I’ll admit I’m not sure of the pros/cons of either. All I know about sheep/goats is that sheep produce wool, and goats produce milk…and I’m pretty sure the only reason I know that, is due to one of the many city builders I’ve played 😂

Are you the guy that made a tortilla press for his 3yr old? I saw this on Imgur and it made my day imgur.com link.

I had no idea homemade tortilla presses were a thing, but I guess they had to come from somewhere before mass production

Beavers can be a great help in restoring wetlands. They’re being released in California to help stop wildfires as their ponds are natural firebreaks…unfortunately when they build around humans it doesn’t always work out. They’ve been known to flood neighborhoods and wash out roads.

I saw a documentary a while back where they were washing out roads (in Canada IIRC) by damning up the drains that run under the roads. They just have a built in need to stop flowing water. Instead of killing or re-locating the beavers, the guy being interviewed realized if they laid out a secondary conduit (large hose) in the drain, the beavers could damn up the drain but the water would still flow from one side of the road to the other. If I can find it again I’ll post it

I was just trying to share a story I found positive, and made me feel good. I had no idea grazing sheep was such a controversial topic 😃

I guess I’ll have to scrutinize any future post I contribute

That’s true, but they are more efficient and cost effective than running gas powered mowers around solar panels. The added bonus of not needing to purchase feed during parts of the year is also a nice plus

From this article it sounds like he’s one of those religious nuts trying to force their views on everyone. He probably starts off every conversation with “well, you know, as a Christian.”

It’s never about religion with a POS like this, it’s almost always about control. Hopefully the lawsuit gets tossed before it costs the school district too much money, and he can go work at a religious school where his views will probably not cause waves

Pretty sure that’s what they do. When I was school most teachers had trouble pronouncing some names, so they’d just ask us what we preferred to be called, or how we’d prefer our names to be pronounced and they’d make a note.

Most kids had nicknames that they preferred to use anyway, so that’s what how they’d be addressed. All official paperwork had the given name, but their friends, and teachers would just refer to them by the name they preferrred…which is why this whole name situation is just baffing to me. I’m guessing they didn’t renew his contract for other/additional reasons, this is just his way or trying to hit back

I miss Final Space and Mooncake!

I think you’ll enjoy Children of Dune much more than Messiah

It’s been a while since I’ve read the series, but I don’t recall feeling the same excitement with the successive novels as I did with the first. I did read all 6 of them, but honestly by the time I started God Emperor I felt as though the storyline was getting a little too off base.

Regarding the Dune movie, it’s what got me into the books, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. As with 90% of adaptations, there is no way for a film to capture the nuances of the source, doubly so for a book such as Dune

Just read an ArsTechnica article about David Lynch’s unfinished Dune Messiah’s script. It was a long, but interesting read

Wow, TiL. I only knew of 2 different versions of the movie differentiated by the opening narration

As others have mentioned, most launch sites are on the coast of countries. Notable exceptions are Russia’s lease of the kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome and China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center and Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. A quick google shows at least one whoopsie from the former. It’s also one of the reason France maintains French Guiana as a department of France, it’s right on the equator and on the ocean. IIRC that’s where the JWST was launched

Thank you!

Wow, thank you! I’m going to try it this weekend

Do you have a recipe you can share? Whenever I’ve added barley to soup I only get about one good meal, leftovers tend to have the barley absorbing all of the broth (which is still delicious, just not soup any longer)…I suppose I could cook the barley separately, keep it in the fridge, and add it to the soup prior to reheating…hmm, I too have a box of barley in the cupboard and I just made bean and potato soup yesterday

The cat is startled that his can opener/food dispenser is talking

That’s a very good point. I usually go for the seedlings because it’s so convenient, but you’re right in that I’m always at the mercy of what’s in stock. I’ve been wanting to start a scotch bonnet pepper plant, and those are only available by seeds in my neck of the woods. Guess it’s time to start planning for next spring. Also, please keep us posted on your pickles!

Looks awesome! Did you start from seeds or seedlings?

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