One hundred percent. We weren't acquainted on reddit but conversations with it here and on the Beehaw discord have truly made a positive impact on me.
Despite almost two months of not gaining weight despite feeding on demand, our daughter is finally up to the 41st percentile for weight gain by age and is hitting her developmental milestones. Trying to focus on those positives instead of all the negative emotions I'm harboring right now. Trying to remember that she's a tiny little vibe-o-meter and that my primary focus has to be her well-being in spite of everything else that's going on.
Everyone should read Gaywallet's post from yesterday before commenting. Remember the human on the other screen and be(e) kind
Replicators first, please.
You're not wrong. But this is Beehaw, where we yeet them with prejudice
First and foremost, thank you all for being a part of this wonderful place. You're all part of my extended chosen family - family that doesn't always see eye to eye on everything but knows that we'll have each other's backs instead of putting them to the wall.
Secondly, step away from the chats and the doom to do something positive for yourself in your space, or do something to re-orient yourself. Despair and gloom blunt your efficacy communicating and organizing, and mutual care and aid like we have here on Beehaw are going to be more important than ever.
He was very "ehh, I guess you can hold me" until he saw himself, and then he got really into it.
[Image description: an adolescent brown (chocolate) muscovy duck poses for a selfie with his walking food dispenser]
[Image description: a group of people, captioned "all the seeds I'm stratifying for spring", stand uncomfortably close around a woman seated on a couch who is captioned "the butter"]
Very nice! A previous owner of our home left us peonies and I love them. Get that garlic in!
Now is a great time to plant garlic, provided you're in the northern hemisphere. Here in New England, around Halloween is prime planting time
We have lemon thyme as well as your standard garden variety (hah!) thyme. They split readily to make new clonal cuttings, and I've rarely had one fail regardless of the timing of the division. We dry it for use in teas or for cooking, and it makes a good ground cover partner for plants like strawberries. The small flowers help to support solitary bees as well as parasitoid wasps, which help to regulate the insect pressure on the thyme's plant neighbors.
[Image description: Buster Bluth proclaims he's a monstera, rather than a monster, because of the picture of a monstera superimposed on his head]
This is admittedly stupid but I laughed a bunch while making it
[Image description: a cartoon image of a translucent sheet draped over a potted plant, with text that says "the ghost of the plant I killed"]
[Image description: the Aurora borealis painted the night sky with streaks of red, purple, and green all the way down to the 43rd parallel this evening]
[Image description: four male Muscovy ducks resting in a row amid grasses and low forbs. One is a light brown with some white around his neck. Next to him is a white one with even lighter brown along his wings and on the top of his head. The third is a mottled gray boy with white highlights and a black head, while the fourth is black and green on his wings with a black head and white belly]
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I agree, but if we let this sentiment bleed over and begin infighting with our allies and accomplices we weaken the coalition we need to fix this. Don't let them blunt your ability to organize. Fascism thrives when we self-isolate and drive ourselves and each other apart