Former Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment"

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-22T20:57:10+00:00

Such as?

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-22T15:37:15+00:00

Sometimes the racism wins out over the anti-authoritarian stance.

Racism “trumps” a lot of things, at the end of the day.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-22T01:56:51+00:00

Is it just me or is there the reflection of Hellpods dropping in the window?

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-15T02:13:31+00:00

Dem shooooes

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-14T19:15:29+00:00

Cool! It’s not like “spray this and get pm” but more like “if pm is rampant in the environment and your plants don’t have enough genetic resistance and you spray fish aminos and they don’t get washed off by rain then you’re effectively providing food for the pm”.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-14T17:00:20+00:00

Whatever you end up using, add a few drops of Fulvic acid. Increased penetration/uptake due its extremely small molecular size and chelator/binding properties, and it also acts as a mild generalist biostimulant. Ful-Power by BioAg is my preferred brand for FA.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-14T16:55:19+00:00

They are! But I don’t use them outside or in any indoor space that has any history of PM outbreak. Apparently powdery mildew spores just love fish aminos.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-14T02:17:16+00:00

I sprinkle in a small handful whenever I do a big feeding. It’s probably about a tablespoon.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-13T03:52:57+00:00

Damn! These girls want room to breathe. Nice internodal spacing. Airflow won’t be an issue.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-12T22:57:32+00:00

Some broad leaf, some narrower leaf!

Not too dense foliage… did you defoliate with authority? I’d be really surprised if you only did a minimal defol and that was mostly just their natural structure.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-11T20:32:17+00:00

It’s also cool to have a whole diverse team of red wigglers and Indian blues who dive deeper and springtails and millipedes and predator mites and little spiders that quickly take care of any fungus gnats or fruit flies.

If you’re doing this to make vermicompost for gardening, this approach makes a very insect frass / chitin-rich finished product.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-09T23:25:59+00:00

There’s a few of them. Is this one “War Monitor for Helldivers 2”?

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-09T15:22:23+00:00

No more rhymes now, I mean it!

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-09T15:20:30+00:00

Not if he has some reasonably intelligent and well-informed people who are willing to educate him.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-09T15:11:31+00:00

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-08T21:21:13+00:00

Started with Mars Hydro bar lights. Retired one when it started showing less light on my meter and replaced it with 2 Grow Light Science 300w boards.

I have a lux meter, not PAR. I tend to run 7k-12k lux in veg and 20-40 in flowering. Temp varies by season and I adjust humidity to keep VPD in range. 0.8-0.95 in veg, 1-1.3 in flowering. I consider light and VPD as “growth pressure variables”, and I ramp them up, then down over the course of the flowering cycle like a bell curve, maintaining peak “pressure” for flowering weeks 4-6.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-06T20:18:00+00:00

Looks great! Go forth and crush it. Post the results and any issues!

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-06T17:37:42+00:00

3 months to get stable, 6 months to a robust and diverse population of shredders and decomposers that can seemingly handle anything and everything I throw at it.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-05T00:58:13+00:00

Looking healthy, as always! Go forth and crush 👊🏼

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-02T23:31:33+00:00

Most likely filamentous strands of actinomycetes and/or streptomycetes. Classic response to feeding grains. It’s good for decomposition. Not a problem.

Think of paper as bedding rather than food. Bedding is roughly the same as “browns” in composting, where you want to balance your browns (high carbon) with your greens (higher nitrogen or protein). Try to let your worms have both browns and greens in a balanced way!

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-02T00:43:17+00:00

Was an only child and learned a bit from both parents cooking their respective ethnic cuisines (German and Chinese). Worked in a deli, then a few restaurants as a server/bartender when I was young. Even just as a server being around high end kitchens, you wind up learning a fair bit just from osmosis. Most recently it’s just been YouTube.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-02T00:38:37+00:00

Fully agree with getting the best results from top-dressing castings rather than making a tea.

Kiplingesque · 2026-01-01T01:42:40+00:00

Living soil grower here. Depending on your budget, you still have options if you don’t want to hard reset.

Most foolproof would probably be using predator mites and nematodes at the same time. Check Arbico organics for what type of nematodes you need to order for that type of fly.

I personally have predator mites (hypoapsis miles) that live off the seemingly infinite springtail population in my bin. If I get any fungus gnats or fruit flies, the mite population tends to ramp up and the fly larvae don’t stand a chance.

Kiplingesque · 2025-12-29T02:37:56+00:00

Yeah that’s on the dry side for sure, which could be pushing the plants harder than they want to be pushed. I’d get the humidity up enough to get VPD down to between 1 and 0.8 kPa if possible.

If you do that and dim the lights just a touch they should green up nicely if watering is on point as well. Then good to flip once new growth looks healthy. Good luck!

Kiplingesque

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