San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) has reneged on a key campaign promise to deliver 1,500 new shelter beds, something ...
cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/3496521
I’m not sure, it’s an experiment.
I have one in my backyard that seems to grow OK so maybe?
My climate is very hot in summer so I’m trying to find greens that aren’t bitter in such weather, and this is the best flavor that I’ve found so far.
Garden is really starting to get into the midsummer groove. First good harvest of tomatoes yesterday, more sorrel though it’s slowing down with the heat. Had a few small eggplants but hoping the next batch will grow bigger.
I planted Persian basil which seems to grow really well in my climate but all of the basil is growing well, along with my sweet potatoes.
Peppers are sizing up but not ripe yet. Ginger and water spinach still struggling for unknown reasons but I’m wondering if the soil in that area is compacted or something.
Finally, my pepino is growing like crazy and getting very large. But it’s been flowing for a while now and hasn’t made any fruit. If anyone has experience with this plant and has advice, let me know.
Damn that sucks. Why are they planting grass? For cattle? Who owns the land?
Looks like cucurbitaceae but couldn’t say much beyond that. Brazil is not well known to me.
Was it growing on a vine?
“ongoing bilateral engagement”
Yeah this is gonna turn into another CECOT isn’t it.
Yellowstone and some playgrounds for the ultra-rich are like the whole economy.
There’s an excellent podcast on this project if it interests you.
lol I just got banned for commenting in this thread. Not sure what I even said but presumably for criticizing the IDF’s war crimes. The mods there are unhinged.
Any play podcast recs? Maybe listening to a few games will give me a better sense than just reading.
I looked into playing briefly but it seemed more complicated and confusing than 5e which my players can already barely handle.
He can’t be sent to El Salvador but I believe they can send him elsewhere unfortunately.
Reducing the amount of cars on the bridge reduces air pollution even if no one bikes on it. Which, to be clear, they do.
I wish the fascists a rich and fulfilling life completely devoid of any power to harm other people.
What case? He’s dead, why would there be a case against him?
More accurately, they’re both separate descendants of ethnonationalism which was a popular ideology at that time. And still today, evidently, though it seemed to be in decline for a bit during the post-war period.
They’re not rolling over. They’re actively supporting ongoing ethnic cleansing and military occupation in LA. They are traitors to their own people.
If they just stayed home the LA community could solve this themselves.
First, I don’t mean to minimize the severity of what’s happening in this country, which is awful and dangerous and we all should work to resist in any way we can.
But, objectively, the risk to citizens right now is extremely low. Now that could change, and I don’t blame you for being fearful. But I don’t think we’re yet in a situation where you should fear going outside.
Also, touching grass is a bit vague but if you are going out and building bonds with your neighbors and community, I think that’s actually a form of self defense. Those are the people who may be able to help support or protect you if and when things get worse and the danger expands to you.
So definitely don’t stop doing that. That’s what the regime wants. A terrified populace where everyone is hiding indoors and too scared to work together is a much stronger position for them than one where we support one another and actively resist what they’re doing together.
A man shares his love of classic rock with his best friend.
Hi all, as you may have heard, this instance is unfortunately shutting down at the end of the month. As far as I know, this is the only Lemmy foraging community, so I’d like to keep it going elsewhere if possible.
Does anyone know of or wish to create another foraging community?
If not, I’d be happy to make one on slrpnk.net. There used to be one but I think it was closed due to mod inactivity.
I’m not sure if Lemmy is big enough to sustain such a niche topic yet but if there is still interest in this community I’m curious if there is another similar one or if one should be started?
I got to thinking last night that theoretically, with enough hair, the air resistance would slow you down so that your terminal velocity would be low enough to land unharmed. How long would it need to be? How would one go about calculating this?
I assume you need some kind of drag coefficient and a density for hair to start with. Not sure where to find that information.
SACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless population. “So what do you think Democrats can learn from somebody who, like you, targets the most vulnera...
I assume y’all know the onion is satire at this point but you’ve been warned just in case.
Not exactly traditional foraging but I have a lot of these that grow without care in untended parts of my garden and I’ve heard they are edible. The tubers are decent size for something that isn’t a crop and I could harvest a good number pretty easily if I wanted.
However, the sources I find online that talk about their edibility don’t seem too reputable, so I’m curious if anyone has first-hand experience. Are they safe to eat in quantity? Any preparation tips?
Please share any knowledge you have!
Twenty-five students across four California State University campuses have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with Palestine. They join a nationwide wave of protests demanding an immediate end to U.S. support for the genocide in Gaza.
cross-posted from: https://altmedia.house/post/5318
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers denied criminal damage charges but were convicted following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
>Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing more than £620,000 worth of damage to the tree and more than £1,000 worth of damage to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
>On 27 September 2023, the pair drove 30 miles through a storm to Northumberlandfrom Cumbria, where they both lived, before felling the tree overnight in a matter of minutes.
>If you’ve ever wondered why news media obsesses over shoplifting but ignores wage theft, or why media outlets report a "shortage" of prison guards without questioning why we imprison so many people, you've probably encountered copaganda.
>In this episode, award-winning civil rights lawyer and author Alec Karakatsanis joins me to discuss his phenomenal new book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, and to break down all the ways that our news ecosystem is polluted with pro-police PR.
>We talk about how copaganda shapes literally every form of media in the U.S. and warps our perceptions of safety and justice. Alec reveals how these fear-driven narratives are fueling the rise of authoritarian policies, mass incarceration, and deepening inequality.
Hopi farming techniques are designed to conserve as much soil moisture as possible. For thousands of years, Hopi farmers have grown corn, beans, and squash in this harsh environment, and Dr. Johnson is working to ensure that Hopi dry farming traditions continue.
>Dr. Johnson lives in a self-constructed stonehouse in northeastern Arizona up on the Little Colorado Plateau near Kykotsmovi Village, about a 90-minute drive from Flagstaff. This area is a semi-arid environment, receiving six to 10 inches of annual rainfall a year, which isn't much. While conventional crop scientists insist that a farmer needs over 30 inches of annual rainfall a year to grow corn, Hopi dryland farming challenges this assertion. Hopi farming techniques are designed to conserve as much soil moisture as possible. For thousands of years, Hopi farmers have grown corn, beans, and squash in this harsh environment, and Dr. Johnson is working to ensure that Hopi dry farming traditions continue.
Trees > Parking Spots
Good to see cities in America putting in the work to fix the poor decisions of the past! Yes, this is a small step but I think it will have big impacts. Especially because my city never wants to do anything that no American city has done before, even if it's common practice in other parts of the world. Now that Portland has led the way, we might see other cities following suit.
President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back environmental protections around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation issued Friday that cites the dangers of wildfires.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35583702
> Whether the move will boost lumber supplies as Trump envisioned in an executive order last month remains to be seen. Former President Joe Biden’s administration also sought more logging in public forests to combat fires, which are worsening as the world gets hotter, yet U.S. Forest Service timber sales stayed relatively flat under his tenure. > > It exempts affected forests from an objection process that allows outside groups, tribes and local governments to challenge logging proposals at the administrative level before they are finalized. It also narrows the number of alternatives federal officials can consider when weighing logging projects.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19339040
> Not a local but sharing the word since this is highly needed.
Not a local but sharing the word since this is highly needed.
The economic blackout on Feb. 28 was an important first step. But future boycotts will require these ingredients to be effective.
>Boycotts traditionally require a lot of coordination to make them work. They require:
>* a target (who is supposed to change behavior) >* a demand (so the target knows what they have to do to get the boycott to stop) >* boycotters (a lot of people who used to be customers refusing to be customers anymore) >* leadership/negotiation committee (people who can show the target they’re hurting their bottomline and negotiate over demands) >* a way to communicate with the boycotters (a structure and massive social reach!).
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
>Trump has instructed the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to increase logging targets and for officials to circumvent the US’s Endangered Species Act by using unspecified emergency powers to ignore protections placed upon vulnerable creatures’ habitats.
>This move is similar to recent instructions by Trump to use a rarely-used committee to push through fossil fuel projects even if they imperil at-risk species. Experts have said this overriding of the Endangered Species Act is probably illegal.
>The order also stipulates logging projects can be sped up if they are for purported wildfire risk reduction, via “thinning” of vegetation that could ignite. Some scientists have said that aggressively felling forests, particularly established, fire-resistant trees, actually increases the risk of fast-moving fires.
>“This Trump executive order is the most blatant attempt in American history by a president to hand over federal public lands to the logging industry,” said Chad Hanson, wildfire scientist at the John Muir Project.
>“What’s worse, the executive order is built on a lie, as Trump falsely claims that more logging will curb wildfires and protect communities, while the overwhelming weight of evidence shows exactly the opposite.”
