by their businesses and investments.

[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good to get confirmation - I cut around it and will see how it goes. If it is a goner, at least now I know what to do better next time 😔

 

This is my first attempt at regrowing (baby) bok choy from kitchen scraps. The growth is great but the outside is super wet and mushy. Is there any fixing this, or is this stalk a total goner?

 

Not sure if this is the right space for this question, but gonna try anyway - please forgive me if it isn't!

So, first thing’s first - I know Lomi isn’t actually good for composting. I bought mine secondhand for a fraction of the price because there’s no food scrap drop off near me, and I am not interested in doing a proper home compost. I don’t have any plants; I’m only interested in reducing my food waste.

One question that I keep coming back to, and that I’ve had a lot of trouble getting the answer to, is does Lomi actually reduce methane emissions? The website says yes: “With Lomi, food waste undergoes aerobic break down (in the presence of oxygen), meaning methane isn’t produced. Then, when Lomi fertilizer is used in plants, carbon is sequestered in soil and plant matter.” However… I’m not using it for fertilizing plants. I just use it to process food waste so I’m not just throwing it directly into the trash.

Does it compact the trash? 100%. We usually throw out the output after maybe 6 cycles; that’s the equivalent of 5 freezer bags full of food scraps (mostly banana peels tbh). One thing I am 100% sure of is the fact that it reduces the frequency of my household taking out the trash, since it’s not full of smelly food or attracting pests, and it weighs a ton less. But… is it actually reducing methane emissions? If my trash bag ends up in the landfill, will that aerobically-processed compacted food still release the same exact amount of methane emissions now that it’s trapped in a bag with tons of trash above it?

Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks!

[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Totally agreed. I'm Ukrainian and nothing gets me as heated watching any movie as Russian villains (almost always played by non-Russian-speaking actors). Hollywood looooves movie villains that reflect the government's Big Bad Wolves and it's just disgusting to me. Beyond the obvious facts that xenophobia is bad and using the film industry to stoke the fires of the US's international feuds is bad, it just fucking hurts the way it feels like people put on costumes to approximate my dad's appearance and voice because it's the most basic shorthand for "evil" they can think of.

[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This is how I feel. I'd rather have things be fragmented than be too big to fail. A lot of people have joked in the past few years that it feels like the internet only has 4 sites on it now; I'm pretty happy to be back to browsing multiple. It reminds me of following multiple forums around the same topics back in the day. Variety is the spice of life!

[–] foxtrots@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

On the official app and site, subs that went private completely disappeared from search and subscriptions, even if you're still able to go to the url. I figure the same is true across various apps.