@dearon16.bsky.social
Here to lurk
Sounds like someone needs to sing the song...
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Thanks! Enjoy your vacation.
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I'm going in January! You seem active, so: can you recommend any good hikes?
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
With the occasional Reader Mode
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thank you so much!
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Maybe you're too stupid to identify it?
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I don't mean to hijack this, but does anyone have experience setting up a Charity page on Venmo?
I just tried to donate to my hometown's food pantry, but they only accept donations by check. I'd really like to help them make it easier to accept donations!
October 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
NYers were killing mature oak trees because they were being stripped by an outbreak of spongy moth caterpillars. The population collapsed after a year or two, numbers went back to normal – but the decades-old oak trees (that would have recovered) were gone.
A Virus and a Fungal Disease Cause Spongy Moth Outbreaks to Collapse
Two diseases that affect spongy moth, formerly gypsy moth, caterpillars are the most important factors causing outbreaks to collapse. One disease is a nucleopolyhedrosis virus (NPV) and the other is a...
www.canr.msu.edu
August 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Again: Tree of Heaven is the host plant and can be removed. No argument there.
But no one is recommending removing native trees that are affected. I've researched this heavily since the bugs arrived in Philly, then NYC. NYC didn't remove trees, and SLF numbers plummeted anyway for a different reason
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sure, cut down all the Tree of Heaven you want; I meant she didn't need to take down her beautiful willow. That tree does a lot of good for the ecosystem.
Don't panic and cut down beneficial trees that took decades to grow b/c of one bad season. Insect populations go through boom and bust cycles.
August 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I've seen their numbers plummet since their peak 2-3 years ago.
A similar thing happened to invasive spongy moth caterpillars last year. Their populations peaked the year prior, and they ended up spreading a lethal disease. They were also hit with a fungus due to early season wet weather.
August 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
You really don't have to take down trees. If the tree dies, it dies – no need to kill it preemptively. The lanternfly's host is the Tree of Heaven, but it will eat any green sappy growth it can pierce.
Anecdotally, their numbers in NYC are down to a tiny fraction compared to two years ago.
August 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
What did Kamala offer?
February 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
District 35 has 22,331 registered voters
sos.iowa.gov/elections/pd...
January 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Lol

I just learned you can paste the URL into Google translate. Works great.
www-nytimes-com.translate.goog/2025/01/25/m...
What Trump Voters Want for the Future of America
Scenes from a return to power in Washington.
www-nytimes-com.translate.goog
January 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
They're wrong about that, too. The r/YouTube subreddit moderators took the post down; YouTube itself didn't do anything.
January 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The issue is that they're doing the same heroic job but getting paid basically nothing for it, which is fucked up.
January 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Did they give it less than 5 stars?
January 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yeah: the guy who made the bomb. I think it's okay for him to die.
January 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
First Kid is worth a rewatch, too. Sinbad is so good.
December 23, 2024 at 3:58 PM
You can make a free account to read the article
December 19, 2024 at 4:59 PM
C'mon man
December 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
AI
December 16, 2024 at 4:55 AM
nah
December 15, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Lol
December 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM