Can mosquitos even suck blood from a leech? I feel like blood probably doesn't taste as good when it's secondhand.

The faceting community would welcome anyone who wants to create a wine pairing guide for our lickable rocks.

Looks in bread to me.

For a beginner I always recommend you start with something square/rectangle, as the roundabout with socks is an intermediate difficulty. Scarves or baby blankets make lovely gifts, and are very beginner friendly.

Once you are confident in the basics of how to knit, you can kick it up a notch by trying socks.

Honestly most every beginner knitting guide on the internet is great. There's YouTube guides for whose who want videos and written guides for those who prefer standstill photos and text. And if you really need a physical teacher, try to find a local MakerSpace in your city - yarn wizards are plentiful in those spaces and we get EXCITED at bringing a newbie into our world!

You are a genius, I never thought of doing this before!

I too love knitting socks!! I only wear my own socks these days, they're just so comfy and they always have fun colors.

But the real question is: are you team Toe Up or team Top Down?

I've been knitting for a decade but only made my first pair of socks during the pandemic. I bought some wool from a reputable seller in fun colors. It was so fun and they were so comfy, I made several more.

I almost never wear anything other than my knitted socks these days. They're just so daggone comfy and they keep my feet warm yet they never feel sweaty, except on extremely hot days when I'm outdoors.

Wool socks are absolutely luxurious to me now. 10/10 recommend knitting socks if you haven't already!

Audiobooks. I've "read" over a hundred books by now, all while knitting.

There are free ones on librivox.org if you want to try it without spending money to see if it's something you can do.

Some dishes freeze well, so those leftovers can be turned into future meal prep. I liked freezing my chili in silicone muffin tins, then one or two thawed chili pucks was a perfect last-minute meal when I didn't feel like cooking.

Based on the article, the device will host actual kidney cells - I'm sure it won't be as effective as having your own original kidney, especially in it's early prototypes, but hopefully it'll be better than mere dialysis.

Even if the device was just a glorified portable dialysis machine though, that would still be a significant quality of life improvement for those on dialysis. With dialysis you're locally tethered to the dialysis clinic because you need weekly treatments, until you eventually die or win the kidney lottery. With a portable machine you could hopefully travel, see the world and visit family more.

Be kind to your kidneys everyone, drink enough water! You don't want a life without efficient kidneys.

It's not actually blue. If there are two full moons in the same calendar month, the second full moon is referred to as "blue". It will be the same color it always is.

It would be a helluva lot cooler if it actually was blue, but alas...

Holy hell, that's straight up evil if true. I hope the bad PR ran them out of business.