MostlyTato

dgar, 3 months ago to random

Scientist: *Explaining the importance of good sleep.

Me: *Watching scientist explaining the importance of good sleep on YouTube at 3am.

pvonhellermannn, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to climate

#ClimateDiary Just listened to @rahmstorf’s enormously helpful &clear Alfred Wegener Medal lecture:

“Is the #AMOC Reaching a Tipping Point?”

Answer: it looks more and more likely. There are still uncertainties, especially as to “When”; but with ever increasing evidence it is clear, as Rahmstorf says: we must, must apply the #precautionaryprinciple.

During sobering conclusion a pop-up message about Taylor Swift. What a time to be alive.

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessionprogramme/5215#

MostlyTato, 26 days ago to gardening

The woodland bank looking particularly verdant. Its been there for over three years now, so is quite mature for a little patch of guerrilla gardening. Its very low maintenance, just remove the fallen oak leaves in spring, and weed out any aggressive plants (I'm looking at you wild strawberries) in summer.
#gardening

Close up of the greenery along the bank, showing the different variety of plants.

MostlyTato, 26 days ago to gardening

Free eggs from the uncared for chickens on the allotment. They have started to sleep in my compost because its warm and dry, and I'm currently getting an egg each morning.
Meanwhile Stigg (the owner) is hunting all over the field for eggs and not finding any.
He says the birds don't go in anyone else's area so he can't really ask for the eggs. Anyway, he isn't talking to me so...
He really should take better care of his livestock.
They are my chickens now.
#chickens #allotment #gardening

View of eight chicken eggs sitting in the composter.

MostlyTato, 1 month ago to gardening

Finally a warm and sunny day on the allotment. A bit of planting and Comfrey Corner is starting to flourish.
The pond just isn't clearing due to silting from all the rain. I need the vegetation to grow a bit around it to absorb some of the run-off.
I found a skip full of compost and old decking, exactly what I needed to finish the beds!
Also scored some railway sleepers I might use to make extra mini terraces down slope.
#gardening #allotment

Looking down the allotment onto the terrace, the beds are filled with soil and compost. Above the terrace in the foreground is a garden area, just starting to green up, and below the terrace you can see the bottom of the area, woodchipped and used for storage.
A shady corner of the allotment where the comfrey and borage is growing strong.

MostlyTato, 3 months ago to UKpolitics

Freeports seem to be going under the radar in the UK media...

Freeports are intended to be special unregulated investment zones where the normal rules do not apply. The zones cover some large areas.

The idea is based on the old concept of charter cities, another way for big business to profiteer & money launder, potentially forcing workers into indentured labour without rights or regulation. 1/4

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maps-of-uk-freeports?utm_source=pocket_mylist

@Melinda @Geri
@EuropeanPowell

#Freeports #CharterCities #UKPolitics

MostlyTato, 19 days ago to UKpolitics

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. But they were Tories, so its all cool."
#MayThe4thBeWithYou #ukpolitics

MostlyTato, 26 days ago to Cats

Lottie came to visit the allotment for Caturday! She was in hunting mode, so ignored me at first, but finally came over to say hi, before heading out to carry on the hunt.
#Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats

Grey and white cat side on, looking left, with one paw raised. She's in hunting mode in the long grass.

MostlyTato, 19 days ago to science

Can the known particles and interactions explain consciousness?
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/consciousness-arise-particles/
#science

MostlyTato, 26 days ago to UKpolitics

Re-posting again because...
#UKpolitics #tories #conservatives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-0WGo9Zrk

MostlyTato, 12 days ago to gardening

The woodland bank is looking lush at this time of year. I'm kind of proud of this little wasteland area that has become such a variety of green and flowers.
#gardening

MostlyTato, 12 days ago to gardening

An overhead shot of the downslope allotment from a raised perspective. I stood on the neighbours fence! Well, I've been digging over his area for him and getting access via the fence, so I took the opportunity.
#gardening #allotment

MostlyTato, 12 days ago to gardening

The mother hen on the allotment field now has only three babies. I'm sure there were around 9 or 10 a couple of weeks ago.
Stigg lets the birds roam free, he let the cockerel breed, he doesn't care if the birds or chicks live or die, he only got them to piss the council off. A dog killed a hen a few days ago, he laughed. He feeds them stale white bread and they have no shelter.
The council have told him to get rid of them, especially the cockerel but he won't.
#gardening #allotment #chickens

MostlyTato, 12 days ago to climate

I for one am glad she's back...because that quote below is my life for the last five years; the world in microcosm:

"You admit you're scared. You admit you don't know what to do. You stop. You listen. You look for answers. You come up with a plan. You abandon your previous assumptions about reality. You adjust to the new reality in front of you."
#climate #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

https://www.okdoomer.io/panic-all-you-want-its-good-for-you/

MostlyTato, 19 days ago to UKpolitics

Is this the right time to post this again? Too soon? Naaaah Sod off Tory Scum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-0WGo9Zrk
#ukpolitics

MostlyTato, 19 days ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-0WGo9Zrk

MostlyTato, 26 days ago to gardening

The Gate to Nowhere (at least for the moment). I've moved on to another area to start allotment 2! Been whacking in fence posts and just put in the front and back gates.
#allotment #gardening

fkamiah17, 3 months ago to random

From Aljazeera's live blog:

"The court obliges Israel to take more measures to protect but Palestinians but does not order it to end military operations in the
Gaza Strip."

So not a ceasefire. But I can't see what military operations they can carry out without breaching the other stipulations of the Court.

#ICJ

MostlyTato, 19 days ago to gardening

The pond in my area is finally settling and has been loaded with plants, whilst comfrey corner is flowering nicely.
#gardening #allotment

Flowering comfrey and borage in the corner of the allotment, next to the stepping stone path.

MostlyTato, 26 days ago to animals

Not taken a pic of Hendrix for a while, though I saw him the other day, so here is a slightly older pic.
He's funny, he doesn't like hoomans talking to each other, he gets the hump, sods off, comes back to see if they have stopped than sods off again if they haven't!
Bless him, he's my little pal and its always a joy to bump into him.
This spot is where we go so he can rollypolly for me at face level.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats

fkamiah17, 1 month ago to UKpolitics

Trudat.

#UKPolitics

stux, 22 days ago to random

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe ♥️😸🐾

compost, 1 month ago to gardening

To us, the best mulch that you can use for the garden beds does not come from the garden center.

It is whatever biomass you have next to you that can be used and that is free.

This year I have used leaves from our trees in the garden beds and chopped weeds into the aisles.

Yes, it is labor-intensive to do that but I know that every year I have this resource available for free. So instead of sending this yard waste to the landfill and creating greenhouse gasses, it is best to find ways to use it in the garden.

What mulch do you like to use for your garden?

#gardening