May. 24th, 2025

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People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

If I steal a loaf of bread from you and eat it, when does the bread itself cease to be yours and becomes mine?

In practice, when you remove it from where the owner put it. But ethically and legally, stolen property is not ever yours.

Neutrinos

May. 24th, 2025 12:30 pm
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This post talks about measuring the mass of neutrinos.
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Today is partly cloudy and pleasantly cool. :D

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

I set out the flats of pots and watered them. It's down to 2 partial flats now.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I finished pulling the tall grass out of the septic garden. I cut down the tree seedlings.

I've seen a catbird and a fox squirrel.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- We walked the prairie garden to point out where to remow paths. My partner Doug is out mowing that and the ritual meadow.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I weeded the first section of netting in the prairie garden down to the ground, so that one is ready to roll up and add fresh dirt.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I weeded the wedge between sections of netting in the prairie garden down to the ground

EDIT 5/24/25 -- We walked around to look at the mowed areas.

I have a bee tree again! :D 3q3q3q!!! I am so excited. While walking through the savanna, I heard the lawnmower sound, so I checked the most recent bee tree and the girls were back to-ing and fro-ing overhead. *GLEE*

I trimmed around a hydrangea at the east edge of the house yard, in case more mowing becomes feasible.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I weeded the second section of netting in the prairie garden down to the ground. So the interior weeding is done. \o/

EDIT 5/24/25 -- We hauled the big bag of bedding soil to the septic garden.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I cut open the bag and spread fresh soil over the first section, then put the net back down there.

I've seen a male cardinal.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I sowed sunflower 'Hopi Landrace', Pinetree Sunflower Mix, Persian Carpet Zinnia Mixture, zinnia 'Big Flower Mix', four o'clock 'Marbles Mix', celosia 'Wooster Cockscomb', balsam, and ageratum 'Red Bouquet' in the first section of the septic garden.  Hopi Landrace, Big Flower Mix, Marbles Mix, and Wooster Cockscomb packets are all empty now.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I sowed centaurea 'Tall Mix', evening scented stock, and nasturtium 'Alaska Mix' in the first section of the septic garden.  That's the end of the Alaska Mix.

I peeled off the net, spread fresh soil, and tacked down the net in the second section of the septic garden.

My partner Doug is currently outside mowing the house yard.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I sowed Pinetree Sunflower Mix, sunflower 'Giant Gray Striped', Persian Carpet Zinnia Mixturecentaurea 'Tall Mix', nasturtium 'Gleam Mix', evening scented stock, ageratum 'Red Bouquet', and snapdragon 'University of California' in the second section of the septic garden. Giant Gray Striped and Gleam Mix are done.

EDIT 5/24/25 -- I sowed balsam and 'Bouquet' dill in the second section of the septic garden. 

I watered the newly planted things.

I did a bit of work around the patio.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

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[personal profile] fuzzyred is hosting a pool for the half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics.  The pool will close Saturday evening, so if you want to join that, now's the time.

The sale itself will close Sunday evening, if you're shopping on your own, so you've got an extra day on that.
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I found this article about making a Mosquito Bucket of Doom

1) Fill a bucket with water and put it outside.

2) Add a handful of grass to make carbon dioxide which will attract more mosquitoes.

3) There are two options to kill the resulting larvae.

-- Dump the bucket weekly and refresh the trap with new water and grass.

-- Add a mosquito dunk, which lasts about a month.  Replace whenever it sinks or dissolves.


Also, make sure there are no other pockets of still water to attract mosquitoes elsewhere in your yard.  Every bit that you can find and remove is one less mosquito nest.


EDIT 5/26/25 -- The crosspost over on[community profile] gardening has a comment with more details.

Genetics

May. 24th, 2025 05:42 pm
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Sperm from cancer-risk donor used to conceive at least 67 children across Europe

Case of man carrying rare genetic variant fuels calls for limit on number of children that can be fathered by one donor.


It is not ethical to control other people's reproductive choices by force, which is what that proposal amounts to. There are better ways.

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