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elaterite

@elaterite@fosstodon.org

Professional fine art photographer & art framer. All photos edited using Darktable on a Linux box & licensed Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. I do not use machine learning apps. Any composites will be clearly noted. Mostly following science, history, & photography toots. Formerly, I was a civil rights & energy policy troublemaker. Also, former netcast producer & host for the Plug In America Show, This Week in Energy, & an occasional show for Hacker Public Radio.

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ambivalena, to random Swedish
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Ok, why does so many metal band use unreadable fonts for their bandnames?

Looks cool (?) but no one will know or remember your name?

elaterite,
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@ambivalena Guess they're going for that electric energized look, maybe?

elaterite, to random
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Finally received the replacement for the replacement axle & installed it on my car today. Now I've got 2 vehicles since I had to get my converted electric motorcycle running so I had wheels while my car was down. It had been so long since I drove my car there were cobwebs between the wheel well & garage floor! I'm finding that people are mechanically challenged nowadays. So far, no one has said, "Oh, what a nice conversion," just, " Cute sticker," not realizing there's no engine on the bike. o_0

elaterite,
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@mikeday Since there's no engine, there's no gearbox & no clutch. Front & rear brakes are in their OEM configurations. Everything else is factory except I replaced all of the lightbulbs with LEDs & I installed a digital voltmeter in the tachometer housing. Guess I should have gone analog to maintain a classic esthetic, hm...? Nothing in the gas tank. I may make a "glovebox" out of it someday? When I ran Pb-acid batteries there wasn't room for it. Bike looks better with it though.

shojiwax.com, to climate
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Mexico. May 2024.

Mexico is struggling amid record-high temperatures and a severe drought. Water is being trucked into service hospitals and essential services.

  • 85% of the country will experience high temps of 40 C (104 F) this week.
  • 1/3 of the country will reach 45C (113 F) or more.
  • 40% of dams are below 20% capacity.
  • Another 40% are between 20–50% capacity.
  • Power blackouts are occurring due to insufficient water to run hydroelectric power generators.
  • By May 9th, nine cities in Mexico had set temperature records (Ciudad clocked out at 47 C (117 F))

In protest of “intolerable” working conditions and lack of water in their barracks, the police themselves manned a protest blockade and blocked traffic.

Meanwhile, in other species, a large number of Howler Monkeys were found dead or dying from dehydration after literally falling out of the trees “like apples” in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco1.

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Sources:

Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in protest. AP news.

It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees AP news.

  1. A local biologist attributed the deaths to a combination of factors including high temps, drought, forest fires and logging of their shade and food trees. ↩︎

https://shojiwax.com/2024/05/24/if-you-want-to-know-how-things-are-going-to-be-look-at-how-they-are/

elaterite,
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@shojiwax.com@shojiwax.com Wow. And so it gets serious. Prepare for climate refuges. :(

KiwiEV, to random
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The Hyundai IONIQ 5 N is silly. It's an electric car with fake noises & gear changes. Like who's the target market? People who hate EVs? They won't buy one anyway because they're busy eating crayons.
In other news I CANNOT WAIT to take it out this morning and play with it! 😂

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elaterite,
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@KiwiEV That is just stupid. That's like the first Leafs, where Nissan made it look like a four cylinder engine under the hood.

ambivalena, to random Swedish
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Sunshine or rain?

selfportraits

A black and white image of a woman facing the camera with her face towards the camera. She is holding a slightly spinning umbrealla in her left hand. The umbrella has some lights attached to the end which makes some traces that covers most of here face, and the other hand is held behind her as she is leaning against the wall. She is wearing a black sleeveless dress with the skirt just above her knees. She´s got her right leg a bit bent and behind the left one. On the floor next to her on the left lays a matchbox.
A black and white image of a woman facing the camera with her head a bit up and to the left. She is wearing a black sleeveless dress with the skirt just above her knees. She is holding a spinning umbrealla behind her with lights attached to the end that makes some strange patterns on the lower parts and seems to be haning in thin air. The umbrealla is held in her right hand and the other hand is held behind her. She is crossing her legs a bit and her hair is down to her waist. On the floor next to her on the left lays a matchbox.
A black and white image of a woman from behind from head down to the calf muscles. She is wearing a black sleeveless dress with the skirt just above her knees and her hair is down to her waist. She is facing the wall and a spinning umbrealla with lights attached to the end, that makes a light pattern that only leaves the upper parts without light. On the floor next to her on the left lays a matchbox.

elaterite,
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@ambivalena Those are great! Using the umbrella is a really different idea for moving lights. Kind of looks like you are dancing with the umbrella! Which, in a way, you are. :)

Jgbird, to random

One of my favorites. It took about a year before I could make sense of what the hummingbirds were doing. And I suppose it took them a year to be completely fearless when I was around. It finally happened. If there’s something you think you can do, you probably can.

elaterite,
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@Jgbird Beautiful photos! Jerome, your hummingbird shots are by far the best I've ever see! I'm always stunned when I see them in my feed. May I ask about your setup? Do you use a fill light or reflector at all?

elaterite,
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@Jgbird Ha, well my recommendation is don't change anything. You make spectacular photos!

elaterite, to random
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Marianne reports that Brown Creek is now thick with wildflowers, fyi @Tamami . https://www.washoecounty.gov/parks/files/trail_maps/Browns%20Creek%20Trail%20Map%2018%20x%2026.pdf

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sarahdal, to random
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I switched to Linux a few months ago, I use Linux Mint and even made it a dual boot, but I've literally not had to use windows at all.
https://www.linuxmint.com/

Mint was easy to install and has a very friendly and active support forum
https://forums.linuxmint.com/

It's super similar to Windows, to the point that if you press the windows button on your keyboard and type "excel" it brings up the open office equivalent

elaterite,
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@sarahdal Welcome to FOSS! A whole new world awaits you!

18+ nasamuffin, to random
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I went to the aquarium today and there was a guy in a wetsuit pushing a penguin around on a box, back and forth through the water

someone asked why and he says, "yeah, she kinda just really likes riding on the box"

I'm still not over it y'all

elaterite,
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@nasamuffin Professional penguin pampering.

darekkay, to minimalism
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Recently, I took a street photography workshop with Guido Klumpe ( https://www.guido-klumpe.de/ ). He is mostly known for his minimalistic approach with colors and shapes — you should check out his work! Here's one of my own attempts from the workshop.

#sky #patterns #lines #abstract #minimalism #street #streetphotography #fuji #fujifilm #photography

elaterite,
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@darekkay Very nice!

ElleGray, to random
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    elaterite,
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    @ElleGray Lol!

    elaterite, (edited ) to random
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    Site of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Bethel, New York.

    ambivalena, to random Swedish
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    I dance alone

    selfportraits

    A selfportrait in black and white, where I am standing in front of a wall using an umbrella to make it look like a dress. At the edge of the umbrella a string of light is attatched to make some light at the bottom of the "dress". I am looking to the right with closed eyes and my head down and my hair is haniing down infront of me at the left side and behind my shoulder on the right sisde. both sides of my head covering most of my shouldersYou can see my feet under the light and to the left of my feet lays a box of matches on the floor. Some shadows to the lower left side some pale shadows reminding of the roofs of some sort of building.
    A selfportrait in black and white, where I am standing in front of a wall using an umbrella to make it look like a dress. At the edge of the umbrella a string of light is attatched to make some light at the bottom of the "dress". I am looking to the right with my head slightly downwards and my hair is hanging down on both sides of my head covering most of my shoulders. You can see my feet under the light and to the left of my feet lays a box of matches on the floor. Some shadows to the lower left side some pale shadows reminding of the roofs of some sort of building.
    A selfportrait in black and white, where I am standing in front of a wall using an umbrella to make it look like a dress. At the edge of the umbrella a string of light is attatched to make some light at the bottom of the "dress". I am holding my head up high and to the left and my hair is hanging down on my back. You can see my feet under the light and to the left of my feet lays a box of matches on the floor. Some shadows to the lower left side some pale shadows reminding of the roofs of some sort of building.

    elaterite,
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    @ambivalena Wow, those are really great, Lena! Very creative compositions! Great idea to use an umbrella for the "dress" so you could spin it. Nice touch putting the box of matches there as if you lit your dress with them.

    elaterite,
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    @ambivalena A different story from the one in your photos, but with a similar concept of moving light, have you ever thought about getting into fire spinning? I can imagine you'd have fun with that! :) This is Jenny Jinx of Controlled Burn in Reno at the Truckee snowsheds. The snowsheds are in the high Sierra on the now abandon route of the First Transcontinental Railroad from 1869. There use to be lots of cool street art in the sheds but now it is mostly graffiti. :/

    A color photo of a woman with her arms extended out from her sides. This is the same as the first photo except the two large interlaced circles of fire now have two smaller circles of fire, kind of like eyes in the larger circles, that surround her from torches on short chains that she is spinning. She has two braided ponytails hanging down to her chest and she wears a black narrow brimmed hat, a dark blue tanktop with black vest, and black pants with a silver design suggesting burning flames. She is standing in front of a medium sized mural, about twice as tall as she is. There is vertical black lettering running from, it appears, bottom to top. It's uncertain what the four letter like figures spell. The central letters split a woman's face and neck drawn in blacks and grays but with dark blue eyes. She has shoulder length hair and a blank look.

    robert_davis_hoffmann, to random
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    This intricately carved Frog Panel by Corey Bulpitt (Haida) measures 36" in diameter and 1 ½" deep.

    elaterite,
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    @robert_davis_hoffmann That is spectacular!

    skykiss, to random
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    #MagaMike Johnson was the chief whip for Donald Trump.
    #Maga Mike Johnson led the efforts to overturn our election. He is anti-choice. He blocks our border security. He lies for criminal Donald Trump. He supports conversion therapy. Mike Johnson is a deranged white christian nationalist aka American nazi.

    Johnson’s insane dominionist Christian nationalism, aka fascism dictates that the bible should drive decisions in government and white supremacists will rule over you and our treasury.

    #StopMagaExtremism #whitesupremacists #fasism #vote #election

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    elaterite,
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    @skykiss And it's scary as hell. (And jaw dropping that this is our reality. Really unbelievable.)

    ambivalena, to random Swedish
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    https://youtu.be/MXaKWm0vj8o?feature=shared

    elaterite,
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    @ambivalena That was cute. Had no idea where it was going.

    elaterite,
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    @ambivalena I've never specifically looked for them but I do come across them occasionally on social media. Most are amazingly well done from story to production.

    puppers, to Dogs
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    #puppers #dogs #pupper #bark #doggo #photos #images #woof #video

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    elaterite,
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    @puppers Bravo! That pup can come play piano at my house anytime!

    elaterite, to motorcycles
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    Lol--after 15 years I finally resurrected my 1978 Kawasaki KZ400 "Reloaded"! I put nearly 50 miles on it today but for some reason the battery wasn't charging so I had to park it and put it on charge. I wonder what's wrong with it? ;)

    elaterite,
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    @ProfundumPhoto It is sure quiet with those special invisible mufflers!

    elaterite,
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    @winterknell Lol!

    ambivalena, to random Swedish
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    HAPPY!
    Among deers, a fox and grunting wild boars (so I was singing and whistling loud) I wen´t out since I had a feeling that it might be some aurora borealis tonight.

    And yes I was right. At first it was very pale but just when I decided to pack my gear and go home I thought I saw some movement that could be a pilar of red light, and there she was, dancing again even though it is very bright at nights where I live now.
    I shouted WOHOOO and laughed out loud out of pure joy to thank her 💚 ❤️

    The same forest as in the previous image but moved the focus a bit to the right. Above the trees some green aurora borealis is visible even though it is not especially dark at 00:47 a.m. local time, UTC+2. The sky above has some visible stars and some cloud viels and stripes. Just above the horizon to the right some of the sunlight is still visible as a yellow thin stripe and there is a woman standing to the low right side in profile with her arms up in the air out of happiness. She is only visible down to her waist and she is only wearing a t-shirt even though it is just +3ºC.

    elaterite,
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    @ambivalena Nice! It's wonderful you feel such joy when the aurora appears!

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    McKenzie River Trail: Part 1

    I’m hanging out at the famous Blue Pool this morning eating lunch and drying out my tent. It rained a bit while I slept but was only misting by the time I was packing up. I’ve already covered a large portion of the trail last night and this morning. This trail is a gem, I love it out here. I believe the waterfall corridor is next. Just a quick post, more photos to come.

    elaterite,
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    @andrewbriscoe Wow, looks like a spectacular trail!

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