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evannakita

@evannakita@mastodon.online

Screenwriter, aspiring artist, part-time supervillain. I write about giants and supernatural powers, and I draw maps of both real and imaginary trains!

Map commissions: open
Writing commissions: closed

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Iragersh, to random
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Got invited to this Riverkeeper meeting in Ossining. Planning to take the Hudson line and then either walk or bike the Old Croton Aqueduct from a little out from the Ossining station. says the path surface is dirt. The meeting is April 25 so it could be muddy.. is totally useless. If a car can't drive it, they don't fucking care and the path may as well not exist. With OpenStreetMaps I can make a notation as to condition.

evannakita,
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@Iragersh Oooo, that’s a lovely walk! The segment in downtown Ossining is paved, but I’m not sure how far that extends; I haven’t ever continued further north after crossing the Double Arch Bridge. But I’ve walked that bridge in the rain before and it wasn’t a problem!

Speaking of the bridge, I’d also very much encourage walking the short trail along the brook that passes underneath! I believe it only goes between Broadway and Central, but it’s quite cool.

evannakita,
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@Iragersh Oh that is funny, yeah! And huh, I’ve walked past there a number of times and I didn’t know the Riverkeepers were there; that’s really cool!

Also, I assume that as a Riverkeeper you’ve ridden the Haverstraw ferry? If not, I’d very much recommend it; it’s got absolutely beautiful views. (And Mack the ferryman is really nice!)

evannakita,
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@Iragersh @capntransit I haven’t walked even close to the whole thing, but it’s definitely paved in downtown Ossining, and it definitely isn’t between Dobbs Ferry and Irvington, where I did have some issues with mud.

helenczerski, to climate
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I have just discovered that those odd waste/recycling bins that are all over the oldest bits of Bergen, Norway, link to an UNDERGROUND PNEUMATIC WASTE TRANSPORT SYSTEM. The waste collects for a bit and then WHOOSH... it's off to the recycling centre. All underground. No bin lorries (garbage trucks), fewer road vehicles, less noise... amazing. @davidho says that my (considerable) excitement about this is entirely unreasonable. I disagree.
https://www.envacgroup.com/how-it-works/the-envac-system/

#climate #waste #Norway

evannakita,
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@helenczerski @davidho NYC has one of these systems on Roosevelt Island! It’s extremely cool :D

gregeganSF, to random
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“No planet in our solar system experiences a total solar eclipse by one of its moons, where the moon completely covers the sun from an observer's perspective on the planet's surface.”

That will disappoint a lot of people in April.

This whole answer is amusingly addled. I doubt many humans would construe this question to mean “Can a planet’s moon ever block out the sun completely across the entire planet?”

FWIW, at the top of Jupiter‘s atmosphere Ganymede looks about two-and-a-half times bigger than the sun.

evannakita,
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@gregeganSF If you’re interested, here are a few mock-ups I made a little while back of eclipses on Jupiter!

https://mastodon.online/@evannakita/111886798921681310

virtualbri, (edited ) to random
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Manchin and Sinema are two big reasons why we couldn't have nice things. Good riddance to both.

evannakita,
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@virtualbri Wait, I thought Manchin said he was quitting?

metaning, to random
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The Long Death began about, it must have been around 2035. It’s funny in a grim way, we avoided the worst of climate change, by virtue of there being too few of us to outpace the planet’s carbon cycle. Too few of us…

It started everywhere, over about 5 years. The syndrome was like rapid ALS combined with mild Ebola, and was 100% fatal.

It was . It was the long-term effect of Covid, and it claimed every single person who was still alive 20 years after their infection.

evannakita,
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@metaning It’s a scary idea, but the number 100% basically never shows up in immunology—especially when considering a virus like this one that’s constantly mutating. Even people’s short-term symptoms can be wildly different from each other (I never lost my taste or smell, for instance), and long Covid manifests in an even wider variety of ways. The more likely outcome of the pandemic is that we’re never able to fully list all the ways the disease did permanent damage to people.

evannakita,
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@metaning Hmm, I see! It’s pretty clear at this point that long Covid has a significant autoimmune component, so severely delayed effects definitely aren’t out of the question, but I’m curious what the implications are for people who are already immunocompromised due to Covid. This isn’t my area of expertise, and so I’m curious whether there’s a precedent for delayed effects like that in folks already dealing with similar effects in the shorter term.

evannakita,
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@metaning Oh absolutely—but the crux of my response was that the one thing we can be confident about is that the long-term effects of COVID are going to be wildly diverse between different people.

(And I’ll admit, the motivation behind my response was “hell no, I didn’t survive two infections and an ongoing battle with long Covid just to find out it was completely hopeless from the start” :P)

evannakita, to random
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I’ve been having a really interesting conversation about with @kitwinter, and I’m wondering about something. For anyone seeing this who regularly rides transit, would you say that you trust it to be safe and pleasant? If so, why? If not, what issue(s) do you have with it?

I’m really curious how answers vary by city/region and by mode of transit—and I’m also curious to hear whether folks are riding transit by choice or simply because it’s the only viable option!

evannakita,
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@scunneen @kitwinter Completely fair, yeah. There’s a good chance I’m also immunocompromised (thanks to long Covid), and I almost never see masked people on the subway. Transit is still safer for me than my workplace, but that’s not saying much since I work at a major tourist attraction. I have a heavy-duty mask, so I’ve luckily been okay so far, but with the current surge I’m considering getting a wearable air filter.

evannakita,
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@scunneen @kitwinter Makes sense, yeah :/

I recently got an ENVO N95, and I have mostly positive feelings on it so far. The moisture buildup isn’t too much of an issue because the frame keeps it away from my skin. It’s challenging to fit the seal around my glasses, though, and so it sometimes comes a bit loose.

shoq, (edited ) to random
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If you need to be “sold” on Biden vs Trump at this time, it just means you’re extremely uniformed about what he’s been able to do in his one term amid the most egregious political malfeasance and obstructionism in US history, (with a Republican Congress and a cockblocked Senate. So read up on reality a bit, and we’ll talk.

You can find hundreds of lists like this. This one uses small words.

https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-Grosky-Biden-s-Record-and-Accomplishments-52422040

Source: @rogersherman
https://mastodon.social/@rogersherman@hachyderm.io/111688578293103516

evannakita,
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@shoq @rogersherman
Biden really has been remarkable, and I’m gonna be happier about voting to re-elect him than I was about voting to elect him in 2020.

But I do have to admit that Democrats aren’t doing a great job of selling him as a candidate—‘cause a lot of people are uninformed about how much he’s accomplished, and it’s Democrats’ job to fix that. Though that being said, part of it is just that he hasn’t really started campaigning yet while Trump has.

parismarx, (edited ) to tech
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As Hyperloop One shuts down, we need to remember that the Hyperloop was never meant to be built.

Elon Musk’s goal was never to transform transportation for the masses, but to stop or delay high-speed rail from reaching North America. Sadly, he succeeded — and we all lost as a result. While the rest of the world moved forward, the US remains stuck in the past.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-hyperloop-was-always-a-scam

evannakita,
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@parismarx This is a good breakdown! I do think this may give Musk too much credit, though. There was already organized opposition to California’s HSR project, and their stance of “just don’t build it” proved distressingly popular even without an enticing alternative. The people who’ve delayed the project aren’t the ones pursuing a fantastical vision for the future—rather, they’re the ones who think the status quo is actually just fine.

Mrfunkedude, (edited ) to random
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Which tab did you read this toot from?

evannakita,
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@Mrfunkedude It was in the “explore” tab for me!

parismarx, (edited ) to random
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💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS! 💥

2023 is winding down, so it’s time to choose the WORST PERSON IN TECH!

🗳️ ROUND 1 VOTING OPEN NOW: https://forms.gle/xqcDPSXB98gA4udn9

evannakita,
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@parismarx The hardest one for me was Nadella vs. Altman. I ended up going with Nadella, because he knows exactly what he’s doing and is completely cool with it. Altman may be the louder one, but at his core he’s just a regular ignorant jerk who happened to be at the center of something big, and the situation is very much not under his control.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to Women
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COVID: Women 50% more likely to get long coronavirus than men, major WA study reveals. By John Flint

@auscovid19

Source: https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/covid-women-50-per-cent-more-likely-to-get-long-coronavirus-than-men-major-wa-study-reveals-c-12837954

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evannakita,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 One thing that’s important to keep in mind is that and whether or not you “have it” doesn’t tell you anything about its severity. I know someone who temporarily lost his sense of smell and had mild fatigue, and I know someone who was incapacitated for years.

Really, long Covid isn’t a single condition. It’s the collective lasting damage a Covid infection has done to your health. It’s just a question of how significant that damage is.

evannakita,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 For anyone curious, I didn’t have any noticeable lasting effects from my first infection (pre-vaccine), but my second infection (at four vaccine doses) did a number on me. I was 25 and in good physical health, and a year later I’m still recovering.

From what I‘ve read, the lasting damage is likely to be more severe if you’ve had prior Covid infections, so that’s likely what happened in my case. I really don’t want to risk a third infection.

flexghost, to random
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Round in the chamber

Safety off

Time for your MRI appointment

…Let’s play guess the state. GO!

evannakita,
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@flexghost I’m gonna guess South Carolina!

evannakita, to animals
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Happy from Ariel and Rumia, who are settling very nicely into their new home!

tommyyum, to random
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I heartily agree.

evannakita,
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@boxofsnoo @tommyyum I’m personally partial to “waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex!”

rabbijill, to random
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I’ve been on social media since 2008. This is the 1st time I’ve ever made my profiles private - here on mastodon & threads. The precious virtual jewish community I founded & lead has mostly grown from connections made on social media. So you can imagine how difficult this decision is. The antisemitism has really affected me. The hatred of my people & Israel (the one real safe place for Jews) floors me. I can’t wait to get back to posting flowers & photos of our dog. But that time is not now. Not when the bombs are still flying against my people hourly & the hostages are not home. And the hateful comments continue.

evannakita,
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@rabbijill I am so sorry you’re having to deal with this—and I just want to check in to make sure you intended this post to be public, because this showed up in my “explore” tab, even though I don’t follow you. If your profile is supposed to be private right now, I might suggest taking another look at the settings.

subMedia, to random
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https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/30/what-a-third-world-war-would-mean-for-investors

Satire is dead and The Economist killed it.

evannakita,
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@subMedia The headline is badly worded but this is not a pro-war article!

evannakita, to climate
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Hey, you! Do you live in the US and commute by car? Do you want to switch to commuting by but not know how to navigate your local transit network?

Drop a reply here with your city/town, and I’ll pull together all the useful information I can find about your transit options! I can even help you with your specific commute, depending on how much detail you’re comfortable sharing.

Fighting means getting people out of cars, and this is what I can do to help with that!

evannakita, to random
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I left New York City less than an hour before sunrise and arrived in this town half an hour ago. The train tracks I traveled along to get here are next to the nearest building that isn’t white. If you’re up for the challenge, tell me: where in the world is Carmen Sandiego ?

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