@mpjgregoire@jeanh the second libel was more than merely quotation anyway. Not sure why you’re dwelling on this point on which the judgment doesn’t even turn; it’s not a very compelling idea.
At any rate the defendants are free to appeal the decision and/or damage award, and continue their foolishness if they want to.
And we wonder why plant-based meat substitutes are sometimes more expensive than meat ...
"(from 2014 to 2020) livestock farmers in the EU received 1,200 times more public funding than plant-based meat or cultivated meat groups. In the US, the animal farmers got 800 times more public funding. The amount of public money spent on plant-based alternatives was just $42m (£33m) – 0.1% of the £35bn spent on meat and dairy."
@Brendanjones in a rational world, the subsidies would come with conditions re:transitioning our farmers of nonhuman animals into sustainable, more efficient, and eco-friendly food production activities. And that means plants grown to feed humans. Win-win for small farmers!
& not opposite in terms of “overestimating one’s competence” (i.e., Dunning-Kruger). I mean opposite in terms of knowingly faking it with an intent to deceive.
There is no human genre of music that if you listen to some of the most popular songs and some of the “critically acclaimed” songs you won’t be able to find at least one song that’s interesting enough to listen to a few times and end up liking… challenge.
#introductionpost been on this since last Fall but hadn’t yet done an intro, so… Hi, I’m Jean. I teach at a College (in Media Studies), earned a PhD in 2018 (on locative media), and I write scholarly stuff occasionally. I also produce music (links in bio, ranging from darkwave/synthpop to electro-acoustic to folk/Canadiana). Yup I’m Canadian (longtime Vancouver resident). Vegan too. I miss what Twitter was, or most of it anyway. But a federated web makes more sense than a corporate one, so.
@timbray@marcpalmer can confirm, having done a few rounds of similar sized campaigns on IG/TT for music. Lots of views, poor auto-targeting, and almost no click-through. Both programs are grifts, and I don’t recommend boosting anything.
I am desperately trying to figure out a way to 1. find vegan creators and 2. to support them (if I like the product) without others getting a huge piece of it.
Please understand that as long as I support #creators who consume animal products, I also support the exploitative system I am against as a vegan PLUS the huge amount, which goes to rich people, I don't even know.
Trying to do something good and having values to stick with, but doing the opposite is called #cognitivedissonance and I want to get rid of it.
Following #sustainable#creators could help to consume only products, which was created by #mindful people and if I like the creator or the product, I want to be able donate something without any cruelty involved and without compunction.
here comes the chorus: "any good tools or methods for migrating olde posts for ppl who don't wish to dig into code or become a nuisance to the admins of their new Mastodon instance"? 🤔
In 1997, Jorn Barger coined the term "web-log" to describe his website "Robot Wisdom," where he logged his journeys around this exciting new digital space called "the web." Two years later, @peterme shortened "web-blog" to "#blog":
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