I am changing my diet, but I am not fully “there” yet.

I have gotten a lot of traction by merely saying “today is not a meat day for me” when I order some things.

It’s way easier to eat at a veg-forward restaurant, but those aren’t always available, and often the food is expensive.

https://www.fairphone.com/

Absolutely true. It’s almost like a badge of “look at how bad my arteries will be in a couple of years.” I guess the vocal minority in a lot of areas probably give a lot of groups a bad rep.

I have never heard of a beekeeper gassing a hive with cyanide instead of “spending money” overwintering them (as stated in the fastcompany article). There is no cost to overwintering bees. You just wrap the hive in what equates to a blanket during the coldest parts of the year. The bees do a great job of keeping themselves warm.

Plus, why would a beek “gas” the hives when they could simply take the covers off and let the bees freeze to death? I presume cyanide is expensive. That entire argument is counter to itself.

Once again, I am NOT a commercial beek, but that seems unnecessarily complicated.

Edit: it looks like both articles really focus on commercial beekeeping. I don’t know where I will land on this. The honey I get is not food for the bees during the winter. Bees overproduce honey if the conditions are right. I only harvest honey that contains no brood (baby bees) and is separated from the laying queen. The food for the hive stays near the brood core, which is where bees stay during the winter.

I haven’t lost a hive yet during the overwintering process. I also have not substituted with any sugar feed. The only thing that I have supplied the bees is a 100% pollen “patty” from local pollen and water during the hottest part of the year.

I have been a beekeeper for years. I agree that the bees are NOT in their natural habitat. However, I keep a significantly better control of the environment than the bees do in this habitat. It is better for the surrounding area, and I have talked my neighbors out of pesticide use because my bees will help pollinate their gardens and trees.

One extra note from the ko-fi article: I have never, ever heard of the practice of trimming queen wings. That is vicious, and I would never do that. Let the bees be bees. If they leave, I wasn’t doing a good enough job of supporting them. I am not a commercial beekeeper, though. Merely someone who likes being around them all year.

Yes. Some health concerns started me thinking about my diet. Regular blood tests in my case means one baseline to basically kick everything off, followed by another 6 weeks later, and 2 subsequent follow up.

On all non-steam games added to my library, I always do a quick internet search for “+ steam deck control” to help with the layout. It’s not perfect, but I find a lot of useful info for starters.

The cool thing about the Deck is that you can push the Steam key and update those controller settings on the fly.

I play all my GOG games on the Steam Deck. It takes only a very small amount of tweaking. Additionally, I add them as “non-steam games” in the library, update the artwork and icon, and have a very clean interface.

I play Minecraft on the Deck the same way.

Get ready for the Baphomet statue…

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which means it often comes along with judgemental opinions about carnists

I would disagree with this portion of your post if it said most or all vegans. I have found most vegans are making a personal decision without passing judgement on others.

Even so, there absolutely are militant vegans who want to shame others, and those vocal minority give the rest a bad name.

Source: Spouse is vegan. I am supportive, slowly changing my diet. Blood tests show really positive results. I still don’t understand honey.

Nope. I actually never want to be described as nice.

Fair, though? Yes, I would like to think that I am fair.

Any second sentence in a bulleted list gets it’s own sub-bullet.

No periods.

Step 1. Cut a hole in a box. 2. Put your junk in the box. 3. Make her open the box.

And that’s the way you do it!

A man of “freedom of choice” and “free market” I see.

“Suggests”

Elder Scrolls 6

Anyone want to ask what will happen if this aid convoy is accidentally hit with a rocket?

Bartering and peace.

Lol. Not. Just famine and a lil’ death.