So as it turns out, indeed, fish don't exist.... http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/fishes/kinds/kinds_what.html#:~:text=Taxonomically%20speaking%2C%20there%20is%20no,part%20is%20the%20specific%20epithet.
Slightly embarassed not to know that before.
I much enjoyed this book- very slow start but picked up quickly enough to keep going; good #SummerRead #bookstodon #NatureBooks #biography #fish
nostr:npub15ekzak3gg66zsz9guqs4g76enk40zh26sgxxy8m64k3gn3tysrashw57mq don't worry, lots of people still believe birds are real!
Two things I thought would be worse:
1. In 2020 I thought there was a good chance we'd have totally runaway inflation because of public spending. (Maybe the bad news is we didn't have enough public spending)
2. In 2022 I thought a GOP-Congress would set about shutting down the government and impeaching Joe Biden.
To avoid a file-drawer effect I try to post my Ls and learn from them :)
British emigrant things: I don't even know whether Spud U like exists any more.
What's the deal with the nostr:npub1l0m9ansmw4uf3nmw2llqma37t6eldmw6lc6dcg2hfsuvtsqadqtqgtfxn2 aversion to district heating? nostr:npub10m85xqjwf52hm4cxqk5g05776h493m3mldpn366ehxu698kv7dysdeazwg has been speaking about it as being normal across Europe, for years. I keep waiting for it to be discussed as an option here, but we just get middle class solutions that aren't doable by most people, being touted. How does a ground source heat pump work if you live in a tenement or if you can't afford to insulate your stone built cottage? I'd like to use the excess heat from industry more, but how?
nostr:npub15eav7jwtma5ydgz9saaetupkx7a33kj06ydnnwpmdksxlj9e6nwqg7a2ud nostr:npub1l0m9ansmw4uf3nmw2llqma37t6eldmw6lc6dcg2hfsuvtsqadqtqgtfxn2 District heating as provided by Fortum in Sweden and Finland is largely produced by incinerating waste. Maybe that's why the Greens don't like it?
Applied for five jobs today so attempted another Roadwarden playthrough. Very frustrating since I failed to tie up all the loose ends in 30 days!
I think I'll try again one last time in story mode, with unlimited time. It's just so satisfying how there are so many non-violent solutions and how you can choose which factions to help and which to suppress.
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 That's a good point. I hope that people will join the dots!
nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr And I'm sorry I didn't wait for the end of your entire thread to reply. I see it wasn't neccessarily about media as such :)
nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr This summer the breaking news about fires and floods has become inescapable. But at the same time the news media hasn't digested this news and taken it onboard like it does with other news facts. So we get isolated coverage of disasters as events, but then a ringfenced coverage of everything else where normality prevails.
nostr:npub105svehuy63dqpf885m5672e2zt2sn9262xu6qg60fcxlexpf8jgsxw6n3r nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 There are degrees of uncertainty and I'm sure people are working in an increasingly connected way to narrow the uncertainty.
nostr:npub105svehuy63dqpf885m5672e2zt2sn9262xu6qg60fcxlexpf8jgsxw6n3r nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 sorry, that reply was too dismissive. I didn't mean to disregard your expertise and experience.
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 I may be wrong but suspect there are so many permutations that it's unclear which event will trigger other things like ocean circulation, algae blooms, clathrates or permafrost melting or something completely unexpected etc. Years ago used to work in geochemistry research and was always a bit frustrated how different disciplines didn't talk to each other as much as they should. Hope things are different now.
nostr:npub105svehuy63dqpf885m5672e2zt2sn9262xu6qg60fcxlexpf8jgsxw6n3r nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 There are degrees of uncertainty and I'm sure people are working in an increasingly connected way to narrow the uncertainty.
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 nostr:npub106tf2rnpxacf0z3fmxjl9d2rztwmqdkeazdd4vk5qd7utt5pcrksry55ul nostr:npub1d7jhhvfqxd3j0x38yc9m4eam7qf588dlkgh0gmshd3p09wwpztks4lu8xc
I often wonder if people that think everybody is selfish and greedy have really never experienced love and friendship.
Did they never have a loving mother? a family, friends, good neighbours? Have they really never experienced the kindness of strangers?
nostr:npub1vjh4t9pue5hhcycerp9ke2qt4u3g2ve8ee2e8ycv9txvmtz9l4qs6ns57p nostr:npub106tf2rnpxacf0z3fmxjl9d2rztwmqdkeazdd4vk5qd7utt5pcrksry55ul nostr:npub1d7jhhvfqxd3j0x38yc9m4eam7qf588dlkgh0gmshd3p09wwpztks4lu8xc Sometimes you get a strange effect where people will "believe" that people are utterly selfish and greedy, but make an exception for their family, their village. See also the 'all x-people are like that, but you happen to be one of the good ones.' Hence it being harder to hold these beliefs in cities where you constantly mix with new people.
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3
well, whatever the complexities, I'm guessing we'll be finding out soon enough
nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 I'm sure there are people on Mastodon who have worked on this.
nostr:npub1qg48cy9nkrm0pkeuz7e9zrzeq2n6lnlwyn30u9zd0xe07g9qvras00augv Seeking out the dark forces
nostr:npub1vepp6etlfhmmumjxcw75gkpmfn86fs6p3rnue6ahel3g4lpw4nss68qc0f If the first tranche of military service started at 50 war would be very different! Although maybe Japan would beat us all with their cyber-elders :)
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3
Good point... smaller? but perhaps more natural cooling (for now) as further North.... but then again, heating up might have more immediate impact?
nostr:npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 The processes that cause sea cooling and warming can involve so many perverse and counter-intuitive outcomes that I really want someone who understands the underlying mechanisms to help me understand. The Arctic in general is heating faster than the global average, and this might cause more cooling ice melt to flow into the Baltic, or it might cause the Baltic to also warm faster, I don't know :)
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 Haha, bort med båda! Och så olja på det!
nostr:npub1shs5zx0rjzep5ty82h8wtz399egkt2pdl396ts46a5u0a8mmwpkqdt5nuu ja, Norge får bara tjäna lax av laxen
nostr:npub1d7jhhvfqxd3j0x38yc9m4eam7qf588dlkgh0gmshd3p09wwpztks4lu8xc People do things for free so often under capitalism that "only doing your job" is considered tantamount to striking.
nostr:npub1shs5zx0rjzep5ty82h8wtz399egkt2pdl396ts46a5u0a8mmwpkqdt5nuu Det är svårt att göra val mellan två länder som dödar val :D ;)