2026-08-21T18:18:09Z https://nostr.now Patrick McLaughlin https://nostr.now/npub15tavmgq83u6yjeygcn5n8lu6a45npkfdpzq3awc5gzjns746sjps07prg5 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/246/066/493/998/203/original/5d3602663b8ea191.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/246/066/493/998/203/original/5d3602663b8ea191.jpeg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9rlres8c58m5mz6uxsr6fuv8ydz9c748wy5cgnrdsdh690ftk8sszyz304ndqq78ngjty3rzwjvllntkkjvxe95ygz84mz3q22wr6h2zgxjlr0yg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hdhtu2wru5td6hfretwgvszcehn7jq5rjpm2959m29v9ttd8zug5wza56'>nevent1q…za56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, the layers of who is using who is… deep, and philosophically challenging.<br/><br/>Particularly when one tries to look through different lenses. The genes of dogs have done very well, for example. Also wheat... 2026-03-26T02:23:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd99xnxc6fwd95dqu5d9fcuvarvwz0cle6lmfhx0gaknevvr888jgzyz304ndqq78ngjty3rzwjvllntkkjvxe95ygz84mz3q22wr6h2zgxg6ee4x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszu578d43egmujhgkvmeepft0mxhsk38g9zunxpc8qa0pqvw8kfzc0ejsdy'>nevent1q…jsdy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe?<br/><br/>But anthropocentrism keeps making us deny and ignore intentionality to all other species. THEY all operate by instinct, or chance. WE…<br/><br/>And sometimes a more accurate term is functionally useless (except perhaps as jargon among specialists). 2026-03-24T18:48:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs274ez9m27qfefh00dgv6dfcwwf69wjqskgulqr6wc6m0erzshjxgzyz304ndqq78ngjty3rzwjvllntkkjvxe95ygz84mz3q22wr6h2zgxpvc9ka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98jym68hdz200zqdfet5eyz0zfjr2yswxjegw9cfkpxwjx6n5s5qevhdy3'>nevent1q…hdy3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the issue with Bradford pears is that they *are* invasive. Not just alien; they spread wildly. <br/><br/>There were none anywhere near us when we were in NH, and I had to take down a couple in our sideyard/forest.<br/><br/>They were lovely on the streets of Manchester, sure. <br/><br/>And… 2026-03-23T19:20:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszquu2gfpfvknsc996y8jpr079hl63x6xxycqf0337hpy68xzjwyszyz304ndqq78ngjty3rzwjvllntkkjvxe95ygz84mz3q22wr6h2zgx48hxl4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspadf354fpstl9z0uxusjnjcm594axx04u02m2ejx2qrv55zwzyvqs58c3y'>nevent1q…8c3y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>our culture and language assigns good/bad as fundamental features of character. So unless one is very careful, people *hear* and feel describing the bad thing that they (we) are complicit in, and experience it as an affront to their being.<br/><br/>We get past it in large measure by separating those. 2025-06-28T18:40:03Z