Posts by meeoo@toot.community
 (DIR) Post #AsJ8ayhZuEN04lAjuS by meeoo@toot.community
       2025-03-22T08:51:57Z
       
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       @futurebird I needed to go back to the Wikipedia article to confirm what I remembered reading somewhere, which is that "many hand axes show considerable skill, design and symmetry beyond that needed for utility". The sheer amount of them also seems to indicate what you're hinting at.And of course some scientists have to involve sexual selection as a reason for making beautiful things 🙄https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe
       
 (DIR) Post #AsPBTcOptOVPgrLbkW by meeoo@toot.community
       2025-03-25T06:52:30Z
       
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       @futurebird in the end I think these actions are an acknowledgement of reciprocity and interdependence with the greater world. Which is extremely rational.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxwA7phLONyNdKcEee by meeoo@toot.community
       2025-09-06T18:03:14Z
       
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       @futurebird @phette23 ISBNs get assigned in blocks to publishers by the national authority. Discount publishers might retire a title and reuse its ISBN so they won't have to buy another block to publish additional titles. You cannot order the older title anyway, they figure, so the ISBN points at one title in print.And then there's supermarkets and retailers that don't even bother to assign ISBNs and just use EANs. They're not in the book trade: they're selling *stuff*
       
 (DIR) Post #AyUblzaBVVXKF38E9A by meeoo@toot.community
       2025-09-23T08:53:18Z
       
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       @futurebird @petergleick I think that the large families centain conservatives yearn back to were also only possible because of vaccines and improvements in food standards, hygene and sanitation, all public health advancements