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Well, maybe. If greenhouse gas emissions do not start coming down very soon, there will inevitably come a "point of no return" at which climate change enters a runaway feedback loop. If we haven't reached that point yet, then there is still a chance to bring carbon dioxide levels down, but it would need to happen through photosynthesis on a massive scale.
Corymbia citriodora is supposed to work very well for repelling mosquitos. In my experience, it does nothing whatsoever, but I've also never seen a healthy tree, so your experience may be different.
I don't know what it's like in other places, but I haven't had any problems so far.
Good catch. Take out any big loans first, and THEN stop paying the bills.
Does anyone want to create a new Simple Living community on another instance? (I could do it if no one else volunteers.) Or should we start a thread on !casualconversation@piefed.social for now and see who would be interested?
EDIT: I have done so. !simpleliving@slrpnk.net
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In some places, utilities like water and electricity are considered basic necessities, and it's against the law for the utility companies to turn them off, even if someone doesn't pay the bill. Research the situation where you live, and if they aren't allowed to shut off your utilities, just stop paying. Simple as that.
I stand by what I wrote. It's 2025, the world's forests are dying, and there is no excuse for anyone to be planting any more grass.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: fuck these people, and fuck their grass too.
Thanks! There's still way too much grass for my taste, but it's getting more lovely all the time. More durian would be nice.
Plenty of rain lately, so almost everything is growing a lot. Some of the jackfruits that I planted last year are still struggling, but most of them had some root damage during transplant, so I'm not surprised. Some of the new engkalas are really taking off now, despite everything in the world trying to kill them. I recently direct-seeded some Flemingia macrophylla as an alley crop in one area, but it hasn't come up yet... I'm mainly doing maintenance this month: pruning some bigger trees, removing all of the little guavas that sprout up, and planting more pinto peanut. The grass is growing back in many areas, but I'll keep chopping it down and uprooting it in front of the pinto peanut so that that can take over.
Edit: I smell a ripe jackfruit. I guess I'll be eating that today.
There are several species that people call "murumuru" in various parts of the Amazon, but the Astrocaryum murumuru from the article grows farther north in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana/Suriname/FG.
Ban non-free software. Ban always-on tracking devices that the user cannot disable. Don't ban hardware form-factors.