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CurtAdams

@CurtAdams@urbanists.social

Semi-retired biologist with interests in speciation models, urbanism, liberal/left politics, economics, quartertone music theory, boardgames, ambient music, house rabbits, and yoga.

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RickiTarr, to random
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The most ridiculous thing about cop procedural shows is when they ask where a person was, and what they were doing at a specific time the person always has perfect and immediate recall. I'd be desperately trying to remember what day of the week that was, and trying to open my phone calendar. If I was the cop, I'd immediately be suspicious of the person who remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing.

CurtAdams,
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@RickiTarr I was in an accident once and an insurance investigator asked me to describe the person I had had an accident with. I described him as well as I could, and then he showed me a pic. I recognized him immediately, but was embarrassed that half my description was wrong. Real memories are messy.

RickiTarr, to random
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Would half chicken half ducks be called Chucks or Dickens?

CurtAdams,
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@RickiTarr A common convention in naming hybrids is that the first part of the name comes from the male parent and the second from the female parent. So a Rooster-duck hybrid would be a Chuck and a Drake-chicken hybrid would be a Dickens.

But it's probably moot because the evolutionary distance is about 90 million year. I think the record evolutionary distance for a live bird hybrid was 55 million years, and it was a really messed up bird. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907691/

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@RickiTarr And, incidentally, if they could survive, a Chunk and a Dickens would probably be very different. Where there are sex chromosome, hybrids are typically very different depending on which parent is which sex. Ligers and Tigons, for example, are very different: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/liger-vs-tigon-6-key-differences-explained/

ai6yr, to random

Remarkable how out-of-the-mainstream utilitarian cycling seems to be in my neighborhood. Strong car-centric culture in Southern California, for sure. (yes, I was, until recently, part of that). 🤔

CurtAdams,
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@John @ai6yr Even before I became a bicycling advocate, I felt I should cycle to the gym rather than drive there and use a cycling machine. That's just - ridiculous.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Don’t say shit about caring about trans people, gay people, Black people, brown people, immigrants or your own damn self if you don’t VOTE for Biden. And, you can kiss my ass too.

CurtAdams,
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@Jackiemauro @StillIRise1963

President Trump would be a horror show for saving the planet:

https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-vows-day-one-executive-order-targeting-offshore-wind/

ncrav, to random
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  • Me comes home from gym
  • Lua comes running waiting for snacks
  • I get the snac box and drop it on the floor by mistake 👀
    I think Lua thought for a moment that she was in heaven as she tried to get as many snacs as she could before I got them from the floor 🤣

CurtAdams,
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@ncrav I did that with blueberries once. It was very exciting for both Xavier and me since blueberries roll and they ended over most of the kitchen. It was quite a race for a while!

shoq, to random
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Indeed. Unfortunately, they often point to what they occasionally do right as cover for what they more often do wrong.

In reply to…
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CurtAdams,
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@big_louse @shoq Putting out the occasional decent piece is an important part of the Times propaganda system. They have to keep people reading it in order to have people read their clouds-and-shadows coverage trying to make it seem like Democratic candidates have done something wrong when they haven't.

shoq, to random
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Women stars can get such shit from other women. I will never understand why so many I've met dislike Pink. I think she's another world class pop diva who, despite her massive success, has always been underrated. And you can see her influence in so many others. Is there something about her I never heard that puts so many off?

CurtAdams,
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@shoq The sound is too loud at her concerts, maybe? I lost some cochleal hairs when I saw her. But yeah, Pink is a great songwriter, great performer, openhearted, and a good person as far as I can tell. I would really wonder about anybody who would hate her.

ai6yr, to climate

Bloomberg: Southeast Asia heatwave: Thailand’s heat index tops 52 degrees as Philippines risks ‘overloaded’ power systems https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3260883/southeast-heatwave-thailands-heat-index-tops-52-degrees-philippines-risks-overloaded-power-systems

CurtAdams,
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@ai6yr I was in Death Valley once and a ranger there said when the temp goes above 120F (about 50C) you feel an instinctive panic. Your body KNOWS it's not supposed to be in that. And Death Valley is a lot drier than Thailand.

CurtAdams,
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@Moonrise2473 @lgsp Too bad about the timing. If this had started right after an election the improvements would be done, and they could have locked in the fines by dropping other city taxes and making the city's budget depend on the fines.

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A common sense approach, in my opinion.

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests | ACLU
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/open-letter-to-college-and-university-presidents-on-student-protests

CurtAdams,
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@GreenFire @TonyStark @MJ The protesters didn't have the power to close the campus. The administrators are the ones who closed it. Blame the perpetrators of the closure, not the victims.

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@TonyStark @GreenFire @MJ False analogy. A sit-in is not unsafe.

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