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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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ai6yr, (edited ) to random
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LOL New York Times has changed "body bag with ice" to "body-sized ice cocoons"

ai6yr, to climate
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"Exxon Mobil projected that greenhouse-gas emissions and the efforts to keep the planet’s temperature from rising beyond an increase of 2 degrees Celsius by 2050 is destined to fail in a report released by the oil giant last week." https://thebulletin.org/2023/09/exxon-mobil-predicts-global-temperature-increase-over-2-degrees-celsius-by-2050/ #fossilfuels #climate #climateemergency #heatwaves

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Road rage semi driver apparently picked the wrong victim... "A semitruck driver was arrested after shooting at an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy on the 210 Freeway in Pasadena, according to the California Highway Patrol." https://abc7.com/post/chp-investigating-reports-possible-freeway-shooting-sylmar-area/14920450/ #pasadena #roadrage

ai6yr, to climate
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NY Times: Their Florida ‘Paradise’ Keeps Flooding, but Some Can’t Afford a Solution

In the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, rising water has become a constant threat. Many residents cannot afford to elevate their homes or move.

(Gift Article)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/florida-flooding-st-petersburg.html?u2g=i&unlocked_article_code=1.x00.gO6u.C8aVBaNxx8Px&smid=url-share

ai6yr, to random
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AP: Records tumble as early heat wave scorches Southwest U.S. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/records-tumble-as-early-heat-wave-scorches-southwest-u-s

ai6yr,
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"...But at a campaign rally for presumptive Republican presidential nominee" <redacted> "in Phoenix, 11 people fell ill from heat exhaustion by late afternoon and were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released, fire officials said."

ai6yr,
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More on Mother Nature wreaking havoc on those who deny Mother Nature... https://journa.host/@w7voa/112572902355346101

ai6yr, to random
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LA Times: ‘Good ole boys’ Pasadena police gang attacked, demeaned nonwhite officers, suits claim https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-07/pasadena-cops-say-good-old-boys-police-gang-attacked-demeaned-them

ai6yr,
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@EugestShirley Sadly, that seems to be the case. Not all, but there seems to be a deep cultural problem that is not easily remedied... have seen both good and bad first hand.

ai6yr, to random
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New heat records for June 6th in the NWS Las Vegas area. Death Valley did, indeed, get to 122F, a new daily max temp record. #CAwx #NVwx #heatwave #DeathValley #DeathValleyNationalPark

ai6yr, to hamradio
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Discone antenna, 4:1 balun for Off Center Fed (OCF) dipole antenna. #hamradio

ai6yr, to gardening
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It's a slug party,
and I've bought them all a beer
Let's invite them to come right over,
and have a great cheer
It was the cheapest beer they sell nearby
But for a party it will fly
The question is really,
Will they just get drunk, or die?

#gardening #beer #slugs #poem (human poem, mine)

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ai6yr,
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Foamy stuff!

ai6yr,
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@camless Thanks! Interesting trap. I have a camera set up for timelapse, every 30 seconds.

ai6yr,
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@camless Oh, I will see slugs. I crushed 50 of them this morning by hand. It was gross, but they are eating all my veggies.

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@camless OH no, not touching them... nematodes. Nitrile PPE lol.

ai6yr,
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No slugs. But Wood Rat... yes.

ai6yr,
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Ah, Wood Rat says... BEER, sweet BEER!!

ai6yr, (edited )
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Thank goodness. Junior Norway rat skipped the bar... someone checked ID

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THE SLUG Party was a hit! Here is a slug going in... and coming out fatter and happier, and probably slightly inebriated.

Same slug crawls out, significantly faster and full of cheap beer

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Wood rats eat slugs! Apparently, beer marinated slugs taste good! After the drunk slugs stumbled away from the bar, the wood rat got the muchies from all the beer earlier and appears to have eaten as many beer marinated slugs as possible! Slug beer traps work! #wildlife #beer #slugsn

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@bud_t It makes fat slugs, LOL.

ai6yr, (edited )
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Official count of beer drowned slugs: zero.

ai6yr,
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So, the conclusion here is:

Beer Traps Work*

But not in the way you think, at least in my experiment (sample size n=1).

The beer attracts slugs, and saw dozens of slugs climb INTO the slug trap, drink beer, and leave much fatter.

The wood rat in the backyard (after swigging a bunch of beer itself) then ATE a bunch of those slugs... must have spent 15 minutes finding all the beer filled slugs and tearing them to bits and eating them.

So, the slugs are dead... but not DIRECTLY through the beer.

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Private fortresses like this one in Sri Lanka 1000 years ago are a reminder of what life was like before the Enlightenment and the rule of law. People like Zuckerberg and Thiel are already building theirs, reportedly. They’re pretty sure they know what’s coming because they’re helping it happen.

ai6yr,
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@shoq 😢

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