This is my primary instance but when it’s down I use a secondary acct on mindly(.)social @ jj_hey.
Live in SE US. I love dogs, and all kinds of music (collect vinyl records, played trumpet for 12 years), books, photography, astronomy, sports. I also like riding bike, gardening.
Retired at 55 electrical (power) engineer, supported large electric utility control center.
I’ve lived in 7 states.
Dad of two. I believe all people are equal and should be treated as such.
Autism. Lefty.
My new house (in zone 7b) has hooks for hanging baskets outside the kitchen sink window, but that area is pretty much always shaded. Any suggestions on edible plants that would do well in that environment?
I have this crazy idea of using a bunch of string/yarn in my possession to make net-type things to put the pots in. I've seen plenty of such hanging-pot holders in stores, but if anyone has advice for how to make my own (macrame?) I'm all ears.
It's World Swift Day.
"Sleepers over oceans in the mill of the world's breathing.
The grace to say they live in another firmament.
A way to say the miracle will not occur,
And watch the miracle."
Extract from Swifts by Anne Stevenson
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49866/swifts-56d22c67c55eb
Things I didnt realise fully, thats once fledged, swifts never rest from flight for near 3 years full. Sleeping on the wing until they make their first nest.
Imagine this, to find your one resting spot destroyed because of human greed. We need to stop thinking the world is ours. This world is here because of all the life living here. We need to demand better of local developers.
Black Guillemot "flying" underwater. Whenever I'm in the area I have to visit these in Portpatrick harbour.
Scott Pelley:
"And about 4 hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include -
1. Can we make the protesters look more violent? Now, I’m paraphrasing. I don’t have the quote, but that’s what was communicated to me.
2. And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer."
Shocking as it is, this is par for the regime and its embeds in the media.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.FXXa.eSxAUpM4Qiy2&smid=url-share
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