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Cake day: September 23rd, 2023

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  • From a person with a lot of years of experience fighting mold on wood in a humid climate, what you want is borax:

    https://www.thisoldhouse.com/green-home/21331232/killing-mold-on-wood

    Borax kills mold and also soaks into wood and stays there to prevent future growth. Bleach does not help on porous surfaces like wood:

    "Note that bleach should not be used to kill mold found on wood. While bleach is very effective for killing mold on non-porous surfaces, it doesn’t work well when it comes to wood. This is because the chlorine in bleach can’t penetrate wood, so only the water portion of the bleach gets absorbed.

    The mold may appear to be removed from the surface, but it’ll likely continue to grow underneath and return within a few months."






  • Yeah, I grew up in a small American town and my cousins were more like my siblings than my actual sister because they were the same age as me. We all fled that small town, so the next generation are all growing up not surrounded by extended family.

    I think there are good and bad sides to it. It was nice to grow up surrounded by family with a strong sense of belonging. But my cousins’ children are growing up knowing people from far more diverse backgrounds than I ever had access to, which is good for them in a different way.

    Overall, I think the effects are probably neutral