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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • The other 1% is meat I hunt, fish or raise myself. It’s rather rare exception and happens only a few times a year.

    When I was younger on a rare occasion I might try something that a friend or family member raised or hunted, but I’ve found people will lie about that so I usually just pass.

    In the last decade (not counting fish & hunting) I’ve known the name of every animal I’ve eaten and I or my partner slaughtered it. Nothing goes to waste. Pelts and skins are kept, organs are fed to the house pets and what we can’t eat or preserve goes to the garden.






  • If I had to boycott every company that was unethical, I’d have to grow my own food and generate my own electricity. It’s just not practical.

    It isn’t easy. But it is possible. And yes sacrifices have to be made (as I respond using a cell phone because I can’t function in society without one). The irony is not lost on me.

    But I stopped eating meat that I didn’t hunt or raise myself over 25 years ago. I spent years living in the woods using a second hand solar system that barely functioned. I’ve been growing as much food as I can for over 3 decades.

    It is possible. But I don’t expect everyone to make the same sacrifices that I have, and I do my best not to judge. But one of the biggest differences you can make in the world around you is who you support and who you give your money to.

    Just shrugging your shoulders and saying ‘oh well, it’s easier to just go with the flow’ is the opposite of solving the problem. I don’t expect everyone to just live the way I do. But I do push those around me to think about the difference they could make by choosing alternatives.

    Having a list of companies that support Musk is something I could use to help leverage others to make the first step in that direction.




  • I get it. I haven’t even used that app in 3 months or so. (And that was to show some basic examples of my idea to a tattoo artist who was paid to make an original design based off my concept.)

    The reality is that AI isn’t going away. So rather than just give up, I’d rather find alternatives to the people that are the worst of a not so great thing.

    Plus my question isn’t which AI companies support Musk. I’m looking for a list of anyone that is promoting the hate and oppression that is quickly becoming acceptable.



  • I don’t use AI really. Hell I barely use electricity in my day to day life. (Spent the previous 3 years living off-grid and haven’t fully adjusted to living in a wired home yet.)

    I’m more interested in making sure the people who don’t deserve my support don’t get it. I already stopped supporting the meat industry (99% vegetarian for 25+ years). I dropped Nestle back in the 90s as well. I already know which major corporations and brands to avoid.

    I just am looking for something that focuses on our current issues.