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Yeah, does need to dry out some but once the top LOOKS dry, then that's a problem -- for the rosemary! But everything is different. Tarragon can get too much water, etc. So, you really need to address each on their own merits.

Weather/humidity constantly change so you have to keep that in mind too.

apparently if the top of the soil ever looks dry, that's too dry!

but like i say -- it's a struggle for me.

i had figured his whining about the long ballot is because internal polling is indicating a bad result for him.

hope i'm right!

I will giggle with delight for a very, very long time if Poilievre loses this.

Personally, I'd be outraged if my chosen political party decided the person I voted for should be unceremoniously turfed in order to parachute in the party leader, who never lived where I live.

So, I'm not surprised.

I struggle so much with potted rosemary -- it's very hard to keep watered perfectly. It does better in the ground, apparently.

It can die very quickly if it dries out in a pot.

none of these words mean anything to me, so no, i have not!

How Liberalism Sabotages Itself Our intentional blindness to bad faith is a loophole fascists use to gain respectability and power.

"Right-wing operators in particular are groomed and trained to argue to embrace bad-faith argument as a tactic. And yet even in the Trump era, when the bad faith is so thinly veiled, liberals remain reluctant to treat it as disqualifying."

Man oh man is @brianbeutler.bsky.social right about this.

Sure, Wirecutter is good, but I guarantee you that priority is given to products they can review that will provide affiliate links.

[i have no idea how "which" replaced "when you click" (these links) in that first post, but whatever. apparently i should re-read posts before i hit 'send.']

Oh, I don't watch on my phone for this reason. I don't have one on my phone either. Ha.

haha. you need an adblocker on YouTube. I never see ads there.

Reviews from companies that include outgoing links to Amazon ARE GARBAGE.

I am telling you this AS SOMEONE WHO WAS PAID TO DUPE YOU.

Fuck 'em all. If a review links to Amazon or Walmart, burn it.

And the better I buried it into useful information, the better those links did in terms of getting click-throughs, and the more cookies were embedded into their readers' browsers, and the more affiliate-ad payouts they'd make every quarter.

NONE OF THOSE OPINIONS ARE WORTH A FUCKING CENT.

ASK ME HOW I KNOW.

GO ON. ASK ME.

I know because I was a "top performer" in writing content with SEO results for Leaf Group and their dozens of verticles, from USA Today to Hunker.

I was the chick who peppered the fuck out of articles with affiliate links that would make the publishers money.

these articles have ZERO INTEREST in your kitchen or home being at its best or you getting the best product for your money.

they care only about the best return on their affiliate-link commissions possible, and that's why they're covering their ass with so many recommendations.

my all-steel French press with double-walled thermal carafe was $26.

it really helps to remember that these articles-- i mean, ads-- are entirely an attempt to make money off affiliate links.

which you these links, they receive commissions off ANY purchase you make on Amazon for 24 hours.

...once you start having the basics around, prices come down, but they never think in terms of "that soy sauce is 30 meals, not $5 for this meal."

It's idiotic but it's also ignorant because everything possible has been done to make people ignorant of cooking.

People don't know how to cook anymore because society's been made up in such a way to dissuade it in every way.

But, also, the first few times you cook anything are expensive--

I'm always surprised at Shark Week's popularity because I never hear anything but negativity about its research quality or messaging. Just big scary pictures.

Anyhoo, conservation matters. (And you can help at home, starting with using biodegradable soaps.)

I didn't know you were working with SFU. Yay!

…how to express that but I feel like some of these moments are big “end of a dream” reality-checks for some of us and not everyone knows how to express.

But I’m still making notes.

(Really mad about Stallone & hate that I love his early movies.)

Yeah — person who inspired me to post that gets some grace because shes medicated off her gourd from surgery, etc, & has been sounding the alarm about authoritarianism for quite a while, but I was still disappointed.

I think some grieve the •idea• of him & the end of our innocence, & don’t know…

I hate these people.

So I got 2 chickens from Costco last week ($18) & have so far made a batch of soup (6 portions with about $10 other ingredients), 4 sandwiches, I have a LOT of chicken left in the freezer, & still have the bones to make more soup/stock.

[chuckles in renterspeak]

We live in an era where we need to know who people are & what they stand for.

When shit gets real, I'll have paid attention to whose moral stances were flimsy at best. You demonstrate who you are & what you stand for 100 times a day, in small but relevant ways.

Some of us are taking note.

I read a thing where supposedly 10-20% of people are immovable off humane/progressive stances & 10-20% of people are immovable off hatred, & the remaining 60-80% of people can be persuaded either way.

So when someone laments the death of Hulkamania, yeah, they get an asterisk by their name for me.

I feel like Hulk Hogan's death was instructive for who doesn't take white supremacy seriously enough, and anyone who was mourning the death of their '80s wresting hero versus the man he became have become a little suspect in my eyes.

I WANT THIS SO MUCH.

MAKE ISLAND RAIL A REALITY AGAIN.

I honestly don't think I've seen folks wearing American flags around these parts locally, and most won't say they're American these days unless there's no escaping it in the conversation. Even then, they'll usually say they state they're from, not USA.

But I'll be commenting if I see flags.

Sound Sensitivity in ADHD Focusing with a brain that won't tune out background noise is hard, especially when it leads to physical or emotional pain. Learn about sound sensitivity and ADHD.

This explains why my new hearing aids were so emotionally devastating to me all winter last year, as it made all the "apartment sounds" so much louder and destroyed my peace.

I've gotten a handle on it now but holy rough road, Batman.