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Since climate change, it isn't even that cold, it was supposed to dip to -8c but now it is summer again. It does rain almost constantly though. I am on a hill, and the wall of the house provides a lot of shelter. I don't think anywhere is particularly boggy, but it is wet most of the year. It is flat grass against the wall of my house, and a slope stepped with stones against the pavement of the road outside.

I'm thinking hardy varieties of climbing rose, hydrangeas, ivy, hopefully jasmine, some evergreen holly hedges and crawling juniper. The previous owners planted a tree in the centre of the garden which does not appear to be making much progress. My phone identified it as something stupid like Goat Willow, which I can only imagine is the most boring plant a person could ever willingly choose to plant themselves.

Other stuff which does well in my garden is Hoary Willowherb, which is so abundant I had to remove it from the gutter of the roof.

Further away from the shade there is a healthy Redclaw which is home to about a million tiny birds. It is pretty ugly but I can't exactly evict these birds now they have lived there for generations, so maybe there is a way to turn it into a wild hedge made up from lots of different shrubs. Maybe I can grow cranberries and blueberries.

Let me know you guys's thoughts especially if you think I can grow anything fragrant. Personally I could obsess about this for weeks and not make any decisions so I really need someone to help me.

I think it's kinda interesting that there's a whole universal force that kinda goes uncommented upon in popular physics. I also don't know anything about the strong nuclear force, but I heard someone say once that it's actually just electromagnetism on a small scale? If there was, like, a good documentary that centers the history and experiments that lead researchers to conclude the existence of these things, that would be helpful. Being able to situate research in historical context really goes a long way to getting my head around a concept.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3401860

I semi-often hear people complain about Lemmy's moderation tools. It's happened enough that I think it's a sign that moderation tools need improvement. Some ideas I have so far:

• Let community mods view list of who's banned from community
• Put community edit/mod features on own page instead of stuffing it into the sidebar

I'm looking for other ideas for improvement I can do in addition to these.

I'm looking for a website to host a spreadsheet for book recommendations. Ideally something where I could add people as approved editors but is good for privacy (so no Google). Any good options out there?

As title says, looking to read this bad boy, having trouble finding any pdf's or free copies at normal sites I would look. Any help, would be greatly appreciated!

I'm hooked on TNG right now and I need my fix

I’ve ran out of weed so I’m buying a 10 dollar pre roll here and there and I was wondering what a standard price you’re willing to pay is. Personally I don’t see an issue with a ten dollar pre roll it’s good value considering 1/8th is 30 or so dollars

I'll start: "Shoving x down our throats"

the amount of people who have told me i'm one of the good ones because "at least you don't shove gayness down our throats," or "i'm fine with it if they dont shove it down our throats" has made me cringe whenever i hear that phrase used in any context, even harmlessly. how about you guys?

I found this here and have verified the accuracy by copy-pasting into google translate myself.

My question is, is this discrepancy due directly to an intentional decision to translate differently, or is it because google translate has been trained on news articles that have been manually translated for English-speaking audiences?

(To be clear, both paragraphs should involve one person kicking another in the nuts, unless I'm missing something.)

Happy Sunday, comrades!

This thread is a space for you to talk about anything cool you've got going on, anything you want to vent about, or whatever is on your mind. Hope you've all been doing well!

For my own part, been inside trying to stay warm the last 2 weeks or so. Tried to go on a few dates, but either my mental health stopped me, or the person and I just kinda stopped talking. Didn't really feel much like leaving the couch. Today, however, I'm getting stuff done, and them going to stay a few days with my primary partner.

Had a job interview on Friday that I'm actually kind of excited about (aside from the 'hey you need income' thing) - it's a position that would see me working with nonprofits in a consulting capacity that I will not explain here at the moment. We'll just say its a tech role, with salary comparable to my last job that I got let go from, which is a good thing. Also doing my taxes now and that'll be a big help with stuff.

Beyond that, finished Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and loved it. Anyone know where to get an English version of Steel Ball Run?

Hope you've all been doing well, and remember, you are loved

I've seen discussions on here about Biden winning this year because he works in the ruling class's interest.

If the CIA really did just push a button at Langley and decide the next president, why not Hilary?

She's a corporate ghoul like the rest of them, loves war, everyone expected her to win, and the election was close enough to be plausible either way. She would have been a more reliable, or at least knowable, asset to the deep state than Trump.

She would have been the same mid president as Trump, but it would have been more of a banality of evil approach. Everyone's material conditions would have gotten worse in the same way but there wouldn't have been the media circus around everything she did.

So why do you think the 'most qualified' person for the job didn't win last time? And what could that say about this year?

Because thats me, thats what I am

I reconnected with an old friend last night.

This VERY skilled filmmaker friend told me that they have been shooting videos of protests for the past 5 years but doesn’t quite know what to do with an (apparently) vast collection of footage.

I was thinking that they might be interested in some sort of leftist press collective that focuses on protection of anonymity with a dedication to journalistic integrity; something to multiply their efforts.

They’re at an expert level in editing, vfx, (especially) compositing (even without the footage, this friend would be, by far, the most skilled nuke compositor to lend their skills to a leftist cause that has ever existed. They have done work on more major motion pictures and vfx-heavy commercials than they can even name. Imagine the implications of that kind of meme firepower?), color grading, camera, etc so they’d absolutely be a valuable asset to any press team, honestly.

Does anyone have any advice? I want to make sure my friend is protected while also allowing them to leverage the spirit of collaboration to help make an impact on society if possible.

Are they cops?

Personally I'm going with micro crabs

What do you think of the Borgachev?

They give me red scare "Everyone under communism wears grey and has no individuality" propaganda. "Why do you resist us? We only wish to increase your quality of life"

Although personally, they remind me of what it's like working under capitalism.

Before you tell me I know there is a PPB button but I swear to god I am not clicking it, it just happens sometimes

All the ones I can find are just in Danish.

It happens often enough that I don't think it can be a coincidence. Is it just because fascism revels in subjugating and abusing the weak, and nobody's weaker than children?

Apparently my £40 off peak return they sold me this morning is not valid and I just had to pay another £60 for a single.

It is mad, I just flew 4 hours for £30.