Please be aware of local native plant populations when using this concept. In much of the US some species of willow and buckthorn are invasive, can out-compete native plants, and can result in a drastic reduction in local biodiversity. I recommend Doug Tallamy's books Bringing Nature Home and The Nature of Oaks for anyone interested in native plant info. The writing is targeted at the US, but they're easy reads and have a lot of good info.

If you're here to tell me energy drink body spray is a bad idea, I've heard it before, from a bank and some doctors.

This is what it sounds like to me, and Sim Ant is the game I had in mind opening this post. It was a good one.

^^^ This is the one I recognize. There's just so many times that I see a kind, well thought out, informative comment and it's got southsamurai's name above it

The trees filled out way too early this year. It's already to the point where most of my birding is done by ear. Silver lining is that there's insects to look down at now while listening.

Do you have any preferred sources for learning more about Umberto eco's 14 points of fascism?

Can confirm. The creator of Exploding Kittens is Matthew Inman, the artist behind The Oatmeal

Shot I took at a local park

That strikes me as a "Sorry, not sorry" kind of response.

This is an evangelical organization so that's probably all you're going to get. They have an entire culture built around perceived persecution so, even when they're forced to apologize for something, they're going to think they're the victims of the scenario.

source: I used to be one of them

edit: I guess I shouldn't make such sweeping generalizations. my opinion is based off my couple of decades as an evangelical and another couple watching my family continue with it

Taco's Truck

Taco's Truck

Makes you feel full as... anything

I've always liked how Sam Harris addressed this:

It is, therefore, not an exaggeration to say that if the city of New York were suddenly replaced by a ball of fire, some significant percentage of the American population would see a silver-lining in the subsequent mushroom cloud, as it would suggest to them that the best thing that is ever going to happen was about to happen: the return of Christ. It should be blindingly obvious that beliefs of this sort will do little to help us create a durable future for ourselves - socially, economically, environmentally, or geopolitically. Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the US government actually believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious. The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this, purely on the basis of religion dogma, should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency.

Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

Interesting read on her and her husband:

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/lilly-gray-victim-of-the-beast-666-2