Look up “pink tax” and “gender pay gap”.

Are you using https? On mine the app doesn’t allow just http.

Native plant/ecosystem restoration and gardening especially where it intersects edible plants. Also especially around the 45th parallel in N. America.

Yes, and you have to dig deep in some places to get below the frost with your foundation. In those places a basement makes sense because you’re digging that far either way. Texas frosts don’t get very deep, so you’re able to have a shallower foundation making a basement just an extra cost.

Yep, 100% reuse of all wastewater and solids!

Alternative title: High Tension Power Line Plan Causes Tensions to Run High

Me talking at dinner: “Will you pass me the peas?” Cut to 5 people confused about whether I mean just one of them or if I want the whole table to all hand me the peas.

I get why they/them can be confusing because of the plural thing, but we are used to a quirky language. With a little practice, the tone and context clear up nearly all confusion. The rest is as easy or hard as what we have to do with an ambiguous “you.”

PS Sorry to the “yous/yous guys” people. I am not trying to turn a blind eye to you obviously superior usage. It just really ruins my point.

Their point is that if plants can suffer, and assuming we still want to eat, less plants die or are maimed on a vegan diet than on an omnivorous diet because livestock eats plants too and the conversion to meat is inefficient.

That means vegan diet is the way for less plant suffering even though you eat them directly. In fact it is because you would eat them directly.

What? All of that tracking data isn’t just being used to make cars better? I am sure they’ll fix this in the next mandatory update.

I spend time highlighting how my past experience relates to the job and what I like about the place or job specifically. Depending on the vibe in the room I will add one quick, interesting, and nonoffensive thing about my personal life at the end. Basically recapping a cover letter but in a personable way because my writing is dry

https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/soil-texture-analysis-the-jar-test/ a better description and photos

You can use a methodology from soil testing for this that doesn’t require extra gear. Sieves (like with soil texturing) will give you a faster more accurate answer. Here it is:

Get a narrow glass jar. Fill it a little way with ground coffee. Fill with water. Shake. Set on shelf and wait a few hours up to a day.

The larger pieces will settle first and the finer settle last. You can see the sorting of them through the glass. If you use consistent amounts of coffee and the same container, you can measure depth of layers. I.e. this grinder makes .5cm of fines to 3cm of ideal to .2cm of too large.

Bonus is you can use this method for making cold brew, so you don’t waste the coffee or water.

I gave blood routinely for years and years. Hours of my time on public transit and in the chair. Then, one time, I was sick and canceled because that is expected (nobody wants sick blood). They called me twice daily while I was sick to reschedule. Each time I said I would reschedule when I was healthy, but they didn’t stop calling. It made me think of them as some telemarketing predators that are profiteering on my good will. True or not that feeling made me not go back.

I don’t know specific products, but ANSI does puncture resistance certification. You could use those ratings to find something comfortable that isn’t snake oil

How was their grip? I imagine they need some strength (and pointy toes) to climb bark

‘252 km (157 miles) range’ to save others the same skimming I did

The emotional consequence of super speed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMe1qlyuMXQ

Of course, the first working one was the 4th itteration of prototypes. So that makes it MASSIV (Military Artificial Satellite Spaceship IV)

In my area, trash is screened and ladfilled. Some hair goes with that, but most enters the solids stream where it is treated then the treated residuals are applied to farms as a soil enhancer/fertilizer. Pretty cool that they don’t just send it to landfill imo

Snow- the roads will be mostly normal to drive on except when it has just snowed. The fact that it sticks around means they lay down salt and/or sand where it is needed. Still, get a good lesson on how and when to brake, how to steer in a skid, and other snow stuff if you want to be safe on the road. If you are ever stuck in the snow, someone will stop to help. If you ever see someone stuck in the snow, you will stop to help.

Not sure what you mean about the snow blower. I have never had one and my parents had enough shovels for the many hands.

House roof snow. Never needed to scrape. If you have a flat roof that might be a thing. They should all be built with ‘snow load’ in mind though. There are other roof concerns like ice damming that I definitely have heard people putting fixes in place for.

The only thing I ever did for the dog was mushers wax on her feet. That repels snow and helps if the pads get to much salt. Dog coats definitely work if you have a skinny/small/very light coated dog.

Warm beats fashion for clothes. Get you ear flap hats or whatever else keeps the chill off. You might feel like a fool, but no one will look twice.

I don’t know about the greenhouse but you can grow plenty in the summer without one.

Making friends- do something you like same as anywhere else. New to you would probably be ice skating, pick up hockey, curling, or x-country skiing. Kids joining 4H or scouts or whatever could do it too. I am sure there are local groups for any of those. Just look for meet ups of whatever kind you or the fam is interested in.