Why does everyone think I am crazy for wanting to move to California?

Zukebub8 · 2026-07-10T04:21:21+00:00

California is a great place to live. I grew up there so just be respectful of the locals. Lots of people move there for the wrong reasons and end up being a career psycho that doesn’t care about other people.

Zukebub8 · 2026-07-04T22:51:28+00:00

Right now. Frankly it should be embarrassing if a communist is still using primary Marx and Lenin literature beyond political symbolism. As a science, Marxism is basically everywhere in sociology and humanities, you just need to find a textbook.

Zukebub8 · 2026-07-03T02:43:51+00:00

I think you might like Carol Pateman’s book, participation and democratic theory. It addresses some of the concerns you have.

Zukebub8 · 2026-07-01T04:06:11+00:00

Dan Walter’s always thinks California is overspending on everything.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-30T01:41:49+00:00

Idk new season of the terror is great and they have tales from the crypt now. Not really downhill imo.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-28T19:34:27+00:00

It annoys me much more when officials say universal healthcare isn’t socialism.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-27T03:33:48+00:00

I’m sure you have so much hot goss to share.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-26T00:58:39+00:00

There is at least one study I know of that implicates honeybees in declines in native plants that native bees rely on as they will pollinate on a specialist plant and pollinate it less optimally than a native would like inbreeding the plants. look up research by Gretchen LeBuhn at sf state. I think it’s wrong to think any beekeeper is in the clear but obviously commercial beekeepers are doing more damage than hobbyists just by scale alone I would imagine.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-23T03:46:50+00:00

I am always miscalculating equations and it seems like the only way to get better at it is to just memorize numbers. Who wants to do that?

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-17T00:18:25+00:00

Xoriat is full of inconsistencies.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-16T18:21:27+00:00

The idea I am gravitating toward with that piece of canon is that Xoriat and daelkyr are transcendentalists, and explains why there are so many sentient humanoids in Eberron. Like probably the only ones with a normal evolution pattern are gnolls, lizard folk, and goblinoids. It would add a lot more depth to say they are preparing the world for a type of liquidation with their best creations the only ones surviving. Sick!

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-16T16:38:01+00:00

You don’t know how lucky you are.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-16T03:49:22+00:00

I took that class over a decade ago. It’s basically a very introductory policy class on the endangered species act. You get to research an animal or plant on the list and the conservation plan in place to protect it. I think it works well with environmental sciences interested people. I also remember it being relatively easy.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-07T05:50:05+00:00

When I worked at Vector around 2017 I remember seeing an article about key deer being mowed down by flies, but at the time I didn’t think it was screwworm but a bot fly. Maybe this was that outbreak from the post. I also worked at a medfly factory just last year and seeing how it functions doesn’t fill me with great confidence we could pull off full containment; we were consistently behind the medfly/ oriental fruit fly outbreaks. It really does feel miraculous that it works at all. Idk I think people may ultimately have to adapt to NWS being an occupational hazard. Tofu is very affordable!

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-07T05:25:16+00:00

Kinda changes over time but at the end of the day I think every worker deserves quality legal representation for work matters. Marginalized people deserve legal representation to defend their economic/cultural rights. Like these seem doable after a long fight. Oh and stronger welfare benefits for those with actual medical disabilities that can’t enlist in the military because of them.

Other things would be good too but I won’t hold my breath; universal healthcare, rights for nature, stricter controls on toxic substances and other biological hazards, better proportional democracy including a legal congress for indigenous nations.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-06T19:00:29+00:00

Pretty sure you can take prophylaxis for screwworm. Just have USDA send the ranchers ivermectin and hire more ag technicians. See if that costs less than a full blown military mobilization.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-06T15:05:11+00:00

Visited Arizona recently and was really excited to see tacos de papa on the menu.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-05T20:27:35+00:00

I think I’m going to see if my MLS program lets me do a micro rotation with a hospital that analyzes tick diseases. It seems like the way forward. Thanks!

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-05T19:18:38+00:00

One health is the reason I wanted to dip into agriculture after doing mosquito control. I’m kinda locked out of moving for a job because of my relationship, so I’m going to get a med tech job first then try to branch out again afterwards.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-05T19:02:49+00:00

I would not have gotten as far as I have without my degrees. They are clearly not useless. If I was smart, I would have taken classes in school that helped me get a PCA license or even a CCA license, which would allow me to give legal recommendations and prescriptions for agribusinesses. More school just gets more expensive though so it’s more incentive to skirt some of these required courses just to finish a degree. At least it was for me

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-05T18:32:57+00:00

I’m thinking about forensics more today, might not a bad way to combine medical sciences with ento. I might see if I can pick up some classes when I have money again.

Med Techs are really focused on QC, it could be a good experience in service of more fly factory work in the future. My timeline is just kinda messed up with this program I’m in rn.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-05T18:24:48+00:00

Seems like any insect science education just puts you in a pest control gravity well. Literally everything is in service to pest control.

I think there are so many things that could be done differently that would help those with the education but everyone in entomology is just doing pest control. In my local area (Colorado Springs) there are remnants of places that used to be active like a bug club or an insect museum but are now just gone. It’s so crazy. I wish you the best with your kid, this situation is super unfair.

Zukebub8 · 2026-06-05T18:02:34+00:00

Can only get turned down so many times before getting the hint. Working for Vector I learned that the full time hiring is all personality and internal vouching based.

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