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rule 🥺 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

That's the power of consent!

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Judge says government can't limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people (apnews.com)
What do you think are the worst carbon causing human activities? What do you think are the most beneficial activities to counter carbon output? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Side note: If worrying about climate isn't enough, we can also worry about potential famine as we use up our fossil fuels.

We are able to feed the world because of the Haber-Bosch process. This process uses fossil fuels, usually natural gas, to produce synthetic ammonia for fertilizer. That fertilizer makes modern high-yield farming possible. "Without the Haber-Bosch process we would only be able to produce around two-thirds the amount of food we do today."
https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/cewctw-fritz-haber-and-carl-bosch-feed-the-world/

What do you think are the worst carbon causing human activities? What do you think are the most beneficial activities to counter carbon output? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

In the US it's roughly a tie between road transportation and energy generation (which lumps together both heat and electricity).

(Source: University of Michigan https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/sustainability-indicators/carbon-footprint-factsheet)

The global breakdown is similar: https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors

The solutions? Build mass transit, live in temperate climates, buy less stuff, ...? Honestly, I don't think we're not going to fix the problem with simple, local improvements (though by all means do what you can). There are global demographic forces to contend with. A century ago there were 2 billion people on earth. Now there are >8 billion, and in my lifetime we will surpass 9 billion. Many of those people are climbing out of poverty, and they want cars and air conditioners and all the other energy-intensive things that rich countries have enjoyed for a century. IMO we're going to need massive technological changes (like powering much of the world with nuclear very soon) in concert with a major population reduction and/or major changes to how people expect to live.

Planet Wreckers: Top Global North Countries(United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia) Responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion to 2035 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Global North

Australia

I know what they're trying to say, but this still bugs me.

Treat yourself rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I used to hike, bike, and trail run solo. It was fun and freeing, but dangerous. After one too many close calls I don't do that anymore.

The ideal is to find the right person to go with. Being with someone that you really mesh with, and who moves at the same pace, is 100 times better than going solo.

Which Lemmy instances use Photon? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

If you like Photon, you might like Tesseract. It's a Photon fork.

dubvee.org
tesh.itjust.works
tess.lemmy.ca
tes.leminal.space

Tramp trade in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

"Tramp Steamer" sounds like some kind of joke sex slang from high school.

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It's a trap (i.imgur.com)
 
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Do we really know anything? (i.imgur.com)
 
cable rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Must be related to the fishing line fairies. That stuff has a magical ability to tangle and knot.

cable rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Snakes expend energy to counteract entropy.

"Running improves my figure?", Jantzen Swim Suits, June 1939 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

She's about to break an ankle running in those heels.

"Mountain" biking in the wild west in c/bicycles
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You're not wrong. There are cliffs exactly like that not far from this spot.

"Mountain" biking in the wild west in c/bicycles
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Just the opposite: this is a big, shallow gulley between wheat fields. I assume the ground is too rocky and uneven to bother cultivating. There's a small, dried-up riverbed at the bottom, and the trails run along the rolling hills on either side. Some spots are bare volcanic rock, others are sagebrush and sparse grass like the picture. And in a few places, where the soil allows, there is thick, chest-high grass that almost completely hides the trail.

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"Mountain" biking in the wild west (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/bicycles
4 comments fedilink
 

I took yesterday off work to hit a new spot! It was hot, dry, rugged, and awesome.

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Remigration (en.wikipedia.org)
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Shoes on the Danube Bank / Cipők a Duna-parton [Budapest, Hungary] (upload.wikimedia.org)
 

English inscription:

To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45.
Erected 16 April 2005.

And some context from Wikipedia:

The Shoes on the Danube Bank (Hungarian: Cipők a Duna-parton) is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to honour the Jews who were massacred by fascist antisemitic Hungarian militia belonging to the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest during the Second World War. They were ordered to take off their shoes (shoes were valuable and could be stolen and resold by the militia after the massacre), and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away.

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Well, when you put it that way (i.imgur.com)
 
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Everything was going to plan (i.imgur.com)
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Human composting (en.wikipedia.org)
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Alternatives to Band (group coordination tool) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
 

If you aren't familiar with Band, it's a tool often used for coordinating kids' sports teams, school bands, and similar small groups. You invite people to a private workspace which contains a post feed, events calendar, file repository (for permission forms or injury waivers or whatever), and a chat interface for 1-on-1 or group chats among workspace members.

Is anyone familiar with a similar tool that can be self-hosted?

My kids' groups have tried using a mix of chat/SMS, email, and Google Drive in the past, but fractured communication leads to massive confusion. It's really nice to have all group communication in one place.

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Public Key Party Cryptography [Three Panel Soul] (www.threepanelsoul.com)
 

Source: https://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/public-key-party-cryptography

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Tibetan National Martyrs' Memorial [McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India] (www.hmdb.org)
 

Inscription:

Please remember them. In Tibet 122.
Tapey · Phuntsok · Tsewang Norbu · Lobsang Kelsang · Lobsang Kunchok · Kelsang Wangchuk · Choephel · Khaying · Norbu Dramdul · Tenzin Wangmo · Dawa Tsering · Palden Choetso · Tenzin Phuntsok · Tsultrim · Tennyi · Sopa Rinboche · Lobsang Jamyang · Rigzin Dorjee · Sonam Rabyang · Lobsang Gyatso · Dhamchoe Sangpo · Tenzin Choezom · Nagdrol · Tsering Kyi · Rinchen · Dorjee · Gepey · Jamyang Palden · Losang Tsultrim · Sonam Dhargye · Lobsang Sherab · Chimey Palden · Tempa Dargey · Choepak Kyab · Sonam · Dorjee Tseten · Dhargye · Rikyo · Tamding Thar · Tenzin Khedup · Ngawang Norphel · Dekyi Choezom · Tsewang Dorjee · Lobsang Lozin · Lobsang Tsultrim · Dolkar Tso · Choepa · Tashi · Lungtok · Lobsang Kalsang · Dhamchoe · Yungdrung · Gudrup · Sangye Gyatso · Tamdin Dorjee · Lhamo Kyab · Dhondup · Dorjee Rinchen · Tsepo · Tenzin · Tespak Kyab · Lhamo Tseten · Dorjee · Dorjee Lhundup · Samdup · Dorjee Gyal · Dantin Tso · Tsegyal · Kalsang Jinpa · Gonpo Tsering · Nyingkar Tsering · Nyinchak Bum · Khabum Kyab · Tenzin Dolma · Chagmo Kyi · Sangdhak Tsering · Wangchen Norbu · Tsering Dhondup · Lubum Tsering · Tadin Kyab · Tadin Dorjee · Sangay Dolma · Wangyal · Kunchok Tsering · Gonpo Tsering · Kalsang Kyab · Sangye Tashi · Bendey Khar · Tsering Namgyal · Kunchok Kyab · Sungdue Kyab · Lobsang Gedun · Pema Dorjee · Kunchok Phelgye · Bhenchen Kyi · Pasang Lhamo · Tsering Tashi · Tsering Phuntsok · Kumchok Kyab · Lobsang Namgyal · Drukpa Khar · Namlha Tsering · Rinchen · Sonam Dhargyal · Sangdak · Tsesung Kyab · Kalkyi · Phagmo Dhondup · Kunchok Wangmo · Lobsang Thogmey · Lhamo Kyab · Thubten Nyandak · Atse · Kunchok Tenzin · Jugtso · Lobsang Dawa · Kunchok Woeser · Tenzin Sherab · Wangchen Dolma · Kunchok Sonam · Shichung · Tsering Gyal

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Thumpten Ngodup · Lhapa Tsering · Sherab Tsedor · Bhutuk · Jampa Yeshi · Drupchen Tsering · Karma Ngedon Gyatso

Sculptor Mr. Chen We[indecipherable]
Patron: Mr. Xue Wei Mrs. Qi [indecipherable]
10 3 2014

(Tibetan text not transcribed)

Additional context from the HMDB page (https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=253744):

More about this marker. The marker is located in McLeod Ganj in Dharmshala, the Indian city which the Tibetan government-in-exile, headed by the 14th Dalai Lama, is currently based in.

Regarding Tibetan National Martyrs' Memorial. The memorial remembers the many Tibetans who have self immolated to protest and raise awareness of the continued Chinese occupation, oppression, and cultural genocide of Tibet and its people.

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