#foodforthought — Public Fediverse posts

"Organic Egg Farming Is Twice As Bad For The Environment, Finds Study"

#VeganNews #AnimalWelfare #foodforthought

https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/organic-egg-farming-bad-for-environmen/

Over welvaart en vrouwenwerk
Wie werkt.... En wie zorgt ervoor dat anderen kunnen werken?!
https://youtu.be/Wi54Bpwavns

#FoodForThought

#foodforthought Understanding how we produce and consume #protein is key to building a more resilient, sustainable and resource-efficient #foodsystem. Check our latest report on this topic: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/protein-diversification-in-europe-risks-and-opportunities-for-sustainable-food-systems
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https://nitter.net/EUEnvironment/status/2088210872518746354#m

I had a friend once who said eating was a chore; that if he could live off an IV drip, he would. I was horrified. Food is life. Unlike plants, we must obtain organic molecules and energy through eating. But, life gets busy, so I see his logic. Sometimes, I wish I were a plant that can get energy directly from the sun. #Biology #FoodIsLife #Photosynthesis #FoodForThought

"It’s true that some of the very oldest cave art features stencils of human hands – but what is the hand if not the place where the human touches the nonhuman, the very interface of self and world?"

#Caves #Art #Humanities #Lascaux #Fediverse #Mastodon #Social #Human #Dreams #FoodForThought

@annaf

"What’s collapsing is the post-industrial, colonialist, extractivist, growth-based system. If we tether ourselves to that system, we will go down with it, but if we start to distance ourselves, see what’s happening and refuse to take part in its worst excesses, the better chance we have."

#FoodForThought

"In the years between witnessing hugging for happiness and creativity for longevity, I have seen countless other examples of all that is good in life being promoted not for their own sake but for the material benefits they bring. This instrumentalisation has become normalised so insidiously that we don’t even notice that it is odd, let alone wrong. Nor do we seem to be aware of quite how pervasive it is. Yet its effects are profound, leading us to lose sight again and again of what is truly of value in life."

https://aeon.co/essays/instrumentalisation-is-making-everything-a-means-to-an-end

#FoodForThought #Longevity #Psychology #Health #Aeon

The White House felon who claims "US elections are rigged" has done everything Rachel Maddow explains to us, with published evidence... #FoodForThought...

https://bsky.app/profile/harrypotterresists.bsky.social/post/3mqyqsmv6mk2v

#TrumpWantsToRigTheMidterms

#UsPol #Politics

So on the recent XLBS the question was

What Is A Narrative Wargame?

and the discussion always seems to revolve around tournament players vs campaign players and I feel there is more to this. I’ll try to do a list.

• tournament players – always ears on the ground, chasing the meta and the latest way to cheese the game in order to win.
• campaign/narrative players – setting up a scenario or campaign with (relative) strict rules and setup in order to enjoy a long play
• historical players – recreate a battle from history with all limitations, events etc in order to re-enact the battle/war and maybe even change the course of history
• casual players – just some gamers who like the setting, the models, the fluff and like to battle it out. No big digging in old tomes and chasing meta and any advantage they can get but more „rule of cool“ and a nice day with friends at the table

I think those are the main groups of people gaming companies try to address. Historical players are, well, the easiest. History is written only the rule system matters. And as long as everything stays within what history has said all is fine and good.

Campaign/narrative players, as long as the rules are mostly balanced and every faction has their ups and downs all is good and gaming is easy.

For tournament players rules should be (IMHO) play-tested to hell and back again. Every Army should have the same chances to win so that really only the brain behind creating the army list and implementing the tactics is the deciding factor on who wins. Like in racing games when everybody uses the same car and engine and only the driver makes a difference.

Now casual players. Rules shouldn’t be to much out of balance but a great backstory, fluff and flair makes all the difference. Fun first, rules second but everybody should be on the same side on how to resolve the outcome on the table.

Where do I see myself? Personally I think I’m mostly a casual player. Winning is nice but having fun is much more important. If a game (like Frostgrave) has an RPG element I also like campaigns but that is the exception to the rule. Tournaments tend to be too much stress and history… well, that just doesn’t tickle my fancy.

What about you?

@zeugmatisse

2/2

At the same time, we are primates, and social mammals, and there are many species whose social order does always have a leader or a hierarchy, so it wouldn't surprise me if we have the same.

But even if that is true, it's not at all an argument to support hierarchy or monarchy! Rather, awareness that we carry that tendency in our DNA (if we do) can help us sit it alongside more adaptive patterns.

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

@zeugmatisse Thanks for the link to this.

Something closely related which I've observed and which might explain this assumption is that it seems like us humans have a built-in bias towards what I call "bigman culture" - organising ourselves into a culture in which there is a leader.

I'm speculating about this cos of how many times I've been surprised by how readily a quite egalitarian group or a formally non-hierarchical group will nevertheless frequently end up with one person who tends to dominate the group direction or process.

I've noticed this also in myself - how readily I default to fitting in to that pattern.

Of course for us Westerners it's incredibly hard to say whether we comply with this pattern simply cos that's what we're socialised into.

And also I'm aware that strategically and practically in emergencies having one person in charge is really effective (assuming the're competent) - so it might be that any hardwiring towards a "leader" might just arise from that.

1/2

#DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

RE: https://mograph.social/@dilmandila/116855465890669269

I am #CurrentlyReading "The Blossoming of the Big Tree" by @dilmandila . Wow! So many amazing (and I think possible) #SolarPunk innovations, but told in a human scale through the eyes of a 70-year-old woman. I'm really digging it! It begs the questions I've had about leadership, and what sorts of leaders we should have, and what true leadership actually means!

#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkBooks #SolarPunkNovella #FoodForThought

💥 Power Dynamics: Why Do We Insist That Someone Must Always Be "In Charge"?

This #Psychology Today article invites us to rethink #equality in ways that strengthen #relationships and communities... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/comparatively-speaking/202606/why-do-we-assume-someone-must-be-in-charge?ref=refind

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🏷️ #DivisionOfPower #equality #FoodForThought #GenderRoles #interdependence #PowerDynamics #Psychology #SocialScience #Sociology

If there exists #corporations in our modern world, with net value/revenue equal to, or higher than some #countries and #governments, what makes You #think that those corporations are not part of, and do not have #influence over governments, or don't cooperate with them ?
We need to wake up and see, that consumerism and corporations go far above selling and buying, and that they are equally a part of how our countries function, and how we are being influenced in variety of ways.

#foodforthought #bigcorp #countries #socialsciences #humansciences #anthropology #consumerism #modernworld #freedom #money #economy

The anxiety of the perfect loaf: the illusion of culinary precision

https://iza.ac/posts/2026/06/intuitive-cooking/

#HackerNews #anxietyofcooking #culinaryprecision #perfectloaf #intuitivecooking #foodforthought

They were looking at a log burning in the fireplace and the little girl asked him, "What is fire?"

He thought for a moment, then told the little girl, "The light and the heat from the sun is what grew the tree. And when the tree got old and died, the fire is the sun unwinding itself from the log."

#FoodForThought

Delving into the peculiar, solitary psyche of West Cork open-water swimmer Stephen Redmond, the first person ever to complete the world-famous Ocean's Seven Challenge, this short film 'The Swimmer' looks at the beauty and poetry of Stephen's passion and touches on the lives of the people he has loved and lost.

#WorldOceanDay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsO6xnZrHZ8

#FoodForThought #Film #Ireland #TheSwimmer #Video #Solar #Poem #Poetry #Ocean #Nature #Sea #Swimming

They were looking at log burning in a fireplace and the little girl asked him, "What is fire?"

He thought for a moment, then told the little girl, "The light and the heat from the sun is what grew the tree. And when the tree got old and died, the fire is the sun unwinding itself from the log."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsO6xnZrHZ8

#FoodForThought #Film #Ireland #TheSwimmer #Video #Solar #GreenEnergy #Poem #Poetry

"Om de aarde leefbaar te houden, moeten we veel minder gaan werken, zegt de Franse stereconoom Piketty"

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/06/04/stereconoom-piketty-om-de-planeet-te-leefbaar-te-houden-moeten-we-veel-minder-gaan-werken-a4929160?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=clipboard&utm_campaign=share&utm_term=share-modal&gift_token=4929160~1781183639~gzcl8ZrZST-5xrvr1MD0EA~r2BreG25HyrhozgqMisuO4o6aZiUsljYPZzGX-caf7U

#FoodForThought #TaxTheRich #Piketty

There was a scruffy fellow seeking shelter in the doorway of a store below our Airbnb unit when it came to check out, so I offered him our leftover bistro pizza.

He accepted it happily, but asked me to set it down next to him, because he was in the middle of a video game on his phone.

I was kind of startled, but in retrospect it makes perfect sense. When the world is against you, Angry Birds (or whatever) is always there for you.

Food for thought.

#FoodForThought

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/116615074374219311

#FoodForThought #fediverse 👇
True 👇

Ooh, I just encountered an idea I intend to meditate on:

Do I *need* all of my opinions? 🤔

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#moxxie #artificialworld #helluvaboss #foodforthought #helluvabossmoxxie #vivziepop #indie #indieshow #indieshows #indieanimation #vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #hellaverse

🍏🚜 "Oh no, our global buffet isn't self-sufficient!" cries the article, as if nations forgot to plant some magical food trees. 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, Nature Food thinks CSS is as crucial as calories. 🍽️🙃
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01173-4 #globalfoodsecurity #foodinnovation #natureandtechnology #cssimportance #foodforthought #HackerNews #ngated