Now that you mention it, I seem to remember Xenophon stumbling across giant ruins that perplexed him while out on campaign. I think they were Persian? It very much could be drawing on the experiences of people seeing the ruins of fallen empires.

Edit: AI is telling me that Xenophon traveled through the impressive ruins of Assyrian cities, he was fighting the Persians.

Mushroom expert is updated much more frequently. Local field guides are good for getting a general idea of what you’re looking for out there. But if you want to know exactly what you’ve found, running through the whole process on mushroom expert will give you a positive ID. The local mushroom hunters I learned from told me to not trust books as they are almost always out of date in some way.

I wonder who did this first? Didn’t ultima have a storyline like this, or am I misremembering a game from before I was born

I don’t know much about Austria, what’s access to mental healthcare like there?

Yeah it’s really important to know which mushrooms grow in your area. Then you know which mushrooms to avoid, and which have look alikes. Also just use mushroomexpert.com if you’re unsure

This is why I could never be a cop. Someone skips over a turnstile in front of me, and all I would think is: “not even enough money to buy my next coffee, let alone the donut”

Like why care about public transport? There’s plenty of real crimes to handle in NYC.

You’re probably right, but guns like the ones they used can be obtained legally making them much easier to be obtained illegally. I’m not an expert on gun policy, so I can’t tell you how we should restrict access to guns.

Born just on the cusp of Gen z, so I’m debatably a zoomer. But weren’t pagers a big thing in hospitals for a long time? I certainly saw them while watching scrubs as a kid.

I read Birmingham and for a second thought this might not be in the US, oh how foolish I am.

I used to think that gun laws/ownership in the US was workable, I know lots of responsible gun owners, and have shot a couple guns myself. But I’m just tired of all these mass shootings, at this point maybe we should just get rid of them.

Can you just imagine how insufferable 4d tech bros would be? Yeah I’ll pass

The inuit folk I’ve talked to said that sometimes they have to shoot a polar bear if it’s harassing the village. When they kill one, it’s not uncommon to find bullets in it from the last time it was harassing a village. Polar bears are big and scary and we are destroying their habitat.

I’ve got blue oyster, lion’s mane and, myataki going right now. But I would love to try to grow some blewit in the garden, as well as a bunch of other ones.

I love foraging for mushrooms, but I started growing them so I don’t have to spend so much time cleaning them and looking for bugs

Burry yourself in manure as Hippocrates intended!

Just listened to it. Yeah I get it

It’s tough for me to go without snacks in a day. I genuinely cannot imagine what losing 250 lbs is like. dudes got some serious willpower for that.

Folk punk sounds like a really interesting genre. Do you have any recommendations?

I mean I’ve seen more than a couple of shows at my local waterhole, and the price has been between free and $20. The $20 one was Moonhooch and absolutely worth it!

If you like listening to live music, it’s there, but it’s not T-Swizzle.

There is the old saying that “People don’t quit jobs, they quit bosses.” My advice is to go to therapy first, I think the question will sort itself out after that.

I thought they were talking about the lamprey project, but no! Nexus has their own cross platform launcher downloader thing. Super stoked!