What your favourite Batman comic book runs? I've not read much at all. Some Grant Morrison ones, Killing Joke, and other bits and bobs. No Man's Land sounds really fun. Think it could be a pleasant summer reading activity.

#comics

Honeybee deaths have hit record highs in the US, with the unprecedented loss of colonies pushing many beekeepers close to ruin as scientists scramble to identify the main cause of the huge declines. Commercial beekeepers have reported losing more than 60% of their colonies, on average, over the winter, according to an ongoing Project Apis survey that covers more than two-thirds of America's managed bees.

The loss of bees, both captive and wild, in the US is already starting to limit the supply of some food crops and is reducing the yield of honey.

There are likely many factors causing the decline.

What can you do?

We'll if you are up to it try beekeeping.

It is an awesome hobby and l'll help you.

Also, plant bee friendly plants.

Some that are particularly alluring to bees include:

Lavender, Sunflowers, Clover, Wildflowers, Borage, Rosemary, Coneflowers, Monarda (bee balm),

Blueberries, Black-eyed Susans.

Let your lawn grow with clover a couple months out of the summer.

And DO NOT use nasty chemical pesticides harmful to bees.

There are safer alternatives.

Do your part.

PROTECTING BEES BENEFITS US ALL.

This is war

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Bitcoin privacy showerthought: most users don't have 100kUSD+ in bitcoin. Usually it's 1k-50kUSD range. More specifically, even if they do have a large stash, the part that's ever active (i.e. they spend it, move it) is in that smaller range. (source: I made it the fuck up). Assuming that is correct, why not have a wallet that actively manages your privacy like this: on a regular but somewhat randomized schedule, it performs submarine swaps moving random chunks of your money (anything from $50 to $1000) into a channel. On an equally random schedule it can move money back, in reverse, to keep your money onchain most of the time, if that's what you prefer (you can keep a on-chain off-chain split percentage as a setting perhaps). The swaps are done with third parties. What "comes out" the other side will be very difficult to link to the original onchain coins. This will cost a bit in fees but I think for a certain midrange of amounts the fees will be very tolerable (it may not be a good solution when individual chunks go down to 2 figures, not sure). Probably not worse than coinjoin fees and I think the outcome is better, or at least it could be, if the third party swappers were actively trying to create outputs without fingerprints like hash preimages (insert technical argument).

(It would be of course important that the "after" account is different from the "before" to prevent co-spending. That's one thing that too few people do it seems to me, to partition wallets into multiple accounts for different usages (well apart from privacy wallets ofc).)

Ecash has overtaken Monero as my favorite shitcoin.

How my eating habits changed my life 🫣

I never really paid much attention to what I ate, and that came with a price – my mental health. It manifested as anxiety, panic attacks, and severe depression. I was drinking alcohol daily, using hard drugs, taking antidepressants and benzos, and eating catastrophically bad food. My weight went up to 80 kg 😱 – even though I’m tall, it looked terrible, and I felt disgusted in my own skin, body, and reflection. It hit me hard that I needed to change my life from the ground up.

That’s when I started learning about food, habits, inner well-being, and the state of the soul. I realized I couldn’t keep going like this – my path was heading straight to an early grave, just like my father. So, I made a plan to change everything.

• March 2024: I quit antidepressants.

• June 2024: I quit drugs.

• July 2024: Extreme anxiety hit me hard, so I completely cut out alcohol and switched to homeopathy on a friend’s recommendation.

Anxiety is a whole topic on its own, and I could talk about it for ages, but that’s for another time.

I also met a unique person who made me think deeply about what I put into my body and soul through unhealthy food and habits. Gradually, step by step, I absorbed a lot of information and started changing my eating habits. I eliminated chemicals, preservatives, artificial colors, added sugars, processed foods, seed oils, and most flour-based products (which had been my daily staples for years), as well as pasteurized dairy and other junk.

Instead, I embraced clean, whole foods – meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, berries, honey, and other natural gifts. I started cooking my own meals (something I never really did before because I was too lazy), spending time outdoors, walking over 10,000 steps a day, and reading books on anxiety and psychosomatics.

My weight started dropping day by day – from size 44 pants to size 36 in about 9 months.

However, in August 2024, hormonal acne hit hard – that was a new challenge.(That’s also a topic a next time) But I stayed committed to my clean eating, daily walks, and holistic approach. Now, in March 2025, the nightmare is over. I can finally live without anxiety, feeling slim, healthy, and my skin is still healing from scars. I see life completely different than previously..

What about you guys? Do you believe that clean eating can impact mental health?

all tests are green

Mind over matter.

How pointless/not pointless would it be to do one of these (free) UX courses, in terms of employment? Anyone here dome one?