Art, plants, attitude

Social Justice Druid. This blog is about plants, art, and political topics.

[pennaraptor]

emotional responses are deeply evolutionarily advantageous in any animals that are making complex decisions and behaviors (in many vertebrates, say) because they act as a reinforcer for a behavior. a bird taking a vigorous bath in a puddle is probably happy because if that behavior didnt elicit a positive feeling they wouldn't do it (it is dangerous to be on the ground and wet!). if an animal can feel fear, which i think is a less contested assertion to make, then it can certainly feel the opposite, that is, happy.

[boycritter]

maybe i like my tech a little bit inconvenient

[boycritter]

maybe i like pulling out my debit card instead of using apple pay. maybe i like untangling my wired headphones. maybe i like typing something into the search bar instead of using siri or whatever. maybe i like curating my own social media feeds over an algorithm. i just don’t think everything has to be perfectly streamlined and efficient i like it when things feel tethered to the real world.

[arch-official]

this has been in my drafts forever because I have a huge rant for it that I haven't had the energy to type out, but I think I finally do

There is one issue with this whole thing and that is: none of these things that tech bros are advertising are actually inconvenient, and in most cases they're the exact opposite.

Setting up apple pay (in my experience) is a hassle, and is a security vulnerability (the more companies directly connected to your bank, the more likely it is to get hacked), all for what? So you can take 3 less seconds taking out and swiping/inserting a card?

Untangling wired headphones? A hassle sure. Not as much of a hassle as losing only one ear pod, or one ear pod consistently dying faster than the other, or pairing issues, or worse sound quality at a higher price because it's wireless. How is any of that more convenient? It's like the same amount of convenience

Or how about siri and google always missing hearing what you say? Censoring swears despite being an adult? Going off when you don't say it's name?

Having algorithms currate your own feed leading to echo chambers, and radicalization pipelines, and making it harder to find the stuff you want,with yts new horrible search algorithm etc etc

None of these are more convenient, they're the same amount or worse. But guess what? They make money. So they're sold as convenient.

Next time you see a product that advertises that it's "convenient" ask for a moment what convenience are you actually getting? And is it comproable to that you already have?

[cossachka-offical]

By the way if you are pro-palestine but not pro-ukraine(or vice versa but one is more common on the left, which is who i identify with) you are a fucking hypocrite. Yeah, that's right, you are not morally consistent.

Russians use civilians as target practice for drone pilots, every couple months there's a documentary about civilians being tortured or raped while captive in occupied territorry(i won't call those prisons, the russian state kidnaps them), the russian state kidnaps our children, they ethnically cleansed crimea of its natives(for the second time, by the way, the soviet union did that before them)

[thatsthewrongwallcraig]

Write it shitty, write it scared, write it without a clue but don't you be so spineless and have an AI write fanfic for you.

[aries-of-spades]

Does anyone else ever have a thought while scrolling, forget it, and have to scroll backwards to remember it like walking back into a room?

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[beardedmrbean]

Rick Rolled a entire stadium full of people, epic.

[renthony]

Tennessee librarian fired after refusing to move more than 100 books out of kids' section

A Tennessee library board has voted to remove its top librarian after she refused to carry out an order to relocate more than 100 LGBTQ-them

Article date: April 1, 2026

From the article:

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Tennessee library board has voted to remove its top librarian after she refused to carry out an order to relocate more than 100 LGBTQ-themed books. The Rutherford County Library Board voted 8-3 Monday night to fire library system director Luanne James. The decision followed a dispute over moving the books from the children’s section to the adult section. Board members said the material promotes “gender confusion.” James had pushed back on that directive, saying the move would violate First Amendment protections and go against her professional responsibility. “I stand by my decision and I will not change my mind,” James said during the meeting. After the vote, her attorney read a statement on her behalf calling the firing unlawful. “Librarians should not be used as a filter for political agendas,” the statement said. “I stood up for the right to read, standing for the citizens of Rutherford County.”

(Article continues at link)

[fantaledfish]

She has a GoFundMe! It has almost met its goal, but consider donating if you can.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fsg98-help-luanne-james-in-her-time-of-need?attribution_id=sl:e1e0052a-2d51-4c03-8641-b146bf690eb3&lang=en_US&ts=1774993375&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_tb-amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

[animentality]

[poppyseed-art]

[vilha-alder]

[fivetrench]

I'm all alone in this world.

[depsidase]

[folklorespring]

Katya Buchatska, This World is Recording, 2022, Ukraine

[missmonstermel]

Glow in the dark eyes on my real pewter metal kitsune casts! These 2.5" charms are cast from an old design of mine, each one is poured with real pewter and have unique little differences! These will be in the s h oh pee on Friday at 2pm PST! (Patreon supporters get first dibs! )

[vamptits]

it's just really apparent that people think it's okay to want pain but morally abhorrent to want to give it. sorry but the sadist gets to have fun too. it's actually pretty crucial to the process.

[vamptits]

if I said I was going to a taekwondo class would you feel the need to tell me kicking people on the street is bad or.

[ammnontet]

my nothing

[yohjimuse]

[reptilerex]

Striptease 10 hour remix