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Plants that repel mosquitos? in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 7 minutes ago

That sounds too good to be true.

Plants that repel mosquitos? in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 8 minutes ago

You're right! Climate zone is cfb. The place is shaded by trees.

Wintering indoors is sadly not possible, as there's no climate controlled indoors nearby.

Thanks

What's your unpopular opinion? in c/casualconversation@piefed.social
[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago)

In my case it was a combination of fear, and misery being comfortable. What's your reasoning?

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Plants that repel mosquitos? (mander.xyz)
 

I've got a small off grid place near a pond. The pond is nice to ponder at, but also a lovely breeding ground for mosquitos.

Therefore, I keep the door to the cabin usually closed.

But, as temperature is rising, I'm wondering if a screen door + some naturally mosquito repelling plants near the entrance might do the trick as well. So I can get some air flow at night.

Are there any such plants you know of? Preferentially perennial.

What common sayings are actually true? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] iii@mander.xyz 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Birds of a feather flock together

Cheers in c/depression_now@lemmy.world
[–] iii@mander.xyz 5 points 7 hours ago

So sad and dark 😟

break rules in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 7 hours ago

A song by everyone's favourite astronaut: roar by katy perry

What's your unpopular opinion? in c/casualconversation@piefed.social
[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

why would somebody not do it if it would make their life better?

Because they don't want to get better :(

What's your unpopular opinion? in c/casualconversation@piefed.social
[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (4 children)

Learning from past mistakes isn't an example of free will, though.

Doing so, or not doing so, either one is a choice out of free will. 😉 or is also the outside world that enforces that?

Looking for a guided introduction to taoism, and the historical context in c/taoism@lemmy.world
[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm reading your book at the moment. Starting to realise I don't need to read it cover to cover. Rather story by story, when the time comes 🙂

Solarpunk in c/gondaily@lemm.ee
[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Free by Lea Ypi is one of my favourite non-fiction books 🤌 it's kinda in between fiction and non-fiction now that I think about it. It's a personal, diary style, description of a tumultuous childhood during an exceptional part of history.

He and I are taking a break and I’m a bit sad, how can I survive this? in c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
[–] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

🫶 and here's a song for you

He and I are taking a break and I’m a bit sad, how can I survive this? in c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
[–] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Watch bridget jones. Not a joke 😊. When I was on such a high state of alertness, it made it very difficult to recognize my own emotions.

Looking at how others do it, helped with self-reflection.

Put some beautiful flowers or sunset as background image. But more importantly: don't use the phone, for a while. Put it out of arms reach, in the next room. It's a bad kind of distraction.

And yes, I know this is all easy to say, but hard to do. Just think about the next step, not the whole plan. 🤍🌸🩷

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How do you do your interior styling? (lemmy.ml)
 

I'm moving soon and I've 0 instinct for that, so looking for help and ideas :)

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Should these be mandatory in public? (mander.xyz)
 
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Looking for a guided introduction to taoism, and the historical context (mander.xyz)
 

I'd like to learn about taoism, the teachings and their historical context.

Do you have a suggestion for english language works on the subject? How did you first learn about the subject?

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Looking for an introduction into taoism (mander.xyz)
 

I'd like to learn about taoism, the teachings and their historical context.

Does anyone perhaps have a good suggestion for english language works on the subject?

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It seems today, that all you see, (mander.xyz)
 

is violins in movies, and sax on tv

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Pornhub and three other porn sites face EU child safety probe (www.bbc.com)
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Would you buy human milk if they sold it in the supermarket? (mander.xyz)
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Has online accessibility improved or worsened last couple of years for visually impaired people? (mander.xyz)
 

On the one hand, I think OCR, text to voice, image to text, ... has improved quite a lot.

On the other hand more and more stuff is locked away in apps, and javascript blob websites, so I can imagine it's harder for accessibility tools to access information.

But I'm just guessing. Do any of you know first or second hand?

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Do you or would you like to own a barrel? (mander.xyz)
 

The wooden kind

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Favourite TV snack? (mander.xyz)
 

I just learned that my 2 fav snacks are from america: potato chips (has potato), and popcorn (has maize). What are some non-US snacks I could try instead?

thanks

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I am a little person inside my own mind (mander.xyz)
 

Most of the time, my physical interaction with the world is automated, a known set of subroutines. Then I am a little person inside my own mind stuck on a gymnasticon. Struggling away doing awefull calculations.

Once in a while something happens, rudely snapping me back to my body. The button has been pressed, there's a disgusting mess that needs my attention.

On a rare occasion, when inspecting the disgusting mess, I see that, infact, it is beautifull.

But always, disgusting or not, it gets automated. An additional subroutine.

I'll settle for rarely.

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