Hey, great job 👍. If you want to protect again insect damage and prevent bolting, use row covers. Makes a huge difference for me.

Tech needs a union. Yes, tech workers get paid pretty well. But we really need more say in how the products of our labour are being used. I don’t know how to work in this industry and be an ethical person anymore, and “change from within” doesn’t work when you don’t have a seat at the big boys’ table.

When I started my career, I thought the internet would bring knowledge and enlightenment. It was a just cause. I guess I was just another brainwashed tech utopian. Now it’s getting hard to find a job building something that isn’t an obvious scam or a way to fuck over the working class.

I feel that. Normal day to day life: a million things to juggle and I don’t even know where to start. Crisis: one thing to worry about so I go all hyper focus–100% of neurons are all engaged toward singular purpose.

So just stop oil then. Who are they asking to “just stop oil”? The people getting rich from it? They’re not gonna stop because you ask nicely. You’re gonna have to make them.

These people don’t respond to public pressure. They only understand that the line is going up. If you want the line to go down, you’re going to have to increase costs. These industries have a lot of very expensive poorly guarded infrastructure so it really isn’t that hard to increase costs.

I’m sure most people know that, so again, why don’t you just stop oil then. I’m adverse to long prison sentences so if you’re so passionate for the cause, go nuts.

But they won’t. They’ll protest and make a fuss and then drive home in their cars like the rest of us. And that’s pretty annoying.

Aren’t they all?

A prodigal sourcer too.

Yes, very. It’ll take over and shade out trees if you let it.

Oh and potato chips? Forget about it. Dill pickle, salt and vinegar, ketchup… We can’t be expected to go on without ketchup chips. Looks like big red has got us this time boys. 😋

Now you’re just being hyperbolic 😅

No because AI doesn’t exist.

Because every time the US elite needs to distract the crazies they whip out the UFO circuses and the rubes lap that shit up. Honestly it’s getting embarrassing for all parties involved.

You wanna know why aliens don’t visit this planet?

** Gestures broadly in the direction of entire planet ***

We could die a little faster if it helps.

Do you love mass shootings or just hate having healthcare?

Yeah but you guys still have the guillotines in storage or something though, right? Might be time to dust them off.

And when their powers combine, they form megaorca, eater of cruise ships.

Then there would be fewer of them, which is objectively better for all life on this planet. Seems fine tbh.

It’s a combination of factors. That could be one of them. There’s also the onset of an El Nino climate pattern, the reversal of the aerosol cooling effect from changes to low sulphur shipping fuels, spiking methane emissions, some effect from the water vapour injected into the stratosphere by that underwater volcano a few years back, and we seem to be speed-running past tipping points. It’s a lovely potpourri of doom we have wrought.

“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function” -Albert Barlett

Yes, and it works great. However, it only has potassium, as well as trace minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron, etc. It’s not a general purpose fertilizer though… You need the N and the P in N-P-K too. K (potassium) helps plants grow big roots and fruits. But before the plant can do that you need lots of N (nitrogen) to grow leaves, and some P (phosphorus) to make flowers. I’m generalizing but you get the idea.

So if you’re fertilizing potatoes after they’ve flowered, it’s great because it helps the potatoes bulk up. Same with strawberries, fish fertilizer tends to make them grow new leaves, seaweed helps grow big berries.

I typically use fish fertilzer early in the season, then switch to both during flowering, then seaweed only for late season. Apply according to the instructions on the label. They vary in concentration and may include other chemical and/or organic fertilizers to balance the N-P-K.

I personally like using liquid fertilizers. You have to apply more regularly (every 1-2 weeks) but if gives you better control. Using solid organic amendments can be tricky because you typically add them once or twice per season, so you’re kind of locked in. Chemical fertilizer works great but is bad for your soil and the environment long term. You can also burn your plants if you’re not careful. With organic liquid fertilizer you can support the soil microbiology, quickly correct any nutrient deficiencies, and you won’t burn your plants.

All that said, what works best for you is a combination of climate, soil type, pest pressure, crop type, cultivar and a whole lot more. There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to gardening so you’ll just have to experiment and figure it out, which is half the fun. And hopefully the other half of the fun is eating 😋