D'ya know, I did, and I was assuming the convention that asterisks wrapped in non-white space wouldn't mark-up, and only now that you mentioned it do I see how it rendered. Thanks! I'll edit

I looked, and beheld a white horse. And the man that sat on it was death. And hell followed with him.

I could be misremembering that a bit tbf

Then you're clearly not deep enough into the world of array programming languages. See, K is a programming language that takes many design cues from J, which is in turn based on APL. It's known primarily for that and for KDB, the database engine written in it.

Some trees do a bit, I guess? Like, beech trees will release some chemicals to inhibit other plant growth, and iirc their leaves do that as they decompose, as well as the root system itself. But depends on the plant and mostly bunk I believe.

National trust is in favour of peeing in the garden. Can be good for some plants!

Paywalled, can you dump the text?

Oh man, I hear you. Actually I'm a slob, I don't just have a grinder, it's one of those all-in-one filter coffee machines. Every morning at 6.30 there's that grinding noise and a few mins later the smell drifts in. I don't wanna get up but dang it you've made it worth my while, coffee machine, I ain't mad.

I never got the impression Michelle even wanted to run, and frankly I'm not impressed by the notion that the best candidate was a wife of a previous victor. Didn't work out terribly well last time, and not actually particularly great credentials on their own

I'm not sure how subtle discworld really is 🤣

Everyone always dunkin' on Perl, but I can't even tell you how often it's been the best tool for the job. Like, at least 3

AOctothorpe

The people who do the cleaning