When i give something, i give wholeheartedly. They can do whatever they want with it; keep it, sell it, throw it in the trash, give it away, or recycle it. Otherwise i would feel like i gave them something with some restrictions attached. I will also never check what they did with it. I gave them something because i wanted to give them something. It’s nice if they like it, but it’s not an obligation to appreciate it.

One of my dogs was on the streets for at least a year. He eats crazy fast and he doesn’t care what it tastes like.

Afaik they have -as a breed - a lot of genetic defects through inbreeding. I would love to have cats like these, but i would never want to encourage breeders by buying them

Actually no, because they are no more sentient than a rock. Samsara is about living beings and how to end suffering

Meditate

I just found another article that they will not merge into a proton subscription…

To add to the comments; many people and laws still view animals as objects, to do with as one pleases. I still hear americans -i’m from europe- talking about animals as ‘it’.

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Having to walk 10000 steps a day. It was a made up commercial marketing campaign from japan, iirc

The older i got, the happier i became. Despite physical aches and decline. Mentally, i’m much stronger now. And i don’t care should people not really like me, or have whatever opinions about me. Also, being kind to others makes you happier.

Probably nine or so. I go to bed early and get up reasonably early too. As a morning person, and with chronic pain, this seems to work for me.

Papyrus on my android. It’s not even in the playstore anymore, but i keep -and backup- apk’s. It’s just the simplest notes app, without any markup. It saves as simple text files.

I just open it, jot something down, and leave it. Saves automatically. It might be way more than 10 years even, 15 plus years?

I know that dogs sometimes get flea drops, which gets in their blood and hence makes their fur poisonous for chicks. I hope horses don’t take medications that can remain in their fur?

Universe Today

Not funky, but interesting articles, also for non-sciency people

That’s interesting, thanks for sharing!

Yes, according to vets and avian specialists, they pose a significant danger for birds. Personally, i wouldn’t risk it. Birds are very sensitive to polluted air, way more than humans are.

However, if you have pet birds and you would light a scented candle, or burn a non stick pot, these poisonous substances will affect them so much harder than for humans, often with deadly consequences

A little courage goes a long way

I do love the apt ‘rich beyond conscience’, whoever wrote the quote

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He was one of the first writers that imho was able to create truly alien species and really bring them to life. I’ve read and watched SF for decades and almost always the aliens were like humans in a humanoid body, with human emotions and desires. But the spiders and the octopus species were truly alien, while he was able to create them as wonderful species in their own right.

So far i’ve only read the first two ‘Children of…’