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  • As tick bites surge, conspiracy theories follow

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  • Few things:

    I live in the middle of nowhere in farm country and no one is talking about boxes of ticks and certainly no farmers I’ve spoken with have made any mention of this kind of thing. Most people are keenly aware that the tick population has exploded and most people — even the most bohunk — attribute it to climate change.

    On a more serious note: Tick-borne diseases are no joke, and if you have a high exposure risk, you really should take strides to protect yourself — especially if you are uninsured/under insured.

    Long sleeve, long pants, pants tucked into socks. Preferably your head is covered as well, but whatever. You will look like a goofball, but it’s worth it to not get Lyme.

    Permethrin is a game changer. I know it’s not necessarily the best thing for the planet, but if you have extremely high exposure risk, you should consider treating your gear and clothing with this stuff. I’m an avid outdoors person and spend a LOT of time foraging. I’m bout that permethrin.

  • More Hasan Derangement Syndrome from the Atlantic

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  • They are, they just don’t know it yet. That’s what I keep telling myself, anyways.

  • We need a total and complete ban on "cooking" by Americans until we figure out what the hell is going on (CW: Contains meat)

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  • It’s really something how this country has transitioned even over the last decade.

    I used to spend a lot of time in the Dakotas, where there was at least a small amount of crop diversity: small grains like wheat and rye, sunflowers andremovedseed, forage millet and sorghum, alfalfa, peas, whatever — corn and soybeans were a rare sight.

    Now it’s all center pivots with corn and beans as far as the eye can see. The only remaining sunflowers are in the ditches and yards of long abandoned homesteads. Fuck, the Dakotas are humid now on account of all the irrigation and corn sweat. Used to be dry out there. Now they’ve got massive fungal issues to contend with that wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for corn and beans. Southern rust, northern rust, tar spot, sudden death — all shit that didn’t exist in that neighborhood not too long ago.

    Anyways I’m gonna shut up now.

  • We need a total and complete ban on "cooking" by Americans until we figure out what the hell is going on (CW: Contains meat)

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  • what's the deal with with americans and frozen veg?

    Frozen veggies are significantly less expensive than fresh. In part because capitalism places a premium price on perishable foods. Grocers take the hit on food that goes bad before being sold, and consumers don’t want to buy something they have to use right away.

    Further, because of economies of scale, you can sometimes buy a pound of frozen veggies cheaper than you can buy seed to grow an equivalent pound. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but because giant corporate vertically integrated and run the food system nearly top to bottom, their costs are way low. During sweet corn season it might be $8 to $10 for a dozen ears at a roadside stand in my “neighborhood” for home grown, hand picked, organic sweet corn. The equivalent at a conventional grocer would be $6-8. The frozen equivalent would be… maybe $3-4 from the cheapest grocers.

    Also Amerikkkans just generally hate and/or suck at cooking and also don’t know how to cook with fresh ingredients. Way easier to just steam frozen garbage.

    People could grow their own food, but the entire system is set up in such a way that discourages doing so. Even if you own your property, many municipalities and associations prevent you from growing anything other than a pre-approved list of ornamental vegetation outside of your home (so much freedom).

    Basically, good, fresh food has become a luxury item and it’s heartbreaking.

  • Hmmm… I wonder what’s going on over on .world… oh :(

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  • Jamie Loftus is literally my biggest parasocial crush maybe ever and sometimes I feel like mentioning it on the internet will help reduce the shame of being “one of those people” but I’m really not sure if it’s helping so maybe I am just sad :(

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    GnomeGodsGnomeMasters [none/use name] @hexbear.net

    Hmmm… I wonder what’s going on over on .world… oh :(

  • Kkkontrapoints: "would you be this mad if someone made a video with this other war criminal? “

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  • It is possible to be in a relationship with someone and not live in the same city.

  • "The Lemmy userbase isn't much better than that of Reddit."

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  • When I first came to the fediverse I took up residence on .world because I didn’t know any better. Went from world to beehaw because I didn’t know about hexbear. After seeing people dunk on hexbear I decided to check it out and hey! Wouldn’t you know i found one of the last decent places on the internet.

    If it wasn’t for dumbass worlders talkin shit I wouldn’t have found HB.

  • news @hexbear.net
    GnomeGodsGnomeMasters [none/use name] @hexbear.net

    Rapper J. Cole signs contract with Chinese Basketball Association to play for Nanjing Monkey Kings

    www.espn.com /nba/story/_/id/48374160/rapper-j-cole-signs-chinese-league-nanjing-monkey-kings

  • Texas House Speaker directs committee to study annexing New Mexico counties

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  • I first read that as “start annexing…” and my little accelerationist ass got real fuckin turned on for a minute there. Imagine my disappointment.

  • Vance says he’s ‘obsessed’ with UFO files, calls aliens ‘demons’

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  • I’ve been down and out the other end of the uap rabbit hole and I tell you what… fuck JD Vance

  • "With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready?"

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  • Reddit ux is garbage. Honestly, forums and social media: please go back to UBB. Yes my tastes are also garbage.

  • Iran releases footage of missile launch that destroyed US F-16 jet

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  • Honestly, the suburbs scare me too...

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  • Here I am again, a rural amerikkkan hexbear, making one comment in the morning defending my rural comrades, then another wondering why I even bother.

  • The real reason the rural US is so red

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  • Rural Amerikkkan here. This is certainly part of it, and definitely one component that is rarely spoken about when discussing rural Amerikkka’s voting habits.

    There’s also a TON of working people out here. Typically the libs want to portray country-folk as gap-tooth slack-jawed yokels who clearly didn’t manifest destiny with their white privilege and now use it as justification for their racist, xenophobic, christo fascism.

    The very online amerikkkan leftist contingent, often first to dunk on lib takes, also like to paint an unsavory picture of rural people, usually as landed gentry, local lords and landowners, robber baron types, etc etc. ironically, the left often fails to perform any sort of material analysis of this population because, like with the libs, “country people bad” serves a narrative.

    Rural areas of this country are far more diverse than you’ve been led to believe. The town closest to me is rather large for the area (1,000+ people), and ≈ 85% white per census data, with 23% of people living at or below the poverty line. The next closest town is ≈ 82% white. One community has a large Mexican and indigenous population and the other has a large population of Filipino, Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese immigrants with 18% of people living at or below the poverty line. The townships skew more white, and slightly wealthier, but still are home to many migrant laborers and poor working people. County-wide poverty is around 20%. The nearest large metro area (1M+ people) has a poverty rate of 11%.

    Besides all of that demographic nonsense, rural areas are at the bleeding edge of the fight against data centers and resource extraction. The combination of an abundance of land, less literal and figurative visibility, fewer people to be paid off (and the payoffs are significantly smaller), and a dirt-poor population make rural areas no brainers for predatory megacorps to set up shop.

    I’m not tryna dox myself, but I’m here for a lot of reasons. Organizing is a significant component. The issues we are contending with, the entities we’re up against, and the resources they’re after affect everyone. If you’re not out here and you want to be able to drink water ten years from now, maybe you should get out here.

  • The first trailer for HBOs Harry Potter show is out

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  • I was generally of the cohort of people who should be obsessed with Hairy Pooter, but like you I missed the boat as a child.

    As an adult I made the mistake of dating someone for whom the Jim Dale audiobooks were required listening. I can safely say my life was better before, and everything has only gotten worse since then. It was either my ex or the Potter, and I’m blaming Potter.

  • Liberalism is a morally bankrupt ideology.

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  • You’re probably right. I’ve had a fuckin’ heck of a time with word-recall and word-choice since getting COVID. Also I just feel significantly intellectually and cognitively impaired :(

  • Liberalism is a morally bankrupt ideology.

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  • Thank you for this. I’ve always struggled to put into words why Gandhi bothered me beyond just gut reaction and general vibes and my own childish reactionary loathing of any liberal icons and idols.

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    Birds birds birds

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  • A Barred Owl has taken up residence in the hollowed out Silver Maple in my yard over the last few weeks. There’s a neighbor somewhere as well, and sometimes I listen to them talk back and forth. I like pretending that they're actually you and some other hexbears talking shit and dropping dope owl-comrade game on the .world.

    Yes, I know that is a sad thing for a gnome to do, but I don’t care.

  • The amount of times i've seen a lemmitor want to glass west asia is over 10 at this point

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  • The first time I saw someone say this I thought “lol yah bud fuck .world hyuck hyuck” but then it happened again, and again it was a .world user, then I saw someone say it again and AGAIN it was a .worlder.

    Like… I thought blaming .world was just a funny bit, but somehow it really truly ALWAYS is a .world poster.

  • Trump is selling watches now.

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  • God dammit. It’s worse than I anticipated. Fuck the James Bond franchise.

  • Bumblebee queen learns how to use protective door in less than 24 hours. 3 minute video

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  • Bees are so friggin cool, yall.

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    GnomeGodsGnomeMasters [none/use name] @hexbear.net

    Libs and unwillingness to take any personal accountability, name a more iconic duo.

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    GnomeGodsGnomeMasters [none/use name] @hexbear.net

    I guess all I do here is post stormfront, er, Reddit slop

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    GnomeGodsGnomeMasters [none/use name] @hexbear.net

    These soulless fucking lib babies can’t even go a few days without their Reddit treats

  • Slop. @hexbear.net
    GnomeGodsGnomeMasters [none/use name] @hexbear.net

    Oh, shit! Finally found a real one, y’all!