If you've ever gotten anything out of FIYAHCON (or the Ignytes), you should definitely support the growth and continuation FoF whose work I have nothing to do with but am proud of nonetheless

FOflightsoffoundry.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 7:36pm

We are $12,680 raised by Flights of Foundry! If you're having a good time at the convention, support us and the work we do to make this event and all our other programs inclusive, welcoming, useful, and awesome. Let's aim for $14k by the end of the con! dreamfoundry.org/donate-to-dr...

Can’t believe y’all are letting discount poor man’s pyrite beat meat rock in the semifinals. It’s not even smooth! Extremely disappointing. Rhodochrosite is clearly the superior choice. Cast your vote correctly! www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r4m1

my favorite Kris Kristofferson story remains this one townhallmeeting.org/2021/01/18/h...

He's calling for a Part 2 to the Night of Long Knives. How TF does anyone Nazi that?

KTbrainnotonyet.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 9:56pm

So Trump is now openly saying that police should be given time to do extrajudicial murder and torture. these calls to violence and openly authoritarian calls for fascist death squads should be taken seriously he is opening the door for police to openly revolt. He is giving police a door to open.

My sister mentioned something about the fact that I've always lacked "drive," whereas she has way too much. But why the fuck do you need to have "drive" at all? Let me hobbit in peace.

Again, please do not feel guilty for not recycling your plastic, you've been lied to and most of it ends up incinerated or landfilled anyway. The problem that needs solved is bigger than end-user behavior, and there's been a sustained and concerted effort to blame consumers for plastic pollution

Ppropublica.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 4:10pm

ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical Recycling as a Solution for the Plastics Crisis The CA attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to have.

ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical Recycling as a Solution for the Plastics Crisis

The California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to ha...

I'm not sure why but I apparently just really need a deadline crunch and the ability to work bizarre hours to truly be productive.

school pride is just diet nationalism

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-...

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

As someone in the process of buying a car, this sounds amazing to me (assuming an adjustment period). Right now it feels like an arms race. Given transportation here I need a car, and being in a small one on the road when everything is an SUV feels scary.