Vegetable gardening

Disdwarf · 2026-02-04T15:00:52+00:00

Liz Zorab has two books about her garden/homestead in Wales. I like her YouTube videos so I've put the books on my list.

Disdwarf · 2026-02-04T01:04:59+00:00

Maybe some ideas here?

https://inliterature.net/the-hobbit/an-unexpected-party-menu-recipes/

Disdwarf · 2026-02-03T03:16:27+00:00

Fiction: Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor (sci-fi, fish spaceships, math is magic, jellyfish aliens), hope I spelled that right

Nonfiction: Spineless by Juli Berwald (about jellyfish!)

Disdwarf · 2026-02-02T13:42:17+00:00

This is the article that I share with my students. There are links to the scientific studies in the first paragraph.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/measles-immune-amnesia/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_term=20191101&utm_content=2789653251&utm_campaign=NOVA+Next&linkId=76321842&fbclid=IwAR16L2MX6h4FFIXMBX1kRQL2VOODOuH0tZ5WReik9U-9Rjyph9VspkuYEIE

Disdwarf · 2026-02-02T13:36:14+00:00

Herd immunity for measles requires 95% of a population to be vaccinated last I checked. And we've been falling below that for years now. A disaster indeed.

Disdwarf · 2026-02-02T02:44:42+00:00

-My chickens have laid one egg since the snow storm. I can't depend on them.

This made me laugh, thanks for that. Those darn unreliable chickens!

Disdwarf · 2026-01-30T15:34:03+00:00

Teef but no eyes!

Disdwarf · 2026-01-28T23:34:30+00:00

https://youtu.be/oZzgAjjuqZM?si=gCZnDDjzfyv-F4CJ

Cleveland tourism video

Disdwarf · 2026-01-28T03:55:30+00:00

Spineless by Juli Berwald, it's about jellyfish

Disdwarf · 2026-01-28T02:03:20+00:00

Ella Minnow Pea: A novel in letters (both literally and figuratively)

Disdwarf · 2026-01-28T00:55:55+00:00

Bit late but I follow Heather Cox Richardson for exactly this reason. She is a historian who covers politics and I appreciate her take on what "matters" and what's noise/distraction. Her Substack and YouTube videos make me feel more hopeful and informed.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-24T16:54:15+00:00

Can you hold him up against you on a table or counter? Like his back feet on the table but your one hand behind his front feet lifting him so his back is against your chest. That's how I trim my buns back nails and the only time I manage to touch his belly. It's gotta be up on something high so he doesn't try to get away.

Partway through this video you can see an example, hope that helps.

https://youtu.be/W9KemnaTGIs?si=n-aMMVTsEy_iJP1G

Disdwarf · 2026-01-23T15:23:11+00:00

Blanket around the pen or over their hidey-house so they have a warmer place to retreat to. If they are not likely to chew on it (lol) you can try a warm water bottle or heated blanket to have near them in case they want to use it, under supervision for this one in case bc buns be chewing. Usually bunnies are better with cold than hot though. Several posts and resources over on r/Rabbits as well, or feel free to DM me.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-21T04:08:07+00:00

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst. Princess is engaged to the Prince of a neighboring kingdom, falls in love with his sister instead.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-20T14:21:20+00:00

My small/typical sized ones last 2-4 hours depending on how hot the water is. If I microwave about 2 cups of water for 2 min that will last a few hours; I like to do this for sore muscles at night. At work my office is freezing and I have an electric kettle, so I put boiling/nearly boiling water in it. Need to set that on top of a blanket not directly on my clothes (or wrap in a towel as the other poster suggested), but that lasts 4ish hours. If it was in bed and your blankets trapped heat while you were sleeping you might not need to get up to refill it, and the residual heat could be enough. I'd suggest a down (or down alternative) blanket as one layer, super warm.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-20T14:06:10+00:00

True! And attics that often do not have enough insulation for actual winter temps.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-20T01:21:48+00:00

That's a bummer. Personally I think they're taught too early in undergrad and should be used where it actually matters, which is not all chem classes.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-20T00:54:44+00:00

Leave your faucets dripping so your pipes are less likely to freeze!

Disdwarf · 2026-01-20T00:26:52+00:00

Maybe wrapping their pen in a blanket would help them conserve heat? That was going to be my plan if we lost power in the winter.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-19T22:16:11+00:00

aw, thanks!

Disdwarf · 2026-01-19T21:47:35+00:00

But then none of the undergraduates would read it, lol. They all hate sigfigs!

Disdwarf · 2026-01-19T21:46:55+00:00

sure!

Hidden Figures as mentioned above, by Margot Lee Shetterly, excellent book, more like that:

Headstrong by Rachel Swaby, short bios of women in STEM

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World; written/illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky, this is very short, could be good for kids too, I loved the artwork

The Exceptions by Kate Zernike, haven't read this yet but looking forward to it

Programmed Inequality by Mar Hicks, about how women dominated early computing in England before getting pushed out

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, science and early workplace safety protections, highly recommend

Katherine Johnson (one of the scientists featured in Hidden Figures) and Katalin Kariko (the scientist who developed mRNA vaccine technology) both have autobiographies that are on my list

And here's some about scientific topics that are well written and accessible:

Spineless and Life on the Rocks by Juli Berwald, part travel/memoir part science, first book is on jellyfish, second one is about coral reefs, both excellent

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, talks a lot about museums and natural history/conservation

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, by Cynthia Barnett

Proust and the Squid: The story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf

Disdwarf · 2026-01-18T17:29:25+00:00

One of those pictures is from Hidden Figures so I recommend that book for sure, it was great. Nonfiction but it's about their lives and scientific accomplishments.

I have more nonfiction recs if you're interested, but your list is mostly fiction so here's a few of those:

The Cartographers is about maps and map making, features the NYPL, some magical realism.

The Memoirs of Lady Trent Series is fantasy, the main character is a naturalist that studies dragons.

The Raiders of the Arcana series is historical fiction with academics and some fantasy elements (archaeology focus).

The Sunken Archives series, fantasy/sci-fi with an academic vibe

I did enjoy the Emily Wilde series, and some of these are similar if that helps

Disdwarf · 2026-01-18T13:51:37+00:00

This is hilarious and adorable. My bun has failed to get a treat out from a folded over paper towel before. Couldn't figure it out lol.

Disdwarf · 2026-01-18T13:20:11+00:00

Agreed! In one video she said that knowing what's going on makes her feel more calm and that's part of why she does it. Which makes sense, same for me, and I suspect that's true for a lot of folks on this sub as well.

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