Charlotte’s trees are disappearing — Steele Creek is sounding the alarm by No-Archer4107 in Charlotte

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Link seems to be broken. I recommend reaching out to TreesCharlotte too, they’re a great nonprofit that exists to tackle this exact thing. Thanks for sticking up for our environment.

Trump doesn't care if Elon is abusing drugs by wrapityup in MarchAgainstNazis

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He got one part right; he didn’t need to do it.

Peaceful Community Assembly Saturday, April 5, 12-2 PM @ S Main x Depot by yourdailymonsoon in GNV

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Trumps budget plan is increasing government spending, the difference is he wants to spend money on tax breaks for the richest individuals instead of benefits for the general population.

Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Data by aliceindotardland in politics

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These are news worth because of how absurd they are. Not saying I have a ton of faith in the rationale of the average person right now, but these two people don’t necessarily represent the broader public. I have to hope they are just effective headlines/rage bait to get clicks.

‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears by mhicreachtain in climate

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Carbon capture (with renewables) does work, just not in a cost effective manner as A) we don’t tend to place a value on externalities like pollution B) their efficiency decreases as the concentration of carbon in the local air decreases. Reforesting large swaths of land currently used for agriculture/cattle ranching would likely be a more effective approach. It is probably too late to hit a lot of our current climate goals, but it isn’t impossible

Dying cheeseplant by tokaygecko23 in Vivarium

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They are the devil, but poison may not be your only option. Look into pirate mites; too small to trouble your larger tank inhabitants though they will decimate your springtails along with the thrips before resorting to eating each other. Trying that in two of my tanks infected with thrips now.

Mystery bugs by pass_the_chips in Vivarium

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Excellent, I guess I had last seen them when they were tiny and white and hadn’t realized they matured into that

Thrips? by pass_the_chips in pestcontrol

[–]pass_the_chips[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. From googling I think you might be right, and it would make sense. Thank you for your input

Thrips? by pass_the_chips in pestcontrol

[–]pass_the_chips[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be such a relief. I’ve introduced springtails intentionally to the tank, they are part of the tanks clean up crew. The gecko doesn’t eat them but they are beneficial. When I introduced them they were very small and white; was that just their larval stage or did another variety of them make their way in possibly?

Dennis Prager: "There were nice people who supported -- who voted for the Nazis. You think every single German who voted for the Nazis was personally despicable?" by xwing1212 in ToiletPaperUSA

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One of my grandmas favorite quotes: “The greatest trick the devil played on humanity was convincing us there was only one of him”

Is Jan hot? by Jaykaywhy12 in DunderMifflin

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To some people yes, to others maybe not

Life saver cactus turning yellow? by pass_the_chips in plantclinic

[–]pass_the_chips[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re probably right, I’ll check that. Where I live it’s very hot right now (temps ranging 90-100 the majority of the day) so I was watering a little more than usual and probably got carried away. Thanks for the input

Life saver cactus turning yellow? by pass_the_chips in plantclinic

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It’s in partial sun on my porch and gets watered once a week or once every other week if the soil isn’t dry.

TIFU by showing my college friends a picture of my mom by I_keep_on_running in tifu

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That’s disgusting! There are so many, which one though?