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SallyStrange

@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe

Chronic illness, probably neurodivergent. White & anti-whiteness. #SolarPunk #Climate #DeGrowth #StrawBale #LivingMachine #Construction #Engineering #Crochet #GreenBuilding #SciFi #Anarchy
Liberals DNI. Just kidding, I love you liberals. Don't block me just because I'm right

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SallyStrange, to random
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so... are @hachyderm mods just deleting other people's posts rather than, you know, moderating?

SallyStrange,
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Like... I bet if you're a hachyderm user, you can't see this post unless you log out of your account: https://eldritch.cafe/@SallyStrange/112445209722431786

A little transparency would go a long way!

@hachyderm

SallyStrange, to climate
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A fun climate adaptation update from the world of roofing construction:

-blue roofs, which are designed to retain water. New to me. One must design roof deck to hold greater loads, of course, but this is going to be a requirement across the board regardless of whether one builds a blue roof or not, just because of increased storm severity. Anyway, the water retained on a blue roof can be directed inside to water plants or, I suppose, flush toilets. Or it can be released into the storm drain system, but slowly, thus reducing local flooding. Stored water can insulate and it can actively cool a building during hot weather as it evaporates.

-green roofs, you've probably heard about them, it's a roof with plants on top! Also requires increased load-bearing capacity. Can be challenging to maintain, especially during dry weather. But the advantages: insulation and cooling, reduction in flooding and in air pollution impacts. When paired with solar panels, they can increase the efficiency of electricity generation, since photovoltaic panels don't love operating in high heat.

-the simplest roofing climate intervention: changing the color of the roofing membrane or shingles from dark to light. A simple increase in albedo can decrease temperatures in the vicinity 1 - 2 C.

https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2024/05/roofs-on-front-lines-of-climate-change-adaption

SallyStrange, to random
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What is it about a nation-state that makes it feminine?

A ship?

A car?

A motorcycle?

SallyStrange, to Palestine
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Steven Donziger (the lawyer literally jailed by Chevron for the terrible crime of helping Indigenous peoples win court victories against them) has an update about the South African case against Israel in the ICJ:

"Among the chilling new facts: Israel has created "extermination zones" in Gaza where any human that moves can be killed, no questions asked; the country's army uses Artificial Intelligence to quickly put together extensive target lists, without actually verifying the person targeted is a combatant as required by international law; Israel has now "hermetically sealed" Gaza from the outside world with its invasion of Rafah, further crippling the entry of life-saving humanitarian aid needed to stave off mass famine; Israel is attacking and closing the last two hospitals in Rafah, essentially eradicating the last remnants of the territory's health care system; 600,000 children in Rafah, many alone and orphaned, have no place to flee; and Israeli snipers are actually killing children foraging for food."

https://stevendonziger.substack.com/p/the-genocide-case-against-israel

SallyStrange, to random
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Local paper has a poll about whether we support the student peace protests. Currently "no" is at 60%, help me goose it*

*Edit: unless you're in the EU I guess. See replies

https://www.thedailystar.com/

SallyStrange, to random
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A couple weeks ago I saw someone post about how much they hate the "silly scribbles" account, the one where someone adds silly line drawings to nature photographs, on the ground that it "defaces nature" or something along those lines. And ever since then I can't see a post by @eclectech without giggling a bit.

https://things.uk/@eclectech/112434947177013042

SallyStrange, to random
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Every avocado seed I toss in the compost is just one more chance to find a genetic avocado freak that loves cold weather

Catlynn, to random
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Having serious aurora FOMO right now 😵‍💫

SallyStrange,
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@Catlynn me too :(

SallyStrange, to random
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The hardest thing to learn in geology is how to think about deep time. Before studying geology, I never thought about how a billion was really a thousand millions, and what that really meant.

BlackenedGreen, to random
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Is there a legit way to restore old ragged CDs back into playability?

SallyStrange,
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@BlackenedGreen the one thing I have found that KINDA works is toothpaste. No, really, spreading it on the CD and then gently wiping it clean seems to work? It's been a while since I've worried about CD preservation tho

Faintdreams, to random
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Geography question:

Am I correct in understanding that Pebble beaches (as opposed to fine sand) only occur in colder climates not Caribbean type temperate zones?

I have a very shaky understanding of Earth Geology tbh..

SallyStrange,
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@Faintdreams My immediate reaction was "this is more geology than geography" because whether a beach is sand or pebble depends on the slope of the land as it meets the sea, which is itself a function of the geological history of the landmass in question, and especially of how long it has been adjacent to the water. So I did a little poking around. I'd be shocked if there were no pebble or cobblestone beaches in equatorial regions, but you are correct in saying that pebble beaches are more common in northern/southern climes. This is because of the previous ice age, which had both land and ocean locked up under glaciers until about twelve thousand years ago. So the coastlines of previously glaciated areas have had less time for erosion to work on the materials at water's edge. Basically, the older the landmass, the flatter it is likely to be. And the flatter the landmass, the more likely it is to have sand deposits along the coast, rather than pebble or cobblestone deposits.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/rosetta-stones/shingle-beaches-pebble-paradises/

SallyStrange,
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@Faintdreams I'm still learning about the geology of Jamaica but from what I understand it's a combination of those. 140+ million years ago*, there was no Jamaica because there was no ocean in between Europe/North America and Africa/South America. When that supercontinent started splitting apart, there was plenty of volcanic activity, and the rocks that formed from that are part of Jamaica, but part of it is also pieces of that old continent. So it is mountainous but also pretty old. And, a large part of the land there is made of limestone, which is highly erodible, so that may contribute to the preponderance of sand as well. Just speculating about that last part though.

*edited to correct myself: the supercontinent (Pangaea, which you may have heard of) existed 300 million years ago and its breakup lasted from 150 - 100 million years ago. I initially put that breakup at 50 million years ago, but I was getting the Pangaean breakup confused with the collision of the Caribbean plate with the north American plate which took place about 50 million years ago, and which really put Jamaica into something resembling its current form.

I love geology! Please continue with the questions if you have more.

https://sfmgeology.com/Mitchell-2022-OutOfManyOne-JamaicasGeology.pdf

SallyStrange, to politics
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Jonathan Chait is real mad that leftists aren't taking liberal shit anymore. I got the link from archive.is to avoid giving his BS any extra clicks. It's way longer than it needs to be. This paragraph caught my attention though because it's at least an attempt at clarifying what liberals see as leftism and why they're wrong (which is why they should shut the fuck up, because they have been proven so very fucking wrong, so often, and for so long):

I don’t want to bore you...

lol

by attempting the umpteenth definition of liberalism,

Funny how liberals hate defining liberalism

so I will lay out the distinction as briefly as possible. On economic questions, leftists have an overwhelming bias for state action over markets, while liberals are more selective.

This is incorrect. Leftists differ radically on how much state action over markets is needed. What unites leftists is the belief that we need democracy in economic realms as well as political ones. (I personally don't accept fully authoritarian MLs as leftists, one can debate that, but that's where I stand.) Liberals think it's just fine for us to have democratic politics but for most people to work for institutions that are run as dictatorships.

...On politics, liberals take very seriously notions of individual rights and universally applicable principles, while leftists tend to criticize political liberalism as a recipe for maintaining inequalities of power between the privileged and the oppressed.

Sort of true, but Chait tellingly leaves out the substance of the leftist critique, the reason why they think that political liberalism is a recipe for maintaining inequality, to wit: the lack of democracy in most people's workplaces. If economic power is concentrated while political power is distributed, then inevitably political power will become concentrated as well. Because money is power.

Anyway, Chait hates "Solidarity" the book and he also hates solidarity the concept. Of course he gets paid to represent left-of-center thought at major USA publications. Feel free to discuss your disgust for this type of guy further in replies.

https://archive.is/GBEBG#selection-1529.0-1533.83

Patricia, to random
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There is no war that can be fought with a trapped civilian population. That is not war. If you destroy all infrastructure, bomb the hospitals, ban all media, disrupt the food supply and corral the remaining population into a tiny area and then go after them. That is not war.

SallyStrange,
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@shac

SallyStrange, to random
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Had a weird day. Accidentally killed my car battery by listening to my audiobook (The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville). I called AAA. They took ~2.5 hours to respond because the one guy who operates in my area of remote small towns was sick so this guy drove from the next county over. And my phone was dying. He did get there eventually, and I passed the time by alternately walking, dozing off, reading a paper book (Whipping Girl, Julia Serrano), and observing this bunny.

Now I'm eating tamales and watching Discovery with Pixie. Spouse is working late.

SallyStrange,
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Oh yeah and I had a field trip this morning. Literally

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Geez. The Crow (1994) is 30 years old.

That'll do, Time. That'll do.

SallyStrange,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 they got Red Hot Chili Peppers mini-magazines in my supermarket aisle now. I am on my deathbed

SallyStrange,
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@msquebanh @Adam_Cadmon1 I've been meaning to take a picture

SallyStrange, to random
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First summer dress wearing day of 2024! :blob_smile_hearts:

Bobbins, to random
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Which of you buggers have a videogame related blog, channel or site I can link to from mine? Gimme those sweet, sweet URLs.

SallyStrange,
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@Bobbins Check out @majorlinux blog!

docpop, (edited ) to random
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Jay-Z's "My First Song" is in 3/4, right?

Jay's flow is in triplets, but when I try to count the beat I feel a 4/4 sometimes and a 3/4 others.

I don't know much about music theory and time signatures, so help me understand this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=colv2Wy2q7E

SallyStrange,
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@docpop I would characterize it as 6/8. Rather than 1-2-3, 1-2-3, it's 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-2-3-4-5-6. Speed it up a bit and it's an Irish jig meter. But in places, especially the chorus, he starts acting like it's 2/4 and the groups of 3 within the 6-beat measure are triplets within the 2/4. Like this:

1-2-3 | 4-5-6
1 | 2

If that makes sense?

It's called a hemiola when people superimpose rhythms like that (not to be confused with a hematoma which is when you have a blood bruise). African polyrhythms are famous for this

SallyStrange,
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@docpop Talking about this reminded me of this Nas song, "Heaven," which is also 6/8 and uses hemiola quite a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSv-rIKt1U

SallyStrange,
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@aidan @docpop rap is pretty solidly 4/4 most of the time. Makes it easier to rhyme over the beat I'm sure. Someone has probably done a rap song in 5/4 or 7/8 but I can't think of any off the top of my head

SallyStrange, to climate
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Can economic growth be decoupled from emissions? Yes, for sure, easily even.

Can economic growth be decoupled from environmental degradation in general? Absolutely not. The sheer throughput of materials through the economy, from extraction to waste disposal, must decrease. If we address GHG emissions in isolation from topsoil and biodiversity loss, we will fail to preserve the ecosystems on which we depend for life.

https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-think-about-the-prospects-of-truly-green-growth

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