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@liamvhogan@aus.social Hi, Nathan from MSNBC. What do you have to say to critics who say pain isn't real and your boxes don't actually do anything?
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mastodon 4.7.343M. Alienated father of Ms10. Work in IT (kinda). Grew up in a fundamentalist cult. Neurodivergent. Into bushwalking, fishing, woodwork, watercolours, cartography and geospatial data, OSM, geology, community resilience and disasters.
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@benno Someone's been reading Baudrillard. I approve. Next you'll be telling me the Pontif's favourite film is The Matrix 😄
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@yayaver Pick one thing:
"Today I'm going to get chores done, but not be productive at work and not get 10,000 steps in."
"Tomorrow I'll be productive at work but that's it."
"And the day after I'll get my 10,000 steps in but nothing else." 😁
"And maybe on the weekend I'll get 8 hours sleep, but put off chores."
"A spokesperson said [some bullshit]"
"Officials believe [some bullshit]"
"Police allege [some bullshit]"
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Whilst alluvial floodplains are not ideal for permanent structures (for obvious reasons) they can make for amazing arable land.
The Canterbury Plains in New Zealand are a prime example with its productive alluvial soils (though agriculture is highly dependant on irrigation) and is the dominant arable region in New Zealand, producing the majority of its grain and seed crops and supporting a significant dairy industry.
The *most* fertile land in the country, however, is generally found in the Waikato and South Auckland. It's granular soils were built from strongly weathered volcanic tephra deposits, that largely originated from the Taupo Volcanic Zone.
If you're wondering if there's a connection between NZ's tephra-derived soils and the dairy industry in NSW around Tilba Tilba and the aforementioned Gulaga: No, way too old. After 65 million years since the volcano where Gulaga now stands erupted, that process is essentially spent and whatever was there has long since leached away. Plus that volcano was a shoshonite-association complex including syenite and not the kind of basaltic or andesitic material that tends to weather into the most nutrient-rich soils.
#geology #agriculture #NZ #NSW
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@liamvhogan@aus.social I found the box exhilarating. It is what you make of it, I guess 🤷
The only good thing about Citadel, besides Stanley Tucci, is that Stanley Tucci's character is a bit of a foodie 😜
Some true industrial music; seen on Instagram, mirrored to my website for your convenience 😊
https://mirror.purecaffeine.com/ig_tech_noiser_2026_04_27.mp4
https://mirror.purecaffeine.com/ig_dill_yujinoue_2026_04_05.mp4
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You can see how Sydney has sprawled out east across sandstone (pastel green) and shale (emerald green) to Camden and Penrith, and onto an alluvial floodplain (brown) to Richmond.
Sandstone-derived soils are typically nutrient-poor, while soils derived from shale are generally more fertile. This difference comes down primarily to mineralogy: sandstone is composed mostly of quartz, a chemically inert mineral that releases virtually no nutrients as it weathers. Shale, by contrast, is rich in clay minerals and often contains organic matter, releasing a much broader range of plant-available nutrients as it breaks down.
Additionally, the coarser, sandier texture of sandstone-derived soils creates larger pore spaces, which allows water to drain rapidly and leach whatever nutrients are present deeper into the profile and out of reach of plant roots.
#geology #ecohydrology
There are a loooot of people not dressed for the weather today 😄 BOM's apparent temp is 3.7°C
You ever seen someone apply a tourniquet in movies or TV shows? Like an effective tourniquet that actual stops bleeding?
I tried one on myself, just to practice using it before I actually need to (because reading instructions after accidentally burying an axe in your thigh is hard).
God DAMN they're painful. I of course didn't fasten it anywhere close to actual clamping the artery because that would be unnecessarily dangerous when uninjured, but honestly I think I'd rather bleed out.
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@stephen The DeWalt 54V Flexvolt 450mm has been good for me but is a huge pain to maintain and clear out crud, plus uses plastic to hold bar in place which has resulted in some movement and chain biting into body of saw. But I don't think it deserves the low score of 1.3/5 on DeWalt website.
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This is Gulaga near Tilba Tilba in NSW, the eroded pluton of a volcano that last erupted 65 million years ago.
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In case "for obvious reasons" wasn't obvious regarding developing in floodplains, this is Bega Valley Shire Council's map of flood prone land, with four categories from FPCC1 (apricot) to FPCC4 (green).
FPCC1 designated land is essentially "high risk, do not develop". Whilst most of the CBD is outside the flood prone land, it is fundamentally poorly situated at the intersection of Brogo River and Bega River, with waterways on three sides.
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@trib And what about a dystopian game where everyone ends up crying and or getting blind drunk?
Slowly working my way through 28 Years Later. It seems like a good film, but it's a bit too "wet" for my liking. I enjoy zombie films and TV series but more for the post-collapse survival aspect. I can't do horror and gore.
"Hi, just a quick note to say thank you for your first order with us"
Now hold up a sec. Ok, yes it's been six years but it's not my first order...
Does the word "ceasefire" even mean anything any more?
An excellent resource for #fishing inland waters in #NSW
Verified and unverified reports of access to lakes, dams, rivers and creeks with descriptions of access and location, whether they're 2WD accessible or require 4WD, categorisation of waterways as general trout, artificial fly and lure only, or spawning streams and any seasonal restrictions.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=08a7cb0b88cd4bcea492f7f3374ef205
TENET is considered one of Christopher Nolan's weakest films. It is also one of his most precisely constructed. This essay argues that the clumsiness you feel watching it is not a flaw. It is structural. Nolan built the entire film around a 2,000-year-old palindrome called the Sator Square, and once you see it, the movie becomes a different object e...more
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@wtrmt@mastodon.social @liamvhogan@aus.social Credentials? No, there were no credentials. They seemed legit, like, they looked the part. I guess a bit of the "hi viz vest and clipboard" effect. Was I scammed? Do these tests normally cost $15,000 plus GST?
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@tante@tldr.nettime.org 3 months after they made a $1B deal with Disney (which apparently no money had yet been paid to OpenAI)
Art of the deal all over the place!