If you are interested in taking action, consider donating to the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund - https://www.farmtoconsumer.org/

Buying directly from farmers is also good. But, those farmers are constantly being unfairly harassed by regulators.

> Paying for gifts... does not work. When the context is friends/family exchanging gifts, I agree. But, given the context of the author's argument (open-source software), I disagree. When I pay for (sponsor) open-source software, I'm doing so because I want to encourage the relevant author(s) to continue applying their talents for the betterment of both myself and the world at large. I'm not paying for something I requested of them, nor am I telling them what to build going forward. If I knew a person who spent some of their free time helping relieve homelessness in some way, I'd be inclined to sponsor them in the same fashion.

Grains make up 10–13 percent of the diet for cattle, globally. The rest is composed of grass, leaves, and "crop residue" such as cornstalks.

Source: Sacred Cow by Rodgers

I subscribe to a community solar installation in lieu of installing panels on my shaded roof. The local (to Maryland) company I use is Neighborhood Sun - https://neighborhoodsun.solar/

I've been very pleased.

Not every farmer feeds their cows corn/grains. Find a local farmer that raises their cattle on pasture and reward them for their efforts.

There are precedents for this. One that comes to mind are updated editions/versions of board/tabletop games, which https://boardgamegeek.com/ tries to handle.

The resource I've heard recommended most often is "The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting" by Fung and Moore. I just checked-out a copy from my library and will be reading it soon.

I have no idea what a library is but i found this on Amazon for 9 British Roubles.

Google 100% removes viable entries from their index. I have a blog and I can see via the Google Search Console [1] that several of my posts are marked as "Crawled - currently not indexed". Meaning, Google was led to the page via my sitemap.xml or some other source, crawled it, and then chose not to include it in their search index. It's very discouraging, particularly when it happens to posts that, personally, I'm quite fond of [2]. If it matters, Google has recorded 1,085 clicks from their search results to my blog, in general, over the course of the past 3 months.

[1] https://search.google.com/u/2/search-console/

[2] https://blog.michaelscepaniak.com/how-to-find-choose-and-boo... https://blog.michaelscepaniak.com/i-am-retired-kinda

> I was also initially interested on trying to train myself to sleep on a flat floor...

I've been sleeping on the floor for over two years now. At this point, I prefer it to sleeping in a bed. I started out by creating a "mattress" made of several layers of blankets. Now, though, I just put a sheet on my low-pile carpet and that's all I sleep on. I also use a relatively flat/thin pillow.

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/ - Ancestral health and lifestyle

https://earlyretirementextreme.com/ - Financial independence. No longer adding new posts.

https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/ - Travel "hacking" and the miles and points "game".

https://jamesclear.com/newsletter - Habits and human potential. Email newsletter - not a blog, per se.

https://blog.asmartbear.com/ - Startups and marketing

https://recraigslist.com/ - Appliance repair and entrepreneurship. No longer adding new posts.