I will have to look into mason bees. I have heard of them but never read up on them.

I was gifted a flow hive and neglected to source a brood of honey bees over the winter, so it's empty at the moment. If I'm lucky I might "catch" a new queen and her entourage later in the season when they are splitting off from established hives and looking for a new home.

It's you, me, and Sasquatch just chillin' up here in the best place on earth. 🌊⛰️🌲☀️

Pro/E doesn't leave you waiting. Instead, it abruptly exits with no warning.

(No, I'm not calling it Creo. I'm old and stuck in my ways.)

That sucks. Best of luck to you both going forward. Fuck cancer.

I have noticed a distinct lack of bees in my garden. My lilac bush and fruit trees are usually humming in springtime. The local beekeepers tell me that the unusual winter we had was hard on the hives, and a lot of bees died. I hope they rebound!

Unique experience: This isn't totally unique, but a local ice cream shop sells affogato (ice cream with a shot of espresso poured over the top). I need to get one soon and eat it outside in the sunshine!

Go ahead and tell me.

With the mic unmuted.

Awesome links. I would love to see the second one with updated data.

Ah, good point. I should read the whole chart before I comment.

The Sky Warden holds a special place in my heart. In a world of high-tech high-dollar everything, I love that a simple crop duster won a bid.

I want to see a real A-10 with that nose art.

It seems like all the in-between areas are some mix of Red Sox and Yankees. C'mon people, pick someone else to cheer for.

The Athletics don't dominate anywhere, either. Though they're nomads right now, so it isn't too surprising.

I always know I'm on Lemmy past my bedtime when I start seeing Dutch posts in the All feed.

Well, am in the process of fixing it up.

It's a lifestyle. The fixing up never ends.

Own. I wanted to buy in my early 20's but wasn't able to make it happen until my mid 30's. (Nothing like chasing a skyrocketing housing market, amiright?) I hate being responsible for all the maintenance, but otherwise it's a huge step up in every way. I never want to go back to renting.

All those years of renting left me with a lifelong distaste for landlords. Perpetually renting is part of the American poverty trap, IMO. I hate seeing my peers buying up the last would-be starter homes to turn them into rentals. And I hate that all the new construction around me is targeting higher-income buyers. If I had the time and money, I would love to build modest homes and sell them to first-time buyers and new parents.

Why was someone printing Nicholas Cage? The world may never know.

10/10 very much recommend doing this for your significant other.

Getting an accurate tally of the total number of privately owned guns is hard, but by any measure it's ridiculously high.

As of 2017, American civilians own 46% (approximately 393.3 million) of the world’s 857 million civilian-use firearms.
https://ammo.com/articles/gun-ownership-by-state

Yes, the more rural and conservative states have more guns per capita. But even little New Jersey, with "only" 1.1 guns per 1,000 residents, has over 102k guns in the state. Nobody in the US is lacking for access to firearms.