They’re already in Washington. They’ve been spotted along both coasts for quite some time.. planning? Scheming? I don’t know the answers; all I have are questions. Questions and facts!
There's a short story by Stanislaw Lem (who also wrote Solaris ) about scientists who train a slime mold to be intelligent by forcing it to grow only in the shape of letters, then forcing the letters to be real words, ... and so on, until they able to have full (if slow) conversations with humans.
I just realized, it's kind of presciently like training an LLM. Story is at least 40 years old, so...
Even better: It'll return to the wetland that was there before it was developed. i find the idea that this prominent spot will likely be the first such pond in the district to sprout cattails and the like, somewhat poetic.
Edit: I also just realized that the "drain the swamp" crowd is now in a losing battle with said swamp.
What's funny to me is that the algae problems started when they switched off of DC tap water and installed the pump system that draws in Potomac River water. Back in 2011-2012. Before Trump was ever a politician.
i mean if he's been a politician since the 80s i've been one since the Aughts. All i've done is build a few homeless shelters and parks and make sure the food banks were well supplied. Highest office i held was being on the executive board of the corporation that ran all that shit. That's good politics if you ask me.
Please don't. I currently have 13 presidential votes total across four elections (I have a few friends who write me in whenever they don't like the candidates) and I don't want anymore president votes. 13 is a good number.
Not really a pool person but would it be better to apply white or red (and look like a stripe on the flag) or would it be better to make it a lighter Cyan and, while combating the algae, the added light green makes the end result a blueish shade?
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Oisteink@lemmy.world · 81 pts · 65d
AS FAR AS WE KNOW!!
Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 65d
What if this turned out to be how evil plant alien people made themselves known. By mind controlling algea in a big pool.
Oisteink@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 64d
They’re already in Washington. They’ve been spotted along both coasts for quite some time.. planning? Scheming? I don’t know the answers; all I have are questions. Questions and facts!
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 64d
Pretty sure they've already infiltrated my roommate's bathroom.
Oisteink@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
They’re even in my brand new bird bath. I built it myself so they was probably hiding in the pump I bought.
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 60d
I for one, welcome our new plant alien overlords.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 64d
That's what the Algae Mother wants us to think. Those of us who know the truth wait in both reverie and terror for the day her bloom smothers us all.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
Whatever Algae Mother wants
Algae Mother gets
And little man, little Algae Mother wants you
Limonene@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 64d
The president of Algae:
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 4 pts · 60d
There's a short story by Stanislaw Lem (who also wrote Solaris ) about scientists who train a slime mold to be intelligent by forcing it to grow only in the shape of letters, then forcing the letters to be real words, ... and so on, until they able to have full (if slow) conversations with humans.
I just realized, it's kind of presciently like training an LLM. Story is at least 40 years old, so...
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 64d
Antifa algae lead by the notorious hacker Four-chan
NM_Gringo@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 65d
Maybe Iran will step in to block algae traffic in the reflecting pool.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 65d
God I hope not. I'm already paying exorbitant prices for algae.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 65d
Shit, I’ve forgotten to buy spirulina for so long that It’s gone out of fashion. I don’t even know where to look without buying it online.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 64d
The extremist terrorist organization known as Al-Gae.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 64d
THe CHeMICALs are tuRniNg tHE alGAE GaY
AeonFelis@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 64d
DHMO strikes again
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 64d
Also the leading cause off 99% of drownings!
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 64d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 64d
they better be
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 64d
Algay if you will.
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 64d
VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 64d
Al Gore Al Qaeda Algae
Republican's weakness is "al"
rezad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
you jest but ...
https://theweek.com/speedreads/553469/sen-lindsey-graham-everything-that-starts-al-middle-east-bad-news
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
This is the Al-Gae agenda
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 60 pts · 64d
What do you mean 'we'?
I'm on team algae here.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 64d
unless you're a leading figure or part of a belligerent group involved in the conflict, I doubt Wikipedia will include you
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 64d
i can supply nitrogen. and long chains of carbohydrates. and sulfates. and...
what else is in shit? i can supply shit.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 64d
pst, milk is amongst the worst chemicals to put in freshwater. it'll remove all the oxygen and result on a very stinky swamp.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 64d
i'm lactating as hard as a can doctor, just like, it's not very effective
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 64d
I'm still on the winning side, though.
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 64d
Aww, I was really hoping this was real.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 64d
it isn't ? 😭
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 64d
I couldn't find it on wiki, but I only tried for like 2 minutes
nanometer1625@thelemmy.club · 21 pts · 64d
Algae's victory is inexorable. After humans are gone, there will still be algae in the reflecting pool.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 64d
Even better: It'll return to the wetland that was there before it was developed. i find the idea that this prominent spot will likely be the first such pond in the district to sprout cattails and the like, somewhat poetic.
Edit: I also just realized that the "drain the swamp" crowd is now in a losing battle with said swamp.
Bonje@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 65d
The algae might even have nuclear capabilities
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 64d
are they Eukaryotic? so they have nuclei. close enough
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 64d
If its even a possibility we need to strike now and throw several more tens of millions of dollars at this. Start a task force.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 64d
They're two weeks away from weapons of mass destruction!!
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 64d
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 65d
nO nEw wArS!
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 64d
Mr president a second algae has struck the pond
ickplant@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 64d
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 15 pts · 64d
Never ask an Aussie about the war on emus and never ask an United Statesian about algae or some shit
skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 64d
Missing a picture of the National Guard, nationally guarding the not sure what exactly at the reflecting pool
saltesc@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 65d
He fucks everything he touches.
Does the J. stand for "Dick Fingers"?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 64d
"there's no Jayin' dickfingers" doesn't really work as a punchline. let's woodshed this.
mkwt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 65d
What's funny to me is that the algae problems started when they switched off of DC tap water and installed the pump system that draws in Potomac River water. Back in 2011-2012. Before Trump was ever a politician.
Hapankaali@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 65d
Trump has been a politician since the 1980s. He ran in the 2000 US presidential election.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 64d
i mean if he's been a politician since the 80s i've been one since the Aughts. All i've done is build a few homeless shelters and parks and make sure the food banks were well supplied. Highest office i held was being on the executive board of the corporation that ran all that shit. That's good politics if you ask me.
SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 2 pts · 60d
I'd vote MinnesotaGoddam for president.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Please don't. I currently have 13 presidential votes total across four elections (I have a few friends who write me in whenever they don't like the candidates) and I don't want anymore president votes. 13 is a good number.
SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 1 pts · 59d
Too late! It's the will of the people. If you didn't want my vote, you shouldn't have run such a good campaign.
Serinus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 65d
And before Trump gave his pool guy 14 million dollars to fix it.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 4 pts · 65d
I never knew they used municipal water in the past, I always thought it was always the Victorian style of tapping natural sources.
Etterra@discuss.online · 6 pts · 64d
Why didn't they use chlorine?
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 64d
The reflecting pool is supplied with water from the Tidal Basin. It’s not really possible to chlorinate it.
Shayeta@feddit.org · 4 pts · 64d
My guess is that then someone could do a real funny by dumpimg some bleach in afterwards.
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 64d
You didn't, perhaps, mean ammonia?
Shayeta@feddit.org · 3 pts · 64d
Could be. I keep mixing them up.
notabot@piefed.social · 4 pts · 64d
Remind me to stay well upwind any time I see you carrying bottles...
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 64d
Well, we're talking about this random inconsequential bullshit, so I guess they're actually winning.
traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 64d
For as fucking miserable as it is on a nearly daily basis, I’m okay with actually having a laugh about something so beyond stupid.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
It’s the consequences of incompetence and shortcuts by some of the most arrogant assholes. It’s highly satisfying
They couldn’t even complete a simple task …. That should never even been in theirnattention
Exusia@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d
Not really a pool person but would it be better to apply white or red (and look like a stripe on the flag) or would it be better to make it a lighter Cyan and, while combating the algae, the added light green makes the end result a blueish shade?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
paint it brown so at night it looks like chocolate milk
edit: also i can shit in it and no one's the wiser
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 60d
Can we get the algae and the Iranians to fight each other?