It is weird and discouraging to see how many people choose #Meta#Threads for its looks and reach.
Forgetting that the sole reason this app exists is for a humongous#advertisement moloch to get at even more of their personal data. All to increase their dominance and power and ability to enrich themselves.
Forgetting that this dominance is already at highly problematic proportions, where Meta and also #Google and other #SurveillanceCapitalism have the power to influence society as a whole.
Gardening observation: after record rainfall in our area, my garden is going into "jungle mode" -- ie everything is growing very fast and large. Many volunteers!
In great contrast, the house I am staying at now (very close by) the garden beds are doing: nothing.
The difference is here they have removed all organic matter as a matter of course (previously thrown in the trash, now to the yard bin), and only used chemical fertilizers (for 50 years). Also used to regularly spray weeds wit weed killer.
At my house, every last organic scrap of food or plant trimming gets composted and turned into the garden.... Totally supercharges the garden beds.
I don't blame them, I get the feeling that many folks of that generation (not all) were brainwashed by TV ads from lawn and pesticide companies, and the things they picked up from TV, and never did any research or look up the better practices. It was the same in my childhood. (where "Wonder Bread" was healthier than any bread that was not "white as snow" and microwave meals were superior to home cooked). Wonder Bread ad from 1957 below. #advertising#advertisement
Yesterday I we talked about #advertisement and #GDPR compliance and it's just worth a shoutout to @gamingonlinux for their stellar approach:
Pictures are embedded as-is
YouTube is embedded but with behind a button to activate that feature - Thunderbird is a sponsor which is just a static image with a link that's not distracting at all
And there's no #cookie banner. Because there's no need.