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Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

This video looks at lost opportunities to fight climate change, and the shitty circumstances that humanity has created. As bad as things are now, this is the least-worst they will ever be again within a human timescale.

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Naalbinding

I maintain that this is the class that most people take multiple times. So many of my friends have tried it, thought they had it, then two days later it was gone. I was one of those, so I have collected the websites that got me past it. Am I an expert? Heck no. But my socks have all stayed intact so I'm running with it.
I know exactly one stitch. I'm fine with this.


Are you desperate for a way to say "fuck AI" nowadays? Learn a historic craft!

Today is cloudy and dim, chilly and damp.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a flock of sparrows and a female cardinal.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I raked the leaves off the rain garden.  Underneath I found not just a lot more shoots, but the first tiny lavender buds of crocus!  :D

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I trimmed off the dead stems from the 'Autumn Joy' sedum in the maple garden and purple-and-white garden, plus peonies in the purple-and-white garden.  I still need to trim the sedum in the septic garden.

EDIT 2/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

These are the rest of the pictures I took today, from the savanna and prairie garden.  (See the House Yard and South Lot.)

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This was previously published on LiveJournal December 19, 2020.


These are the notes for "Wanting a Little of Everything."

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This planet friendly diet could cut your risk of early death by 23%

A planet-friendly Nordic diet may slash your risk of early death by nearly 25%.

A major new study suggests that eating the Nordic way could help you live significantly longer—while also helping the planet. Researchers from Aarhus University found that people who closely followed the 2023 Nordic dietary guidelines had a 23% lower risk of death compared to those who didn’t.

Compare with other healthy and/or eco-friendly diets.  Notice the confluence of eating less red meat and more whole plant foods.

Climatarian

Flexitarian

Mediterranean

Vegetarian

This week, the poetry of Not Quite Kansas is on sale for half price from Monday, February 16 through Sunday, February 22. This series is dark fantasy with angels and demons. It features themes of spirituality, cosmology, coming of age, identity, family of choice, friendship, and magic. Sale prices range from $89 to $146.50, so hopefully there will be something for everyone.

Prices on open epics are locked at the time of opening; however, if anyone wants to donate to open epics and buy poetry, spending $100 will get you the quarter-price rate on the new poems, regardless of the rate on the open epic(s) you support. There are no open epics at present, so you may open one if you wish.

We are repeating the special discount for purchases of $100 or more, in which you get poetry at 25% of its original price instead of 50%. (Note that this increases the amount of poetry you get, rather than reducing the amount of money spent; the point is to get this stuff off of my desk. Yes, I can afford it.) That size of donation also makes you a k-fan which comes with some other perks, like a year-end collection of a poetic series. If several folks want to bundle their orders to make the $100 threshold and have one person send it all, that's okay; you'll get the discount and I'll list all your names as donors, but you'll have to decide amongst you who gets the k-fan credit. If you host a pool, please close it the day before the sale closes, so you have time to collect funds and turn them in on time.

Some of the poems are in sequence of related action, so in places there are prerequisites before a poem can be published. They can be sponsored at any time, just might have to wait for publication until something else gets posted first. Those are marked accordingly. I have also made lists of poems which unlock sequels, and poems which have prerequisites.

Linkback perk: The following poems have verses left to reveal. Boost the signal for this half-price sale and tell me which poem you want to extend.
"Delight in Another,"
"A Sense of Weather Changes,"
"Ouroboros Insects,"
"The Loving Embrace of Night,"
"Generations of Cooks Past,"
"Homefree and Clear, "
"One Bite at a Time,"
"Stars and Diamonds,"
"Mishpocha,"
"Changing Your Nature,"
"Besa."




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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Safety
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Birdfeeding
Activism
Books
Poem: "If You Don't Fall Down"
Birdfeeding
Moment of Silence: Spikedluv
Space Exploration
Creative Jam
Philosophical Questions: Emotions
Pinetree Garden Seeds Order
Poetry Fishbowl Report for February 3, 2026
Unsold Poems for the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Vocabulary: Dinkus
Poem: "An Inkling of Things to Come"
Climate Change
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 2-13-26: Lord of the Rings
Read "Forelsket"
Poem: "Stones and Woods"
Extinction
Birdfeeding
Community Thursdays
Website Updates
Poem: "The Tranquility and Beauty of the Winter Landscape"
Birdfeeding
Good News

Safety has 44 comments. Food has 45 comments. Wildlife has 37 comments. Food has 65 comments. Robotics has 136 comments.


There will be a half-price sale in Not Quite Kansas from February 16-22.


The 2026 Rose and Bay Awards are now open for excellence in crowdfunding. It's time to vote for your favorite projects!

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2025.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2026.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2026.

These are the handlers for the 2026 award season:

Art: gs_silva Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: fuzzyred Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: gs_silva Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
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The weather has been cool here, and it rained a little on Saturday. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large flock of sparrows, several starlings, a mourning dove, and a male cardinal. I saw a honeybee in the forest garden, and when I went out to the bee tree, I saw a bee flying into it. This is way too early for them to be out; there is liquid water but absolutely no food.

An Ionic Gelation Powder for Ultrafast Hemostasis and Accelerated Wound Healing

Rapid and effective bleeding control remains a clinical priority, particularly for deep or irregular wounds where conventional dressings are inadequate. Here, an ionically responsive, powder-based hemostatic system (AGCL) composed of alginate, gellan gum, chitosan, and a glutaraldehyde crosslinker is presented. Upon contact with calcium ions in blood, AGCL rapidly forms an adhesive hydrogel network within ≈1 s, enabling ultrafast gelation and a high blood uptake ratio (≈725%). The powder exhibits strong bioadhesion (>40 kPa), excellent sealing under mixed-mode loading, and robust storage stability for up to 24 months under ambient conditions. In vitro assays confirm minimal hemolysis (<3%), high cytocompatibility, and greater than 99% antibacterial efficacy.

See a much more detailed explanation with illustrations here.

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