*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@freemo Insulin has been around for many years, I am assuming this product hasn't changed its composition over these 10 years? And yet the price sky rocketed.

American trade negotiators have demanded higher patent protection as part of some of their agreements negotiations. UK people are already expecting some of that when they get to the table with US after a Brexit.

There needs to be profit enough to refund big upfront costs in R&D, and especially the testing phase and approval.

Excessive profiting is non-ethical though.

@chrism Nice post, thanks Chris!

Surprising how in depth it is, being published on Forbes. I found that using the browser's Reader mode (F9 key in FF) allows the spurious distractions of their side video to go away. Otherwise it's impossible for me to concentrate on the article.

@hackerjunkie@mas.to @pschwede
Interesting design, bottom heavy letters. Nice that they are offering it freely.

It does look a bit weird to me, but no physical affect to report on short exposure by site visit.

@freemo That's indeed shameful.

And it's an essential, life saving drug. Huge profit motive, and the companies are getting away with it.

@freemo LOL, fair warning!

Will have to try it sometime.

@salad_bar_breath

@freemo @salad_bar_breath

Zatar is really delicious, if you have any Arabic food stores nearby it's worth try finding it. Preserves well on a sealed bag or jar, and packs flavour and calories when mixed with good virgin olive oil.

The mix components and taste does vary a bit from brand to brand, the ones I liked best were prepared in Syria, and now not available due to the country's destruction in civil war.

It should have thyme, sumac, sesame seeds which give it texture and flavour. Sometimes there's a nice lemon taste, which feels perfect. Yummy indeed.

Yuo can also add it as dry powder on top of bread, or on top of something like ricotta that has bland taste.

@freemo
Never tried biting into bud, so no idea if tastes bad or not. Mixing a bit with zatar might work, as it is delicious and fragant too.

Would be curious to know the total production of weed this year in Canada, the first year after legalization in October 2018.

I was very surprised to go for a kid's birthday party, and seeing a big cannabis plant growing happily in their backyard garden plot.

Then saw it in other people's homes, in containers or in the ground directly. I think there must have been a lot of new home gardeners this year!
@salad_bar_breath

@freemo Yes, indeed!

Seeing this photo I immediately recalled the Mercury passage ones, where the planet seems about this size in scale.

Nice depth of filed in the photo, that can capture the close ISS while keeping the Sun in focus too.

@freemo
TY, glad I hadn't tried the experiment then, the tea route seems inneficient and wasteful.

The dissolving in oil is intriguing! I like to eat Zatar, a middle East condiment mix based on Thyme, which is nice with olive oil and some pita bread.

Got to try adding some fine shredded flower to it and see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za%27atar
@salad_bar_breath

@freemo Thank you! Interesting, would never have thought it would appear so.

It does appear to be in close orbit around the Sun in the photo.

@freemo
Great to know, thank you.

'buf' being?

Would making a tea like infusion from dry flower work? Thought about it but haven't tried, would hate to loose good plant material to testing.

Don't smoke tobacco at all, so the casual joint feels a bit harsh on lungs sometimes.

@salad_bar_breath

@pschwede @shakha

Woot, another one? 😲

Congrats Shaka! This day if full of surprises.

@users Beautiful graph. A smooth linear growth function showing.

Near the 5,000 users! When will it happen QOTO?

Sharpen pencils and plot, When will user # 5,000 join us? 😉

@salad_bar_breath
Ah, thank you!

@freemo

@freemo

OMG, mind boggling. I think pschwede has it -- the masses now have access, and fall for ideas and theories like those.

Equal access to all in public chat areas, they stand out by weirdness.

Tekno has a good point too, obfuscation is hard at work, keep people distracted and unable to focus on more important things.

@teknonomicon @pschwede

@freemo Conspiracy theoreticians are getting close to the fact that Cats really run the Internetz.

Funded by Pron. 😜

@freemo Very nice image, but is it a real photo or a montage of the spacecraft silhouettes against the solar disc?

We are so far away from it, the ISS is minuscule compared to the Sun, I would think.

Mercury seemed about that size when photographed in transit a few days ago.

@freemo
Ah, very good to know, that acetone works well.

Lung effects, that is something to keep in mind. What method do you think would be less worrisome? Vaporizing dry flower?

@salad_bar_breath