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2023-12-01 08:07:52

A few of the highlights from SPUN's newsletter, which I get in my inbox a few times a year:
4 minute video (has captions) of the history of the relationship between plants and fungi, which I enjoyed. Then a brief pitch at the end for the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks.
https://aeon.co/videos/when-algae-met-fungi-the-hidden-story-of-lifes-most-successful-partnership
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4 minute video (has english captions on the video itself, spanish captions if you use the CC button)
"Don Talí lives in Araucanía Region, Chile, where many generations of his family have cared for the fungi that grow on their land.
Traditional fungal knowledge around the world is disappearing fast, and we need to foster it to protect the underground mycorrhizal networks.
We honor the wisdom of our Ancestors, incorporating their knowledge with our scientific discoveries for a brighter future.
Video by Matteo Barrenegoa produced in collaboration with Fungi Foundation."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaBPEKFr-os&t=7s
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A paper I haven't read because it isn't on SciHub:
"Abstract
Ethical practices in human microbiome research have failed to keep pace with scientific advances in the field. Researchers seeking to ‘preserve’ microbial species associated with Indigenous groups, but absent from industrialized populations, have largely failed to include Indigenous people in knowledge co-production or benefit, perpetuating a legacy of intellectual and material extraction. We propose a framework centred on relationality among Indigenous peoples, researchers and microbes, to guide ethical microbiome research. Our framework centres accountability to flatten historical power imbalances that favour researcher perspectives and interests to provide space for Indigenous worldviews in pursuit of Indigenous research sovereignty. Ethical inclusion of Indigenous communities in microbiome research can provide health benefits for all populations and reinforce mutually beneficial partnerships between researchers and the public."
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01471-2
#funguses #fungi #FungiFriday #plants @npub1p9h…n3uq #video #PlantHistory

2023-11-26 01:05:51

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@npub1cus…6789 any idea what's next for you?

2023-11-24 04:03:38

Got a picky eater? You don't have to force your child to eat. Please please don't do that. I know it's hard. But as a past and present picky eater, I want you to know. There are other ways.
“Inappropriate feeding practices are often a greater determinant of inadequate intakes
than the availability of foods…” — World Health Organization
(quote via https://www.extremepickyeating.com/facilitating-childs-picky-eating/ )
#food

2023-11-23 05:37:19

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@npub147c…27uk Here's my thinking. Dogs are really good at smelling things, compared to humans. So anything that's got an amount of fragrance that's appropriate for a human (keeping in mind that some humans think scented candles are too much) might well be too potent for a dog.
Also I've read something about candles being bad for indoor air quality generally and I don't have a cite for that, but it was enough that I stopped burning candles.

2023-11-19 04:02:52

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@npub1ads…sg7a are you going to have vanilla vines climb them?

2023-11-18 18:11:17

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@npub147c…27uk you know you can cut the top off a grocery store pineapple and grow a new pineapple?

2023-11-17 18:20:06

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@npub147c…27uk
The trick is to store one's printer at the library, copy shop, or other place that lets you print things.

2023-11-12 17:54:02

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@npub1ads…sg7a That sounds like a lot of fun, when there's floss handy for afterwards. Between your descriptions and the pictures I feel like I have a real sense of the thing. Thanks!

2023-11-11 19:29:29

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@npub1ads…sg7a what's the texture?

2023-11-04 22:38:07

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@npub1ads…sg7a @npub1uul…dkn7
Interesting. Makes sense, I learned about it in the 90s in the context of monocropping

2023-10-26 21:38:05

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@npub147c…27uk
I want to not have to flush perfectly good drinking water after perfectly good nutrition for the soil. I want appropriate places to be able to pee outside, to give nitrogen to plants and watch them leaf out extra. That sort of thing.

2023-10-25 00:06:36

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@npub147c…27uk
Kibbles make great treats. Much cheaper than things packaged as dog treats and just as exciting.

2023-10-23 18:10:51

#plants talking to each other
article: https://www.newsweek.com/plants-revealed-talking-insects-video-science-1835005
paper (over my head, I didn't read it): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41589-9

2023-10-22 22:07:47

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@npub147c…27uk needle nose pliers?

2023-10-18 17:50:55

tell me about an ornamental plant you were delighted to learn you can eat
#gardening #plants @npub1p9h…n3uq

2023-10-11 04:28:58

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@npub1vwv…fe8q i read something about taking metformin for people who have tested positive for covid within the past 4 days. i may be playing telephone but I've come across this more than once, might be worth a lookup to help prevent long covid

2023-10-08 16:14:42

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@npub147c…27uk or soup!

2023-10-05 19:42:24

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@npub14ha…pqf0 @npub147c…27uk
It's described here as medicinal, I didn't see anything about it being used as a general purpose food?
https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/factsheet/pdf/fs_caam2.pdf

2023-10-05 19:37:13

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@npub1ads…sg7a check the inside covers, see if multiple of the books come from the same publisher. if so, there are probably other books from that publisher.
"Farming while Black" (and other books for the small scale farmer by chelsea green publishing, a US east coast publisher)

2023-10-04 01:28:36

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@npub147c…27uk
oh hey any chance someone can explain in plain language what's going on here? Are the consequences of Kevin McCarthy being booted out good, bad, or other?
Assume I know none of the names of any of the major characters. All I know is there was trouble agreeing on the budget.

2023-10-03 01:40:27

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@npub147c…27uk
This article might interest you
https://chavanniclass.com/2023/08/31/32-one-thing-at-a-time/

2023-09-21 00:01:50

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@npub147c…27uk hah, you just managed to list like three different plants that are on my "meh they're ok-i-guess" list. Camelias are beautiful but they make rotten flower carpets (I had one once and you're supposed to be able to harvest the seeds for oil but I never saw it make seeds?!), hollies mean you can't walk barefoot. would love to know more reasons to appreciate them. Oh, but I think blueberries like acidity, too, and I quite like blueberries!

2023-09-20 23:41:59

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@npub147c…27uk i love walking on pine needles barefoot. they seem like they should be pokey but they are soft and smell like pine. your poor neighbor is missing out.

2023-09-20 03:27:13

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@npub147c…27uk I read their press release and it seems like good news but it's kind of short on details. I want to know about the 385 projects!

2023-09-19 23:04:31

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@npub1vwv…fe8q ohhh we are supposed to rate the jay STELLAR!

2023-09-15 20:12:20

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@npub147c…27uk give them away. fig pollination weirds me out

2023-09-14 02:35:52

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@npub147c…27uk haven't read this and it doesn't look like a series. the description seems vague but promising: https://historians.social/@CandaceRobbAuthor/110571725885814440

2023-09-13 02:45:14

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@npub147c…27uk I anti-recommend Margaret Atwood because while her stuff is readable it's also just super depressing.
For uplifting, I like the Tiffany Aching sub-series of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. They're from the end of his life and he had a whole lifetime of learning and growing to put into them. (The last one he didn't want published though because it's unfinished bc Alzheimers)
Richard Powers is like if someone took some New Yorker articles and turned them into a novel.

2023-09-09 05:01:23

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@npub147c…27uk I have been on an alternative email service for years now (a relatively major one, even) and my inbox is a chaotic mess. I miss gmail.

2023-08-23 15:02:29

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@npub147c…27uk oh interesting! That makes sense! but I wouldn't have guessed it!

2023-08-23 02:34:21

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@npub147c…27uk How do you prevent rot?

2023-08-17 16:07:21

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@npub1ads…sg7a If we're on the same instance, how are you using megalodon and I'm using mastodon?

2023-08-17 04:41:39

If I'm craving #sugar, instead of #candy I should try eating ____, _______, or _________.
#food

2023-08-14 15:25:20

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@npub147c…27uk I saw a huge mulberry tree once, it was so big! Endless mulberries for me and more than enough for the flock of chickens that hung out under it, too.

2023-08-14 15:24:27

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@npub1ads…sg7a @npub147c…27uk Might have more competition where you are.

2023-08-14 06:00:42

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@npub1na9…cy4w @npub1fzm…duxa Same! Piles of friendly and supportive words right back atcha!

2023-08-14 05:38:30

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@npub1na9…cy4w Whoops, awesome! I try to remember to check, but this time when @npub1fzm…duxa reminded me, I forgot.
To answer the question about the artist's name, I put the image in TinEye, which gave a couple broken twitter links for someone whose user name is MareVegan1111
(P.S. I picked jaguar over leopard because jaguars are from South America, and you were talking about the Amazon)

2023-08-14 05:24:33

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@npub1na9…cy4w #Alt4You it wasn't just cows who died for your burger. illustration of flames with a couple parrots flying away and a jaguar or other large feline being consumed by fire

2023-08-12 02:24:30

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@npub147c…27uk I personally try to always include the asterisk but, like, cars are the problem. Abolish cars.* We can do a lot more a lot better and a lot faster than we currently are, and abolish cars is shorthand.
*Some exceptions apply.

2023-08-11 03:13:24

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@npub147c…27uk If you're physically able to comfortably push mow, you can just look at the second or third pass as free exercise. Good source of dopamine!

2023-08-10 16:38:53

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@npub147c…27uk Ok I went and found the post. What in that thread gave you hesitation about a push mower? I would like to push back on lithium batteries, have you done much reading on lithium mining? Example link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium#Human_rights_issues
I recognize that there are reasons to make exceptions, but it also seems like a factor I'd want to consider about if I were making this decision.

2023-08-10 16:32:25

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@npub147c…27uk I missed the question but ... push mowers work great?!

2023-08-09 22:44:11

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@npub14ha…pqf0 I gave them away with a warning that they were probably indoor + outdoor potted in summer type plants in that climate, people were pretty excited about them.

2023-08-09 22:39:40

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@npub14ha…pqf0 @npub1p9h…n3uq @npub1pur…z24k I planted some seeds from a grocery store tamarind pod in a pot on my window sill and then forgot about them. Then the heat of summer happened, and they sprouted. Their leaves open by day and close by night (if I remember correctly). It took me a while to figure out what I had planted!

2023-08-08 04:45:48

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@npub1cxy…vryr I call that feature in a person "porcupine people" because they're pokey on the outside but with a soft underbelly. I also like that feature in a person. What would you do if you could shapeshift?

2023-08-08 02:52:23

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@npub1cxy…vryr Why Odo?

2023-08-08 02:44:14

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@npub1cxy…vryr Nog

2023-08-03 00:48:45

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@npub147c…27uk
I think my partner does this. But she's never told me she does this. But now that you've said it, I bet she totally does this and I had no idea. I'll have to check.

2023-07-20 02:49:21

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@npub147c…27uk I think a search term for this might be land race or landrace, I'm not sure which.
This is where I learned the term, I think: https://lofthouse.com/articles.phtml

2023-07-09 16:12:50

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@npub147c…27uk I wish all street trees were edible. If they are "nuisance" trees, that's what gleaners orgs and "FREE FOOD COME N GET IT" signs are for in my opinion. There were a bunch of olive trees making a mess on the bike path in Davis and they were going to tear them out but then someone did some basic math and now they harvest the olives and sell the oil.

2023-07-09 02:32:14

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@npub147c…27uk
I am disappointed that this isn't a list of fruit, nut, and legume trees. Pretty article, though.

2023-07-08 03:08:53

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@npub147c…27uk This was easy before the pandemic. Just sniff 'em. Whichever one smalls real good, that's the one you want. Now with masks, the only real way to tell is to find the one with the fruit flies on it. I will have to try this field spot technique, it makes sense.

2023-06-26 00:40:01

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@npub1d7t…2f20 The physical therapists my doctor referred me to don't take my insurance OR out of pocket. So they're out. The local PTs don't know what to do with me. So I'm waiting to get into the regional big hospital (which is far) so they can say "yep she's in our system" and then they will refer me to their physical therapists and THEN maybe we can do video calls. But I'm still at the stage where I'm waiting to hear back from them and every time I call, ball's in their court.

2023-06-25 21:00:19

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@npub1d7t…2f20
I've got public health insurance, I tried going through regular PT and I'm in waiting mode (for over a year) to jump through a bunch more hoops to get a physical therapist. I will keep a look-out for a trained personal trainer!
In the meanwhile, got any good tips or resources you've learned from him that you'd like to share?

2023-06-25 20:34:34

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@npub1d7t…2f20
Some professional massage therapist gave me a massage once and turned a knot into a permanent knot complete with scarring and I've never been back. Also I've got EDS and I don't trust non-expert massage people and physical therapists to not make things worse and I can't afford the experts.

2023-05-20 05:13:59

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@npub1uul…dkn7 Calcium and magnesium! I can DO that! This is exciting! What do the aphid parasitic wasps need?