It's possible to grow lemons under grow lights, although the plant will be engulfed by spider mites eventually, so getting some predatory fallacis mites established in compost is crucial. I grew 3 Ponderosa lemons that were spherical, but their time to maturity was long. #IndoorFarming

Mounted 4-foot grow lights in the hall so visitors will see food plants on arrival. #IndoorGrowing

I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.

Timothy Barr

In future those yellow mites will mean the difference between starvation and a comfortable time relaxing in the cave. It's because indoor food production, the last option of humanity, will be defeated by spider mites. Luckily prescient hippies will save you with the yellow mites, which eat them.

Grant Wood. Cerca del atardecer. 1933

my sweetest boy is described as a Very Important Cat

Tolkien style map of Toronto by limesnewroman

just to illustrate why this is important btw, 78% of US military hardware uses rare earths, and China has a virtual monopoly on rare earths & RE processing systems. it's not that rare earths are rare, it's that they are difficult to process into products, and China is expert at it

“But to me, the heart of the exhibition is about more persuasively connecting the dots for people between better city-building & a better climate future. You can’t have one without the other. So the main theme was about cities taking bolder climate action, going further & faster with fewer excuses.”

America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode

This Yogi Stress Relief tea does not know what it's up against

by Chloe Davis I think

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. This magnificent #Roman monochrome mosaic makes quite an impact! 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Am rearranging and Charlie wanted to point out he had a cat fort made of plants in this spot. I assure him even mightier plant forts will happen and kiss his little head, with sound effects.

You will be the best Globe Trotter with the Omnium bicycle. Savava-Delachanal Company, cycles Charenton (Seine) - by Mich 1924. #vélo #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #paris #自転車 #illustration #art #design 🚲 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♂️ 🚵‍♀️

Gonna sound obvious but in retrospect the right's half-century-long campaign to convince the public that the government doesn't actually do a ton of useful stuff was among the most successful PR campaigns ever

1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on: - fox hunting - Reform UK - antagonism to asylum seekers. In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 🧵

The US President’s declaration that he alone can dictate how Americans’ votes are counted is a direct and obvious violation of our Constitution. He has zero power to restrict our votes. It is past time for this lawless rampage to end. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

"The effect is most noticeable in the Southwest, where summer nighttime temperatures have increased by about 4.5 degrees since 1970. All this heat doesn’t just melt glaciers in faraway places. It has a direct human toll: Heat-related deaths in the United States have doubled in recent decades."

“What they’re offering people is not health insurance or economic security,” Stanley says, “They’re offering them delight in the torture of others.”

Had a long blackout in the recent past, and it was miserable so I expanded the battery bank to 6 kWh (iron phosphate, 50 lbs each, about the most I can carry up the stairs). They allow about 4 days of refrigeration or 2 with the air conditioner.

Holy CRAP. Gavin Newsom is good at this game!

Super cute, have forgotten how many generations from the 1st dwarf mutation that appeared, maybe the 10th? They've standardized on a tiny size, yet with abundant fruit. This one is forming 24 yet only 10 inches high. Also the smallest pot I've ever used. #IndoorFarming #gardening

How Matt and Trey were able to get that last segment on air…when the wannabe emperor literally had no clothes. 😄

Even Stuttgart, with the German car industry all around, is looking to develop new sustainable forms of urban living based around proximity. Yet in the UK we're largely just asking how we can continue to drive everywhere

Give this guy a medal

Precision fermentation and the rise of plant-based diets are among the most crucial elements of the Great Turning. 40% of UK's *arable* land currently feeds livestock that also claims 38% of the UK's utilized agricultural area for grazing. The potential to restore natural landscapes is *huge*.

Look at this green roof.

Trump’s absolute incompetence is on full display.