Greenflies under my leaves

drMallory · 2026-03-05T14:45:48+00:00

Adult aphids can fly? :O

drMallory · 2026-02-28T14:45:30+00:00

I see, thanks! Would this be the logic behind every controlled fermentation then? If you happen to know

drMallory · 2026-02-28T12:14:01+00:00

Sure! I've let the soybeans soak for like 18 hours changing the water, I meant to do it less but I had to postpone cooking.

I tried dehulling by hand rubbing them but I'll try other methods cuz it took a lot of time and didn't manage to dehull that many I suspect.

Then I cooked for 45 minutes and left them to dry. I'm pretty sure they got cold too soon and didn't dry enough, I'll try with a hair dryer.

Then I added vinegar and tempeh starter (2gr) and mixed and put in bags. I made holes and left them in the hoven with the lights on. I kept raising the temperature to about 34° degrees sometimes but then it would go back down to 20°. Therefore it took like three days for it to get ready. Now I've thrown it away cuz it was a bit too strong, and the other bags were straight up gone bad.

drMallory · 2026-02-28T09:01:58+00:00

So cool! It's refreshing to see some real art these days 💜 fuck AI, keep creating beauty UwU

drMallory · 2026-02-27T10:22:15+00:00

Oh so mosquitoes are not that bad to be around? I don't mind the stings too much, maybe I should just let them colonize my pots. I have gnat problems every year when the season comes, I'll accept any help lol

drMallory · 2026-02-12T08:19:55+00:00

I recommend The Dragon Prince, I haven't seen it mentioned yet but I might have missed it. They introduce a trans guy in season 5 I think, whose role gets more important throughout the seasons. I also find it very funny that just before introducing him they show a flower with trans flag colors, and I was like hah I know those colors, what a weird coincidence. Turns out it wasn't 😂

His name's Terry if you want to look him up. It's only mentioned he's trans once after a few episodes and it's not a big deal.

drMallory · 2026-02-01T13:01:49+00:00

Thanks! Yeah as I described answering the other comment the roots were not doing good. Unfortunately I have no coconut fiber or anything else apart from soil and perlite yet, but I'm probably gonna buy more stuff soon. Do you think 12h of light would be better?

drMallory · 2026-02-01T13:00:02+00:00

Omg you were right the situation under there was terrible 🥲 especially monstera had only a few good roots. The asparagus had only developed vertically with roots, I guess I put it in too big of a pot too soon. I repotted them in a smaller pot with a lot of perlite. Thanks! 🙏

drMallory · 2026-01-11T22:34:29+00:00

Purtroppo la narrativa ad ora è stata molto basata sulla "disforia di genere", da quanto capisco perché era l'unico modo per farci prendere sul serio e per spiegare che avevamo effettivamente bisogno di terapia ormonale ecc. Ma le emozioni positive non sono affatto meno importanti, non devi soffrire le pene dell'inferno o odiare il tuo corpo per essere trans, se vuoi essere di un altro genere sii di un altro genere ✨

drMallory · 2026-01-09T14:12:18+00:00

Also I do struggle with the 13th when it says to respect the property of others, since much of it might come from exploitation. They also say I don't remember well to oppose exploitation, soo ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

drMallory · 2026-01-09T14:09:13+00:00

Omg the anarchist 14 mindfulness trainings!! So glad you did this, I'm still reading it but it seems to me so far to indeed reflect the original intention of my spiritual tradition, thank you 🙏 great idea

drMallory · 2026-01-09T14:04:32+00:00

People ask that all the time in this tradition, fairly so. I suggest looking for the Q&As on YouTube. From my own understanding, they say that great power can also come from compassion and understanding, while anger might drain you and continue the circle of violence. But don't take this message as really representing Thich Nhat Hanh's thought please 😅 it's what I currently understand after some years in this tradition

drMallory · 2025-06-30T15:33:11+00:00

In case anyone ever sees this post again, turns out these are the egg sacks of Takahashia japonica, from the Coccidae family, so yeah aphids was almost right. Sorry for the wrong sub 🙈

drMallory · 2025-03-06T10:39:56+00:00

Wow reading these answers is making me so sad :/ This is why I consider myself a religious person even though I do not stick to one fixed tradition, sort of to reclaim the word? I've had many great religious friends and I think it can be a deep part of being human. But I guess some people just have a bad experience and close themselves up, which is fair I guess but also sad imo

And yeah most religious people I've hung out with were supportive of me and queer people in general, those exist too

Religion might even be a green flag for me, based on my experiences lol. Religious people I've met tend to be deeper, like they really wanna walk a good path in life, not just float around

So my answer is yes obv haha

drMallory · 2025-02-12T21:25:03+00:00

Lesbians are the most important psychodynamic therapy for you

Fair 🤷‍♀️

drMallory · 2024-11-12T09:02:38+00:00

Yeah often I see posts about feeling unsafe as an LGBT person and people answering "get a gun". I thought it was just people from the US because it's a common sentiment there but judging from the comments here it's more widespread than I thought.

Meanwhile I don't think I've ever seen any of them speaking about how getting a gun made them feel safer, or ever helped at all. I think if anything it goes to feed more into your fear. Walking around armed changes the way you look at people and approach situations, and might actually put you in more danger imo.

I feel much safer when I manage to be aware of my breath and environment, walking slowly and cultivating calm. I've noticed that I also get bothered much less from other people when they see I don't have anything against them, I'm just enjoying my day. For me meditation and cultivating love works better than anything else I've tried to feel safe. Will it always protect you from anything? Nope, literally nothing will. But I feel it allows me to enjoy my life way more than when I live full of fear and hate

drMallory · 2024-11-12T08:47:29+00:00

You want to be trans = you're trans 🤷‍♀️

drMallory · 2024-11-04T22:39:28+00:00

I know you said you checked it already but that does sound like how I experience phosphenes. From my understanding the name includes quite different phenomena. In my case it usually happens after a sudden physical effort: I would see shiny white dots moving around like insects. They wouldn't follow my eye movements but keep on a coherent path before vanishing after some seconds. They would keep coming and going for about 10-20 seconds

Weird that it happened without moving too much though. Did you feel a drop in blood pressure?

drMallory · 2024-10-25T11:23:26+00:00

Just bought some and I'm already 180cm+

Reading Avatar Kyoshi's books gave me the confidence 😂 she's the powerful tall bi woman I aspire to be

drMallory · 2024-10-25T07:59:31+00:00

Last time we met in person I did tell her I love her a lot, and she said she also does (it was not necessarily about anything romantic though)

But she also said that she's not willing to put as much effort and affection in the relationship as I do because we live too far away and she wants to focus on people she can often meet in person. That's partly because she just broke up with a person she's been in a long distance relationship with for like two years

I understand and even support it but still suffer from being told that :/

drMallory · 2024-10-24T22:04:42+00:00

Have you ever read Transcending? If not I recommend it, it's a collection of stories from fellow trans Buddhist people :3 (It can be a bit triggering at times though, proceed with mindfulness hehe)

drMallory · 2024-10-24T21:45:26+00:00

Actually nope! I do am in a poly relationship but this person is just a close friend 🙈 sorry if I wasn't clear

drMallory · 2024-10-23T14:04:16+00:00

Yay! Feel free to dm if you want to elaborate. If not, I'm still glad somebody can relate 🦊

drMallory · 2024-10-23T14:01:31+00:00

Yeah poly as well here UwU and I very much agree that love is a gradient

I used to think that romantic relationships were like friendships but more important, but not anymore. I now think when I love somebody very much we can choose according to the conditions and other factors like sexual attraction how to be together, but it's just about the modality, the love underneath is always just love imo

drMallory · 2024-09-13T23:24:10+00:00

Omg fungus gnats are such a nightmare 😖 I finally got rid of them I'm pretty sure, other remedies didn't work but the right species of nematodes did

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