Jessa

It is better to adjust to my absence than be continuously frustrated by my presence.

[ً @artfuIchaos]

no offense but if someone is excited about something and you make them feel stupid for being excited about it you are the worse type of person

[Word @umarfof]

What’s not meant for you will disappoint you a thousand times until you understand.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Swiss farmers planted flowers between their crops and watched pest damage drop by over half. The UK is now running the same trial across 15 farms. The reason this works is embarrassingly simple.

A Swiss study on winter wheat found that fields with wildflower strips had 40 to 53% fewer leaf beetle pests than fields without. Crop damage dropped 61%.

The mechanism is simple. Wildflowers feed hoverflies, lacewings, parasitic wasps, ladybugs, and ground beetles. Those insects eat the aphids, beetle larvae, and caterpillars that farmers would otherwise spray for. A few meters of wildflowers hosts an unpaid pest control crew that would jump at the chance to whoop some aphid ass.

In apple orchards where no insecticides had been used for five years, plots with wildflower alleyways had 9.2% damaged fruit. Control plots without flowers had 32.5%.

The UK is now running a five-year trial across 15 farms placing 6-meter flower strips through the middle of fields, not just at the edges, because the beneficial insects can't reach the center of a large field otherwise.

This works the same way in a backyard vegetable garden as it does on a commercial farm. Plant native flowering species near your tomatoes, beans, and squash. The pests still show up, but the predators show up too.

Study doi: 20151369

[Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth]

I like jokes.

But jokes about air conditioners?

Not a fan.

[mew @mewpilled]

doomscrolling the steam store looking for stuff to buy that i’ll never play

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

i hope the next global trend will be empathy and critical thinking.

[Tamorah Shareef Muhammad @ModestyQueen19]

The older I get, the more I understand why older women disappear into gardening, candles, comfy clothes, and silence.

[UESP @UESP_net]

The Fallout 4 mod that makes it possible to play Morrowind in Fallout 4 has now been released publicly.

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

This and not knowing what day of the week it is

[LOTR Universe @Lordoftheringsu]

Huge LEGO MOC Minas Tirith 🏰

[Juan Sanz Elminiaturista @theminiaturista]

Using UV resin to create flat surfaces, such as liquids, is effective. You can say I can sand the base and glue the miniature, but with resin, the model is absorbed by the liquid and appears more natural.

#warhammer40k #warhammer #paintingwarhammer #warhammercommunity

[Nicki 🫧🪷 @nickimoraa]

Girl to girl, please start creating again. Write. Draw. Color. Read. Dance. Craft. Your soul misses it.

[Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK]

my competitive advantage is that i'm having fun

[Maliha @CaffeinatedLiha]

I believe you should always re-read your favorite books at different stages of your life. The plot never changes but your perspective does.

[Jessa @Jessicateal]

@anxietymsgs I sat by a river everyday.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

Introverts love spending weekends alone. No plans. No people. No drama. No nothing. Just chilling alone. Reading. Meditating. Coffee. Music. Staring out the window. Cooking. Watching films. Snacking. Napping. Thinking about life and all. And trust me, they regret nothing.

[elektra @elektraslaw]

get back into it. whatever it is; the gym, your art, your studies, that book you haven’t finished, that project you shelved. whatever you weren’t ready for then, you’re ready for now.

[Mila @RealWiseWords]

I think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. "taste this. look at that. hear this song." again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them

[ٰ @notsorealfgs]

if you start reading books again you will feel at least a little better. i promise