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- Comment on Meowposting 15 hours ago:
Wait until you see the rabbits
- Comment on [Eagle screech] 15 hours ago:
And some tacky af tattoos. Trademark brands like Monster or those shitty stars with blowouts and a random bloody rose.
- Comment on Trump posted this in Truth. 2 days ago:
Rule number one. Don’t fuck with Mexicans. Viva Mexico cabrones!!!
- Comment on Lots to unpack ha ha! 3 days ago:
In his defense BLT is actually a deer caught in headlights.
- Comment on The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs. 4 days ago:
I mean people ate them so I’d say you know the answer to that…
- Comment on Katter says he was unaware man at rally was wearing neo-Nazi insignia 1 week ago:
Good on that lady for saying something, I can’t believe his response (paraphrasing) “if they’re good, well behaved little neo-Nazis they can stay and participate. This space is for them.”
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 weeks ago:
Most places are actually experiencing a birth rate decline. South Korea is having statistically less than one child per woman. Other places like Europe are also projected to shrink.
So, it’s already happening, that’s why countries are freaking out and trying to force births now. The policy shift in the US on abortion isn’t based on religion, it’s economics.
US birth rate hit 1.6, a “stable” birth rate is just over 2.1… mind you that’s the estimate for a population not growing or declining.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 weeks ago:
Elon, that’s enough. Go home.
- Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions 2 weeks ago:
Shah also said that “cement carbonation requires very specific conditions” including humidity of between 40 and 80 per cent and open-air conditions.
“Submerged or buried concrete or concrete will not undergo carbonation,” he said, adding that “concrete carbonation happens at an extremely slow rate: an average of one to two millimetres per year.”
Shah added that he was “a bit frustrated with the IPCC using the word ‘sink’ because that gives the impression that it is beneficial.”
“Cement and concrete are not carbon sinks,” Shah said. “They are net sources [of CO2].”
Article: Cement and Concrete “are not carbon sinks” says Cambridge material scientist
Also: “Carbonation in concrete refers to the chemical reaction between carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere and calcium hydroxide in the concrete. This reaction forms calcium carbonate and gradually reduces the pH of the concrete, which can lead to the corrosion of embedded steel reinforcement.”
So, not exactly a process you want to occur in your buildings or bridges. So if you’re hoping waiting around until it turns into limestone (if it’s not buried, submerged or sealed) it will probably mostly be demolished and long buried in a landfill somewhere potentially leaking toxins where it will never undergo the natural processes to absorb carbon anyway.
Beautiful in theory but impractical in mass scale execution. But certainly a good way to justify the continuation of a multibillion dollar industry. (This is not to say that there aren’t serious material scientists working on this problem, but a lot of it unfortunately is straight up greenwashing rather than advocating for reduction in initial footprint and investment in long-term sustainable alternatives.)
- Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions 2 weeks ago:
I would happily smash concrete blocks in the early am- don’t threaten me with a good time!
- Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions 2 weeks ago:
Modern and brutalist architecture can have that effect on people. Fuck concrete, and fuck neo-imperialist colonial architecture.
Concrete is horrible for the environment and its fucked up global emissions of buildings and architecture. (Cement production alone constitutes 8% of global emissions, not considering its inefficiency in thermal lifecycles of a building and ultimate un-renewable waste). It is in fact not the best fit for every circumstance.
One shoe fits all architecture trends have effectively killed vernacular wisdom and climate conscious local innovation. Favoring “cheap” garbage that jacks up costs in other sectors, damages climate and ignores localized need, requiring complex, often power-hungry, solutions like extensive BAS to try and counterbalance their piss poor application.
(For those unaware modern buildings when all is said and done account for over 40% of global emissions. And the heating/cooling systems far outpace keeping the lights on in terms of energy consumption (something like 2/3 of the total buildings demands over time). Tackling that behemoth number is going to take a multifaceted approach but the importance of materials and place-specific design cannot be understated.)
- sincerely, someone whose installed one too many motors for automated blinds and slapdash bandaid HVAC solutions.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 2 weeks ago:
Hedy Lamar and Mileva Marić-Einstein
- Comment on Every dam time 2 weeks ago:
That’s why some of us favor subtitles
- Comment on Story-based survival strategy game Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown announced 2 weeks ago:
Take my money
- Comment on Vampires really do sparkle, I guess 2 weeks ago:
It is best forgotten.…
- Comment on Vampires really do sparkle, I guess 2 weeks ago:
Golden schnapps millenial eh
- Comment on What's good to know before transferring from Emergency to Operation Room as a nurse? 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like you’re a better fit for patients who are unconscious.
- Comment on President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats 2 weeks ago:
It’s wild to me someone so close to the end of their natural life span, who hates their own children, is so hellbent on consolidating so much power and money. For fucking what? Because it’s not for his kids and grandkids. Just why? Why all the mayhem to stroke an elderly degenerates ego. This world is lost.
- Comment on Israel’s foreign minister revokes visas of Australian representatives to Palestinian Authority 3 weeks ago:
More proof Israel is holding an entire nation of people hostage.
- Comment on On Black Holes... 3 weeks ago:
Flatland?
- Comment on Prince William and Kate to move into new eight-bedroom home worth £16m - This will be their 6th 'Forever home' 3 weeks ago:
Only 16 mil? Are they doing ok? Should we be worried? /s
- Comment on Anon is feeling romantic 3 weeks ago:
So very close to identifying the patriarchy and that men are victims of it too, and then wild miss at the end. sigh so, so close.
- Comment on Why doesn't the US name this state? Are they stupid? 5 weeks ago:
Dem der are da North Woods.
- Comment on Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah 1 month ago:
Wait, the hyper-libertarian technocrat who supports authoritarian independent tech billionaire owned/run “utopias” suddenly needs a private nuclear enrichment facility… the guy who wasn’t sure the “human race should endure” …that guy?
I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.
- Comment on Anon breaks up 1 month ago:
The plot twist at the end there got me