Yeah, wild, it looks as though it was a healthy tree, too!
Wind is so fascinating. That big ass tree got noped, but there is still comparatively light patio furniture with small items still on the table just patioing out there.
Perhaps it was a microburst and all the wind was more or less concentrated in one spot and coming from above.
"we gave your email to a con-man but then we found out he was gonna use it to do a con. Don't let the con-man con you! we hateses the cons! Also we had absolutely no reason to tell you any of this because we already took your email back from the con-man so he can't even con you why am i writing this.
Anyway, uh... Shout out the the con-man though, amirite? hope he does some good cons soon :B"
Oh that's super cool. I am hoping to get something similar started here, but I have a feeling my yard is about to get ripped up as they add new utilities over the next couple of months, so I'm waiting for that before any roadside installations lol.
And to add one thing quill taught me recently, it was a “eutopic mindset”, which is (essentially) an outlook focused on building the ideal world. Its how I see things and quill gave me the words for that.
We can all work towards building our ideal world.
Reminds me of a David Graeber quote:
"The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently"
I'd be inclined to agree except that no one wants to build a commercial center in an area where the roads are dirt and and the population density is < ~150 people per square mile, regardless of zoning laws.
That said, I don't mean to detract from the fact that you make a salient point for many areas of the world.
On the other hand, around 80% of all people live in cities, so there is potential.
Agreed, and that is a good point I hadn't considered. I'm not anti-biking or anti-city, just anti-unrealistic-expectations for (what I guess amounts to) the remaining 20% of us haha. Those of us in cities who can bike (I now live in a sort of bikeable city. It's dangerous atm, but they're getting better) certainly should when feasible. When I can afford another, I plan to start biking to work again.
A question that comes to mind though is: Do suburbs (common in the USA, idk about other places) count as the "city"? They're often within "city limits", so one could say they live in the city of Memphis, TN, but actually live 5mi outside of commercial parts of the city.
But at the end of the day this puts the blame on individuals. We need to take industries into account!
100%! It's on the state and on industry. They designed the system, forcing or otherwise coercing us into using it, so it's on them to provide solutions like reliable public transportation and clean energy.
ETA: or we could, you know, abolish the state entirely, take over the industries, and do it ourselves 😁. might make a fun weekend
As great as that sounds there are many parts of the world (including where I grew up and most areas around my city) where biking 2.6km (1.6mi) would barely even get you 1/10th of the distance to the closest commercial building, which is likely a lonely gas station.
It's a shitty situation, but there is nothing we can do about it out here. If we want to eat food and take our kids to school, we need cars. Most of us are poor too, so there's no option (for those who would want to) to just move to a bike-able place.
Not sure of laws near you, but grand juries are still made up of citizens here in the USA. The difference is that their purpose is essentially to decide whether the state has a strong enough case to take to trial or not, rather than the petit jury most people are accustomed to, which aims to determine innocence or guilt of a crime.
Can you imagine stealing $10 million, getting caught, and then having the prosecutor say, "Well, shit. If nobody is gonna take responsibility, I guess you're all free to go! You sure you don't remember how it happened? Actually, who cares lol, enjoy your day."
The grand jury concluded that there is not sufficient evidence to charge anyone criminally because “nobody will take responsibility” for the decision to send the money to Hope Florida or “had any memory of who made it.”
Yeah, wild, it looks as though it was a healthy tree, too!
Wind is so fascinating. That big ass tree got noped, but there is still comparatively light patio furniture with small items still on the table just patioing out there.
Perhaps it was a microburst and all the wind was more or less concentrated in one spot and coming from above.
Hope everyone was ok
Pardon my pedantry, but if they're going to use the word "quadcopter" you think they could get a picture of one.
wow wtf lmao is this a joke?
"we gave your email to a con-man but then we found out he was gonna use it to do a con. Don't let the con-man con you! we hateses the cons! Also we had absolutely no reason to tell you any of this because we already took your email back from the con-man so he can't even con you why am i writing this.
Anyway, uh... Shout out the the con-man though, amirite? hope he does some good cons soon :B"
Cuba doesn't negotiate with terrorists
"History repeats itself first as farce, then as tragedy"
Let's hope we're just on the "farce" part lol
"no"
Perhaps his existential crisis is a real "fish out of water" moment
Don't logic the poor moody fish
Oh that's super cool. I am hoping to get something similar started here, but I have a feeling my yard is about to get ripped up as they add new utilities over the next couple of months, so I'm waiting for that before any roadside installations lol.
Reminds me of a David Graeber quote:
Thanks for reading!
yo this is awesome thank you to all who are working on this
Interesting, I will read more into this, thank you!
I'd be inclined to agree except that no one wants to build a commercial center in an area where the roads are dirt and and the population density is < ~150 people per square mile, regardless of zoning laws.
That said, I don't mean to detract from the fact that you make a salient point for many areas of the world.
Even if they did, they'd be hard pressed to find a bike lane to walk in
Agreed, and that is a good point I hadn't considered. I'm not anti-biking or anti-city, just anti-unrealistic-expectations for (what I guess amounts to) the remaining 20% of us haha. Those of us in cities who can bike (I now live in a sort of bikeable city. It's dangerous atm, but they're getting better) certainly should when feasible. When I can afford another, I plan to start biking to work again.
A question that comes to mind though is: Do suburbs (common in the USA, idk about other places) count as the "city"? They're often within "city limits", so one could say they live in the city of Memphis, TN, but actually live 5mi outside of commercial parts of the city.
100%! It's on the state and on industry. They designed the system, forcing or otherwise coercing us into using it, so it's on them to provide solutions like reliable public transportation and clean energy.
ETA: or we could, you know, abolish the state entirely, take over the industries, and do it ourselves 😁. might make a fun weekend
As great as that sounds there are many parts of the world (including where I grew up and most areas around my city) where biking 2.6km (1.6mi) would barely even get you 1/10th of the distance to the closest commercial building, which is likely a lonely gas station.
It's a shitty situation, but there is nothing we can do about it out here. If we want to eat food and take our kids to school, we need cars. Most of us are poor too, so there's no option (for those who would want to) to just move to a bike-able place.
Not sure of laws near you, but grand juries are still made up of citizens here in the USA. The difference is that their purpose is essentially to decide whether the state has a strong enough case to take to trial or not, rather than the petit jury most people are accustomed to, which aims to determine innocence or guilt of a crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_juries_in_the_United_States#Process
Can you imagine stealing $10 million, getting caught, and then having the prosecutor say, "Well, shit. If nobody is gonna take responsibility, I guess you're all free to go! You sure you don't remember how it happened? Actually, who cares lol, enjoy your day."
Sounds about right
Surely there'll be justice...
It depends where the sites are hosted, afaik.
But you're right in that if they fall outside of a DMCA friendly jurisdiction the site owners can tell Elon to go fuck himself, and they should.