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Lost in the wilderness Entre Salas y Cangas Puxa Asturies

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That said, somebody has to be the cog πŸ€—

10.08.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

10.08.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean I am not going to promise I'll go and vet every single thing I buy now because that would be a lie, but when someone leads you by the nose to an ugly truth, and you confirm it yourself, and there are alternatives.... 🀷🏼

10.08.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just spent 5 minutes and was able to locate a couple of ethical producers of chocolate here in the EU. There are almost certainly many more.

It's a pain in the ass but knowing now these companies buy beans from producers using child slaves, how can I keep buying from them?

10.08.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tony's Chocolonely - Wikipedia

I've found an EU-based company called Tony's Chocolonely that sells here in Spain through a large retailer. We're kind of remote so I'll stock up next time we go to the city.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_...

10.08.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! It's pretty but tastes even better. Mixing whole spelt makes getting a good rise more challenging but improves flavor dramatically, I'll never go back to all strong white, it tastes meh now. πŸ€—

10.08.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see Mars is mixed up in this as well.

10.08.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fawk. 🀦🏼

I don't eat Reese's anymore as I live overseas but I always binge when stateside. I could have dealt with Blackrock being a minority investor but not this.

Thank you.

10.08.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And Hershey's?

10.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Doing work in garden but 30C so I quit for the day and took a shower. πŸ‘πŸ»

10.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Emergencies. For which it would be possible to have an override, which then generates a presumptive infraction, which driver must rebut with concrete evidence (a medical emergency, a driving emergency requiring evasive action) or receive a fine.

10.08.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"traffic control measures that actually make sense"

You cannot say speed limiters don't make sense. The only study you could find on the subject doesn't say that so how can you?

10.08.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

09.08.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Text alerts are all that keep the void at bay.

09.08.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, awesome πŸ™πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

09.08.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who loves their dog loves this guy

09.08.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜…πŸ™πŸ» we're in Asturias in the north west of Spain, cool temperate mountain climate with plenty of precipitation. It's moderately remote/declining population so considerable fauna including boar, roe deer, eagles, fox, bear, and wolves.

Out bedroom window one morning:
bsky.app/profile/forr...

09.08.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly my experience. Big account + polite = ignore/block.

So one time I said "I would ask you to use alt text but after 7,500 posts if you're not doing it already it's because you don't give a fuck." Welp, they replied, apologized, said they do care, so I shared your article. πŸ˜…πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ€—

09.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's way past time. If sales continue to surge this is going to cause very serious capacity issues but most governments are moving at a snail's pace 🀷🏼

09.08.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A bat in my hand

A bat in my hand

I think the mole is on the old computer, but here is another home invasion perpetrator, caught in attic, released in the evening:

09.08.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Hedgehog on countertop

Hedgehog on countertop

In the meantime here's a hedgehog that also entered the house, had an eye infection, kept him for a week and gave him eye drops prescribed for our cat, then released.

09.08.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I caught i mole that walked into my home renovation, I thought it was a mouse but it moved much more slowly. Beautiful and silky soft, with incredibly powerful forelimbs. Released a few hundred meters up the road. I have a photo somewhere, if I can find I'll share

09.08.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A bit of advice: don't explain to a trans person how trans people should feel about trans issues.

09.08.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Charging stations is the easy part.

Transition will require very substantial and very expensive grid upgrades that will be required if we are to move to an actual electric fleet, rather than a few cars here and there.

Apart from China almost no one has grid capacity to meet future demand.

09.08.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯°πŸ˜…πŸ‘πŸ»

09.08.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€—

08.08.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Si tampoco pagan ni mezquitas ni sinagogas ni federaciones deportivas sin Γ‘nimo de lucro, ONGs, etc., etc. a mi personalmente no me importa.

08.08.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So say we all.

08.08.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing glasses is eating noodles with chopsticks .. Alt: Bill Adama is eating noodles with chopsticks
08.08.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mi tierra natal es EEUU. Llevo 25 aΓ±os en EspaΓ±a, 18 de ellos en Asturias.

Me refiero a los estadounidenses que nunca maduraron y a quien les siguen fascinando los armas igual que cuando tenΓ­an diez aΓ±os. Innegablemente tecnologΓ­a que causa mucho daΓ±o, pero utilizan el mismo argumento que usted.

08.08.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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