The 'ball-o-carrort' was so sizeable that I couldn't pull the bunch out of the flimsy pot. So I cut it off with nearby scissors (left in the greenhouse to cut open seed packets). I managed to pull a bunch of wee carrots out of the dense mass and damp soil... shook off most of the dirt and brought them inside to wash properly and chop up for the wok. Worked a treat (& they were *so sweet*). So just went outside to discover I'd left the remainder of the pot on the deck, a confronting site... 2/3

🇸🇪🇺🇦✈️ Sweden will present a donation of a number of fighter jets of Jas 39 C/D model to Ukraine.

At the same time, negotiations will begin regarding the upcoming sale of additional aircraft of Jas 39E model.

Ukraine will pay for the aircraft with an EU loan.

Of course, everyone honking on the interstate (which was like 3/4 of the cars) also got a mood boost from seeing us.

Obviously everything is still a crap sandwich but it lifts my mood to know that we lift up other people.

Onward.

Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/24/could-nature-itself-hold-the-solution-to-climate-change

Protest Thread #106: Welcome, one and all! Okay but not the pedos.

I just finished yet another bridge protest with my fellow trolls on kind of a cloudy, cool day. That meant we were able to see the people in the cars well, with little glare on the windshields. Because traffic was really slow on the interstate, people had lots of time to react. I counted two thumbs down, one middle finger, and one idiot rolling coal on us in 2 hours of rush hour on the interstate!

#50501movement

@jbz The vatican is partnering with Anthropic.

Last night I was heating the wok to make fried rice (using up leftover proteins from previous dinners as I do) and I found, to my surprise and dismay, that there was only one tiny, limp carrot in the fridge (normally we have heaps). Instead of panicking, I remembered that we had a root-bound carrot plant growing in our greenhouse. So I rushed out in the dark, found the pot mostly by feel (the carrot foliage is distinctive) and brought it out onto the deck to investigate. 1/3

Of course, everyone honking on the interstate (which was like 3/4 of the cars) also got a mood boost from seeing us.

Obviously everything is still a crap sandwich but it lifts my mood to know that we lift up other people.

Onward.

Be kind to yourself.

We all know that "dumpling" means "little dump" and still we want to put them in our mouths

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dumpling

More embarrassing AI Slop from Google: Why Google's AI
can't spell Google (or anything else)

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/why-googles-ai-cant-spell-google-or-anything-else/

One of my fellow trolls was wearing a rainbow tutu and a trans flag around her shoulders while waving a Pride flag, and I told our newcomer that we certainly want to promote LGBT equality along with all the other groups. We introduced ourselves and told him about where to find our protests online.

He was just driving on the interstate and pulled over to join us, and it makes me glad in these horrible times that we provide hope and a warm welcome to some of the most targeted people.

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@abstractcode luckily they are so addictive that you are constantly compelled to take handfuls of them at every opportunity

@baronvonj lol

#cybersecurity #spyware

@lzg <sigh>

the deepest sigh https://gizmodo.com/occupy-wall-street-co-founder-built-an-ai-app-to-help-activists-seize-the-means-of-computation-2000762031