I’d love to know if domestic cats are capable of this sort of way finding, or if it was coincidence.

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I mean, if the ex president of the United States sent out the scam email, perhaps!

Israel is going to get itself destroyed.

Maaaaan… I could never run for office. I’m not a Nazi, but they’d find my old furry art in 12 seconds.

Unfortunately, I do not know. If you find anything out, I’d like to hear about it.

Not good news. So I’m coming from a Florida perspective. The general wisdom here in the past has been native milkweed in the garden is important for the monarch.

After working at native plant nurseries, and now for the local government doing environmental work, I’ve seen the narrative shifting to no milkweed.

Basically, disease has become a big issue in our South Eastern monarch populations, and it turns out that gardens have become hotspots for it. Here is an article on the subject.

https://www.wuwf.org/2024-09-03/half-the-butterflies-in-northwest-florida-are-dying-from-a-parasite-on-milkweed-plants

I personally stopped recommending Milkweed of any kind to people years ago after seeing the effect of disease in the nursery I worked it.

Aphids love milkweed. If you want a butterfly host plant for the southeast, I recommend getting a passion vine native to your area. Monarchs don’t be really need more milkweed, and you can host more species! It is cool to feed the lady bugs, though!

I’m going to engineer an llm which continuously complains on social media that I don’t have enough money to buy a new laptop until it drops below x price

Participating in a para-legal political organization which explicitly excludes women from leadership roles and claims divine authority should have been the first red flag. Don’t do that.

I have to say after watching the videos, boo to the corpo for the weird exploitative lies, but kudos to the two women for staying in character! They legit put effort into moving like the real robots around them, and all while in what were probably uncomfortable costumes. I hope they get positive social media attention!

My resume has 4 to 5 jobs on it, single page. I leave out tones of slop, and include only the most relevant jobs for the position to which I’m applying.

1. Anxiety is peak

I’ve made a lot of IRL friends online and at work.

If you’re between jobs, consider doing something like Americorps. People of all ages do it, not just young folks, and its temporary. I think of it as summer camp for adults, but you get paid and in some cases housing.

Back in 2017 I was super into VR. IDK what the communities are like now, back then the demographics were older, but I got a big social fix from it. An oculus quest 2 or 3 is affordable. Almost all the best games are social, “face to face” talking. It’s like having a public arcade in your closet.

I made the most friends back in 2011 by posting art online and commenting on other artists’ things. People love chatting about their hard work. I ended up meeting loads of them in person. If you can find a space of creatives, whether it’s a bluegrass club, DND, discord book club, whatever, you’ll have a good time.

And, don’t beat yourself up about being lonely. Life moves in cycles. Remember, it just takes meeting one extrovert to suddenly gain a crap ton of friends. Or, maybe you’ll collect them one by one. Regardless, I feel you. Be well.

Thank you Lain.

It’s a trap!

Meanwhile: Christians

covers my eyes

I use Lemmy because it appeals to my wish to be alone, by myself, with no one here beside me ❤️ social media peace at last.

Tbh, I think a lot of people are doing extended phone calls and discord convos these days. I can’t go to the grocery without hearing a few loud speaker phone convos, and back when I was more social online I’d leave Skype running in group calls for hours a day after work. (I especially hear Spanish convos over the phone in public from workers phones. I suspect many of these people don’t speak English well and are calling family and friends for social stimulation. I live in FL, USA)

The only thing stopping me now, I think, is I live with my partner and spend tons of time with them, so my social battery is constantly low.