LibertyLizard
@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
- Comment on Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law 17 hours ago:
Democrats are not your friends. Allies on many issues and in the fight against fascism yes but friends no.
- Comment on Why is Trump orange? 1 month ago:
He kinda looks better. If he just stopped making that face he would look like a normal human.
- Comment on Dyk, Bobby? 1 month ago:
Well plants and leaves can definitely help with this. Your state DNR may have resources on which plants are most effective for this in your area and site conditions.
Also, if you are getting a lot of runoff from upslope, you might need to investigate whether changes are needed at the source of this runoff rather than in the immediate area of erosion. If you can slow that upslope water and allow it to absorb in the soil up there, that help a lot even without changing anything lower down.
- Comment on Dyk, Bobby? 1 month ago:
Well, based on our prior conversations I suspect you know far more about soil science than I do, I only know the basics necessary for arboriculture.
So what you wrote is of course accurate but I understand both to be at play here—leaves break down into humus that chelates minerals and supports fungi that can hold onto nutrients and keep them from leaching away in rain. Leaves also provide a physical barrier that protects soil from physical erosion. But let me know if I got anything wrong.
My overall point was mainly just that you don’t need to replace leaves with fertilizer if you are removing them, but it’s still a good idea to leave them in place for other reasons.
- Comment on Dyk, Bobby? 2 months ago:
I’m sure it does vary—my impression is that N fixing trees in particular are going to have higher N levels in the leaves they drop but I’m sure it varies by species as well.
But from my experience, most urban shade trees don’t really need to be fertilized unless they are exhibiting symptoms of nutrient deficiency—and even then, this is often a symptom of poor soil and root health overall more than a specific lack of a nutrient. Most urban soils tend to be fairly high in nutrients due to air pollutants, excess fertilizers, pet feces, etc.
- Comment on Dyk, Bobby? 2 months ago:
Fallen leaves are generally pretty low in nutrients, so you probably don’t need to fertilize shade trees whether they stay or go. The bigger issue is that removing a huge input of carbon into the soil leaves you with low organic matter and lowered ability to retain what nutrients do exist. This poor soil quality will stress your trees, but adding fertilizer doesn’t address the root issue.
Fruit trees generally do need to be fertilized since fruits are much higher in nutrients and are not generally returned to the soil unless you’re doing some kind of poo composting scheme.
- Comment on Dyk, Bobby? 2 months ago:
Too many leaves will definitely kill the grass.
Whether that’s a bad thing is a separate question.
#killyourlawn
- Comment on it's just a suggestion 2 months ago:
These days, they usually use a variety of financial instruments distributed across a wide variety of accounts in tax havens.
- Comment on Mollusks 2 months ago:
Thank you. I’m getting some slightly different answers here though so I wonder if everyone even agrees on what this means.
- Comment on Mollusks 2 months ago:
But what does Nobody: mean? How does it relate to the second part of the meme? Why is it funny??? I’m still confused.
- Comment on Mollusks 2 months ago:
I’ve been consuming this meme format for years and it still makes absolutely no sense to me
- Comment on If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him? 2 months ago:
I think democrats would, for the most part, perhaps less enthusiastically, but since they hate Trump, I think it would not be a major issue.
The question is, how would low-information unaffiliated voters respond to having a socialist in the ballot? This is a difficult question to answer. Traditionally socialism is a bad word in US politics, albeit less so with younger voters.
Personally I don’t really buy the “Bernie would have won” stuff but there’s really only one way to find out.
- Comment on MOREL DILEMMA 2 months ago:
Is the dilemma that I can’t take the tram to my foraging grounds? If so I agree that is a problem.
- Comment on Foot Fungus 2 months ago:
Also this one: allianceforthebay.org/…/from-the-grave-dead-mans-…
- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 2 months ago:
I see the problem, you forgot to clear your browser cache before evolving. closes ticket
- Comment on Know Nut November 2 months ago:
A friend is getting married there next year. I’ll have to keep an eye out so I can try them.
- Comment on Know Nut November 2 months ago:
If you want to post another one tomorrow you are welcome to do so on !treehuggers@slrpnk.net. Maybe we can make this a thing!
- Comment on Know Nut November 2 months ago:
Wow I’m impressed. I consider myself a bit of a nut expert but I have never heard of this one. You really know your stuff.
Or you used computer vision and know nothing.
- Comment on Know Nut November 2 months ago:
How do I subscribe?
- Comment on Election Simulations 2 months ago:
Fuck.
- Comment on Election Simulations 2 months ago:
Who would win? The world’s greatest collection of polling experts, political analysts, and election modelers, or one copper boi?
- Comment on Would he still love me as a worm? 2 months ago:
Oh my god it’s a whole paper. Amazing.
I’m not sure how she planned to secrete eggs on Chad but maybe menstruation is as close as humans can get.
I noticed in the references that Chad is also published! I wonder if that’s a real paper too.
- Comment on Would he still love me as a worm? 2 months ago:
Now I really want to know which worm sexual behaviors the author tested on Chad.
- Comment on And I grew strong! 2 months ago:
Stop eating my oak trees, you fuckers!
- Comment on Kill it with fire! 2 months ago:
youtu.be/mbbaPsvCDDE?si=cJ2hvsNSywCcipP4&t=25m30s
It’s just difficult to carefully follow bio security protocols while importing millions of tons of shit all the time. Especially while racing to the bottom in terms of time and money spent on that process.
No way to avoid it other than stricter controls on imports and a more local economy.
- Comment on Kill it with fire! 2 months ago:
Certainly more nutritious.
- Comment on When Does Instagram Decide a Nipple Becomes Female? 2 months ago:
If you need some hairy male nipples to show off then let me know, I’ll contribute to the cause 😂
- Comment on Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"? 2 months ago:
Maybe a cultural or regional thing? Or is it related to a hobby or something? I can’t think of a single time I’ve heard this phrase in normal conversation.
- Comment on Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"? 2 months ago:
I think it’s a bit different. Female at least refers to a real biological trait (or at least collection of traits). As a scientist I use the word female in my work all of the time, and frankly I’m not sure what alternatives to it even exist.
Bloodline is like… weird racist antiquated European ideas about ancestry that are more or less completely unscientific and wrong. I don’t think I’ve ever once heard it used in a scientific context.
- Comment on Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"? 2 months ago:
Who is actually using this term? I’ve only heard it in like medieval period fiction.