Btw, the text on the tram's display says Driver training in Slovak :)
That is considered non-native here and it is very difficult to get rid of it.
The following links are in Slovak, but there are latin names of the plants.
- The list of invasive species in Slovakia: https://invaznedruhy.sopsr.sk/invazne-druhy-sr/invazne-druhy-rastlin-sr/
- Non-natives: https://invaznedruhy.sopsr.sk/nepovodne-invazne-sa-spravajuce-druhy-na-uzemi-sr/nepovodne-invazne-sa-spravajuce-druhy-rastlin/
- And EU list: https://invaznedruhy.sopsr.sk/invazne-druhy-eu/invazne-nepovodne-druhy-rastlin-vzbudzujuce-obavy-unie/
I have found a seed mix that appears to not have any invasive plants (site in German): https://www.bloomling.de/samen-maier/bio-nuetzlingsweide-summ-summ-wiese, and it is also available in my country.
Tips for starting a wildflower meadow?
Hey people! I'm located in western Slovakia (Central Europe) and would like to start a wildflower meadow sometime during the end of March or even the start of April. It is going to replace the lawn in the middle of our plot. It is in a sunny place and no chemicals have been used for ~3 years, although the ground is not super ideal for it (not nutrient-poor). My question is: will the seeds be able to germinate if I just go over the space with a verticutter? Should I try to remove the lawn fully (i. e. using a hoe)? Cover it with cardboard to let the lawn die? I have read the excellent Wild Your Garden book by The Butterfly Brothers, and they recommend rotovating. But that seems like a lot of work. What was your experience or what species would be suitable? I'm all ears!
As a Slovak, I am frustrated. The opposition seems unable to gain support from voters on the countryside, which is the majority of the population - they are the easiest to convince, usually by lying and fearmongering (i. e. "Korčok will send slovak men to Ukraine"), or giving promises they plan on never achieving but sound nice (reducing prices, even though they are doing the opposite).
The current government has plans to dissassemble the slovak TV and radio in favour of a state influenced alternative (essentially for propaganda purposes), is reducing punishment for criminals, rapists and thieves (as many of them are now in the government).
The country's debt is growing (now at ~7b euros), railways, healthcare and schools are falling. Things still kind of work, but they are held by duct tape.
That's definitely not normal. The rendering can be a bit slow, but everything else shold be usable. Unless you have a low-range phone. If that is the case, I can recommend Organic Maps, which are much less resource-intensive.
Well, you can create an account from EU, although mine got locked after creating just one blog post. And the support does not seem to respond, so I moved to a different platform.
Oh wow, big tech single-handedly curing my internet addiction! Love it!
OnlyOffice has a usable client for mobile. And it's FOSS.
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Na Mastodone som si spravil účet, aj keď som predtým odmietal používať Twitter. Nemám rád systémy a algoritmy, ktoré popularizujú konkrétne účty a je takmer nemožné spoznať zaujímavých, menej populárnych ľudí. Samozrejme, ďalšia vec sú neexistujúce reklamy, žiadna karma a ocenenia na Lemmy, chronologické radenie príspevkov a menší počet ľudí. Mám pocit, že ľudia nie sú stavaní na to, aby komunikovali s, a videli názory milióna ľudí denne. Federácia a decentralizácia je v tomto ohľade super riešenie. Taktiež sa mi páči to, že tu netrávim niekoľko hodín denne, len na pár minút nakuknem a vždy sa dozviem niečo zaujímavé.
OSM has much better coverage in Europe as more volunteers contibute. I heard it's not that great in the US.
I love your style of writing :) I'll bookmark your site in my gemini browser. I also think the post fits as it's urbanism- and community-related.
crypt.ee is a great alternative, which is extremely well designed. Included in the subscribtion is an online document editor for personal notes and documents. Everything fully encrypted of course & works across all platforms.
Slovak and Czech too (definitely even more languages). Both languages have all nouns, adjectives, numerals AND verbs gendered. You could theoretically refer to a non-binary person as a you (in plural form) - that is however used mainly for speaking/referring to someone more respectable. Then you have the they form, which is not recommended to be used in singular due to it being used during feudalism to refer to the aristocracy), and then it (which is terrible too, as it seems like you are speaking to an item, not a human being). If you want to invent a different pronoun, good luck with making it not sound weird, as we use 7 grammatical cases and declension; in general, the grammar is incredibly complex.
Peertube is a good federated alternative to Youtube, it also connects to the Fediverse and there is a central search engine called Sepia Search, which makes it easier to find content on the different instances.