This. This. This.

We have a reliable means that doesn't require producing large animals that will, at scale, put more needless pressure on our collapsing ecosystems. Get insulin out of corporate pharmaceuticals and into a basic right to cost-free access model where we, society, fund the production.

I was just fine today until I read this. THANKS INTERNET PERSON

Rest easy, Dave. And thank you. 💛

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Well said. There's a part of me that desperately wants to know there is a true, pure species on this planet that doesn't stoop to sick levels of cruelty, but that's not reality. Bambi noms baby birds, cetaceans mutilate each other's babies, and we do the unthinkable every second of every day. Depressing, but here we are.

From the Beehaw sidebar: "We do want you coming here and sharing links to news articles, websites you find, starting discussions, connecting with others, and in general doing what you see on other social media websites."

What if the focus of Beehaw and/or Lemmy in general is not as a link aggregation platform but instead a community of topic discussion? People are rewarded for posting links to articles with upvotes which only gives incentive to continue posting the same not-read content that they think the respective subs will like (upvote).

Instead, we should be rewarding people who are actively engaging with the community. Not broadcast posting the way it goes on mastodon or IG, etc., but actual back and forth interaction with the community.

Maybe take away the ability to upvote a link post and reserve that for the actual discussion parts that take place?

^ The Libby app works great for audiobooks, too!

It's contagious as heck. I've never been to the South but somehow y'all fitted itself into my lexicon.

It's so frustrating that this is true. I use devices until they're dead or at risk of serious compromise before getting another, but the only options are ones that I can't even hold comfortably with one hand. I'm seriously considering the Jelly 2 at this point.

Glad you posted this because I'd completely forgotten I got the weird notification, but work things distracted me from trying to figure it out.

"Damnit, Ricardo."

Everything about this is magical. 😍

This is such great news. I read Rebecca Skloot's book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks which dug deep into the family to a degree I don't necessarily agree with. The generational poverty, racism, and countless other wrongs the family endured was laid out, and of course, it also included the internal family strife. Hopefully this settlement is a new start for the family.

ETA: corrected typo