Beautiful post.
I love the natural feeling and the sense of accomplishment felt when we as humans spread/plant life and give back to nature as was intended.
probably the thing I’ve done that’s closest to guerrilla gardening is planting a bunch of shit in my backyard and refusing to consult my landlord
I’m making it better. When I moved in it was nothing but a patch of hot dirt (rocky clay, to be precise) with three sad 4′x4′x6″ raised beds. After almost two years of gardening and “letting the weeds grow” the difference is astonishing.
At first my “weeds” really were weeds: nonnative and invasive plants. But it is the nature of these plants to grow on disturbed ground, so I let them, and as time passed, my “weeds” became unfamiliar to me. These had to be the native plants, I thought. I have yet to get confirmation on that but increased biodiversity is always a good thing. Plants want to grow and the fact that I let them, that I have allowed this, brings me endless joy.
I planted a tree and didn’t tell my landlord. The local electric company subsidizes trees because it’s in their interest to shade the city. (They don’t nearly have as many native trees as I would like but it’s something at least.) Presently my tree is but 5 ft tall. I will not benefit from its shade, but I planted it for the future. It will save electricity in the future, after I have likely moved away. When it is larger, birds will flit among its branches. Hummingbirds and bugs will sip at its flowers, they already do. Give me flowers now, and my tree has done so.
There are so many more birds in my back yard, and bugs too. Foliage increases the humidity, it is not as hot and dry as it once was. Of course, there is always so much further to go in my vision of a lush desert garden but I can sit at the bench I built and watch birds visit my feeder or the flowers and know I have made something that provides for myself and the world around me.
Quick reminder that American * need to shut the fuck up.
Lord stop making every conflict about you
Y’all are so divorced from reality you act as if every single thing affect y’all first
Ukrainiens are dying and all you can do is wonder about your ass.
I’m just …. Tired of American always being in the narrative. Hearing them talk you’d think that they stopped WWII by them self. Dude, the resistance wouldn’t have stopped if y’all had failed. You wouldn’t have been able to step foot on France if not for the French resistance helping you. And you didn’t even enter the conflict till it cause you trouble.
The soldiers from the colonies where fucking braver than any of you, cause they where fighting for a country that fuck them over.
Just stop
It’s not about you
It’s about them
It’s not even about us European. ( I’m talking about the coalition things plus England there)
It’s about Ukraine and it’s innocent, terrified people.
It’s about the innocent Russian civilians protesting against their corrupt government
Both of them are braver than any US marine.
It’s not about you
So shut the fuck up.
* I’m talking about the American without any tie to ukraine
The war effects groceries. A large portion of the world’s wheat and corn is being held up in Ukraine and Russia because of the war and therefore food prices are rising… eventually the prices will get too high on the global market, there will be nothing. This applies to all product and soon you will be left with whatever it is that is available at the time.
You will not be able to buy what you want. Become the solution and work towards self sustainability by growing and raising your own food. Keep 1 year worth of food on hand at least.
It is something we have seen before, as during world crises many have sustained themselves because of gardens and chickens.
Why aren’t we being warned about this and given steps globally to prepare? It seems purposeful and to keep the public dependent… Resist planned starvation.
Scientists just announced that our Sun is in a new cycle.
Solar activity has been relatively low over the past few years, and now that scientists have confirmed solar minimum was in December 2019, a new solar cycle is underway — meaning that we expect to see solar activity start to ramp up over the next several years.
The Sun goes through natural cycles, in which the star swings from relatively calm to stormy. At its most active — called solar maximum — the Sun is freckled with sunspots, and its magnetic poles reverse. At solar maximum, the Sun’s magnetic field, which drives solar activity, is taut and tangled. During solar minimum, sunspots are few and far between, and the Sun’s magnetic field is ordered and relaxed.
Understanding the Sun’s behavior is an important part of life in our solar system. The Sun’s violent outbursts can disturb the satellites and communications signals traveling around Earth, or one day, Artemis astronauts exploring distant worlds. Scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity.
Surveying sunspots is the most basic of ways we study how solar activity rises and falls over time, and it’s the basis of many efforts to track the solar cycle. Around the world, observers conduct daily sunspot censuses. They draw the Sun at the same time each day, using the same tools for consistency. Together, their observations make up the international sunspot number, a complex task run by the World Data Center for the Sunspot Index and Long-term Solar Observations, at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Brussels, which tracks sunspots and pinpoints the highs and lows of the solar cycle. Some 80 stations around the world contribute their data.
Credit: USET data/image, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels
Other indicators besides sunspots can signal when the Sun is reaching its low. In previous cycles, scientists have noticed the strength of the Sun’s magnetic field near the poles at solar minimum hints at the intensity of the next maximum. When the poles are weak, the next peak is weak, and vice versa.
Another signal comes from outside the solar system. Cosmic rays are high-energy particle fragments, the rubble from exploded stars in distant galaxies that shoot into our solar system with astounding energy. During solar maximum, the Sun’s strong magnetic field envelops our solar system in a magnetic cocoon that is difficult for cosmic rays to infiltrate. In off-peak years, the number of cosmic rays in the solar system climbs as more and more make it past the quiet Sun. By tracking cosmic rays both in space and on the ground, scientists have yet another measure of the Sun’s cycle.
Since 1989, an international panel of experts—sponsored by NASA and NOAA—meets each decade to make their prediction for the next solar cycle. The prediction includes the sunspot number, a measure of how strong a cycle will be, and the cycle’s expected start and peak. This new solar cycle is forecast to be about the same strength as the solar cycle that just ended — both fairly weak. The new solar cycle is expected to peak in July 2025.
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It is baffling to me that abortion, a practice that has been around since ancient times, is today still being argued.
Not everybody is fit to raise or even carry a child. Abortion is a right.
Urban density is harmful for our Earth.. go back to natural living..
Curious how this will play out..
If a solar storm strong enough hits our atmosphere, there's a chance it could cause an electromagnetic wave that'd destroy most of the world's electricity.
Stay safe and prepared everyone.
Sun erupts with multiple flares from single sunspot
Multiple solar eruptions all from a single sunspot have blasted into space recently, according to Space.com According to the site, the sun eruptions originated from an overactive sunspot called AR2975, which apparently has been firing off flares since March 28. This stellar event could potentially cause auroras in the sky over North America and Europe. “Strong G3-class geomagnetic storms are…
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Found this method helps a lot in controlling anxiety and handling stressful situations
My latest biohacking exploration. I’m not really into the cold resistance part (yet), but the breathing exercises are wonderful. If you’re at all familiar with pranayama this won’t be new to you.
Wim Hof Guided Breathing (3 rounds with onscreen timer)
Also the morality of keeping animals in cages/mass producing them like product.
““If you don’t have any control over your food system, it essentially puts you at the whim of a racist, capitalist food system in terms of your basic survival needs.”
— Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farms