ODGreen

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[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's where I got the idea from! Excellent channel.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fun fact, adding textiles to walls for insulation is where we get the term "furring" from.

I wish awnings were more common. Such a simple way to block out midday or afternoon sun in the hot summer.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know the species, and there are a few that are found in my area. One day I'll bring the field guide and figure it out.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Serviceberry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier

They're all over the place here, though you have a short window of opportunity to gather the fruit before the birds go apeshit and eat it all. I've had delicious jam made from it. Quite a sweet fruit, with no bitterness or tartness, unlike a lot of other wild edibles.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This video is someone who actually drives a truck for a living, not a suburbanite who needs a lifted child slammer pickup to boost their fragile masculinity as they drive to the supermarket.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 month ago (9 children)

They could make a stick that a soldier could put a spherical grenade on to help give extra range. Like an atlatl or one of those tennis ball launchers for dogs.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An organization funded by the companies it monitors.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Gildan makes a lot of their shirts in pretty bad sweatshops.

But if you're looking for t-shirts made somewhere more "ethical", prepare to literally pay 10x the price.

For my workout or dirty work shirts I go to thrift stores. There'll be lots of polyester/cotton blend shirts but probably still gonna be more than $3.

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Similar story in my life but a 12-pack of Smirnoff Ice

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Canada is a petrostate after all.

 

They are soft.

Old ones were nice, but got worn out. Same model was no longer available.

 

Oil production in the USA may drop 🥰

 

I accidentally bought ground coffee instead of whole beans. So when the grinder ran out of beans, I took it apart and gave it a decent scrub. When I use it again, it should grind smoother and maybe even get the coffee tasting better.

 

Obvious missing element of the story: climate change.

 

These lost rainforest cities may seem to have little in common with today’s steel and asphalt behemoths but according to experts, early Amazonian metropolises are remarkable for what they tell us about the way ancestral urbanites lived off the land without trampling it. The new scientific tools have helped to uncover a pre-colonial landscape marked by ancient practices with implications for contemporary environmental management.

 

Scientists measured atmospheric concentrations of lead in ancient times and concluded the vast lead use of the Roman empire led to a drop in IQ in the population.

Roman children had only a fraction of the lead buildup that US children had in the 1970s due to leaded gasoline.

 

Good article except the use of the propaganda term "oilsands", it should be "tar sands".

 

For a long time, the common wisdom is that megafauna died out soon after humans arrived in the Americas. If humans have been in the Americas for much longer than thought, and co-existed with megafauna for millennia, then that narrative is wrong. It's a projection of modern humans' faults onto ancient humans. Moreover, it shows that there is nothing inevitable about human-caused extinctions. Humans are not a virus, Agent Smith.

 

...the authors caution that the current pace of decoupling is insufficient to meet the global climate target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Less than half of the regions will be able to achieve net-zero by 2050

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