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  • I never tried PixelFed and just signed up to pixel.tchncs.de. As a client I downloaded Pixelix from F-Droid. Now I’m there with an empty feed. How do I get started?

    There’s a section with trending profiles and one with trending hashtags but both sections seem to have pretty generic content like #art, #photography, #photos etc.

    Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice photographies and all but it feels really anonymous and a bit random to me. Is this the normal PixelFed experience or am I doing it wrong?






  • I guess it would probably be just a fraction compared to the current number of cows but I personally think it’s still a much better world with few animals living in the wild rather than masses in captivity.

    If some aliens came to us and and offered us to massively increase the human population by factor 10 or 100 but in return they’d hold us in cages, control our reproduction, decide on how old you’ll get, use our bodies as ressources for food and clothes etc.

    I guess very few humans would see such a development as a success for our species despite the tremendous growth of individuals.

    Quality > quantity





  • rbn@sopuli.xyztoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.mlEvil Ones
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    If the existence is a terroristic act how do you call farmers who breed these creatures on purpose? I guess the new ‘vegans’ could then eat the very last generation of terroristic animals and then everyone needs to go ‘vegetabler’. I guess that doesn’t sound too bad to those that are vegetabler on purpose. ;)





  • Even some vegans who adopted veganism recently may keep some of their leather items until worn out instead of replacing them straight away as they may have done with wool or silk clothes.

    What would be a reason not to wear them anymore? I didn’t read the full article till the very end but IMHO the most damaging part is buying leather products. If you already have them, I see little sense in trashing the stuff. If it’s in good condition, you could sell/gift it to someone to potentially avoid that other person is buying new stuff.

    The only other reason I could make up would be ‘marketing’. So to stop wearing these things to stop the normalization of it. But TBH I doubt that an average person can tell the difference between real and fake leather boots or merino and polyester shirts.

    I have a 20 year old leather belt with a lot of wear on it, old leather boots, some merino clothes for hiking that I have fixed with yarn like a dozen of times… All of it isn’t in a condition to give it away but also feels not ready for the trash. I think I do better to keep 'em until they really fall apart completely instead of buying alternatives now.


  • As far as I know, it’s not the number of processing steps that decides on the healthyness of the end product. We know that most processed meat products are really unhealthy thanks to potassium chloride and carcinogenic nitrosamines.

    But pasta or bread aren’t worse than wheat as long as no additional ingredients are added. Tofu isn’t worse than soy. A ready to eat tomato sauce with herbs, garlic and olive oil isn’t necessarily worse than a sauce you prepare yourself.

    However, industry food often contains lots of added sugar, saturated fats and questionable additives. But that’s more a correlation than a causality.


  • rbn@sopuli.xyztovegan@lemmy.world15 Unlikely Vegan Protein Sources
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    The list IMHO contains mostly common stuff. To add a few:

    • Sweet lupines (can be prepared like beans but also transformed into patties, sausages etc.)
    • Hemp seeds (for best nutritional value they should be eaten raw as a pesto, pasta topping, in salads, muesli etc.)
    • Lin (either available as seeds, then basically the same applies as for hemp, but you can also get a flour that is left-over from the lin oil production that has around 50% protein)
    • Pumpkin seeds (same as with lin, also here you can buy the left over powder from oil production that’s loaded with protein.
    • Peas
    • Pistaccios
    • Peanuts
    • Almonds
    • All kinds of nuts (walnut, hazelnut, …)
    • Oat (from my perspective heavily underrated as it’s really cheap and tasty, not only for muesli but makes a great base for patties, croquettes, whole oat kernels can be also prepared like rice etc.)
    • Chickpeas
    • Sesame (also exists as a paste called Tahina, only in moderate amounts as it contains arsenic)
    • Pearl barley (like rice)
    • Cous cous (wheat based)
    • Polenta (similar to cous cous but corn-based)
    • Pine seeds
    • Cedar nuts

    For all of these sources you can buy the the pure ingredient but there’s also a lot of prepared or even ready-to-eat products available. There’s all kind of high protein pasta that’s made from peas, chickpeas, soy, lupine etc. Patties, sauges, …

    Kernels, nuts, seeds aren’t only great protein sources but contain also very healthy fats. So definitely integrate them into your diet but keep in mind the calories.

    Also most veggies, mushrooms are good protein sources. They don’t contain as much protein per weight because they contain so much water. So they aren’t an ideal primary source of protein unless you want to eat like several pounds. But if you look at dried tomatoes or shitake mushrooms they are also rich in protein. The fresh ones are even better of course. Same with potatoes. Great protein, just dilluted with water and starch. ;)

    Getting enough protein isn’t that difficult afterall. Always try to mix several sources to provide a wider variety of amino acids available to your body.



  • I get you. In face of developments in society and politics, it can be hard to stay hopeful.

    I think the underlying issue of all that is that humans are still genetically programmed to life in caves, in loose tribes with a couple dozens of people and dealing only with fundamental issues that are easily overseable. Hungry? Kill mammoth. Horny? Bunga bunga. That’s it.

    Our success of our species as a whole outperformed the capability of us individuals to understand the world we live in. With globalization and technologilization everything is connected now. No problem can be seen isolated. And despite having access to vast amount of information, no one is capable to oversee a process and connect ends.

    Being overwhelved by this insane complexity people surrender. People are confused. People are frustrated. People turn ignorant. They are looking for meaning, for simple answers. Some people find these easy answers in populism. From my perspective, that’s why people decide that voting for Trump might not be that bad. Even if they don’t agree on everything he says, they at least understand the agenda. Blaming others psychologically can be great excuse for your own misery. It’s not my fault, it’s theirs. Thus, I don’t have to change / learn / invest / work on myself to improve my or everyone else’s situation.

    On top of that I think that society has a contagious aspect. If so many people vote for Trump, it can’t be that wrong. To mimic what your successful neighbors do was an incredible benefit to our ancestors. Trump is a racist asshole that’s lying all day long. Yet, he’s super rich and made it to the president. Capitalism incentivises selfishness. The more you exploit others, the bigger your own piece of cake. People admire the rich and popular for their fancy lifestyle and strive for similar success.

    In contrast, leftists and leftist talking points often appear weak. The poor asking for welfare. The weak minoroties asking for equal rights, vegans demanding to restrict your diet for animals that can’t protect themselves, environmentalists vowing to stop travel, to go shopping…

    Furthermore, leftist movements are often overly critical towards themselves and their potential supporters. Oh, you went vegetarian but still eating cheese? Murderer! Oh, you stopped international flights but still drive a car to get to work? Still just as bad of a person!

    So, based on the capitalist definition of success, leftists are and make themselves the ‘losers of society’.

    If you’re seeking orientation in life because you’re unhappy with your situation - whom do you chose as your role model? The successful where you just need a bumper sticker and chant some paroles or the losers that might be shitting on you for not being perfect?

    From my perspective, the first step to change the world, is to redefine success. We must allow us to be successful, because we are fucking programmmed to be successful! Let’s appreciate small changes in the right direction, let’s praise people for trying, even if they fail or still can do better. And let’s apply this to everyone, no matter how far away someone seems to be away from our ideals. Hell, if you see your hardcore redneck neighbor eating an apple from his tree, try to turn it into a success for him. Because success will motivate him to keep going.

    I’m not a very creative cook, but I can follow instructions - any recommendations? I barely ever use recipes but mostly cook spontaneously. I would just pick a random dish you may like and give it a try, maybe a soy & beans chili? A coconut curry with tofu? Home home made croquettes or patties from oat/quinoa/cous cous? A lentil bowl? Instead of going dish by dish, you can also try to buy one completely new vegan ingredient every time you go to the store.

    If you indeed give it try, try not to see as cutting back. Cutting back sucks. Every shopping trip, every restaurant visit, every meal can be micro challenge to succeed in. You can even combine multiple challenges: meal should be vegan, contain at least 40g of protein, at least 3 different protein sources, have 4 different colors, use a completely new spice… All of these achieved but turns out to taste like shit? Barely ever happens but even if that’s still a 5/6 success. ;)

    I contrast to many others in the vegan community, I think veganism takes time. Time to get to know new products, train your tastebuds, learn new recipes, new styles of cooking. If I would have went straight full blown vegan, it would have been a shitty experience for me. I went veggie for two years, then step-by-step stopped buying eggs, milk, butter as ingredients and at some point stopped buying products that contained any animal stuff.

    Your journey might be faster, slower or completely different, but make sure it’s your personal success story towards the target of a better world. :)