The image shows a Sega Mega Drive 2 console placed on a desk. The console is black with a "16-BIT" label on the disc tray, and it features a power switch, volume control, and a reset button. A black controller is placed on top of the console, and a gray controller is visible to the left. The console is connected to a computer monitor displaying a colorful game scene, likely from a Sega game. A Sega Mega Drive 2 game case is visible in the background. The desk is cluttered with various gaming accessories, including a blue controller and a black bag.
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The image shows two vintage SEGA game console boxes placed on a wooden floor. The box on the left is for the SEGA Mega-CD II, featuring a black and blue design with an image of the console and a label indicating it includes 7 games. The box on the right is for the SEGA Mega Drive, with a black and purple design, showcasing the console and controllers, and highlighting its 16-bit graphics and digital stereo sound capabilities. Both boxes are slightly worn, suggesting they have been handled or stored for some time. In the background, a bed with a green cover is partially visible, and a dumbbell is seen on the floor to the left of the boxes.

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It can feel that way, yeah. I mean, I even use it for Kanban stuff - haven't started with bases yet. It's becoming a do-everything tool for me.

Emacs users, of course, would insist that emacs org mode is superior in every way.

I forgot to mention. I also learnt to loathe Donald Trump not much later because of the Central Park Five, the Miss Universe competition and his general creepyness. Even though I'd stopped watching pageants, all those competitions were always on the tv news and in print media.

But, as I like smarts (and attractiveness) more than looks (not that I'd say *that* out aloud as I wanted to live), I had plenty of other people I found fascinating like Countdown Vorders (boo for her then long time conservatism), artists, musicians, scientists, writers & historians, and a lot of comedians.

Activists are the most attractive, though. 🙏

(Oh, no, I meant archivists. Too late to change it now!)

it actually doesn't matter if i'm their best customer or if they cancel my accounts effective immediately (which would be a clear violation of terms).

it's the fact that they are handling and storing my personal information that obligates them to keep it accurate and up-to-date. they even must store a lot of info on me for accounting purposes, because i am already a customer since a year back.

and as i mentioned in a followers-only subthread, all i need to do now is nothing at all. the GDPR and swedish telecom laws make it clear that they must update my PIN.

i guess that's why she keeps sending me more messages even though i have stopped saying anything new in response.

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that risk tho!

More info on this... apparently this feeds the Western Tiger Swallowtail and Pale Swallotail butterfly.

calscape.org/Prunus-ilicifolia…

Apparently this was a valued food of the Chumash here, but the pits... they are poisonous, but you can leach the poisons out before cooking. Similar to acorns. I wonder who figured out you had to leach all these plants before they could be eaten, and the process, 10,000 plus years ago?!?!

yankeebarbareno.com/2012/09/13…

#ethnobotany #prunusilicifolia #plants #edible #chumash

Holly-leaved Cherries

Holly-leaved cherries (Prunus ilicifolia), seen here in the process of ripening, are a wild grown food that can be foraged in the local mountains. “Prunus ilicifolia is the most common wild c…

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Rock doves, which is why pigeon nests look so ridiculous. In nature they nest on rocky ledges and only need a few sticks to stop eggs from rolling over the edge. But if you look at the kind of nests they make in cities, it's funny and then kind of sad.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dov…

species of pigeon; the wild bird from which domesticated pigeons derive

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"Rock doves have been domesticated for several thousand years, giving rise to the domestic pigeon. They may have been domesticated as long as 5,000 years ago."

That's a long history! I had no idea. I thought pigeons were their own species, and people happened to keep them as pets sometimes, kind of like parakeets.

After thousands of years living among humans, I'm not surprised at all that they adapted to our living environments, like cats and dogs. I bet the ones that survive in the city are way more adaptable in their behavior than wild rock doves. There's pretty strong selection pressure in that direction for any animal that lives around human-generated complexity and chaos. Every time there's been a mass extinction event in the past, new capabilities emerged when life finally recovered. I bet this coming age will be full of very clever and adaptable creatures, and pigeons will still be around.