@smallsolar
Not an author myself, but would you be interested in a book of D&D-themed crochet patterns?
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/767078/dungeons-and-dragons-crochet-by-stacy-king-official-dungeons-and-dragons-licensed/
Or maybe a novel focusing on a cheerful and determined girl hero, collecting allies to take down oppressive powers?
Here's a link to read the first chapter free, and a link to order it from the author's own shop:
https://shinesurge.net/gttcintro/
https://ko-fi.com/s/60c1705ecc
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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Apr 13, 2026
Here's a piece of #GoodNews - they're restoring wetlands and re-planting wild rice in Detroit and nearby marshes.
This is part of an effort to restore habitat for native species, and to honor indigenous heritage. It's a partnership between one of the local tribes, government agencies, and nonprofits.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/04/wild-rice-detroit-river/
This is part of an effort to restore habitat for native species, and to honor indigenous heritage. It's a partnership between one of the local tribes, government agencies, and nonprofits.
https://planetdetroit.org/2026/04/wild-rice-detroit-river/
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@datum
For instance, Foods That Will Win the War, from 1918, is a cookbook focusing on recipes that skip or minimize the use of wheat flour, meat, and sugar. It was meant to help with WW1 shortages.
I got it for gluten-free bread recipes.
It's free on Project Gutenberg. (Ignore the 'automated summary'.)
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/15464
For instance, Foods That Will Win the War, from 1918, is a cookbook focusing on recipes that skip or minimize the use of wheat flour, meat, and sugar. It was meant to help with WW1 shortages.
I got it for gluten-free bread recipes.
It's free on Project Gutenberg. (Ignore the 'automated summary'.)
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/15464
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@datum
Dietary flexibility helps some, too. Even if there aren't famines, interrupted shipping chains could mean temporary shortages, like in 2020 when white flour sold out, but the stores still had cornflour. Times like that, a recipe for cornbread made from cornflour-only can be really useful.
So being willing to learn a few new recipes based on different ingredients makes it easier to adapt.
Dietary flexibility helps some, too. Even if there aren't famines, interrupted shipping chains could mean temporary shortages, like in 2020 when white flour sold out, but the stores still had cornflour. Times like that, a recipe for cornbread made from cornflour-only can be really useful.
So being willing to learn a few new recipes based on different ingredients makes it easier to adapt.
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@datum
There's a couple other things people can do, esp. if you can't personally garden.
1) If fresh produce becomes a problem, you can sprout seeds to make baby greens even in an apartment. Do you have some large glass jars, and openwork lids you can use to let the water drain and let air circulate? Plastic lids like that are fairly cheap and sold in hardware or home-supply stores, I think.
(Sorry, that was general-you, not Datum-you specifically.)
There's a couple other things people can do, esp. if you can't personally garden.
1) If fresh produce becomes a problem, you can sprout seeds to make baby greens even in an apartment. Do you have some large glass jars, and openwork lids you can use to let the water drain and let air circulate? Plastic lids like that are fairly cheap and sold in hardware or home-supply stores, I think.
(Sorry, that was general-you, not Datum-you specifically.)
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@cstross
Depends on whether the crops were already getting too much sun, vs. barely enough. The places where solar panels improve yield are places where it's dry and hot. *
Places that are plenty shady and humid already, can lose production due to panels. But if the extra shade doesn't cause your crops to develop fungal diseases, the lost harvest can be balanced out by the electricity as an alternate source of income.
* https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/agrivoltaics-denver-botanic-gardens-chatfield-solar-power-vegetables/
Depends on whether the crops were already getting too much sun, vs. barely enough. The places where solar panels improve yield are places where it's dry and hot. *
Places that are plenty shady and humid already, can lose production due to panels. But if the extra shade doesn't cause your crops to develop fungal diseases, the lost harvest can be balanced out by the electricity as an alternate source of income.
* https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/02/agrivoltaics-denver-botanic-gardens-chatfield-solar-power-vegetables/
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@broadwaybabyto
I think your reasoning is sound that a few minutes of un-masked assessing the air is less risky than taking chances on a year's lease.
I think your reasoning is sound that a few minutes of un-masked assessing the air is less risky than taking chances on a year's lease.
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@ombremad
If you want to learn, the library will have knitting books with sections on "repairing knits" and "fixing a dropped stitch".
And there are videos that go into more detail and let you replay it slowly.
@brettezeleliquide @paulschoe
If you want to learn, the library will have knitting books with sections on "repairing knits" and "fixing a dropped stitch".
And there are videos that go into more detail and let you replay it slowly.
@brettezeleliquide @paulschoe
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Kathmandu
@Kathmandu@stranger.social
Boston metroplex. SF/F fan. Currently active fandoms: Gideon the Ninth / Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Next Town Over webcomic, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Kidd Commander webcomic.
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@susankayequinn @seachanger
I remember a T-shirt design from the first months after the vaccines came out: "Yes I'm vaccinated, but I still mask...'cause I got trust issues, and y'all nasty."
I remember a T-shirt design from the first months after the vaccines came out: "Yes I'm vaccinated, but I still mask...'cause I got trust issues, and y'all nasty."
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