amikulo

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[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

It's on his patreon and really worth it. ACAB but the mormon cops he runs into are especially weird bastards.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

The Boys already did this gag a week ago. Get new material Danielle.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Not all statements by the pope are regarded as infallible by Catholics. In fact, invoking infallibility is very rare. However Leo's statements on the Iran War are very clearly in line with Catholic doctrine.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

I was wondering why there was parking on mars.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

I agree.

Another way that I like to describe this is that almost nothing could make the earth less hospitable than the moon or mars already are. Asteroid strike? Mars' thin atmosphere is even more vulnerable. Climate change? The moon swings between -170C and 119 C each month. Nuclear war? Try living under constant cosmic radiation in a pressurized habitat that could be completely destroyed by a few small conventional explosives instead of a nuclear bomb.

If we had the ability to make a self sustaining colony on mars we'd be able to restore earth's biosphere or make self sustaining arcologies or bunkers.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 26 points 4 months ago (13 children)

The Artemis 2 flyby of the moon was really cool. But the photos of the moon really reminded me how absurd it is that a dozen obscenely wealthy bastards are pushing us to live and work in a deadly airless ugly desert instead of preserving the miraculous little oasis in space that we already have.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

First there's capex, then there's the ongoing cost of fuel, then there's the ongoing cost of lobbying to get politicians to waste lives and money on oil wars.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

That's why it's in the negative positive quadrant. Low desire to die, high risk of dying (at least in my city)

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago

Yes this was the point of the meme. I feel like dying in an airplane, but it is very unlikely that anything fatal will happen. I also feel like dying while driving through suburban traffic, and there the odds are much higher something could take me out.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

I love biking! Hence the low desire to die. I feel so much better all day after biking.

I am also biking in Kansas City Missouri though where drivers will directly threaten to kill me.

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

This stemmed from me joking with a friend that it is unfortunate that flying is so safe because I always want to die when I'm on plane.

 

Does anyone have more information? Compass CNC was taken down to 'amicably' resolve a patent infringement case with shaper tools. Their website it totally gutted, their youtube videos are all private.

https://www.compassrouter.com/

I'm trying to find what has been archived from their designs. Surely some people who have built it will have the code, bill of materials, and stl files.

If you're unfamiliar with the project make zine has an article with some pictures. https://makezine.com/article/digital-fabrication/machining/compass-cnc-heads-forward/

Depending on which patents shaper tools claims are relevant this design could be out of the public domain until anywhere from 2030 to 2042!

[–] amikulo@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

A little detail I liked was Tarima specifying something about destroying her father's auditory cortex. It answered the question of why a telepathic species would need sign language. In humans, even when we imagine voices or use an internal voice it goes through the auditory. So, it makes sense that a telepathic species might use it's auditory context to "hear" thoughts.

 

Compass is an opensource handheld CNC router that you can build from a kit for less than a third the price of industry equivalent, the shaper origin. While this may not be directly solar punk I think the fact that is opensource makes it related. Also, it can enable people to build structures and furniture more easily with plans shared online. I envision making beautiful benches for bus stops and community gardens around my city.

 

I joined the Kansas City Food Not Bombs eight years ago and it has been life changing. They do great work, of course, but it has also connected me to so much other activism in the area and helped me build a community. I was so hopeless and atomized before joining FNB and learning about mutual aid.

http://foodnotbombs.net/info/locations/

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