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Here's a critique of another anti-degrowth Jacobin article, and the stance Jacobin seems to take on degrowth in general - https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-04/a-response-to-daniel-driscoll-another-slice-of-degrowth-bashing/

The crux of the argument is

• Planetary boundaries are hard boundaries, so the economy can't go on growing no matter what. We can either plan this ourselves or be faced with climate disasters planning it for us.
• Degrowth is not "everyone gets less" - no one will disagree with the goal of lifting the global south out of poverty. It means diverting the unnecessary consumption (and carbon budget) of the most wealthy people in the global north to help those who actually need the economic growth.

Someone else recommended fedco to me and I'll definitely be ordering from them, I love everything they've got going on.

I've read elsewhere too that honey crisps seem more prone to diseases and pests. What other varieties do you have?

Now that the roads aren't icy anymore I'm trying to bike to work more often. Did the trip in the rain for the first time today, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!

Starting a new garden after moving from an apartment to a house last fall. Planning to do two 8'x4' raised beds with some scrap wood and put a squash tunnel between them. I've started 32 onion seedlings indoors and will be starting the brassicas this weekend!

Also thinking about getting apple trees - any suggestions for good varieties to grow in zone 6b (New England)? It's tempting to get a honey crisp but I hear they're pretty hard to grow.

Which launcher are you planning to use?

Small scale, but I just got a compost bin! My muicipality was selling them for pretty cheap, I'd recommend everyone check if your town has any similar programs

Which recording of the audiobooks? I've been enjoying the recent Andy Serkis ones, but I hear great things about the earlier versions as well.

There is still a quantum attack against symmetric key crypto like AES, but it just reduces the effective key size by half. If you use long enough keys (256 bits) you're still fine.

VCV rack is awesome, if not the easiest to start from scratch with. For those who haven't heard of it, it's basically a virtual modular analog synthesizer. You can build your own sound generating machines out of a huge selection of modules, including oscillators, filters, sequencers, etc. Some of the modules are based on real hardware modules that you can buy, but there's a huge variety.

It's fun to play around with, but if you're new to modular synthesis then I recommend limiting your module selection to just the built-in ones to start because the full selection is pretty overwhelming if you don't know a VFO from an ADSR evelope generator.

Reaper is an excellent Digital Audio Workstation with full Linux support

Lemon balm is my favorite!

Syncthing is a great way to sync an obsidian vault - not that hard to set up and requires almost zero maintenance. If you've got an iphone you might look into Nextcloud instead. For that matter, set up a Nextcloud server regardless! It's your own personal Google drive plus calendar and contact syncing.

Paprika and cayenne are great too to add a bit of spice!