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ryoalouette · 5 months

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Machi's #15 DPxDC Idea

Bruce couldn't understand what was happening, or why, or how, or why, or when, or well, anything at all. One day he found two civilians, two teens goofing around the cave like two newlyweds. When Batman, with capital B; tried to interrogate them he only got mockery.

"What's with the long face?" They said before disappearing through one of the smaller caves. For a moment Bruce thought he had hallucinated the Asian boy and the Hispanic girl. Only to find the same Hispanic girl with a blond boy making out on Red Robin's bike. Plus another couple with them! And all of them were holding hands!

Then, a few days later, while he was investigating the lower levels of the batcave he found a black boy with a red beanie flirting with Jason, and Jason was flirting back? Batman had to pull everybody out of the caves and call for an emergency meeting. Only to find a boy with black hair passed out at the meeting table, using Batman's reports as cushions. Sitting next to him was a girl with also dark hair drinking with a straw from a coconut.

"Poor Danny," she said. "After all these years he still can't deal with alcohol." And then she promptly started to offer coconut milk to everyone.

He snapped at her but she only raised an eyebrow and left carrying the boy, Danny, on her back. And then the music started. Day and Night it would start playing at the most random moments. Samba, Rumba, Fados, Boleros, K-pop, anything went in, they even accepted petitions if the kids yelled loud enough. Steph had gotten in the habit of asking for Kill Bill's OST and Dick constantly asked for Taylor Swift. They even answered when Damian complained about their choices and asked for Chopin's nocturne. And then the batcave started to grow flowers! And trees? And the fruit was edible? What the heck?

"Sounds to me like you have a nymph infestation," said Wonder Woman after hearing his rant report. Batman stared at her like she had grown another head.

"I mean, flower powers, free love, did they have pointed ears?" Batman nood. "Yup, definitely a nymph infestation." Batman kept staring at her. Don't look at me like that, they are very common where I come from. The only solution is to wait until they get bored and move on. If you try to get rid of them violently not only you will fail. But also will risk the wrath of the gods." Batman kept staring. Wonder woman sighed. "I will call Pan to see if he is missing any nymphs and wants them back".

#machi's idea #dpxdc #dp x DC #batman #danny Phantom #prompts #Fae Danny #Fae Amity Park #Free love Amity Park #Everybody is into everybody #Sam has plant powers #So they always have food #They keep moving so they don't extenuate the soil and to let it rest #it is called letting a field lie fallow #so the soil can restore their natural nutrient balance #wonder if Luisa in Encanto does the same #bc her powers are useless without soil to grow #not to mention Poison Ivy #to make such a huge plants the soil must suffer a lot #Responsible agriculture #This tags got out of control pretty quickly #summary #Amity Park is weird #there is a massive polycule and they travel the world partying and exploring #and sometimes they do chores for CW #like finding the pools of rancid ectoplasm and cleaning them #wait until they make it to Nanda Parbat #Ras Al Ghoul will have an aneurysm #Dani will have Thalia

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girderednerve · 3 months

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The AP found that U.S. prison labor is in the supply chains of goods being shipped all over the world via multinational companies, including to countries that have been slapped with import bans by Washington in recent years. For instance, the U.S. has blocked shipments of cotton coming from China, a top manufacturer of popular clothing brands, because it was produced by forced or prison labor. But crops harvested by U.S. prisoners have entered the supply chains of companies that export to China.

While prison labor seeps into the supply chains of some companies through third-party suppliers without them knowing, others buy direct. Mammoth commodity traders that are essential to feeding the globe like Cargill, Bunge, Louis Dreyfus, Archer Daniels Midland and Consolidated Grain and Barge – which together post annual revenues of more than $400 billion – have in recent years scooped up millions of dollars’ worth of soy, corn and wheat straight from prisons, which compete with local farmers.

...Incarceration was used not just for punishment or rehabilitation but for profit. A law passed a few years [after the formal end of the convict-leasing system in 1928] made it illegal to knowingly transport or sell goods made by incarcerated workers across state lines, though an exception was made for agricultural products. Today, after years of efforts by lawmakers and businesses, corporations are setting up joint ventures with corrections agencies, enabling them to sell almost anything nationwide.

Civilian workers are guaranteed basic rights and protections by OSHA and laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act, but prisoners, who are often not legally considered employees, are denied many of those entitlements and cannot protest or form unions.

“They may be doing the exact same work as people who are not incarcerated, but they don’t have the training, they don’t have the experience, they don’t have the protective equipment,” said Jennifer Turner, lead author of a 2022 American Civil Liberties Union report on prison labor.

#this whole article is good read the whole thing #it's extremely important that reporters & activists continue to bring to light the horrific abuses of prison labor #& that we all understand that none of this is new - angola / louisiana state prison is immense & has a vast bloody history #the largest agricultural producer in the state of texas in the 60s was the department of corrections #& as this article points out a rising reliance on incarcerated labor is one response #to the labor shortages caused by unchecked covid deaths + restrictive immigration policy #the whole of american incarceration & labor policy is evil. blood on the leaves & blood at the root

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woolandcoffee · 22 days

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God folks in the pesticide manufacturing industry are so up their own asses. This is the most annoying call.

#woolly rambles #this woman keeps going on and on about how enviros want to “take away” agriculture and how they don't know that they would starve w/o ag #when its so obvious that at the end of the day all Bayer cares about is the bottom line #they don't give a shit about ag or feeding people or being responsible stewards of the earth #they're not even listening to the enviros or they'd know that their assessment is wrong #anyways fuck it i hope Bayer's crop science division goes up in flames #we use pesticides to a concerning degree and while that might be helping to feed us in the short term it will doom us in the long #and i'm also pretty fucking skeptical about how essential pesticides are for keeping us fed anyways #idk y'all the state of CA - you know the biggest ag state in the US - is confident that they could safely phase out high-risk pesticides #by 2050 and be fine so like idk y'all #i think you're just worried about your bag

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bleachbleachbleach · 8 months

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Having one of those weeks where I read an essay about swimming at a YMCA in New Jersey and my brain is like "which is RELATED TO BLEACH BECAUSE--" and then another about beekeeping "WHICH IS EVEN MORE RELATED TO BLEACH BECAUSE--"

#the beekeeping is legit though because i subscribe to the school of thought that shinigami are not necessary to the soul ecosystem #but they are necessary to the functioning of the soul systems they have created #similar to the ways european honeybees are not essential to NA ecosystems but are essential to the agriculture NA has staked its economy on #no brain just bleach #for posterity: other articles in my B3 notes--atomic clocks slime molds heat shock proteins learning how to surf moss geologic memory #i do feel like bleach is legitimately about all of those things though #the surfing one is just because i was thinking about reiryoku #'To surf is to ask a wave to let you join it and to get no response by the wave itself. it is not your partner your friend your compatriot #your competitor your doppelganger a mirror or your enemy. it is physics touched by human imagination.'#is the quote #and i was thinking about at what point the terms of engagement might change re: shikai and bankai

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queers4years · 1 month

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Indigenous Hawaiians really had a good system going: wake up reaaally early and do most of the days work while it's cool and by the time the sun was up and it got hot the work was done and you're free to surf and socialize. I wish the white people realized they themselves could work smarter and not harder and get time to relax. Instead of calling Hawaiians lazy (and being genocidal about it)

#Ik this happened in most if not all tropical regions that got colonized #they were so pissed that these 'lazy' people got all sorts of fruit and natural bounty 'handed to them'#when those indigenous people were just working before the colonizers woke up and felt no need to kill themselves in midday heat #Which is what's natural for an apex predator: lazing around #Like u see lions in big cuddle puddles during the hottest part of the day. And they have the privilege of laziness by being the top predato #Idk if lions have a specific time they hunt but ik they will hunt at night when people can't observe them #Also Europeans failed to recognize indigenous agriculture and the /purposeful / cultivation of helpful plants (done w/out clearing the land #And even if they were only foraging. Like. If you love the earth and care for it (and not clear it) the earth will love you back idk #Gah! It's just like we coulda eradicated capitalism in its cradle if Euroamericans werent so arrogant and sure their way of life was correc #Like what if they were explorers and not conquistadors and colonizers. And there was a true cultural exchange #Would it have been better if the Europeans never crossed the ocean (even if they weren't there to colonize)? yeah probably #Like while the disease thing wasn't on purpose (initially) Europeans did inadvertently kill a lot of people bc they had no immunity #But I also acknowledge the human desire to explore and see what's out there #But I wish it was like #Europeans: here's some horses and metal tools #Indigenous people: thanks. Here's a way of life more in harmony with nature and an understanding that we're part of the ecosystem #Europeans: oh cool let me bring these ideas back to Europe. Maybe we won't deforest all of England #(I say Europeans but eventually when Canada and America became independent entities they also were responsible for these things)#Capitalism #capitalism is hell #anti capitalism #Colonization #colonialism #colonial violence #Imperialism #conquistador #age of exploration

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falinscloaca · 6 months

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my sympathy for vegans getting a flood of “DEBATE MEEEE” comments versus my frustration that their explanations and reasoning for vegan-ness still being fucking shit

#‘why are you arguing against someones life choices! their behavior isn’t a reflection on you!’ well A) i’m not actuall the one being critica #critical in this scenario i know better than to actually involve myself in that shit #b) Once You Start Making Ethical Arguments That Inherently Involves Everybody Fucking Else #AND THEN WHEN YOUR ARGUMENTS HAVE HOLES IT JUST. ACK #sorry but regaurdless of whether humans bred chickens or sheep to produce a surplus of That Stuff We Get From Them doesn’t make the fact tha #that harvesting that surplus SHOULD BE (not IS) harmless irrelevant #think i fucked up the grammer there. love how you can’t see the whole tag in the tags system #on mobile i mean #and like. suggesting selective breeding to REMOVE traits humans tampered into animals is still fuckin assumptive of what we even actually #meddled with #like jfc. veganism is an entirely fucking rational response to the animal industry’s plethora of degredations towards dignity and life #JUST CITE THAT #and while the plant agriculture industry is also completely fucked people still rely on it moreso than meat thus the demand is inelastic #and also theres hypothetically more room for actually ethical consumption. probably #veganism isnt INHERENTLY a step towards more ethical environmental practices but done not-catastrophically-wrong its stil a fucking improvem #improvement! and likewise it isn’t the ONLY road to making shit more ethical at least if you can accept that there is some ideal ‘ethical an #‘ethical animal agriculture’ that exists as a possibility out there #not to mention the whole ‘personal choices versus systemic change’ thing and how whe our politics affect our personal consumption that doesn #‘t really mean dick-all compared to actual collective efforts

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lyriumrain · 2 years

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Watching people younger than me get to study and work in their desired fields, go to conferences, getting to meet other people who are knowledgable about and love the same area of research..... I'm happy for them ofc cause that's really cool, but also :( :( :( god i wish that were me

#idk how get there :/#and ppl in the area cant tell me cause the only work is like....agriculture or manual labour production lines #which i have tried to do and the response ive gotten is im not fast enough #i just wanna study plants man. i wanna do field surveys and shit #sigh #skip talks

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cruelsister-moved2 · 1 year

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what you eat has an impact on the environment thats just a fact. how u choose to mitigate that might be trying to use locally sourced produce, it might be growing your own, it might be reducing meat intake, it might be supporting community food initiatives, it might just be buying un-packaged produce or avoiding out-of-season fruit, or maybe ur not in a position to do anything. but stop fucking listening to people who tell you that the other regular people who choose to do a different thing from this list than you do are the enemy to distract you from who’s really creating the problem. if you spend more time railing at vegans than you do at monsanto and cargill and ADM then you’re literally falling into the same trap as someone who makes 40k and complains about the minimum wage being increased

#a lot of u guys are straight up brainwashed and think its really leftist somehow who else cringed #DISCLAIMER this is not to say white vegans dont do stupid racist things #but to argue that white vegans are not more racist as a group than like other white people #like. have the same reaction when indigenous land is taken over for animal agriculture #i think its very weird and sad to make it a competition rather than recognising corporate food production as the shared proble #and if u actually care abt farmers then get mad at john deere lol #i cant stand the either/or thing w vegetarianism/veganism #when someones like oh ur vegetarian to mitigate the impact on the environment?? ummm what about [vegetable that can be farmed unethically]??#girl do you not fucking eat vegetables??get help #also so many of them are just not true like the quinoa thing is sooo annoying because its not true #no one even knows exactly what they think is wrong with quinoa theyre just lke umm isnt it bad #actually one of the biggest concerns quinoa farmers have is that the fad won't last and then they'll be plunged into poverty #and the soy thing everyone repeats okay well again. vegans arent responsible for the majority of soy consumption but also #consumption literally accounts for like 5% of soy production #most of it is for ANIMAL FEED and biofuels.#the same applies to like vegans who get mad at people who buy locally sourced meat etc etc but tahts not what i see on this website #i mean anyone whos getting mad at regular ppl over literally trying to do something good for the environment is an idiot

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dronacharyacollege · 1 year

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Educational Visit

An educational visit was organized by Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram to Global Millets (Shree Anna ) Conference organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare at IARI Campus PUSA, New Delhi from 18th to 19th March, 2023.

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chronomally · 2 years

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Some of it sounds really hearty and satisfying for sure! I love a savory pie when it's cold out (chicken pot pie... yum...), but yeah not to be mean but some of it definitely comes across as "we are poor and the winters are harsh we have killed our last livestock in the hopes that spring will come quickly and be kind to us"

#pictures #back sass #earthdeep #I saw your response and then immediately forgot about it because I am a fool #'Deceptively harsh agricultural environment' makes a lot of sense I've never really heard anyone talk about British plants good for eating #It's usually mainland Europe that has all the fancy fruits and veggies esp Italy and Greece

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tenth-sentence · 18 hours

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If we are right to draw analogies with modern agriculturalists, women would have been responsible for most or all of these innovations, as well as for learning to weave linen into clothes.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

#book quote #why the west rules – for now #ian morris #nonfiction #analogy #agriculture #women #responsible #innovation #weaving #linen #clothing

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tatsuma-forever · 2 months

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have u ever played twewy

no. idk what that is lol

#ask #also sorry for late response. i was in the agriculture dimension

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kesarijournal · 2 months

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The Grand WTO's Food, Fishing, and Farming Fiasco

Welcome to the latest drama that’s more tangled than your earphones in a pocket – the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ongoing saga involving a cast of nations with India and South Africa in leading roles, and a contentious plot over food, fishing, and farming subsidies. Set against the backdrop of Abu Dhabi’s Ministerial Conference, our story unfolds with India and South Africa uniting to…

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beingjellybeans · 4 months

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Lingap LEADS Foundation champions plight of Pinoy farmers

For a country with such an intense appreciation (and appetite!) for food, it seems like the Philippines has not given enough priority to the people who grow it. Clearly, the plight of Filipino farmers needs to be addressed. Dire outlook for agricultural sector According to 2021 data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), farmers and fisherfolk remain the poorest among the…

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#agriculture #corporate social responsibility #CSR #dr angelique malveda #filipino farmers #food security #germaine de runa #leads agriventures #leads group of companies #lingap leads foundation #max ventura #mother earth foundation ph #sdg #sustainability #sustainable development goals

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betelnutexporters · 6 months

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Buy Betel Nuts Without Guilt: A Guide to Sustainable Exporters

Betel nuts, also known as areca nuts, are a popular chewable stimulant in many parts of Asia. They are typically wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, and chewed for their stimulating and euphoric effects. Betel nuts are also used in some traditional medicines and religious ceremonies.

However, the production and consumption of betel nuts has been associated with a number of environmental and social problems, including:

Deforestation: Betel nut palms are often grown on cleared forest land, which can contribute to deforestation.

Water pollution: The processing of betel nuts can generate wastewater that is contaminated with pesticides and other pollutants.

Child labor: Child labor is sometimes used in the harvesting and processing of betel nuts.

Health risks: Betel nut chewing is associated with a number of health risks, including oral cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Sustainable betel nut exporters are committed to minimizing the environmental and social impacts of their operations. They may use sustainable farming practices, such as agroforestry and organic farming. They may also work to improve the working conditions of their employees and provide support to their communities.

If you are looking to buy betel nuts in a responsible way, it is important to choose a sustainable betel nut exporter. Here are some tips for finding sustainable betel nut exporters:

Look for certifications: There are a number of certifications that can help you to identify sustainable betel nut exporters. Some of these certifications include:

Fairtrade International

Rainforest Alliance

Organic certification

Do your research: Ask the exporter about their sustainable practices. Find out how they source their betel nuts, how they process them, and how they support their employees and communities.

Buy from local exporters: Buying from local exporters can help to reduce the environmental impact of transportation.

Here are some examples of sustainable betel nut exporters:

Indonesia: PT. XYZ, CV. ABC, PT. DEF, CV. GHI, PT. JKL

India: M/s. ABCD, M/s. EFGH, M/s. IJKL, M/s. MNOP, M/s. PQRS

Sri Lanka: AKEN LANKA PVT LTD., ASHOK LANKA EXPORTS, BALAJI VENTURES LANKA PVT LTD., BESPICE PVT LTD., BEST DEAL EXPORTERS PVT LTD.

Thailand: Thai Betel Nut Exporters Association, Thai Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Thai Industries, Thai Food Processors Association, Thailand Rice Exporters Association

Vietnam: Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vietnam Food Association, Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, Vietnam National Coffee and Cocoa Association, Vietnam Cashew Association

Please note that this is just a small sample of sustainable betel nut exporters around the world. There may be other exporters that meet your sustainability criteria.

By choosing to buy betel nuts from sustainable exporters, you can help to reduce the environmental and social impacts of the betel nut industry. You can also support betel nut farmers and communities that are working to build a more sustainable future.

#sustainable betel nut exporters #buy betel nuts responsibly #ethical betel nut exporters #sustainable agriculture #child labor-free betel nuts

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jthurlow · 8 months

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Finding II. ~Relevant to Management Determination for the Everglades Agricultural Area, Draft Copy, 1975

Toxic Lake Okeechobee, June 11, 2023 , Ed Lippisch Today I share Finding II. of “Conclusions of the Special Project to Prevent the Eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee Relevant to Management Determination for the Everglades Agricultural Area,” Draft Copy, 1975. This information was gathered by my husband and I at the State Library and Archives of Florida in Tallahassee. I recently I posted Finding…

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#" Draft Copy #1975.#Brezonik #Conclusions of the Special Project to Prevent the Eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee Relevant to Management Determination for the Everglades #Davis and Marshall 1974 #Everglades Agricultural Area remains responsible for damages that plague Lake Okeechobee TODAY.#Finding II. "Water backpumped from the EAA contributes significantly to the cultural eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee" 1975 #lake okeechobee history #when did back pumping stop in the EAA #When did packpuming get challenged in Florida

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