We love strawberries in the UK. Definitely a good option. Pretty sure there are other crops grown using vertical farming by other companies as well.

Haha, I see what you mean! The ghoul ‘Eddie’ is on every cover in various incarnations. Could well be an influence on the DN creators.

Ah I see, I’m not familiar with rocksmith. It can be interesting to learn to play music when it intrudces new ideas amd challenges you! IM are definitely no 4 chord pop rock band, some excellent guitar work behind the catchy lyrical melodies!

Very much so. This is corporate power in action. In terms of Mars buying Pringles (I’m surprised they weren’t already owned by one of the mega corps) then no it doesn’t really change anything re big brands vs smaller brands and small/local producers. It’s just another step towards a monopoly.

Big brands buy up the supermarket shelf space to shut out competition. Other brands just can’t get a foot in in the big shops a lot of the time. There’s not much, if any, own brand or independent stuff on offer in many aisles. They can make the products easy enough and at competitive prices but can’t get them to the customers.

Your first Iron Maiden listen? Some great songs here, I may have to have a Maiden session tonight now, it’s been some time since I’ve listened to this one! Alexander the Great is more in line with some of their other historically inspired songs, but does feel a little out of place here unless you include it as part of being ‘lost somewhere in time’.

I see Phantom Opera House, Icarus falling and Ancient Marriner restaurant. I’m sure more of those names must reference something as well, e.g. the football score on the ticker (Steve Harris is a big West Ham fan), but I’m not s big enough fan!

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There’s tonnes of blackthorn and a lot of sheep in the UK and I’ve never heard it to be problematic. Sheep ate pretty dim, but bramble is definitely not thorny/spiney enough to get caught bar the odd occasion. I’m sure I heard about a shrub (African maybe) that sheep can get completely ensnared in and die, but can’t find it!

Feeed mee Seymour

Excellent capture!

Many species of butterlies and moths eat honeydew, aka aphid poop, so no nectar needed. Also the larvae do the bulk of the eating. Imagos of lepidoptera only need to survive not grow so food requirements are fairly low.

Because they live in environments lacking in the nutrients that can be gained from invertebrates (e.g. in highly acidic soil). This allows them to compete better against other plants. I guess non-flowering plants don’t need the same nutrients so can go without. Only a beginnner+ at ecological botany so someone here can surely explain better knowing lemmy!

Directly below in my feed is a meme saying “I’ll do it when I get home…me when I get home…” with a cat flopped out on a shelf. A small but gloriously serendipitous moment!

I stopped reading st the use of the word ‘alphas’…

Yes I believe that’s true, at least for some species. The poop is collected for use as a fertliser hence the resulting tendancy for infection.

Iirc, the phrase “bat shit crazy” comes from the harvesting of tropical bat guano (poop) for use as a fertliser. The poop is highly toxic, or contains toxic bacteria, which makes the harvesters go a little crazy! Not all bat species have this toxic poop.

A single finger for a wooden club, beaten by rock that breaks it & a cupped hand for water, that rock sinks in (looses) and wooden club flosts on (wins). Sorted.

If my understanding of physics is correct, they’d have to be slap bang in the centre of the reflected image (assuming a perfect sphere), so somewhere on the framework of the corner of the building.

Good shout, double checked btc website and it says scratches too.