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ordinoides

@ordinoides@kolektiva.social

My name comes from the binomial name for the Northwestern Garter Snake, Thamnophis ordinoides.
A little harmless noodle!

Living on occupied Kalapuya land. #NoBordersNoNations Anarchist at heart, surviving under state and corporate rule. Painfully earnest, trying not to be a reply guy. I post a lot about #solarcooking, also big fan of #BikeTooter and #vegan stuff

I like privacy! no face pics, real names, or pronouns for me

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ordinoides, to conservative
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Pics from my ramble today. I found a remarkable nature park close to home but feeling much further away. This forest is only 24 years old! it was planted in 2000 in a bold bit of ecological restoration on 60 acres of degraded land next to the old dump. You can get here by bike or foot but but not car so it was very quiet. In an hour I saw only 5 humans and 4 dogs.
I wish they had taken better care against invasive plants though, there was a lot of English ivy and Himalayan blackberry.
#ecology #rewilding #NativePlants #SalemOregon #WillametteValley #GoByBike

A picture of a gravel trail going into a young forest of cottonwood trees, early spring, just starting to leaf out. There is a trash can and "clean up after your dog" sign in the foreground.
A sign with pictures of people planting trees in an open field. It reads: "On April 15th 2000, hundreds of volunteers planted more than 45,000 trees and shrubs. A total of 60 acres was restored to native vegetation."

ordinoides,
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More pics from today:
Red flowering currant and Oregon grape flowers, a very good girl, and the steel grey waters of the Willamette.

Picture of the flowers of red-flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum. They are a loose cluster of magenta and white tube- shaped flowers hanging from a woody stalk.
Picture of the flowers of Oregon grape, Berberis aquifolium. They are small yellow and bell-shaped in a tight upright cluster.
Picture of the Willamette river at Eola Bend. Eola hills in background. Early spring so most vegetation is brown.

ordinoides, to cycling
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Made me laugh today- Eben Weiss at Outside Magazine on having too many bikes:

"This was the predicament in which I increasingly found myself. I found that I’d end up choosing one bike over another mostly out of guilt—if I hadn’t ridden a bike in a while I’d go with that one, figuring as long as I still rode it I could justify keeping it (the gluttony rationale). Furthermore, as my bicycles continued to multiply and I had near-duplicates of pretty much everything I’d concoct ever-more implausible scenarios. “Well sure, there’s a lot of overlap here, but if I ever get a vacation home I’ll just move all the duplicates there and I’ll be all set.” Right. And perhaps the Lord might send a great flood, and biddeth me build a great ark, and to lead all my bicycles upon it two by two."

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/bikes-and-biking/how-to-get-rid-of-bikes/
#BikeTooter #cycling

enobacon, to random
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so this thorny blackberry vine smacked me on the brim of my hat and I stopped to get out the pliers and pull on it, brought down the top of a snag it was hanging from. Took about 3 passes to clean it up after kicking and pushing the majority aside. film at 11 maybe

treefall across the bike lane, in the foreground

ordinoides,
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@enobacon
I really like the idea of bringing tools to cut down the blackberry vines dangling into bike lanes and sidewalks instead of just dodging and grumbling about it. Kudos!

goodthinking, to vegan
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How to make chickpea (garbanzo beans) flour, in 4 easy steps, so you can stop paying too much for someone else to mill it. The only barrier is having a very good blender.

Needed:
Basic bag of dried chickpeas
High-speed blender
Bowl
Sift
Spatula

Steps:
1, Blend the chickpeas at high speed
2, Sift into bowl
3, Blend whatever didn’t sift
4, Sift again

Congratulations:You now have chickpea flour, and all the possibilities it brings (shan tofu is my favorite)

#Vegan

sifting the ground chickpeas
finished flour

ordinoides,
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@goodthinking
I just used chickpea flour to make the best vegan french toast I've ever had! For the "egg" batter to coat the bread, I used about a cup of vanilla soy milk, a shake each of cinnamon, nutmeg and turmeric, pinch of salt, and about 3 tablespoons of chickpea flour.

ai6yr, (edited ) to cycling
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Random question of the day: I think I need a new helmet (the pads are all falling apart, and I have not been a huge fan of the chin strap), what are people's favorites? I'm not racing anywhere, just need a good reliable helmet for going around town. I'm pretty sure the ones we have are Target specials, LOL. I should have asked for . (Update: after determining I was using an unsafe, 2013-era helmet which was falling apart, ended up with a Bontrager WaveCel, which was the best rating in a mid-price at my local bike shop. They did have the Specialized Align II, which is very highly rated and only $50)

ordinoides,
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@ai6yr
It really depends on what you're looking for! I really wanted a helmet that didn't have the clickwheel thing in the back to adjust fit, because they always get caught in my hair. And I like skate helmets. So I ended up with the Triple 8 Dual Certified MIPS helmet.
This is a pretty good site for learning about helmets- it looks like it was made in 2001 and is free of payola and SEO garbage. https://helmets.org/
Edit: I didn't use that site to pick my helmet, I found it later. I probably wouldn't have chosen the MIPS version of my helmet if I had known more. Probably not worth the extra money, possibly causes extra problems.

ordinoides, to oregon
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Ever wonder why when you were a kid in Oregon, you learned about the Iroquois and Cherokee tribes of the Eastern USA but nothing about local Native Americans? Why you learned about the pioneers crossing the plains on the Oregon Trail, but nothing about what they did once they arrived?
...Or maybe you didn't even notice how much was left out until this very moment, reading my words?
Here is the missing piece.
"Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley" by David G. Lewis.
Fair warning, this book made me so upset that I cried. Not at the author, he's done an excellent job. At the astonishing cruelty, violence, and dishonesty shown to native people by (many) white settlers. At how little they asked for, and still didn't get. At how little is left of the ecosystems that sustained people and wildlife and were carefully maintained by native people. At how much astonishing wealth has accrued to those who stole from natives, even to the modern day.
Land acknowledgement statements are not enough! If you are a white person in Oregon, you need to read this.

#Oregon #WillametteValley #SalemOregon #Salem #Portland #PDX #PNW #books #historybooks #bookreview

ordinoides,
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@Beachhart
Agreed! Lewis is a fantastic writer. He really succeeded at making me feel connected to people who lived decades to hundreds of years ago, made them relatable. Which is why it's such a gut punch at all the bad things that happened to them.
I honestly felt sick after reading this, felt like the whole city of Salem (where I live) deserved to burn to the ground, didn't deserve to exist based on how it came to be.
Obviously not a real solution to anything, but still... At least get rid of the golden pioneer! What a slap in the face to Natives.

ordinoides,
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@0batty_bat0
Exactly, when I first wrote that, I said "if you live in Oregon, you need to read this" but then realized that non white people usually already know how racist the state's history is. It's the white majority that need to learn some stuff.

ordinoides,
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@cavyherd
Yes, but it's easy to fall into a thought pattern of "it was bad everywhere" and not engage with ongoing issues. What made me cry was seeing maps and descriptions of places I love, and knowing that the people who loved them first had it all taken away. It's more real when it's your own place.

ordinoides,
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@philbetts
I'll see if I can get a copy of that- I'm not Australian but I want to know more, even when it is painful.

ordinoides,
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@philbetts
I thought you were talking about the book I wrote my post about for a second there; because it's the same situation! The Kalapuya people cultivated and shaped the Willamette Valley to have an abundance of food and water, easy transportation, resources for making everything they needed, and also incredible beauty. All the same things the settlers made huge amounts of money from stealing and then building industrial agriculture, logging and then cities on. I think my original post might have come off like it's a litany of horrors when really it's just that you can't tell the story with honesty without including the injustice.

ordinoides,
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@AlgoCompSynth @glightly
One of the things I liked about this book a lot is the continuity between stories/figures everyone knows (like Jason Lee, Marcus Whitman, etc) and the later horrors like residential boarding schools and the tribal terminations. It ties it into one narrative, unlike school lessons.

ascentale, to random
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Hey #BikeNite it looks like I lost Q5 when loading up the queue for this week. Here is the missing question!

Q5. Do you have any favorite photos taken while on a ride or of your cycle from this year that you'd like to share?

(Thanks for the heads up @epu and any others who were looking!)

#BikeNite #BikeNiteQ

ordinoides,
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@ascentale @epu
These people brought these amazing bike spaceships to the Galactic Disco ride! Part of Pedalpalooza 2023, Portland, Oregon. It was such a fun ride. #bikenite

ordinoides, to fuckcars
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This shit show keeps getting shittier.
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2023/12/13/dea-agent-charged-death-salem-oregon-cyclist-federal-court/71912913007/
Rundown of events:

  1. A cyclist is hit and killed in full daylight by the driver of a black pickup, in Salem Oregon.
  2. It is revealed that the driver who killed the cyclist was an on-duty DEA agent embedded in the Salem police department, so the case is handed over to Keizer PD to investigate.
  3. Camera footage reveals the driver (DEA agent) was speeding on a residential street, ran a stop sign when he hit the cyclist, who had the right of way and was coming down a steep hill. Driver stopped but did not aide the dying cyclist.
  4. Driver is indicted for negligence, arrested, released on bail.
  5. Latest development: lawyer for the defendant (DEA agent) petitioned to have the case held in federal court, because he could use law enforcement immunity as a defense in federal but not Oregon state court.
  6. Prosecutors say that the agent was NOT actively pursuing a suspect or about to intervene in a drug deal.
    So they're saying that simply being a DEA officer is enough to be allowed to do this. Seriously it's DEA policy that agents are allowed to break traffic laws, and they argue that means they can't have consequences for hitting and killing a person.
    Fuck the #DEA.
    #FuckCars #FuckThePolice #Oregon #SafeStreets #cycling
    Edited because my link at the top was broken!
dnc, to vegan
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    ordinoides,
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    @dnc
    The recipe seems pretty straightforward, I am guessing that maybe your mushrooms were more juicy and you used a pan with taller sides so less evaporation could happen. 2 tbs of flour seems a little light to thicken 1.75 cups of liquid without reducing it quite a bit.

    bikeshed, to random
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    I follow the potato diet which is where you eat potatoes as often as possible. Not for any health reason, just because they're so good

    ordinoides,
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    @evdas @bikeshed
    Whoa, that's kind of a cool resource.
    I would not have guessed that only 14% of surveyed households bought limes or kale in a whole year.
    Though I shouldn't really be surprised, I can't recall my mom buying either of those items though my entire childhood 😂

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    @evdas
    I didn't learn to peel garlic until I was an adult- my mom cooked with dried garlic granules only!

    ordinoides, to solarpunk
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    This is an incredible book. "Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet" by Ben Goldfarb.
    Would you read a book about wildlife road crossing infrastructure without an introduction? It sounds dry but it's actually funny, it's sad, it made me angry and also hopeful. Goldfarb's writing reminds me of John McPhee and David Graeber. I would totally recommend this book to anyone who enjoys thinking about the future, and the interconnectedness of humans, living things, and the physical environment. It's not exactly #SolarPunk but I think if we want a future where we right-size technology and use it to live it harmony with nature, we are going to have to think about roads and transportation.
    #Ecology #Books #BookReview #Nonfiction #Infrastructure

    ascentale, to random
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    Protected cycle lanes in Berkeley have are on indefinite hold due to concerns from people who primarily drive. @inliuofjoan asks:

    Q3. What's the most ridiculous reason you've heard against bike lanes/infrastructure, given with a straight face?

    I'll go first - after years of insisting his tenants need cars and rental property values will go down because no one will rent there, a local landlord changed tactics: bike lanes will make me raise rent.

    #BIkeNite #BIkeNiteQ
    https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/02/23/hopkins-bike-lane-project-north-berkeley

    ordinoides,
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    @ascentale @inliuofjoan
    I always thought the "vehicular cycling" argument against bike lanes (a la John Forrester, Ken Kiefer) was pretty silly. It basically goes, " if you put in bike lanes, people will expect bicyclists to only ride on streets with bike lanes, and stay within them at all times, which will have the effect of unfairly restricting cyclists". I suppose that may be true for some rare cases, but it ignores that A) vehicular cycling advocates still say to ride on the right, even on the shoulder, and let cars pass you on the left (so in essence in the same space that bike lanes use) and B) quite a lot of people were already afraid to ride bikes on regular roads, and C) not once did anyone say that bikes can't go on streets without bike lanes.

    ordinoides, to cycling
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    Since my truck broke down a few weeks ago, I've been riding my bike for 100% of local trips, about 100 miles per week.
    Overall I'm very pleased with how my fitness for riding is improving, but there is one problem: my shoulders are killing me! It's not like the muscle soreness I got in my legs when I first increased my riding, it's been getting worse not better over time. I don't have any general loss of range of motion, but it feels hot and tingly all the time and I get stabbing pain at random times when I move my arms.
    Someone I know suggested finding a physical therapist who understands cycling to advise me on riding posture and exercises I could do, and another person suggested getting a professional bike fitting, and another suggested I just need to raise my handlebars to get weight off my arms. Has anyone here dealt with this issue? What helped you?
    #cycling #BikeTooter #ShoulderPain #RideBikes #BikeCommuter #PhysicalTherapy #BikeFitting

    rose, to random
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    ordinoides,
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    @rose
    I think about the interstate highway system a lot.
    Imagine if our government wanted to create something as expensive and far reaching as that now. It couldn't happen. It would be seen as insane.
    But it did happen. And we're stuck with the consequences.

    ai6yr, to climate
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    NPR has an article on personal actions you can take to help with climate change. (all valid, but all miniscule impact on the problem, IMHO.) -- i.e. no "stop driving, start bicycling/walking places", no "stop flying around for vacation", no "move down the food chain and preferably become vegetarian" #climate https://www.npr.org/2023/10/08/1202152408/climate-change-action

    ordinoides,
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    @chickenjane88 @ai6yr
    A lot of a person's environmental footprint does not directly relate to their quality of life though.
    Does a vegetarian have a lower quality of life than a meat and potatoes guy?
    Does someone who can walk to their job and shopping have a lower quality of life than someone who drives a car every day?
    I would say in both cases definitely not, in fact the lower impact choice is also better for life satisfaction and health.
    We become trapped in these dead ends of thought when we equate resource consumption with better living.

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    ordinoides,
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    @rose

    They will never talk about it, but shortening the school day and week would solve several problems at once.

    We know that adults can't do mental work at full capacity for 8 hours a day, but somehow we expect kids will be learning from 8am to 3pm with barely a lunch break?

    We also know that adults generally get as much done in a four day week as in a five.

    We could shorten the school day, give the kids a longer midday break, give that time to teachers to plan lessons, get the kids on a four day week, and use the extra day for extracurriculars and tutoring. Could even solve the class size problem for middle and high school if the flex day wasn't the same for everyone, or if we had multiple start/end times at schools.

    But hey what do I know, I only have to teach science to 35 students at 3 PM when they've been at school since 9.

    futurebird, to random
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    Americans are supposed to be the leaders in frivolous kitchen gadgets but these hilarious (tempting?) single egg poachers are only sold in the UK& Germany. (there are multi-egg devices sold for the US but they don’t even have temperature regulation or automatic power off and that defeats the whole purpose of the device, if you have to monitor it might as well boil)

    Just generally most US appliances are designed to make way too much food.

    What is your strangest useful kitchen gadget?

    ordinoides,
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    @peterdrake @futurebird
    I have one of these too! It is so useful about 3 times a year.

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