ai6yr

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The account of AI6YR Ben, on his own server. Also at https://mastodon.radio/@ai6yr (ham radio). Yes, I'm the guy who found that hiker using only the selfie of his feet. If you want to support this server, https://patreon.com/ai6yr

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shekinahcancook, to sustainability
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These U.S. Cities Have More Parking Lots Than Housing - They paved paradise again and again and again.
by Frank Jacobs, Big Think May 17, 2024

"...On average, about one-fifth of all land in city centers is dedicated to parking. But what’s the actual harm being done by all that parking space? For one, city centers that are more “parkable” become less walkable. In other words, fewer things are casually accessible.

...Americans’ attitude toward driving is changing. The share of high school seniors with a driving license has dropped from 85.3% in 1996 to 71.5% in 2015. The rise of shared, multi-modal, and (soon, they keep promising us) autonomous mobility will further reduce the need for driver’s licenses, individual cars, and massive parking facilities in city centers.

Perhaps it’s time for American cities to become denser, more lived-in, more walkable—and less “parkable.”

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/parking-lots-in-cities-usa

shekinahcancook,
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@terryb @ai6yr

People seem to be having a hard time getting away from the idea of centralized power supplies in favor of networked dispersed power from local rooftops and such. I don't know why. You'd think people and towns would be tired of being fleeced by for-profit providers and unreliable out-of-town or out-of-state owners who defer maintenance until a crisis is reached...

terryb,
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@shekinahcancook @ai6yr It's something I find quite strange. In the UK domestic solar panels are VAT (tax) free and the surplus electricity can be fed back to the grid for useful money-you can even get them from Costco*. Yet there are still very few around. And public/commercial buildings have acres of space doing nothing that could be used to replace expensive electricity. Surely some of them could afford the upfront investment.
*Ours being installed in a couple of weeks 😀.

ai6yr, to random

Thanks, no thanks! (And my name's not Peter!) #Random

ai6yr,

ps. Cruise ships are an environmental disaster. https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-cruise-ships-are-bad-for-the-environment/ #climate #cruiseships #cruising #tourism

ai6yr,

Although, I find NO ONE I know who goes on cruises cares about the environmental impact. So instead, let's go with the more personal Cruise Ship Outbreak tracker! https://www.cdc.gov/vessel-sanitation/cruise-ship-outbreaks/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/GIlist.htm

"Norovirus On the High Seas"

TimWardCam,
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@ai6yr Bizarre though. If there was a list of known covid-free cruise companies I might book one of their cruises - without such a list all I can do is assume they're all infected and not buy.

AlliFlowers,
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@ai6yr Could be worse. I came home from my cruise last month with double pneumonia.

researchbuzz,
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@ai6yr soooo many reasons not to go on cruise ships

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/cruise-ship-sexual-assault-cases-on-the-rise-report-shows-18774566

kotarokashima,
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@ai6yr
Hello Peter

ai6yr, to tea

My preferred cheap black tea. Oddly, only found at local Indian markets, and produced here by Unilever Canada.

tehstu,
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@ai6yr Oh wow, that's a blast from the past. Haven't thought about Brooke Bond tea in years.

For anyone wanting to cringe, lookup their TV ads from the 80s with talking monkeys.

ai6yr,

@tehstu HAHA HAHAHAHAHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AeTZ4-wLXk

ai6yr, to Texas

KFF Health News: Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bird-flu-ground-zero-texas-dairy-farms-whodunit-h5n1/

me_valentijn,
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@ai6yr

"Had it been detected sooner, the outbreak might have been swiftly contained."

Lol. Detection did not lead to containment, at any date. Farms are still blocking testing of cows and employees if they feel like it, and most states aren't restricting the movement of potentially infected cows.

ai6yr,

Oh look, FITBIT FOR COWS

"An early indication that something had gone awry on farms in northwestern Texas came from devices hitched to collars on dairy cows. Turley describes them as “an advanced fitness tracker.” They collect a stream of data, such as a cow’s temperature, its milk quality, and the progress of its digestion — or, rather, rumination — within its four-chambered stomach."

kdnyhan,
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@ai6yr Industrial agriculture is fascinating.... But what really caught my attention was:

ai6yr, to random

Yale Climate Connections: What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic
The ocean heat could fuel an unusually active hurricane season. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-record-breaking-heat-in-the-atlantic/

ai6yr,

That means:

  1. Hurricane preparation (Florida folks know better than I what to do there)
    and

  2. Heatwave preparation (reference below)

https://web.archive.org/web/20240225182019/https://basc.pnnl.gov/resource-guides/creating-cool-room-extreme-heat-events#edit-group-description

zompus,
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@ai6yr How long before we get a wet bulb event in Miami

climatebrad, to random
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from Maximiliano Herrera:
BRUTAL HEAT ALL OVER AFRICA & ASIA-Records from the Sahel to Japan
48.8 Pakistan,48.0 India,47C in Saudi Arabia,Iran,Qatar etc
RECORD HOT MAY NIGHT at Jaisalmer INDIA MIN. 34.0

‼️INCREDIBLE MINIMUM TEMP. OF 37.4C/99.3F at Yelimane in MALI, 0.1C from African hottest night in spring

ai6yr, to climate

NY Times: A Giant Crater in Siberia Is Belching Up Russia’s Past (Gift Link) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/opinion/russia-oil-mining-permafrost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE0.eiir.8WHWzkLtYipS&smid=url-share

ai6yr,

Gednet,
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@ai6yr

Well, that's not something which has been known since the 1800s..... not.

So nice of them to regurgitate old news rather than fix the problem.

I remember the very day back in 1984 when my brother came straight from school and told me about it. AN 11 YEAR OLD TOLD ME. BACK IN 1984. WTF. HUMANS.

Sigh.

Copacetic_vibe, to random
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If it feels like it has been nonstop...👇

Copacetic_vibe, to Weather
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Severe thunderstorms are possible across a broad swath of the Great Plains this afternoon into tonight, with a few tornadoes and isolated very large hail. A concentration of severe winds -- some 75 mph or more -- is expected across a portion of the central Plains this evening into tonight.
Please stay weather aware. #WeatherAwareDay #weather #wx #SPC #SevereWeather

18+ ai6yr, to random

LOL what do you expect after 12 hours of only being able to drink water? 🤪 (pH of water = 7.0)

18+ mjausson,
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@ai6yr There is a Fire Department Chronicles video for every occasion. https://youtube.com/shorts/HWPnTLVPu2I

ai6yr, to Insurance

If you are a homeowner and are insured by State Farm, Ohio Mutual, Pure Insurance, Westfield, and maybe Nationwide, you can get a FREE device to monitor your electrical system for arcing (one of the causes of house fires). h/t @w8emv

https://www.tingfire.com

LorenAmelang,
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@andytiedye @ai6yr @w8emv My State Farm agent had barely heard of and was amazed to hear I have one. The app is fun, you can see long term Voltage graphs and "real time" emission levels. And every Monday you get an eMail summary with V graphs for each day of the previous week.

MiBaWi, to Texas
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#Temple, #Texas #tornado - shelter update

For residents displaced by the storm, a shelter is now open at the Wilson Recreation Center, located at 2205 Curtis B. Elliot Dr., Temple, TX 76501.

https://www.miatamil.com/world/Tornado-hits-Temple-Bell-County-area-9HaJAL0.html?share=vlapr&89454716

NorcalGma2, to Cats
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It's a surprise photo of Byron sent by one of the grandkids just to make me smile.
It worked.

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