SallyStrange

lhgmk2, 1 day ago to random

Well the tapwater has to be boiled, and the milk is full of flu, this will be a good year for tea with lemon.

Anyone ruins the lemons, we open fire.

SallyStrange, 1 day ago to random

Ways in which liberals who claim to care about the outcome of the 2024 presidential election can help Trump win: post shit like this. Blame voters for getting upset about being asked to vote for genocide.

https://universeodon.com/@spaceghoti/112456930150848088

#USpol

SallyStrange, 2 days ago to random

The problem with reading a lot is then you learn a lot, and then you want to tell other people about the things you've learned, and then they resent you for being a "know-it-all" (no I just know some of the things)

SallyStrange, 2 days ago to random

seems unfair that trash cans are expensive

they should be free and, like, made of trash

SallyStrange, 3 days ago to random

A bot that toots "AI can help______"

mitch, 3 days ago to random

did you know: you can actually train eidactic memory.

SallyStrange, 3 days ago to Economics

"The literature on degrowth routinely argues (appropriately so) that the global north rather than the global south must be the target for change, but it may well be that the vanguard for degrowth resides, paradoxically, in the global south. It may be that subconscious bias causes us to believe that the global south must catch up with the economic production of the wealthiest states, rather than encouraging us to imagine that the wealthy states need to catch up to the level of consciousness displayed by the most radical societies in the global south."

By Phil Wilson

#DeGrowth #DeGrowthCommunism #Economics #EcologicalEconomics #capitalism #ClimateCrisis

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-07/is-degrowth-an-academic-field-or-a-mass-movement-taking-degrowth-to-the-people/

18+ Neko0001, 3 days ago to fediverse French

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fkamiah17, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to UKpolitics

WHAT.

"Instead, what happened here saw 75 of their classmates die of AIDS or hepatitis. Only 58 pupils survived."

#UKPolitics

https://news.sky.com/story/infected-blood-scandal-experimented-on-and-exploited-the-treloars-school-pupils-who-lost-everything-13135582?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter

SallyStrange, 3 days ago to Economics

(Some) ignorant leftbros: "Class first! No idpol!"

Scholars of right wing politics/economics: "All these right-wing thinkers are much more comfortable thinking about the blurred lines between sexual and economic politics than many thinkers on the left. And they understand that Keynesianism rests on a certain kind of sexual contract. Any challenge to this order—whether it be an escalation of wage or benefit claims, or the flight from sexual normativity, or unmarried women claiming welfare benefits—disrupts the fiscal and monetary calculus on which Keynesianism rests."

Above remark from "The Extravagances of Neoliberalism", an interview of Melinda Cooper (author of "Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance") by Benjamin Kunkel, in The Baffler.

Archived, no paywall link: https://archive.is/pLYsA#selection-929.1-929.479

Original link: https://thebaffler.com/latest/extravagances-of-neoliberalism-kunkel

#Economics #Neoliberal #neoliberalism #books @bookstodon

compost, 3 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to gardening

How is your local weather affecting your #gardening season for this year?

Tell us in the comments how it affects you.

yassie_j, 3 days ago to random

I found it kind of weird that the advert for Chat GPT 4o sounds eerily similar to Scarlet Johansson.

It’s kind of like the film “Her” (2015).

… Oh. Don’t tell me this means that Sam Altman watched “Her” and absolutely got the wrong idea. :blobfoxfacepalm:

drcaberry, 4 days ago to random

My first ever book sales table is all set up. Praying to the book sells Gods show favor on me today. First book sold!

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SallyStrange, 4 days ago to random

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

SallyStrange, 4 days ago to climate

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.

#ClimateChange #Construction #Roofing #Climate #ClimateCrisis #GreenRoofs #BlueRoofs

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

SallyStrange, 4 days ago to random

What is it about a nation-state that makes it feminine?

A ship?

A car?

A motorcycle?

SallyStrange, 5 days ago to Palestine

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."

#Palestine #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #Gaza

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

SallyStrange, 5 days ago to random

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

#FreePalestine

https://www.thedailystar.com/

SallyStrange, 6 days ago to random

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, 6 days ago to random

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

Catlynn, 8 days ago to random

Having serious aurora FOMO right now 😵‍💫

Adam_Cadmon1, 10 days ago to random

Geez. The Crow (1994) is 30 years old.

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