Goo Truther @thufie@pixie.town

Parthenogensis (clonal reproduction of females) is pretty unusual. Corbicula fluminea is in an even smaller club: it is one of only a few species across the entire tree of life known to use androgenesis! They're hermaphrodite and reproduce asexually, but only the paternal genome is passed on, while the maternal genome is literally discarded out of the cell nucleus! This clonal reproduction has enabled it to become a notorious invasive species: where one hitches a ride, there can quickly be a LOT more in only a couple years! #clamFacts

middle age dudes all suddenly understand pronouns and are ok with transition when it comes time to refer their chatbots as "she/her"

Ploopy really went and called this thing the Bean. Get flicking, I guess. 💀 If you’ve ever wanted an external, ahem, *pointing stick* mouse, then go no further:

https://ploopy.co/bean-launch-countdown/

China Pressure Canceled World’s Largest Digital Human Rights Conference

RightCon's organizers said Beijing was upset over over the inclusion of speakers from Taiwain.

https://www.404media.co/china-pressure-canceled-worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference/

klepto bismol

(doing this from main for hopefully more visibility this time)

was hoping to bundle this with the blog post for my next update on my current game project but alas the world is not kind to this one.

My bank account has less than $100 in it right now and my work has not scheduled me for the entirety of the month of May. I have not been able to recoup the cost of bills and expenses spanning across two months. I need some assistance to not run my bank account dry and make sure I have a safety net for any expenses.

any support you can give is incredibly valuable to me!

https://ko-fi.com/edens_garden/goal?g=0

#mutualaid

On May 4, 1886, workers in Chicago were striking and demonstrating peacefully for an 8-hour workday. Police had killed one striker and injured several others the previous day, and when the cops showed up and began to disperse the PEACEFUL demonstration, an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb towards the police. The explosion and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven cops and four civilians, as well as dozens of injuries, most of them from the confused gunfire of the police.

Following this, eight activists—some present at the demonstration, some at others, and some at home playing cards—were arrested and charged. The presiding judge was openly hostile to the defendants, as were the court bailiffs and all the jurors eventually seated to hear the case. (Any potential jurors who were union members or sympathetic to socialism were dismissed.)

#postRecycler

The new banksy is great.

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/entertainment/general/is-this-london-s-latest-banksy-mystery-statue-of-man-blinded-by-flag-sparks-speculation/ar-AA222aJ4