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Gurre

@Gurre@mastodon.nu

One of the founders of the Yimby movement in Stockholm, Scandinavia, and the world!
Views expressed here are personal ones.

Day job: Database Engineer, primarily using PostgreSQL

#yimby #housing #science #urbanism #transportation #UrbSth #08bygg #WilliamsSyndrome

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davidsirota, to random
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🚨NEWS: The company that chartered the ship that destroyed the Key Bridge was just sanctioned by regulators for silencing whistleblowers raising safety concerns.

Maersk’s policy violated the law, according to federal documents reviewed by The Lever. https://www.levernews.com/feds-recently-hit-cargo-giant-in-baltimore-disaster-for-silencing-whistleblowers/

Gurre,
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@cswalker21 @davidsirota
Plus a fine of about the cost of 100 new bridges. That seems reasonable imo.

Gurre, to random Swedish
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Just searched for Found only two old toots, that had to do with diagnostics.

I guess there's no Mastodon community for people with Williams, or their family members, yet.
So, In the spirit of creating community:

Hi! I'm a dad of a girl with Williams Syndrome. Anyone with a family member who has it, of if you have it yourself, you are most welcome to toot at any time!

Gurre, (edited ) to random Swedish
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This is the main motorway from Gothenburg to Oslo. Happened overnight. (before 2023-09-22 02:00)
EDIT: rescue services commander is saying 4 cars & a bus drove into it.
And "half the Burger King" is part of the landslide.
Rescue efforts underway. Those cars & bus have been searched. 3 ppl sent to hospital. Seemingly no deaths, thankfully.

First person to call 112 was standing in the way to stop ppl driving into it, says same commander.

https://www.gp.se/nyheter/storg%C3%B6teborg/slukh%C3%A5l-p%C3%A5-e6-v%C3%A4gen-helt-avst%C3%A4ngd-1.110594514

futurebird, to random
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Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on leafhoppers

Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.

Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps.

Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.

They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.

Gurre,
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@futurebird
The largest pterosaurs having wingspan of 10-12 meters is impressive. But a wasp smaller than an amoeba? That is even more impressive!

evanpeterjones, to climate
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genuinely terrified of what this summer is going to be like.

Gurre,
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@bytebro @evanpeterjones
A modern classic. From now on, this is life.

Gurre, to linguistics Swedish
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In Swedish we call the Leapday "skottdagen". Literally the shot-day, as in a day is injected into the calendar today.
Could also be interpreted as the Scot-day. The Scots are to blame.

#Swedish #linguistics #etymology #leapday

Gurre, to random Swedish
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Älg på tunnelbanan.

Älg
på
tunnelbanan

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/4oAnka/alg-orsakar-tunnelbanestopp

noelreports, to random
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Footage of a Ukrainian Lyutyy kamikaze drone, hitting a Russian oil refinery. This is the attack on the Ryazan oil refinery on March 13.

video/mp4

Gurre,
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@noelreports
I'm gonna get Bingo soon!

Gurre, to random Swedish
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7726 är nytt nummer att minnas: hit ska man vidarebefordra bluff-SMS. Detta så att teleoperatörerna får koll på dessa SMS och ökar deras möjlighet att agera mot dem.

https://www.telia.se/privat/aktuellt/2023/Oktober/rapportera-sms-bedragerier-via-7726

hanse_mina, to Ukraine
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Video of Russian Su-25 attack aircraft operating close to Chasiv Yar. A clear sign of a lack of Ukrainian air defense ammunition.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1781071897419014195.html

video/mp4

Gurre,
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@VikingChieftain @hanse_mina
True. They say it is to maintain our own defenses, but what is Ukraine doing if not being our first line of defense right now?

Ramp up production, yes, but keep sending from our existing supplies until new production is at the needed level.
If our stocks are already depleted, how the F were we ever gonna win a defensive war ourselves anyway?

msquebanh, to chinese
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How a thriving was built despite & .

For the community of & it's a thriving community built in spite of racism, hardship & government policy.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7204696

Gurre,
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@justafrog @OrionKidder @msquebanh @CStamp
Same is true for Indian food, Thai food, and even pizza really.
Plus that the menus can seem as coordinated as McDonald's.
I'd say there's been diversity added here in Stockholm in the last 20 years as we've grown more diverse ethnically.

Best Chinese food in town imo used to be at my local food court, just pick a random one from the menu that was actually in Chinese.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Did you know?

The German word for “areola” translates as “front courtyard of the breast wart”.

Gurre,
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@thomasfuchs
Overly formal, the Germans are.

Wartyard: simple, direct and unpoetic. Swedish.

Gurre, to random Swedish
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Köra på gående på övergångsställe kostar 4000 kr. Ingen påverkan på att fortsätta jobba som yrkesförare såklart. Ingen påverkan på körkortet.

https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/korde-pa-man-i-rullstol-pa-overgangsstalle--doms-6.19.176693.f39663d3d7

Gurre, to random Swedish
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Gomorron resenärer!

Gurre, to random Swedish
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Gomorron pendlare!

Gurre, to random Swedish
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1 like = 1 change I'd make if made planetary governor.

yeah, not a new thread idea, but let's do it again :)

Gurre, to random Swedish
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Vad för bottar skulle ni vilja se på Mastodon?
Jag har inte koll alls på hur man sätter upp en eller hur man skulle få den att märka de saker jag vill kunna följa vi en bott.
Men idéer, det har jag flera :)

Gurre, to random Swedish
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The Gaza Strip is less than 2/3 the size of the City of Chiacgo.
It has about 89% the population of Chicago.

What should be going on there is debate on which metro lines to build next. Not where to hide from a war forced upon them by corrupt fascists (on both sides. oh, and are fascists ever not corrupt?).

Gurre,
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@Alon
Outer tracks for the local service, inner for express.
And inner built to facilitate connections onwards is both directions, for both passenger & cargo.

Once again I find myself sketching in all the infrastructure we could be having instead of endless conflicts & war.

Gurre,
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@Alon
Yeah, I'm thinking freight would be of interest only when there's connections to both Egypt and Israel and on to Turkey etc.

msquebanh, (edited ) to climate
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Good morning.

I created some new photo art this morning. 2 new pieces; 1 b/w piece here.

They're visual contrasts between devastating logging #clearcuts & world famous #OldGrowth tree, Big Lonely Doug. These creations are sparked by my lifelong love of ancient #forests & the need to keep protecting them, against government lies & #ecocide industry greed.

#StopDeforestation #SaveOldGrowth #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #environmental #ClimateCrisis #PNW #TreesOverGreed #StopClearcuts #Nature #Trees

Gurre,
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@msquebanh
Saw that, thought of this banger:
https://youtu.be/_KsEJF6A0Cc?si=Ycieo10Dex53hAJh

msquebanh, to Canada
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This led for 21 yrs.

’s “cheerleading” for ’s regime got a tremendous boost during his tour of landmarks of the “miracle,” as Teigrob recounts in riveting detail. The photographs tell a very chilling story as well, especially one that shows King sitting proudly in Hitler’s seat at the All-German Sports Competitions while surrounded by Nazi bigwigs in full swastika-studded regalia.

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/books/four-days-in-hitler-s-germany

Gurre,
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@msquebanh

That's what he saw in Hitler? That?
"He was nice & polite to me" as a visiting head of government. Politeness once again being enough cover to hide blatant vociferous racism & misogyny & hunger for power.
Insane.

msquebanh, to Bloomscrolling
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#ForgetMeNots & #Petunias in full bloom 🥰

#bloomscrolling #WhatsInMyGarden #PollinatorGarden #Zone8 #PacificNorthwest #nature #floral #Spring #BCblooms #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #VictoriaBC #florespondence #flowers #PNW #botanical #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #perennials #Gardening #plants

Gurre,
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@msquebanh @deepmud
Iirc there's been a few cases here in the Nordics of people who grew up in Thailand (iirc) eating really poisonous mushrooms because they look like nice edible ones there.
I know enough to know that I can identify only one edible and one poisonous kind. One each. Out of the gods know how many are out there.

futurebird, to random
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My dinosaur nerd uncle: What's your favorite dinosaur?
My dad knowing exactly what he is doing: Dimetrodon.
Uncle: 😒 that's not even a dinosaur. Anyway... OK what about you?
Me (not helping): Titanomyrma

Gurre,
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@futurebird @andrewfeeney if both sharks and salmon are fish, the it follows cladistically that medieval Europeans were right: beavers are fish.

msquebanh, (edited ) to Bloomscrolling
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2 different #bees & 1 wasp - on this raspberry red #flowering #sedum patch. Huge #pollinators attractant.

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #Saanich #VictoriaBC #plants #poppy #Zone8 #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #PlantIdentification #BCblooms #RainyDayBeauty #nature #perennials #FlowersIdentification #photography #DisabledPhotographers #WorldInMyEyes #YYJphotographers #Pink #BusyBees #wasp

Gurre,
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@msquebanh
I only see one?
Doh. Counting bumblebees as bees!
Not intuitive to me. Swedish might be pretty darn close to English (in a global view), but our word for bumblebees is entirely separate from bees. Humla & bi. So I guess that carries over for me.

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