AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the coming decades will bring #climate conditions that make the future of #food production uncertain.

Enter cultivated meat, which doesn’t come from a chicken, pig or cow on the farm. Instead it’s grown in a lab directly from animal cells as a more sustainable alternative, requiring less water, fertilizer, land & energy with fewer emissions.

A new Serving Up Science is all about cultivated meat: https://youtu.be/GaX38aFAGSo

Are you willing to try it?

On 13 January 1991, #Lithuania people stood unarmed against #Soviet tanks, defending freedom.

Today we remember them & #StandWithUkraine which defends 🇺🇦 & 🇪🇺 freedom now.

“The Forget-Me-Not #flower worn in memory of our #freedom fighters inspires us to continue protecting our #democracy.”

#DefendDemocracy #Ukraine

6. According to @Walgreens@twitter.com, total shrink in its last quarter was 2.5%.

Kehoe said he was "quite happy" with the number

We asked Walgreens how much of the 2.5% was due to shoplifting. The company didn't answer

It's likely that external theft @Walgreens@twitter.com amounts to <1% of sales

#politics #humor

Egg prices remain stubbornly high, according to the Washington Post.

I think this is caused by a chicken cartel. I think I've heard about it.

O-PECK.

#lawtwitter #Antitrust #puns

Five #petals, 28 mm in size.

Trapped in #ambar for 33 to 38 million years.

Discovered by #EvaMariaSadowski in 1872.

Now studied to reveal to this present that it was immortalized as it was spreading its #pollen.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2354599-largest-flower-found-in-amber-was-frozen-in-time-millions-of-years-ago/

📷 Carola Radke, #MfN

#flowers #science #botanical #eocene #nature #natural #naturalscience

Last year I made a website for people who want to #volunteer or do good in the world, but may not want or be able to do something in person.

https://goodworksonline.org

It's a categorized index of ways you can #volunteer your time with a variety of projects.

I made it specifically for people who are struggling with #mentalhealth issues, who may be #disabled or are maybe just overwhelmed at where to start.

I'd love feedback or suggestions for more sites!

#virtualvolunteer

The “pavement surgeon” artist Ememem fills cracked sidewalks and potholes with beautiful ceramic mosaics.
#cities #art #PublicArt #urbanism #mosaic

In Poland, waxwing birds love to eat fermented fruit, get drunk and then lie insensible on the pavement.
People collect them and put them in a safe place until they sober up... #OurBeautifulWorld
Thanks to @StateofPoland for the photo.

The US Just Greenlit High-Tech Alternatives to Animal Testing - Lab animals have long borne the brunt of drug safety trials. A new law allows drugmakers ... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-just-greenlit-high-tech-alternatives-to-animal-testing/ #science/biotech #science #biotech

This all adds up to what Jay Freeman calls #FelonyContemptOfBusinessModel, an abuse of copyright law that allows a monopolistic corporation to reach beyond its own walls and impose its will on it customers, critics and competitors:

https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/

If Deere was finally suing for peace in the #RepairWars, well, that was wonderful news indeed - as I said, a seeming miracle.

But - like all miracles - it was too good to be true.

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