i wish i had close friends. a romantic partner would be nice too, but friendships are better.

100% complete playthroughs of all three of Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2, and 3.  including the expansion packs.

I'm a single dad and only played in my own time, and started in February; finishing all three felt like a major personal achievement.  Overall roughly 800 hours total (but again, went for 100% completion, only missed a couple of the superbosses), and finished the whole run in Dec 25th.

if you live in a place with a definite winter/summer cycle, then if you start with aphid & ant control early on (when it's still cooler) you'll have better luck keeping them away. I do realize it's too late in the season now for that, but it's something to think about for next year.

a spray with neem oil + castille soap works wonders repelling ants, aphids and mites. though, judging from your photos, it might be very limited in effectiveness. i bought a large spray bottle from the hardware store, mixed up the neem oil (a couple of tablespoons?) and the castille soap (about the same amount - I have a huge bottle of dr bronner's), filled up the rest of the bottle with water, and I keep it out with my outdoor plants. I live in an apartment and the concrete steps are the only space i have to grow. every spring, most anything i grow outside will get attacked by aphids as it starts to get warm. spraying the undersides of all the leaves early in the morning kills them. do it every morning for a few days, spritzing during the day if you see them bunch up. i try not to do it longer than 5-6 days before giving a break from the neem oil. if it ever gets to that point, i take the entire pots out onto the sidewalk and using a gentle jetstream of water, I'll shoot the aphids off.

flowering plants will generally attract hornets/wasps no matter what you do. but, if you don't bug them, they won't get aggressive usually. and even though they're al the assholes of the air, they are still important pollinators.

diatomaceous earth works great against external pests like ants too. spread it around in a light dusting where you see them come in, that will work better than making something like a "circle of salt"... ants aren't hollywood demons haha. it'll keep out some beetles too and other critters. DE is safe around your cat too, hell, it's used in baking too.

according to wikipedia, it's in Alberta Canada.

put the first one on my work tool cart. i gotta mess with the svg file cause i can't get it to work with my circular stickers (yet).

anyone have this in a b&w format i can use with my label printer?

it's so great that it's back up and running! I lurk more than anything but this is my lemmy home. muito obrigado.

threatening unwanted physical harm against friends/acquaintences for any reason is morally bankrupt.

the website is clear as mud, for sure. maybe it's like lemmy? or mastodon? can't be sure, and the public demo doesn't make it any clearer.

we all need to agree on a standard for 'about' pages so we can collectively reject those that look like that.

my guess is that they know most people aren't practicing personal security (specifically by bringing their phones and smartwatches), and it's easy to collect lists of possible dissidents when they're all in one general area and digitally trackable.