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[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

IIRC, they started out planning to have realistic amounts of parking, then realized that (much like sprawl in real life) it made it no fun.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

Yep.

In 2002, I used Gentoo.

In 2026, I use Kubuntu.

(I should probably switch since Canonical's policies are increasingly bothering me, but meh, I can't be bothered to reinstall more than once a decade.)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Wait, the gabecube isn't exactly a cube? Well that's just mildly annoying for no good reason!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

The other problem, of course, is that we’ve spent a century and a bit messing with the forests, which used to have regular burns that acted as fire breaks for the next year’s burns. Ground cover grew back thick and green in the ashes, and trees dispersed their seeds.

Now however, we’ve stopped that cycle, leading to overpopulation of insects, buildup of deadwood, and no natural fire breaks, meaning humans have to artificially do all the work that used to happen naturally… right when everything is heating up and weather systems are shifting.

As I understand it, at least some of the fires that had been happening previously were controlled burns by ~~Native Americans~~ First Nations people (sorry, USian talking about Canada), not "naturally" occurring ones.

https://parks.canada.ca/nature/science/conservation/feu-fire/autochtones-indigenous

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fire/indigenous-fire-practices-shape-our-land.htm

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

That's some highfalutin' verbiage just to complain about punctuation.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

I only keep saying it because it keeps being true.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This makes me want Adam Conover and Obama to make a sequel to The G Word showing how much damage the Federal government has taken in the last couple of years.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

The movies are one thing, but in the Clone Wars TV series Anakin was a reasonably competent general.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LOLWTF, apparently this is a TNG VCR board game reference?

Ironically, you can just download the video for it: https://archive.org/details/STTNGBoardGame . Anybody know where you can get images to print game pieces?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plus all of the Republicans.

(Yes, I know the fascist fucks are a lost cause and that's why they don't get mentioned, but we should still maintain the expectation anyway.)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We should refuse to even talk about "gun violence" in relation to these 3D printer bans because that's not even slightly what they are about.

They are 100.00000% about totalitarian surveillance and destruction of property rights. "Reducing gun violence" isn't even an excuse; it's an outright lie.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/46852721

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that his department would redirect $1.73 billion in Biden-era grants away from establishing “DEI bike lanes” to build roads and bridges instead.

So, what exactly is a “DEI bike lane?”

The Daily Wire pointed to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s claim that a series of 2021 grants funding bike lanes would serve to “improve infrastructure, strengthen supply chains, make us safer, advance equity, and combat climate change.”

Upon hearing “equity,” President Donald Trump’s goons can’t help but get triggered into attacking any federal spending that won’t benefit them directly. In reality, those Biden-era grants directed funds to build a new transit center in North Carolina, replace bridges in New Mexico, extend streets in New Hampshire, install traffic lights and crosswalks in Missouri, and install bike lanes in Seattle, among other projects. Now the financial status of these projects is unclear.

 

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/61209

A new big-data analysis of the U.S. pinpoints how urban design aids the health of city residents—especially when cities provide walking opportunities, greenery and mixed-use streets with a blend of commercial and residential activity.


From Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change via This RSS Feed.

 

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/10923091

From the Atlanta Community Press Collective

Cop City-related charges become the second case brought that explicitly mentions the controversial Trump administration initiative, NSPM-7, targeting left-leaning movements. You can support stories like these at https://atlpresscollective.com/support-us.

#Atlanta #AtlantaPressCollective

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/50143863

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46763057

Hopefully my neighbors will rejoice as I no longer have to cut and drill steel.

My next goal is to find another junk trailer so I can get the wheels more centered and have better handling and keep the rear of the trailer from scraping when going up and down driveways.

 

Youtube link, in case you don't like PeerTube for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCs5nDEZpoM

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