Ok, if the pay twitter thing goes thru everywhere, I'm Farnathi in the sky and Instant Weights, and at masto dot ai, WingsOverBros on the Tumble Dryer, and can't join the thin strings.
Being part of a generation that was told “Wikipedia is not a source” makes it genuinely baffling to me that jobs are now telling people to just use ChatGPT for everything.
Breaking News:
For the first time ever, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood has officially launched a YouTube channel.
Full episodes. Classic Clips. 100% wholesome.
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i think health insurance companies should be charged with murder if they intentionally deny a patient a lifesaving medication or procedure. if they want to act like doctors, they need to face the consequences. if a healthcare provider does that, we can lose our licenses.
The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.
Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.
Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.
The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.
Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."
They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.
If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.
Grand Ivory's Artist went from having 7 artists and 2 managers to 5 artists and 1 manager, all in less than a month.
Their new Instagram account hasn't even reached 500 followers in 23 days.
I've long suspected Fu's departure, and if he left, Yein would too; they're friends and have protected each other within the company since Fu's arrival. Third's departure wasn't a big surprise; from the beginning, he hasn't participated in any activities with the others. It seems he did his homework and learned about the company's image.
Let's see who leaves next, because yes, I suspect someone else will leave.
GIR is falling apart.
@girartist@GrandIvoryRec
#GrandIvoryRec
if a doctor who graduated medical school says you need something, it should be illegal for someone sitting behind an insurance desk with absolutely zero medical training to deny you coverage...
Fandoms don’t expire. Every show and every ship finds its people. Years later, someone new will press play and feel everything like it’s happening for the first time