Like another commenter said, attracting insects can help, by providing food for pollinators and other bugs which also help feed smaller animals which then feed larger animals etc. Never ever use herbicide/pesticide, or artificial fertilizer. (For example, anything with glyphosate in it will kill anything with permeable skin in the area. Salamanders will die from levels even below EPA standards of safe drinking water.) If you need fertilizer use compost.

Even better: kill your lawn. Let native wildflower species take over. If it all turns to clover, you don't even have to mow it.

The main problem is our economic system which demands infinite, unsustainable profit and expansion, so at the very least get the conversation going on that. I know it's impossible for an individual to fight the whole world, but that's why organizing is important. You must build a large enough group to become a force for change.

In the meantime, since we aren't ready to kill capitalism, make your own space as much of a sanctuary as it can be.

Great guide!

Sounds like a fake troll story, but then again I have known people to be this narcissistically unaware before in real life, so who knows. YTA clearly. Don't perv on anyone. Her reaction indicates PTSD from a past assault, which you then gleefully triggered. I still don't believe this story is even true because of its horribleness. If you are a troll, I hope you get bored. 🥱

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At first I was like wtf is with this author. I'm millenial/gen z and even I remember what we did. TV, books, and calling your friends on your wired phone attached to the wall.

But as I read the article, I kinda get it. There was a ton of down time and boredom. However, I disagree that the nothingness was this horrible thing. I think the "nothing ever happens" is what our brains handle much better than "there's too much happening."

Our brains literally can't process the firehose of information streaming into our eyeballs 24/7 365. It starts to go in your eyes and right out your ears. My memory is shit now. I'm forgetting important stuff because it keeps getting deleted to make room for more garbage data like endless dank memes and posts. I think the nothingness, along with REM sleep (which is also disrupted by screens), is what's needed to help process and therefore retain new information.

I'm trying to spend less time on screens because it feels like dementia and it's freaking me out.

How's the healthcare over there?

Glad they sorted out the air, but I hope that those who were affected can get help for the lung damage sustained after all those years of breathing it in.

Wow now I want one of those

Almost sounds like ADHD, which can be misdiagnosed as depression/anxiety OR can lead to those two things due to such cognitive dysfunctions and emotional dysregulation. It's interesting they mention guanfacine too, as I've heard that can be used to help with ADHD.

Thank you for your service

You're right about the spam, volunteer moderators are helpless against it if they decide to spawn thousands of instances and accounts to attack. A whitelist instead of blacklist style of federation might be necessary now. I just hope it doesn't create too small of a bubble or certain large instances start to monopolize, like the way e-mail went.

Nice!! I used some of mine to cover up the Conclave window so I can pretend it doesn't exist. 😎