Wow! That’s absolutely amazing! I don’t have a green thumb so this is the highlight of my week! 👍

I also appreciate the mastodon video link instead of YT, thanks for sharing!

Many skin care products have fragrance to mask the aroma of the finished product (and the skin).

Unless the products are made with essential oils, they [skin care products] have “masking fragrance” in the ingredients list on Unscented Products. These essential oils serve a dual purpose by enhancing a product’s skin care benefits and providing aroma.

Crafters and hobbyists will tell you that their finished candle, soap, lip balm, lotion, etc. smells unpleasant or off until fragrance and/or essential oil is added.

@DagwoodIll@piefed.social is spot on, witch hazel can be used as an after shave. Don’t worry about the aroma, it dissipates rather quickly.

Source: I was a hobbyist/crafter when I was younger and went to esthiology school a loooooooong time ago.

NGL the Caribbean sounds lovely! I enjoyed daydreaming whilst reading this article especially on a dark and gloomy day like today.
Thank you, alyaza…for a moment you transported me to my paradise. ^_−☆

EDIT: Sent this article to friends, now back to reality:

Stateless people, like the Rohingya of Myanmar or ethnic Russians of Latvia, know the dire consequences that can result when a government disavows them as outsiders. Even if they once had claims to belonging, their citizenship no longer counts if the state doesn’t stand behind it.

“…if you can afford to pay”

Thank you for answering my questions and I appreciate your clear explanation. I am looking forward to seeing more of your posts. (๑･̑◡･̑๑)

It’s one of my backup keys ^_−☆

Fantastic list, thank you so much!

I saved your post and will be using it as my reference; this is a better list than I made for myself. Albeit I already follow most of your recommendations:

1. Is there a reason why you don’t have YubiKey on your list?
   I didn’t like it at first but now I highly recommend it.

2. What about the Camera Shy Hoodie? I know it’s DIY but IMO there are people here that might be willing to make it themselves.

Those Reflectacles are a bit expensive so they’re already on my wishlist! I also saved this: 7 Privacy Garments That Block Surveillance Cameras

You rock, Charger8232! Thanks again!

EDIT: I forgot about Zenni glasses:

EyeQLenz and Zenni ID Guard™ are designed to reflect signals to help disrupt unwanted tracking under certain conditions. Results may vary due to recognition technology and environmental factors. Zenni does not guarantee that its products provide anonymity or total protection from surveillance and biometric identification.

VPN.

(2-year subscription for Proton came to $71.76) I wasn’t planning on buying anything anyway but during these dark times, VPN is a necessity IMO.

Maybe @answerplease77@lemmy.world was referring to:

In 2009, an interview with Dr. Yehuda Hiss—former head of the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute—was leaked. Recorded in 2000 by Nancy Scheper-Hughes—professor of anthropology at the University of California-Berkeley—Hiss said that pathologists at the institute took skin, corneas, bones and heart valves from the bodies of Israeli citizens, Israeli soldiers, Palestinians and immigrants, often without consent from the deceased’s family.

Which came from:

Israel Organ Harvesting Allegations Explained

The links below may be referring to the same article:

What evidence supports allegations of Israeli harvesting and who has investigated them? Checked on November 25, 2025

A brief history of Israel’s theft and trafficking of Palestinian organs

I must apologize as I haven’t read the rest of the results, but I used search.disroot.org and the articles above are outdated.

TIL… thank you. 👍

Hey Bestie!
Got any left for me, lol! That looks delicious! It also looks a lot like lugao – are they the same thing?

Awesome!

That’s how my mom and grandmother make it! Thanks for the reminder – I really should make it again… or have a small jar of yours, lol.

Thank you, that worked!

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🤩 Another one of my favorites! Please, oh please save some for me. Haven’t had them in years.

I actually prefer palitaw over cuchinta and puto… not sure if I should try to make this again or just show up at your front door 🤤

👍

I hardly expect a single parent to have the hours it takes to make sourdough bread.

Oh, they do. They call it time management. I’m embarrassed to say but I bought mine.

taking what they can and moving past the parts that don’t apply to them and their needs.

LOL! Perhaps that’s something you should amend on this post: https://lemmy.world/post/32937669

Just wanted to say thank you…

With the upcoming fiasco that is SNAP, I predict more people will appreciate your posts. Thank you for your simple recipes and thank you for doing the math.

LOL! I actually looked at two grocery stores a few weeks ago because I really think that my nephew drinks it.

If I ever find a gallon, I will be shouting into the Fediverse looking for my bestie, AquaTofana!

Several of my friends and family are active supporters of Philabundance and the Food Bank of South Jersey.

When I was younger, my parents would take me with them to a soup kitchen especially around Thanksgiving. My mom and grandmom are great cooks so they were in the kitchen helping, my dad and I are the clean-up crew and grandpa walked around like he owned the place, lol. This went on for years until my grandparents started having trouble walking.

Last week, our elders called in a family meeting. We are making Halloween care packages for some people we know that are in need, filled with non-perishable goods (mac & cheese, soup, tuna, tapioca, crackers, beans, spam, corned beef, etc.).

The kids’ trick-or-treat bags are the full-size Halloween themed grocery bags filled with pudding, mac & cheese cups, ramen cups, soup cups, chicken (flat pack not can), PB & Cheese crackers and some candy, too.

We usually do this after Halloween (for Thanksgiving and Christmas) and the Goddess of the Canned (me) would help collect and deliver.

Anyway, thank you for creating this post, OP. It will help highlight and spread the word fact about food insecurity. There are a lot of people out there thinking about whether to buy their medicine or buy food.

So, if anyone wants to help, there are plenty of places in your area. Monetary donations are also welcome.

LOL! Seriously. You need to channel that “alt-universe evil me doing a bunch of Bio-terrorism” into a comic book, novel, movie or something. I think I mentioned it to you before in one of your previous posts.

Anyway, I have nothing to contribute about Prion disease unless you twist it into a zombie plot… After all, it does lead to brain damage with symptoms similar to dementia.

I may not always engage but I do appreciate your creativity and enjoy your posts! As always, 👍