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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

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I’ve had a ton of success with bringing back bugs. First off, no pesticides or herbicides. Second, diverse plants with at least 1/2 native, and a decent amount of flowers, plants in the sage family and sunflower family are good choices for a quick impact. Third, mulch, and have areas with dead sticks and wood, rock piles etc.

My property started out with only earwigs, roly-polies and invasive grass. They sprayed everything for spiders.

It’s been 6 years and I have multiple species of bumblebees, flower flies, butterflies, moths, wasps, etc.

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Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correct

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I think power and money corrupts people. Plenty of people who started out as honest business people turn into monsters. As you move up the ladder, less and less people are honest with you. Some are climbing the ladder because they are unhappy and that definitely makes things worse, they think money or power will make them feel better, when actually I’ve found living with less and doing things yourself is ultimately more satisfying.

Anecdotally, I personally felt how wealth corrupted me - when my economy car was totaled and my insurance rental gave me a Mercedes because they were out of reasonable models . After a week of driving it I started feeling like I was better than other people on the road. Luckily I got a replacement crappy hatchback and became a normal person again.

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TIL Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Can Cause Dizziness, Fatigue, and Shortness of Breath

I got pretty bad high blood pressure, but only diastolic was high, from long Covid and I had similar symptoms. It took forever to figure it out because apparently nurses sometimes assume if only diastolic is high that you were moving your arm or something.

Do you get blurry vision and headaches? I figured out it was from inflammation in my arteries, and antinflamatories for a week actually ended my long COVID symptoms. I’m now back to working out and full energy after 2 and a half years.

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The second arts and crafts revolution | as people reject assembly line products for homemade crafts, the Internet has spread knowledge of those crafts wider than ever before

I also think it is the best time in the history of the world to learn how to run your own business and manage your finances because all the information is available online (although you have to filter out the people selling courses, financial products and clickbait crap)

I started my business by using YouTube videos and message boards to learn what I needed to know.

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