Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 08/08/2025You pay for it with the money that is saved. It costs society less to house the unhoused than to not. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 27/07/2025We missed #caturday. Perilla was too busy partying and now she's experiencing the consequences 😂 020
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025I like my weird little painting. I've named it 'Buffy' because for some reason, it really makes me think of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' 😅 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 20/07/2025No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet. Perilla is into ✨cinema✨ 010
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 20/07/2025It 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. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 10/07/2025That's one way to get around a definition I suppose. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025You literally said GMOs and selective breeding are the same. Have you changed your mind? I'm confused about what your argument is. 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I can picture your art on Magic cards for sure! 130
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025organisms 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." 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025In 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 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025here 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.. 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I am literally a farmer. and I'm telling you, GMO is not the same as selective breeding. 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I thought we left the anti-science people back on Twitter...I guess not 😭 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Who 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. 🤦♀️ 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Yes, one allows businesses to decrease food sovereignty and doesn't take into account the climate or cultural practices...is being "more precise" worth that? 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Do people...not know what GMO means? Banging my head against the wall in this thread 🤦♀️ 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Yeah, people are just throwing around words without knowing what they mean. 'Domestication' and GMO are not the same at all 🤦♀️ 200
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Yeah it's totally not the same. I'm not sure why there are people here trying to dispute that... 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Can you update this? GMOs and domesticating crops are not the same thing, at all. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025And 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 010
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Not 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. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025There 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. 111
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Oh I loved Pachinko! Which book is your favorite so far? 110
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Love onigirazu and onigiri! Such a filling and portable meal 😋 010
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I love my e bike! I got it so I can get to the farm in half the time it would take via transit. But if I didn't pedal, I wouldn't even make it half way 😅 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025This is an illustration?? How?? So cool ♥️ 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025"GMO is a food or crop with genetic material that has been altered using biotechnology instead of selective breeding" 110
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Thanks! Sorry to be pedantic about it, but seeing so many comments saying it's the same thing made me feel like I was going insane 😅 I work on an organic farm where we do seed breeding trials so I have a lot of respect for the process of selective breeding! 010
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I see a lot of comments on here saying that this is a win for GMOs and I want to point out that selective breeding of plants is not the same as GMOs. 1130
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Selective breeding is not GMO! - "GMO is a food or crop with genetic material that has been altered using biotechnology instead of selective breeding" 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Hi, selective breeding is not GMO - "GMO is a food or crop with genetic material that has been altered using biotechnology instead of selective breeding" 100
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Also, I literally work on a farm. They are not the same thing. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025"GMO is a food or crop with genetic material that has been altered using biotechnology instead of selective breeding" 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025"A genetically modified organism is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques" crossbreeding plants is not the same. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 01/07/2025You mean they can't work YET. We see where this is going 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Happy #caturday from this me and my munchkin ❤️ 080
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025"Tools for Conviviality" by Ivan Illich. Helped me understand why I have always felt a sense of wrongness in the world. 000
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I left my job as a product designer at Microsoft around 8 months ago. At the time, AI was being dramatically pushed. It didn't matter if it was successful in any way, it only mattered that you used it. I've decided to get off this ride, it's only going to get worse. 050
Ali Marie Makes @alimariemakes.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Honestly the biggest, and creepiest, losers. Imagine being so obsessed with other peoples genitals. 🤮 Couldn't be me 110
