Ali Marie Makes

Dat's me!

You pay for it with the money that is saved. It costs society less to house the unhoused than to not.

A white jindo dog smiling while he gets brushed

I give you...Hangel

A gorgeous tortoiseshell cat laying on a folded plush blanket on a bed with one paw over her eyes

We missed #caturday. Perilla was too busy partying and now she's experiencing the consequences 😂

A landscape oriented painting on a self-stretched blue canvas. The painting is of lime green silk fabric background with a shiny green stone and dried pink flower in front of a brown stone to the left, a floating bean shaped object to the middle left and pothos leaves above a pink crocodile shape cut of paper to the right.

I like my weird little painting. I've named it 'Buffy' because for some reason, it really makes me think of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' 😅

No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.
Perilla is into ✨cinema✨

It would cost less in taxes to house people than to have them on the streets. But people don't actually care about that, they just don't think unhoused people 'deserve' to be housed.

40 mins is insane 😩 so good!

That's one way to get around a definition I suppose.

You literally said GMOs and selective breeding are the same. Have you changed your mind? I'm confused about what your argument is.

I can picture your art on Magic cards for sure!

organisms whose genomes have been precisely altered at the molecular level, usually by the inclusion of genes from unrelated species of organisms that code for traits that would not be obtained easily through conventional selective breeding."

In conventional livestock production, crop farming, and even pet breeding, it has long been the practice to breed select individuals of a species in order to produce offspring that have desirable traits. In genetic modification, however, recombinant genetic technologies are employed to produce

here is a dictionary definition: "genetically modified organism (GMO), organism whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favour the expression of desired physiological traits or the generation of desired biological products." contin..

I am literally a farmer. and I'm telling you, GMO is not the same as selective breeding.

I thought we left the anti-science people back on Twitter...I guess not 😭

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Who is funding these misconceptions? GMOs have decreased farmer's options when it comes to seeds, concentrating the business into the hands of only 4 companies. And a "crossing operation" costs no more than simply growing a crop. 🤦‍♀️

Yes, one allows businesses to decrease food sovereignty and doesn't take into account the climate or cultural practices...is being "more precise" worth that?

Do people...not know what GMO means? Banging my head against the wall in this thread 🤦‍♀️

Yeah, people are just throwing around words without knowing what they mean. 'Domestication' and GMO are not the same at all 🤦‍♀️

Yeah it's totally not the same. I'm not sure why there are people here trying to dispute that...

Not true though? Words have meanings...

Can you update this? GMOs and domesticating crops are not the same thing, at all.

And many places have local seed banks/breeding programs that farmers participate in to create hybrid and open pollinated crops that are more successful in their specific ecosystem/soil/climate. Like BC eco-seed co-op for example

Not quite true, hybrid crops are definitely NOT typically infertile but they can be difficult to breed true to type. You can breed hybrid plants and select throughout generations though to create a stable open pollinating crop.

Same! If it works, it works!

There is a huge difference, GMOs allow for the company to make it so the seed that comes from the resultant crop is infertile, creating food instability and a monopoly of where seeds can be bought.

Oh I loved Pachinko! Which book is your favorite so far?

Love onigirazu and onigiri! Such a filling and portable meal 😋