[viciousvenison]

I'm not fancy enough to be an urban homesteader. I'm just a liberal redneck who hacked out a garden from a city lot so I didn't completely lose my shit here.

[messengerofmechs]

Hey everyone. There's a new youtube feature that rolled out just yesterday that's raising some privacy concerns.

Expanding ways to share on YouTube

People in the U.S., U.K., Brazil, and Singapore can now share videos and chat with friends directly within the YouTube app. The update bring

This post talks about a new DM feature in youtube. What it fails to mention is that as part of this new feature is that when you send someone a link to a video, and they open it in the youtube app, they will see who sent them the link. Specifically, your channel name.

If your google account name is your real name, so is your channel name by default.

This means the new default behavior is that everyone you send a youtube link to will see your full name if they open it in the mobile app.

To turn this off:

Go to your youtube app settings

Go to Privacy

Turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"

Trimming the source id (the stuff after the '?' in links) will also prevent this from happening.

[unidentifiablelifeform]

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access

Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the l

[decompose1]

ohhhh shit. target is recalling their up & up baby wipes (fragrance free & fresh cucumber scented) because they're contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia complex and Burkholderia gladioli, multiple people are reporting discoloration & infections. i just got a call about it cuz i had purchased those but i've already gone through them 😅 so no refund for me. but im fine. if you have these they're saying you need to immediately stop using them and bring them back to target for a full refund. this bacteria can cause life threatening infections in children/infants and people with compromises immune systems (ESPECIALLY cystic fibrosis!!) and i know lots of other chronically ill people follow me!!!!

[decompose1]

Hold on i should've been more specific.

First: THIS RECALL IS NOT STATE SPECIFIC. IT IS NATIONWIDE.

here are the specific products and dates:

FDA page on this:

Target Recalls Up & Up Fragrance Free and Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes Due to Potential Microbial Contamination

Target is voluntarily recalling Up & Up Fragrance Free and Up & Up Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes following customer complaints of produc

[dr-otter]

If you use baby wipes go check them NOW. A lot of Burkholderia bugs are antibiotic resistant so infections can be really difficult to treat.

[cctinsleybaxter]

forget baby fever, the perceived need to grab any piece of free furniture you see in your 20s is unreal

[sew-birb]

Please, 20+ year olds, follow the rule of:

Hard furniture YES

Soft furnishings NO

Free bookcase? Table? Lamp? Go for it

Free couch, mattress or beanbag? Leave it be!

You don’t know if it has bedbugs and you do not want bedbugs. Also if a passing dog has pissed on it that’s the sort of thing you can’t always tell until it’s in a closed space with you. If you can’t wipe it clean, leave it!

[nutwit]

I brought the coolest and heaviest desk i have still ever seen to this day into my apartment without inspecting it and it infested my entire room with German cockroaches so

[gwydionmisha]

Judge stops Kansas law restricting transgender youth health care

A judge appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly said Kansas likely violated parental rights by restricting gender-affirming care for trans minors.

[vaspider]

Kansas Judge Eviscerates Anti-Trans "Experts" Jamie Reed, Chloe Cole, James Cantor; Blocks Care Ban

The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care.

Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach brought forward a litany of anti-trans witnesses familiar from litigation defending these bans. Among them was James Cantor, a Toronto psychologist who has built a career testifying for states defending care bans despite no clinical experience treating transgender minors—and who was once quietly dropped from a Florida Board of Medicine hearing after it emerged he had served on the advisory council of the Prostasia Foundation, a group that has worked to destigmatize pedophilia. Folsom wrote that Cantor "has not conducted any original scientific research on the efficacy or safety of gender dysphoria treatments," and noted he is not licensed to treat anyone under 16 and has never diagnosed a minor with gender dysphoria. [...] "The Court gives Dr. Cantor's testimony little weight," Folsom concluded. The judge turned next to Farr Curlin, a Duke University doctor and theologian who was an author of the Trump administration's HHS report on pediatric gender dysphoria ... By his own admission, Folsom noted, Curlin's views are "radically counter to current medical orthodoxy." The judge found his opinions "appear motivated by his personal views as opposed to a methodology applicable in the field of medical ethics," and gave his testimony "little-to-no weight." ...

And then there was Jamie Reed, the self-styled "whistleblower" who built a national profile on lurid, largely unsubstantiated accusations against a St. Louis gender clinic and who has gone on Fox News to describe being transgender as a delusion. Reed also did not testify and could not be cross-examined. Folsom gave her affidavit "little weight,” and had scathing remarks towards her lack of expertise: “The Court gives thus Jamie Reed’s affidavit little weight, given that she is not a medical provider or mental-health professional. In addition, her affidavit primarily addresses her experiences with a clinic operating outside of Kansas—thus, it does not rebut or refute the credible, uncontroverted testimony about clinical practice within the state of Kansas,” read the order.

This decision is 117 pages long, and if you want to actually feel good about something a judge has had to say recently about trans rights, this is legitimately a good read. (I understand that some people do not read legal decisions for fun. You should still try reading this one. It's really good.)

Given how thoroughly and completely he eviscerates the supposed qualifications and relevance of the same tired grievance actors that the right totes from case to case like a basket of moldy oranges, I hope that this decision will not only act as an example for future judges, but save them a bunch of work, because they don't have to then go do all of the writing themselves on how much these people suck, they can just cite this decision.

[ventresses]

This is a perfect time to read the brilliant and unforgettable graphic novel(s) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, about growing up in Iran during and after the Iranian Revolution, and the rise of the oppressive theocracy that persists to this day.

Both graphic novels are available free online (Persepolis vol. 1, Persepolis vol. 2)

It also was adapted to a wonderful film (co-directed and co-written by the author) which is available to watch for free on Sundance Now (sign up for the free trial)

[liberalsarecool]

"That’s what makes Zohran Mamdani’s election in New York so unsettling to the old order. New York City is not just another municipality; it’s a sovereign-scale entity. Its population surpasses 38 states. Its metropolitan GDP trails only Texas and California.

It is, by any metric, a small country masquerading as a city.

It governs more lives and more wealth than most nations. If democratic socialism — housing reform, public banking, equitable taxation — functions here, it obliterates the myth that such governance can’t work at scale. The fear isn’t ideological. It’s empirical. Because if Mamdani can keep the lights on, reduce homelessness, and maintain economic growth without catering to Wall Street, then the capitalist gospel collapses under its own dead weight.

What terrifies the establishment isn’t failure. It’s feasibility.

If it works in New York, there’s no reason it can’t work in Nebraska. If it works in Queens, it can work in Kansas City. And once proof exists, belief becomes irrelevant. The ship of democracy, fully refitted, will keep sailing — and no one can claim it isn’t American."

- Jackie Summers

[mending-magpie]

Star-crossed lovers

[mending-magpie]

Something (rabbit or rat probably) has munched through most of the stem and some leaves from one of the lovers. Gotta say it doesn't look good for them folks

[wadeofthewoods]

Oysters and asparagus :-)

[wadeofthewoods]

Mallow, horseweed, and chickweed from behind my school. You wouldn’t expect there to be much but surprisingly there is!

[mending-magpie]

Sometimes pride is just u, ur boyfriend, and the bus stop graffiti

[lestatfag]

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

[mending-magpie]

The beast curiously observes from above as i take my t

[mending-magpie]

Star-crossed lovers

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

dubiously friendly reminder that you need to own a first aid kit. yes even you.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

and a fire extinguisher yeah.

[queeranarchism]

Hot tip: these are excellent housewarming gifts. Doubly so if you're invited to the welcome party of a newly opened squat.

[mending-magpie]

Scrap stock sunday is always a good sunday

[omg-physics]

I really want to start doing this--any recommendations? What do you typically put in it?

[mending-magpie]

@omg-physics

I typically collect:

Onion/shallot/garlic skins and ends

Carrot peels and ends

Various other veg scraps- a bit of leftover pepper here, a mushroom stem there, very soft celery stalks, herb stems, leek and scallion butts, etc.

Scraps from brassica, like cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and kale, can add a bitter or farty flavor, so many people choose not to use these.

Some people also recommend avoiding potato peels, because they can create a thicker, starchy texture.

Bones/shells (if desired)- pork/beef/chicken bones all add different flavors and nutrients to a stock, along with some amount of collagen.* Seafood stock can be made with shrimp/crab/lobster shells and fish bones.

These guys add a lot of richness and flavor to stock. Vegetable scrap stock may have a milder flavor, unless additional veg is added. To any stock, adding some dried mushrooms, seaweed, or herbs can enhance the flavor!

Add a few quarts of water and some salt, then set it to boil or pressure cook. Generally, the longer you can let it cook, the better. I pressure cooked mine for about 2hr this time, but going longer can extract more flavor and break down bones more.

Then strain the stock (I use a mesh strainer) and enjoy!

*collagen and gelatin come from bones with cartilage and connective tissues. Beef and pork bones in particular can sometimes cause thicker stocks that gel at cold temperatures due to the collagen/gelatin. Many people will use certain cuts of meat high in these proteins, like neck, tail, and feet, to make very flavorful, rich stocks.