A few weeks ago we made some pine syrup. We collected the fresh pine buds in my parent’s garden. I never tried this before, but the results tase good so far.
What you will need?
Fresh pine buds (silver or spurce is the best, try to forage them when they are young, light green)
Sugar
A big jar
Time
After I washed the pine buds I layered them into the jar with the sugar. One layer should be half an inch tall approximately. (Or at least it was in my case)
Then close the jar and all you have to do is just wait until the sugar melts. This can take several days or even weeks. If you want to speed up the process a bit, you can also add 1dl of water to the jar after layering. Mine looked like on the image above after 2 weeks.
After most of your sugar is melted just strain the syrup and you are done! I don’t really know how long they can last tough. Officially the syrup should be fine up to 3 months if covered. I keep it in the refrigerator, just to be safe.
During a pandemic fucking over so many people financially too lmao
did it go up TO 1 trillion or go up BY one trillion? kind of an important thing to not equivocate.
also does the wealth exist in any form you think it does (it doesn’t) and is it sufficient to solve the problem you want it to (no, a trillion dollar stimulus was not enough)
“Ballooned by a staggering $1 trillion” means it went up by $1 trillion, and I’m not sure why you assume I don’t know how wealth works, but unfortunately for you I already know what you’re talking about AND I never even said “we can solve the pandemic with money from billionaires” for the same reason you can’t end world hunger with money from billionaires–the issue runs much deeper in society. Billionaires wouldn’t even give up so much wealth in the first place lmao they start outsourcing jobs for cheap labor when basic safety regulations in business are introduced.
Anyway, it seems like you’re talking to a nonexistent person you want on this post for your arguments to make sense, so get back to me when you’re replying to Sivi Death2america
also does the wealth exist in any form you think it does (it doesn’t) and is it sufficient to solve the problem you want it to (no, a trillion dollar stimulus was not enough)
love how obnoxious and presumptuous this is. you can tell he’s assuming that we think the wealth exists in cash form, which of course it doesn’t, it’s mostly in the form of corporate assets- here’s the thing tho, a lot of those corporate assets, especially for Jeff Bezos/Amazon, takes the form of delivery infrastructure, which, whaddaya know, actually would be sufficient to solve the issue, in a way that a trillion in cash wouldn’t, as delivery infrastructure could be seized by the people and used to implement a free food delivery system which would allow people to actually stay at home and prevent the spread of the virus.
i don't really understand why you would be pro-zoo. like i understand nature reserves and sanctuaries where people can observe from afar, but it doesn't seem right to me when they're locked up in generally small confined areas for people to watch them do nothing all day. idk maybe i'm getting this wrong, and i still really respect you, i just don't understand this. like i interned at a zoo and felt uncomfortable with how small their living areas were and how they had no stimulation
Good zoos do not keep their animals in “tiny spaces” with no enrichment. I’m not pro-roadside zoo. I’m pro-accredited zoo. Zoos are incredibly important for conservation and education.
There should be way more pictures of modern zoos so i just add some more
Seriously zoos do so much important conservation work as well I hate when people shit all over zoos as if the animals are locked up and not looked after
The SF Zoo has two sea lions. Now, if you know SF, you know that sea lions are a Thing. They’re all over Pier 39 and various other beaches in N California. In fact, the zoo is near the ocean, so there are sea lions not 200 yards from the zoo entrance. So having sea lions in the zoo seems sort of superfluous.
Except the sea lions are blind. One was found as an adult after suffering a gun shot wound to the face that destroyed his eyes. The other was found as an adolescent, weak and starving because it had been blinded and unable to hunt. So they were rescued and introduced and the zoo built them a nice pool where they can swim and sunbathe and people toss them fish. It’s not the biggest exhibit, or the fanciest. But it’s a home for them, where they’re safe and well fed. Sea lions aren’t the most romantic of animals, but they’re a part of SF culture and a lot of us have a soft spot for the loud, bulbous things. And because of zoos, these two get to live long, happy lives.
Whenever anyone complains about zoos, I think about Silent Knight and Henry.
I think it’s St. Louis zoo that is saving big cats in Africa. Scientists couldn’t figure out what was killing off the local lion population. They were dying off from Canine Distemper. The local unvaccinated dogs of the towns would spread the disease to other animals or have it themselves. When the lions ate the infected animals they would catch it as well. You know what that Zoo is doing to stop this disease? They are going over to those towns and vaccinating the dogs for free. The community loves it and people from other villages comes for miles to get their dogs vaccinated as well.
They also do work with camel populations because the local human population use the camels for food sources the zoos help monitor the camels health.
Another zoo, I want to say it’s the Oregon zoo but don’t quote me on that, is helping female inmates. The zoo works with the female prisons by encouraging the inmates to assist in the breeding and raising of endangered species of butterflies. They plant the specific plants that the butterflies and catapillars need, raise them, and release them. These inmates get noted in any scientific journals that get published. They are giving these inmates a sense of accomplishment and validation.
Zoos not only save species but bring together and assist communities in an effort to save the environment. Zoos, good zoos, are essential to the future and I will fight anyone who tries to say otherwise.
PS you don’t see PETA doing any of this.
One of the local zoos in my area at one point rescued a bald eagle that had been shot and kept it in the zoo to let it recuperate until they freed it again. Some of the zoos in my state will keep injured animals there until they heal again.
Helsinki Zoo is the world leader in snow leopard and Amur leopard conservation, in their care these endangered species have managed to breed more than anywhere else in captivity and this in turn has enabled the re-introduction of these animals back to their native habitats. https://www.korkeasaari.fi/helsinki-zoo/
I work at a zoo that is instrumental in the California Condor recovery program (among dozens of other conservation projects). We went from 42 surviving individuals left to over 400, over 200 of whom are in the wild. We’re part of the amur leopard species survival plan with two young animals who are eagerly attempting to make babies. We host one of North America’s only bachelor troops of western lowland gorillas, preserving the social structure of wild gorillas. All of our bald eagles are rescues who would not survive in the wild. All our keepers participate in field research and conservation work in addition to a full time team of conservationists. We host the most genetically valuable male Masai giraffe in North America, who has sired 5 offspring with 1 on the way, increasing the genetic diversity of his entire species. If you’re against zoos, you don’t know what zoos do.
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