Philosophical Questions: Government
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What should the role of a government be, what boundaries and limitations should it have?
Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.Making goals for myself is always a bit of an interesting task for me b/c I either have trouble making them, trouble sticking to them, or BOTH! xD This year and beyond, I wanna start actively making an effort, so I feel like typing these out helped me visualize them and subsequently get them out in the open so I can start DOING instead of THINKING. xD
Working on a new gallery page for my website reminded me that I wanted to try doing monthly art reflections this year. I found the list of prompt ideas I made and pulled this one: “What themes have you noticed in your own recent art?” I don’t really like this prompt because I think it’s hard to make a general description of things I’ve just made. I wanted to stick with whatever prompt I got, though, so I kept thinking about it. The whole plan was rough and needed some testing anyway. My solution for now is to make each prompt have a one-time use, allow topic wandering in answers, and attempt to add to the prompts list as part of the reflection process.
While thinking about the question I got, I found that I was more interested in thinking about what things from art I’ve seen recently have been influencing my art.
Favorite art I saw in June:
So, when you do a search for walkthroughs or information about... anything in the Sims 4, the results are often useless. They simply restate obvious information that the game already tells you itself, without providing any deeper insight or knowledge. Even many sims fansites are little better than clickbait farms in 2023. Carl, the most trustworthy source of in-depth sims resources, hasn't updated his website since Cottage Living came out. Having grown up in the era of ridiculously precise GameFAQ guides, I'm frustrated.
So, here's information laid out for the grafting "recipes" in the sims 4's base game.
Keep in mind the following information for all "recipes":
Grafted plants produce harvestables at the rate of the base plant, not the plant that came from a cutting. They will also start at the quality of the base plant and grow in the season of the base plant.
It is important to note that rares and uncommons now have a small chance of spawning when you've done the correct grafting combo. This is currently an intended design and not a bug. For any given harvestable you have a 500 weight for common, 100 for uncommon, and 1 for rare. This means 1 out of every 600 harvestables will be a rare.
Species | Rarity | Growth Rate | Seasonality | Vertical Garden Compatibility |
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Snapdragon | Common | 36h | Spring, Fall | No |
Strawberry | Uncommon | 24h | Spring | Yes |
Dragonfruit | Rare | 96h | Fall | No |
Species | Rarity | Growth Rate | Seasonality | Vertical Garden Compatibility |
---|---|---|---|---|
Snapdragon | Common | 36h | Spring, Fall | No |
Dragonfruit | Rare | 96h | Fall | No |
Cow Berry | Rare | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Species | Rarity | Growth Rate | Seasonality | Vertical Garden Compatibility |
---|---|---|---|---|
Snapdragon | Common | 36h | Spring, Fall | No |
Lily | Uncommon | 36h | Summer | No |
Orchid | Rare | 36h | Winter, Spring | No |
Tip: Plant the first orchid produced by your spliced flowers, as you need an Orchid plant for a subsequent splice.
Species | Rarity | Growth Rate | Seasonality | Vertical Garden Compatibility |
---|---|---|---|---|
Apple | Common | 36h | Fall | No |
Cherry | Uncommon | 60h | Summer | No |
Pomegranate | Rare | 72h | Winter | No |
Tip: Plant the first pomegranate produced by your spliced tree, as you need a Pomegranate tree for a subsequent splice.
Species | Rarity | Growth Rate | Seasonality | Vertical Garden Compatibility |
---|---|---|---|---|
Orchid | Rare | 36h | Winter, Spring | No |
Pomegranate | Rare | 72h | Winter | No |
Death Flower | Rare | 48h | Winter | No |
Challenge #1
Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.
Creative Prompt: Shine a light on your own creativity. Create anything you want (an image, an icon, a story, a poem, or a craft) and share it with your community.. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.