Things to ponder about

[dr_bates]

Consider options.

 

[dr_bates]

"Fascism is capitalism in decay." Vladimir Lenin

 

[dr_bates]

They don't just require flowers. We need to lay off the (systemic) insecticides too.

 

[rbkwp]

Consider options.

often beauty in common scrubland

why i always love australian outback bush

nz mainly boring farmland/pastures

only middle of ni dessert land/scrub

 

[rbkwp]

smile
very good
re life of oscar wilde

 

[dr_bates]

smile
very good
re life of oscar wilde

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar

 

[rbkwp]

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar

yes
one of the few genuines

 

[dr_bates]

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life." Henry Ford

 

[seventiesdemon]

We are spinning on a planet around and around, in a Solar System that goes around and around, in a Galaxy that spins around and around. Yet in a Universe that supposedly isn't.

 

[dr_bates]

We are spinning on a planet around and around, in a Solar System that goes around and around, in a Galaxy that spins around and around. Yet in a Universe that supposedly isn't.

Yeah, to understand speed, distance must be known. Since we can't see beyond our (observable) universe, such a speed alludes us. Metaphysically, we seem committed to face the same issues over and over.

 

[rbkwp]

always wanted to
get the amish lifestyle into me
interesting/but
not for me huh

born into it/well
still no choicesm huh
not the best option,i think

 

[dr_bates]

always wanted to
get the amish lifestyle into me
interesting/but
not for me huh

born into it/well
still no choicesm huh
not the best option,i think

There is on the surface level a wholesomeness to it.
As a scientist, however, I must question the value and validity of their objection to advancement in science.

 

[rbkwp]

There is on the surface level a wholesomeness to it.
As a scientist, however, I must question the value and validity of their objection to advancement in science.

smile
quiye liked the apparent attentiom to cleanliness huh
wonder if it helps

just saying,in observation haha

that ill wind still irks me ha

 

[rbkwp]

toxic chemicals dumped indiscrimally ww

 

[rbkwp]

toxic chemicals dumped indiscrimally ww

ta dr/scientest
1/2 way thru that vid

 

[dr_bates]

Here we can see an orangutan, a highly endangered species, attempting to defend its home, the last tree left.

While it may be easy to discount this as simply problems from a far distant land, we unfortunately share the blame.
The land is being cleared for the planting palms, coconuts to be precise.
All (haven't found any to exclude) of our liquid soaps, tooth paste, and other detergents have lauric acid. It creates the lather we are familiar with. To have the lather, we need more coconuts....

 

[rbkwp]

smile
starting a sunday nzt day off ha

giod luck

 

[dr_bates]

Extirpated but not extinct, the franklinia is an endangered US native tree.

 

[dr_bates]

Wherever you are, it's always best to include natives. Here in the US, we have juneberries.

 

[rbkwp]

Extirpated but not extinct, the franklinia is an endangered US native tree.

love
greenery/shtubeer