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Cake day: August 26th, 2023

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  • Yeah these squash bugs or vine borers, they lay their eggs on the stems and the undersides of the leaves, so we’ve been trying the soap approach. We are trying a solution of water and dish soap then spray it directly on the bugs. It’s kind of laborious to be honest but as far as I know these insects breath through the skin and the soap coats the adults or eggs when sprayed.


  • Honestly chat GTP is your friend. Or download an applications like Sim Daltonism that simulate how colors appear to individuals with different types of color blindness.

    A.I response.

    To understand how a cartoon like Harvey Birdman might look to a colorblind person, it’s essential to consider the different types of color blindness and how they affect color perception.

    Types of Color Blindness

    1. Red-Green Color Blindness: This is the most common form, which includes:
    • Protanopia: Difficulty distinguishing between red and green hues.
    • Deuteranopia: Similar to protanopia but affects green perception more.
    1. Blue-Yellow Color Blindness: Less common, affecting the ability to differentiate between blue and yellow colors (tritanopia).

    2. Complete Color Blindness: A rare condition where individuals see the world in shades of gray.

    Visual Representation in Cartoons

    • Color Perception: For someone with red-green color blindness, colors that are typically vibrant red or green may appear muted or indistinguishable. For instance, a bright green tree might look more like a grayish or brownish color, and red objects may blend into greens or browns.

    • Cartoon Examples: In cartoons, characters and backgrounds often rely on bright, contrasting colors to convey emotions and actions. To a colorblind person, these contrasts may be less pronounced. For example:

    • A cartoon featuring a red apple on a green background might appear as a grayish shape against a similarly muted backdrop.

    • Characters with red or green clothing may look similar in hue, making it challenging to distinguish between them.


  • “In Australia, prices for pharmaceutical medicines are capped at $31.60 if listed on the PBS. A 2024 report by research organisation Rand found that US drug prices were, on average, about 370% higher than in Australia and 278% above the OECD average”

    The American pharmaceutical system is broken. The U.S. spends significantly more on developing drugs than other developed nations, partly due to unfettered regulation. This spending is attributed to exploitative capitalism and a lack of price controls. The fragmented nature of the U.S. healthcare system created this monster, and now these mega-corporations can’t stop the “sugar high.” It’s total BS.







  • The plot thickens. If anybody wants to save a click this is the article from 2001.

    HAYDEN, Idaho – Firefighters burned some of the remaining buildings on the former Aryan Nations compound during training exercises this week.

    The 20-acre property is owned by the Carr Foundation, which offered the abandoned buildings to Northern Lakes Fire District officials for training, fire inspector Dean Marcus said.

    The foundation bought the compound in April from Victoria and Jason Keenan, who won a $6.2 million judgment against the Aryan Nations and its founder, Richard Butler.

    Firefighters said they had no political agenda in burning four of the seven buildings during sessions that started Tuesday evening.

    “It just gives the folks the opportunity to train how we work,” Chief Jeff Welch said.

    A bomb squad dog searched the buildings Thursday to make sure they were safe.

    Firefighters plan to torch Butler’s former home and the neo-Nazi sect’s former church July 15.






  • Is this a mulberry? It looks to me like a plant sport which is a variation arising from a single plant that differs genetically from the parent plant, it is essentially a mutation that manifests as a noticeable change in a plant’s characteristics, it can sometimes happen when the cellular structure has been messed with (say cutting off a limb) and the dormant buds grow and divide in differing ways giving the variation in the leaf characteristics. It’s just a guess though.





  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldtoCooking @lemmy.worldWhat am I cooking?
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    20 days ago

    It looks like an Indian curry of sorts, I’ll take a stab: From left bottom I’d say the spices are as follows. Cloves, coriander seed, jaggery sugar, cumin seed (not sure about this as there are two very similar portions), garlic powder, cumin seed again, Methi, bay leaves, curry leaves, Cumin seeds again, although it could be anise or fennel or caraway (not so typical)? Black pepper and salt. Then aside from what looks to be green jalapenos de-seeded, onions, carrots, you have mustard oil perhaps and other clear liquids (maybe water or white vinegar.)

    Edit: it looks also like you may be doing something in three phases, could it be a pickling project?