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glightly

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Disabled Masters student @ UC Davis.
Speaker on Accessibility in Higher Ed/Cycling/Plant Science.
Speaker on carob.

#Accessibility #Botany #Cycling #SciComm #NoBot #NoBridge

Most of my posts are not asking for advice so please don't offer it unsolicited. When I'm asking for advice, I usually ask quite explicitly.

Banner = 2 UC Access Now buttons, with a seal that's a parody of the University of California's. It says "Let There Be Access > ADA" Profile = HG Peters drawing of Wonder Woman

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ascentale, to random
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Q2. Do you have any cycling jokes? Let's hear them.

glightly,
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@ascentale Don't forget the hashtag, folks! @bikenite

glightly, to random
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Wow. The moderator is a wheelchair user. I've never seen that outside of explicitly disabled spaces before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCW0xzHmK6M

glightly, to accessibility
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Another example of how hearing folks can assume that something's hearable when it's not... I can actually make out a largely unmic'd audience member in this video of a con panel, but YouTube auto-captions cannot.

I'm a native English speaker. It's quite possible someone hearing who is an English learner also would not be able to make it out.

Plan your media accessibly: Mic all speakers or have those with mics repeat the question. Plan real human-made captions.

glightly, to random
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Today at Trader Joe's, they had a partly-covered shelf talker with Prop 65 fine print saying their cocoa had cadmium in it.

I cannot imagine how many people are so used to ignoring Prop 65 warnings that they just go ahead and buy.

I'm surprised a more serious overhaul of the product line and reassurances hasn't happened in the months since this hit the press. https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/a-third-of-chocolate-products-are-high-in-heavy-metals-a4844566398/

glightly,
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@LinuxAndYarn I read the story when it first came out, but I'm just amazed how casually that sign was put up while TJs just kept the product on the shelves.

glightly, to random
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https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/missing-california-woman-hiking-carmel-19308856.php

ai6yr, to food

Seattle Times: Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/higher-temperatures-mean-higher-food-and-other-prices-a-new-study-links-climate-shocks-to-inflation/

glightly,
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@ai6yr I think the main reason for high prices in the US right now is greedflation.

But it was highly foreseeable that climate would affect food supply and what could grow where successfully and with what yield. It's one of the reasons I wanted to become a plant breeder -but UC Davis thought it was more important that only abled people be able to get that level of training.

Whether it's food crops or seed crops, they need to be trying more cultivars in more places with more methods.

glightly,
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@ai6yr They have underfunded germplasm conservation for decades now and they're going to be feeling the bite of that poor decision.

So much emphasis on molecular breeding as the magic bullet. It's a great tool, but it can't and shouldn't be everything we do to ensure food security.

The paper the report is on is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01173-x

ai6yr, to Insurance

State Farm Insurance: "Update on California"

" Non-renew approximately 30,000 homeowners, rental dwelling, and other property insurance policies (residential community association and business owners)
Withdraw from offering commercial apartment policies with the non-renewal of all of those approximately 42,000 policies"

https://newsroom.statefarm.com/update-on-california/

glightly,
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@ai6yr What a racket. Lobby for policies that warm the planet. Pull out of market and leave taxpayers and customers on the hook for the climate catastrophe your voting & lobbying supported...

glightly,
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@ai6yr This is why I'm against gov'ts trying to sweeten things for corporations when they threaten to pull out - they're going to pull out anyway the moment they can make more profit somewhere else.

Any business that doesn't believe in economic and social justice, any business that would rather trash the planet....good riddance. Support better businesses.

glightly, to random
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@ai6yr Is there a site where we can see very recent satellite photos (like this week) for free?

glightly,
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@ai6yr I just want to check the status of the wildflower bloom before driving a long way to see them.

ai6yr, to random

The most useful invention I've ever run across... Corsi-Rosenthal box.

I have used this so far for:

  1. Wildfire smoke
  2. COVID-19
  3. Bacon smoke (on Saturdays, LOL)
  4. General improvement of AQI
  5. Pet related allergies (hay and dander)
  6. Ragweed/pollen heavy days
  7. Dust from Santa Ana winds
  8. Dust from construction/remodeling
  9. Paint fumes (only partially useful, doesn't absorb gases, but helps somewhat) -- plus it sucks all the dust from the air, so it doesn't stick to your paint

(probably other uses, too...)

How to build one:
https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science-action-how-build-corsi-rosenthal-box

glightly,
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@ai6yr Endless irony in this being hosted on UC Davis' site and part-invented by a UC Davis prof/admin...given how UC Davis has handled this ongoing pandemic.

glightly, to random
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@ai6yr This seems weird, perhaps because they're framing it that way, but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BBzqgVjdo

glightly,
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@ai6yr Follow-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gMlSJiexEc

ai6yr, to random

And now you know why my parents (immigrants to the US who have been here since the 60's) started carrying their US Passports when traveling around the US around 2016.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-texas-plan-to-arrest-migrants-for-illegal-entry-would-work

glightly,
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@ai6yr Yeah. I think people who aren't marginalized think "Well, all you gotta do is have your ID" and think it's no big deal if rights are violated in this way. They should care, but even if they don't, they don't realize how this is just a step to fucking with the rights of anyone hegemons dislike or want to target.

Look at the BS about saying Obama was born in Kenya. They'll just pick anyone they want and claim their papers are forged or whatever.

glightly,
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@ai6yr People are in such denial about this. The training is strong. Before these guys started doing shit like that even when they knew cameras were on them, I was trained like most white folks to think "Well, he must have done something to deserve it, something that happened before video started rolling."

I'm ashamed I fell for that training, but that training starts fucking early.

ai6yr, to Energy

More than you ever want to know about exterior shading of windows for energy efficiency. https://basc.pnnl.gov/resource-guides/shading-and-solar-control-windows-and-skylights#edit-group-description

glightly,
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@ai6yr To me I can see how things changed when air conditioning became more affordable...Houses in So Cal used to come with fabric or aluminum hood awnings. Then they fell out of fashion and I'm willing to bet it's because AC became more affordable.

Just like SoCal landscaping choices changed with the rise of big irrigation projects bringing water in from elsewhere.

glightly,
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@ai6yr Good lord. Sounds like bullshit being said about AI right now.

glightly,
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@ai6yr This is why it's good that "pioneer users" are usually rich people. They can take the hit when a technology doesn't catch on and gets discontinued.

glightly, to cycling
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Got a cargo quad ride in. Saw a shitload of ADA & CVC violations on this ride, some of it done by state and federal instittuions.

July 26 this year will mark 34 years since ADA was signed into law.

glightly, to blackmastodon
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/josephine-wright-hilton-head-land-lawsuit-settled @blackmastodon

glightly, to random
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I really feel like we're losing progress on transition to greener alternatives because so many of the voices (and therefore lived experiences) of this space in the US are abled, white, male, middle class,and living in cities with better public transit.

It's not that they never have good points or are unable to persuade folks - it's that they make assumptions based on their own experiences that really do not hold for a lot of other people. And they won't hand the mic over to find out what would.

glightly,
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I'm not in the least arguing for things to remain unsustainable.

I'm saying that if you do not have the lived experience to know what the barriers are and what would constitute equitable transition plans for areas outside your experience, you will create a slightly different sort of oppression. And you'll make enemies rather than comrades in all fighting for a just sustainability transition.

Do as much passing the mic and listening to marginalized sustainability advocates as you do b'casting.

glightly, to random
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More on how "just fill out the form proving you're disabled, it's no big deal" is a big deal, esp when you have to do it many times per year for different agencies:

Rec'd jury summons late Thurs. Called Dr. and talked to a person Friday late morning. They relayed it to coordinators who were supposed to rely it to the doctor (who I know is on board with me re my physical ability to serve on a jury). Was told I'd get form through my email.

No email as of mid-morning Monday, so I message thru

glightly,
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I used to "be polite" and just assume it was being taken care of. I would not "hound" them. But now I realize they need to be contacted every day until I get the item. Because things just get lost in this byzantine system that filters wealth up to the top and overworks everyone else.

I'm lobbying for the doctor to just write a note for permanent excuse because (a) I've become more disabled with each year...this isn't getting better and (b) writing a permanent note doesn't waste all our time.

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