I dunno you tell me what the subtext of opening with defending the cops and denying that cops target media. Then goes into both-sidesism.

And then wow look at what happens later:

But to say we shouldn’t place any blame on individuals over-simplifies the problem. There are multiple issues at play here, I don’t think you can just wave away the personal responsibility of the individuals involved.

Oh look it’s both sides are at fault again. If you’re filming at a protest, or even attending you have some personal responsibility for getting collaterally shot in the face or teargassed.

This is nonsense, the violence is extremely asymmetrical and involves the use of indiscriminate weapons. I mean imagine if a protestor fired rubber bullets or teargas into a crowd to hit a shell or LM exec, what would anyone be saying about that person? He’s not presenting some nuanced critique, he’s gone straight into defending violence which would constitute literal war crimes if it wasn’t the police doing it.

good spot. Was also shocked at such a difference

It’s kinda staggering how inefficient cows are as any source of food and material.

I don’t really every argue for veganism from a place of efficiency, since there are some rather terrifying implications of accepting the premise that food efficiency is the most important. However that said, it’s always nice when added benefits fall out of doing the right thing, and maybe can help nudge human chavaunists into at least travelling a similar path.

Used to ride before arthritis took it. Fuck loud pipes, they don’t help you enough to justify the social burden if they ever help you at all.

Good piece, I do think the argument against freeganism (a position I am somewhat sympathetic to) leans more on digust than thoughtful argument though. Especially given that landfill is an environment designed not to decompose.

I’ve never actually met someone that only eats animal products found in bins though /shrug

I’m a native plant person, my only non natives planted are avocado and mulberry because I am a weak creature of flesh and blood.

As far as Aussie nuts I basically only know macadamia ~ 3-8 meters, dwarf form possible but nutmeat is quite small, and bunya nuts ~ 30 meters sometimes kills people with falling megapinecone nut things.

If anyone removes natives to plant fir trees they deserve that fate.

you usually work up grits. In general for edges that should end shaving sharp (e.g. kitchen, whirling) below 1k is rough work, profiling work, 1k or so is basic small chip repair etc, 3k is standard sharpen, and higher is polishing wank. You get what you pay for in general: cheap stones need soaking, the wear out fast (needing truing). Shapton makes some great splash and go stones.

However, there is one cheap 2 sided diamond stone that is actually quality. The sharpal one. Be aware diamond cuts extremely fast (good and bad), it doesn’t need truing or soaking. I recommend if you’re getting one stone get that. Learn proper bur minimisation technique and that’ll cover chip repair and get your knives sharp enough to cut seethrough sheets of tomato.

If you feel fancy add 1 micron stropping compound and a sheet of balsa wood to strop on.

Your garden is beautiful!

Got it, saying protestors deserve to be targetted with indiscriminate chemical weapons = not being a dick. Pointing out that a particular user is calling for the sort of violence banned in the Geneva convention = being a dick.

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Dates cheaper than chocolate? fuck it I’m moving to Mexico.

They have shields, visors, and helmets mate. They’re not under trebuchet fire, it’s gonna be a handful of people throwing small objects. Chemical weapons are indiscriminate torture devices.

Cops are organised, trained and in radio contact. They can do stuff like retreat and encircle.

edit: also have you ever been teargassed? Cause I have lightly once and holy shit I would rather stand in a line with shields and armour and have a few rocks pelted near me. It’s extremely painful.

Of course it’s a cost issue lmfao. Blood soaked family.

Anti-war demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs, beer bottles and canned food at police, who responded escalated with stun grenades, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets during a series of skirmishes outside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday.

On what fucking planet is shooting, grenading, and chemical weaponing people throwing eggs and shit reasonable?

I’m not disagreeing with the goal but we have some pretty fucked working conditions here. Picking stands out, fucking messed up industry.

Sharpening stones.

you need an edge so many times in your life. When you’re using scissors, slicing veggies, pruning trees, harvesting mushrooms, posting online, mowing grass, carving wood, cutting roots, trimming nails, scraping stoves/ovens, shaving, digging, trimming, pealing whatever.

There are so many dumb fancy arse awful tools that butcher edges and work in one specific case. No! For millenia people have been grinding edges, it is not difficult to learn it just takes practice.

Modern manufacturing means we can enjoy extremely consistent stones in well characterised grades. Go use some, and enjoy how much less effort life requires when everything that cuts, cuts easily.

I stopped having coco when I went vegan. I hear there are non terrible ways to get it but I can’t actually find any sold where I’m confident the people growing it get paid enough to enjoy the chocolate products I want.

I really miss it. Carob does not make a delicious hot drink.

please, veganism is a way of life but arch linux is my reason to live.

“The government’s decision overlooks the courageous leadership of these young officers on the battlefield based on unproven allegations that somewhere in a remote village unseen and unknown to these commanders, an unlawful act might have occurred on their watch,” Hamilton-Smith said in a statement.

Won’t someone please think of the Brassildren?