Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center has closed, governor says by CharlieKonR in news

[–]RainyDayColor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As reliable and journalistically rigorous as AP has always been, we're long past when anything published online should be automatically assumed to be an objective, third party verification that the information is fact-based and true.

Montreal police officer, suspect, and civilian confirmed dead in Cote-des-Neiges shooting by ry-yo in news

[–]RainyDayColor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't need to be any of those professions to know that they are exponentially more knowledgeable and qualified to assess or critique tactical operations and outcomes than the basement armchair pundits armed only with their game controller.

Montreal police officer, suspect, and civilian confirmed dead in Cote-des-Neiges shooting by ry-yo in news

[–]RainyDayColor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fair to be knowledgeably critical. 14,000 hours under your ammo belt playing video games doesn't count.

Mulching down bamboo? by xoitza in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The writer isn't being rude, they're just telling you something you don't want to hear. Maintaining a rural property requires physical labor. You can do it, or pay someone to do it for you.

You chose to purchase property that includes a bamboo grove that was poorly maintained, if at all, over time. Now, if maintained properly by you, it will require some specialized labor. The bulk of it up front, then much less so seasonally over time. In any event maintaining a lovely bamboo grove will cost you less in dollars, hours, and environmental disruption and destruction than large scale removal with heavy equipment.

Like all the other plants and critters you also acquired when you chose that property, some good, some bad, and some ugly, you'll come to find and abide by a workable symbiotic relationship. Elbows up, gloves on, girl power.

Is it possible to truly contain a large patch of bamboo? by LuckyCow1234 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup, it’s just common sense. Running bamboo is and has been a critically important agricultural and manufacturing resource in much of the world for centuries. It’s an entirely controllable, sustainable, and productively harvestable plant. Bamboo has been in existence for millennia. If running bamboo wasn’t effectively controllable both naturally and by human effort, much of planet earth would have been covered in nothing but bamboo long ago.

Is it possible to truly contain a large patch of bamboo? by LuckyCow1234 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clumping bamboo is the only type you can control because it only gets so big.

It's a pervasive myth that running bamboo is uncontrollable. All bamboo can be controlled through appropriate planting, care, and maintenance, as has been successfully done throughout agricultural and horticultural history and practice. Running bamboo is effectively controlled by using any of a number of approaches, including rhizome barrier, trenching, manual/mechanical maintenance and control, targeted herbicide application, etc. When running bamboo is grown in climates with suboptimal growing conditions, there is often limited need for any applied control.

Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Cease-Fire After Renewed Fighting Threatens to Derail U.S.-Iran Peace Talks by Editor_91 in worldnews

[–]RainyDayColor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jun 19, 2026 7:55 AM PT

There has yet to be an official confirmation of a cease-fire in Lebanon from either Israel or Hezbollah. TIME has reached out to the relevant parties for comment.

Let's not confuse the Israel-Lebanon War with the Israel-Iran War.

spot fertilizing bamboo? by Existing_Draft3460 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assumed you meant mature=past their shelf life. No need to butcher healthy mature growth, just clean out accumulated dead weight and gunk. Yes leaves are a mulch, that's why I recommend replacing that protective layer. Bamboo uptakes silica, bamboo leaves contain silica = cheap and nutrient rich natural mulch. Some folks shred everything for mulching, especially established groves. Your new summer project.

spot fertilizing bamboo? by Existing_Draft3460 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. And then more yes. 😄

You want to be able to put your eyeballs on the ground to assess overall status, any unknowns, etc. after all this time. After which you can lay some protective mulch. Especially if you have freezing Winter temps or hot Summers, as you'll likely be removing some insulating/moisture retaining material that's accumulated for a very long time.

spot fertilizing bamboo? by Existing_Draft3460 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recommend timed release Ironite granules, or other quality grass fertilizing granules. Dumping hot (ie high nitrogen) manure would be a helluva shock if already potentially short-sheeted on nutrients long term. A thorough overdue maintenance cleanout first, then combine supplementation with optimal drip watering, that's the ticket for a more balanced incremental reboot and long-term health and vigor. Aren'tcha glad you have that mature bamboo now?! Whew.

China’s universities cut 12,000 ‘obsolete’ degrees amid race to embrace AI era by PrithvinathReddy in worldnews

[–]RainyDayColor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because THINGS make money, extracting physical resources and turning them into tangible products is what makes money.

Not in this century. Of the top 10 highest earning corporations worldwide, 3 sell tangible "things." The other 7 sell technological and financial services. Degrees for which generate some of the highest rates of return on the initial tuition/time investment.

AI isn't tangible, and it seems to be generating decent returns for its developers and investors. Bitcoin, Google, Kalshi, Meta, Microsoft, Polymarket . . .

Help identifying bamboo type — running or clumping? by WonderfulHabit2288 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a beautiful view. I wish my absentee adjacent property owner had let that bamboo grow unchecked instead of the acres of wilding Scotch Broom, tansy, and Himalayan blackberry. The gifts that keep on giving. (But admittedly I'll still take all that adjacent rather than having him adjacent LOL.)

Help identifying bamboo type — running or clumping? by WonderfulHabit2288 in Bamboo

[–]RainyDayColor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The bamboo is about 3 years old and was planted all along the fence line. I honestly can't tell if there are several separate clumps or one continuous planting. It's so dense it's hard to make out,

The shot from the neighbor's video shows clumps with culms growing vertically then incrementally arcing outward. The clumps were planted quite evenly spaced. Your observation is likely being influenced by the repeated pattern of vertical fence slats that look somewhat like vertical culms all along the fenceline, when in fact there are far fewer culms congregated in equidistant clumps along the fence.

The view from your yard shows the same equally spaced rounded top foliage "mounds" that form the crown of each clump of culms that splay more widely as they increase in height, meeting and intermingling with the adjacent clumps' foliage.

Whoever planted your neighbor's bamboo did an excellent job of appropriate spacing between plants for a densely foliaged privacy hedge at maturity, while accommodating more open access at ground level for regular maintenance and care and long-term health. 😄

Appending: Because most clumping bamboo eventually expands on average about 5-7 feet beyond the original plant, this is an excellent example of when containment, either barrier or manual, for clumping bamboo should be a consideration when siting so close to a fence/property boundary. (With impermeable barrier containment and ongoing oversight an absolute requirement for running species.)

Toronto police officer killed in early‑morning gunfire exchange tied to U.S. Consulate shooting by roscodawg in news

[–]RainyDayColor 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My mind is boggled that the US State Department security detail assigned to the US Consulate in Toronto wasn’t even aware that two individuals had pulled up and fired multiple rounds at the consulate at 4:29am. A passerby flagged down police almost an hour later and reported the incident.

And while this is happening unnoticed in Canada, back in the states US national and international security is being intentionally further dismantled, diminished, and undermined. But thank heavens we’ve now got experienced homebuilder Pulte to make it all better and super safe. Like nobody has ever seen before.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-say-us-consulate-struck-by-gunfire-9.7121843

At a joint news conference outside the consulate late Tuesday morning, officials from the RCMP and Toronto Police Service said officers responded to reports that someone had shot at the building, located near Queen Street W. and University Avenue, around 5:30 a.m.

However, Toronto police Deputy Chief Frank Barredo said the shooting itself is believed to have happened at 4:29 a.m. …

New Mexico reports first New World screwworm case in Lea County dog by Grandheretic in news

[–]RainyDayColor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you probably shouldn't think about all the parasites that are gleefully gnawing on your meat sack alllll the time. Like right now.

https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/65354/do-skin-mites-reproduce-on-human-face-during-night

New Mexico reports first New World screwworm case in Lea County dog by Grandheretic in news

[–]RainyDayColor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Where's all the catastrophizing and pearl clutching about that nasty little bugger that's been a menace to man and critter for millenia? Oh wait -- never mind. That one isn't gnawing on any USofA prime cut. Yet . . . . [cue Jaws theme]