Sometimes Amazon or garden supply websites. This year my local nursery had them in stock when the aphids showed up. I prefer to buy them locally when possible.

A ladybug larva with an aphid in it’s mouth

I’m in US zone 7b so we usually get a winter with snow and sub freezing temperatures December-March. Both aphids and ladybugs will die off during winter but leave eggs that remain and hatch in the spring. Each year I supplement the natural occurring ladybugs and usually release approximately 3000 when the aphids appear. That sounds like a lot but it’s only two small containers. I rely on the ladybugs for pest control and never use insecticides as I want a natural ecosystem to flourish. Most years it works out and my garden remains healthy. Right now the aphids are ravishing my beets and poppies. Fingers crossed the ladybugs will triumph and reign in the aphids before I lose too many plants. Soon these ladybugs will lay eggs (during summer) and the resulting larva will do most of the work. The larva look like small six legged alligators and you can observe them picking up aphids and eating them. It’s fascinating to watch.

Actually, the bell is because their horns don’t work.

Such a bummer to see another bike company fade out. I owned a niner mountain bike and loved it.

Hopefully they just file bankruptcy and later reorganize as Thirtytwoer bikes.

Top three work PCs for my work are Dell, Lenovo, and HP. I didn’t even consider HP on the last purchase. Not that the others options are great but never HP.

Polished silver hides scratches. For that reason alone I’d take silver over black most times. Of course there are applications where black just looks great (carbon fiber). But rub marks on $300 cranks never look good.

photochromic Lenses have been around for decades. I use photochromic goggles every time I dirt bike, no batteries or solar panel.

For faster response on the street I use a shoei helmet with drop down tinted lenses inside. Just a flick of the finger slides them down over my eyes. Simple, cheap, effective. Pretty sure it’s SNELL approved.

I don’t want complicated and expensive. $460 buys a few tires.

“Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated,” Ring wrote in a blog post. “As a result, we have made the joint decision to cancel the planned integration.”

Not necessarily because of privacy concerns.

The tool I referenced is just an archive search engine. It searches for unblocked copies of the article. It’s not a mechanical “paywall remover” in the literal sense.

What’s a hard paywall? Again, it’s has never failed me. It works fine on OP’s article. Can you show me one it doesn’t work for?

Try https://removepaywalls.com/. I’ve never had it fail for me.

The article makes several bold statements and cites zero sources. I don’t see any reason to believe it.

Whenever I visit a grocery store that requires a phone number for member number it’s (area) 867-5309

I’m not a propagandist, I’m an engineer who designs consumer products. As an environmentalist I actively campaigned my last employer in support of bio plastic options. However in over 30 years I have never been able to specify a single part made from bio plastic due to either material properties and/or the cost of raw resin. Like I said, good for the Chinese. But in America corporate greed rules.

Great! But this doesn’t mention cost. Another biopolymer doesn’t matter at all unless it is cheaper than petroleum based polymers. In the end high volume consumer products are extremely price sensitive.

Weird. Another feature no one asked for? In adventure motorcycling, most riders turn off the ABS when riding on dirt.

Everyone should know this. Share it.

I just break the bead, pour it in, and reseat/reinflate. Not prehistoric, no big deal really.