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Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Uplifting News@lemmy.world•Dyson builds fully automated glasshouse to grow strawberries sustainably year-round in the UKEnglish16·7 days agoGreat idea. I wonder why they chose strawberries. Surely most vegetables are more popular and easier to grow.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.English15·8 days agoMy brain hurts.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.English81·8 days agoI guess simplicity and user friendly weren’t big concerns back then.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Both District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?2·9 days agoOh. Thanks. Did not know that.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Woodworking@lemmy.ca•I made a box for my wife to store and organise all of her flower and plant seeds.3·9 days agoIf you like sharing, (in the future) you can always take photos and put it up on instructables.com.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are your advices to cool homes without AC ?51·9 days agoAs a northern Canadian, I kinda chuckle at the need for an air conditioner. Of course, my punishment in winter.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Uplifting News@lemmy.world•Golden Wheat Anniversary: Farmer Uses Crop Field to Create One-Mile Message for Wife of 20 YearsEnglish1·9 days agoVery sweet and very good spatial planning.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Woodworking@lemmy.ca•I made a box for my wife to store and organise all of her flower and plant seeds.4·9 days agoGreat idea. I might copy it.
McArthur Park. I just don’t get it.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Nature Enthusiasts@lemmy.world•Dragonfly freshly emerged from nymph stage1·10 days agoNice read. Thanks. One of my favourite pictures is of my wife sitting in the sun with a dragonfly resting on her nose.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•You can now get paid 5,000 yen for your poop in Japan, but only if your poop is good enough1·10 days agoThere’s a similar program in the states. https://goodnatureprogram.com/how-it-works/#%3A~%3Atext=Yep%2C+Seriously.%2Cvary+by+donation+center+location.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Nature Enthusiasts@lemmy.world•Dragonfly freshly emerged from nymph stage1·10 days agoCanada
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Nature Enthusiasts@lemmy.world•Dragonfly freshly emerged from nymph stage2·10 days agoIt was about half a meter off the ground.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•You can now get paid 5,000 yen for your poop in Japan, but only if your poop is good enough7·10 days agoYes. Lots of places I’ve encountered in Europe and Central and South America have a charge for the public toilets. We call them Johnny Cash.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•You can now get paid 5,000 yen for your poop in Japan, but only if your poop is good enough14·10 days agoI spent some time in Tokyo. They have public toilets that are absolutely amazing. And they’re free. And they’re throughout the city. What a novel idea.
Quilotoa@lemmy.catoPositive News@lemmy.ca•Outside groups organize to form unbiased, independent vaccine panel31·13 days agoWhile I applaud them, I don’t think anyone is unbiased.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus24·13 days agoThe early church was actually kinda communist, having all things in common.
A gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure.
But Canada has way more snow than the U.S., so that doesn’t seem to be a major factor.