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About 6000 species of solitary bees in North America. Providing them habitat by planting the flowering species they visit is a huge first step. Additionally making ‘space’ for their larva is enormously helpful. Many are ground dwelling, so getting rid of ‘landscape cloth’ which blocks them from burrowing is useful.

Check with your local cooperative extension service for information about the bees in your area.

Here’s an article from OSU on the topic: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/pollinators/nesting-habits-solitary-bees

Xerces Society: https://xerces.org/publications/brochures/save-the-stems

World Bee Project: https://worldbeeproject.org/2023/11/15/solitary-bees-their-crucial-pollination-role-and-diverse-habitats/

I’m over here going “Stop using Xitter/Facebook/Instagram/Threads! Why are you still using them!?” and “Join the fediverse!”

Realizing Meshtastic’s Promise with the T-Deck blog post: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/realizing-meshtastics-promise-t-deck

I’m going with the four food groups: Eggs, Potatoes, Chili, and Cheese. Do you think I should add maple syrup?

“Shirley, the leopards won’t eat MY FACE.”

Anyone informed of this simple fact ought to want to expand the court. Who did they interview, anyway? Only the clueless?

That’s otterly ridiculous!

Baby Names…

I feel like it’s really really important to embarrass governments now and again. It shakes up the order of things, and brings light to those dark, icky things that we really don’t want our governments doing.

It’s a start, should have been done ages ago, sure should be more, but at least the rest of the world is realizing that this is an important issue for the whole world. Now let’s get the rest of what’s needed to the Congo ASAP.

I love that the biggest critique, which sounds like it was written by the ICE auto industry, is that the job of conversion must be done correctly to be safe. I mean really once converted, it’s just as dangerous to pedestrians, as any ICE car.