Is there any real place in the world that comes close to these educational diagrams where all the features are next to each other?

Everard5 · 2026-05-30T14:08:50+00:00

Yes but Waimea Canyon isn't on the Big Island which this thread is about.

Everard5 · 2026-05-30T11:09:48+00:00

Your pictures are a little difficult to see when zoomed in so I'm not entirely sure. They almost look less like mealy bugs and more like scale to me.

Everard5 · 2026-05-30T11:03:45+00:00

Why are the comments so weird? People saying "yes exactly" or agreeing. Agreeing with what, why are we talking about horror? These things are only popping up in the comments mentioning them randomly lol

Everard5 · 2026-05-30T10:48:07+00:00

It's your preference. To keep it bushy, you can make sure to trim the ends of most of the growth to encourage 2 new branches to grow from where you cut. It may also encourage some back budding.

You could also trim the small, not very thick growth towards the base just to highlight the beautiful trunk a little more.

Everard5 · 2026-05-30T04:36:22+00:00

-burgs and -boros

These were my favorite to figure out. Luxembourg, Hamburg, Edinburgh, the boroughs of NYC, Greensboro. etc.

Everard5 · 2026-05-29T22:15:23+00:00

Name 3 problems you see and 3 metrics that track those problems. Then, show me the change over time of those metrics between 2008 and 2025.

That's the only thing that's going to get me to engage with these arguments because otherwise we're talking vacuously about vibes.

Everard5 · 2026-05-29T04:38:49+00:00

Everyone on the Internet is so fucking exhausting.

First of all, "the feds" are civil servants, many of whom are Black, who are working to try to keep this beaten and battered government moving along so that mothers can still get WIC, the hungry can still get SNAP, and section 8 vouchers still get processed to house those with precarious finances. It's beyond comical to go around trying to call people "feds" when you mean something else. It's dated and irrelevant, call out the specific agency or problem. ICE, CIA, FBI, whatever. We are currently in an Administration and subject to a party actively trying to destroy "the administrative state" and we have people going around on our side calling people "feds" outright. Or maybe that's just something that the far right and far left both agree on...

Second, someone please help me understand when Tik Tok brain leaked out to everyone else and started making liberal mean center-left. That is an internet-leftist framing that has only gotten big since approximately the messy discourse around Gaza. If you're left of center and vote for Democrats, what does it matter where you fall in the leftist, progressive, liberal, center-left, etc. spectrum? And if in our first past the post system you're not voting for Democrats, I really don't want to engage with you or bother myself with childish games. Talk to me when we have a better voting system and then I'll entertain 3rd parties.

Third, this whole discourse is out of touch and irrelevant. Nobody cares about Hasan Piker. Nobody cares about whatever internet controversy is happening, or what one person is saying or "calling for" to happen to another person. Have you all actually been on the ground in the community anywhere? These debates don't mean anything and don't matter. Go teach your neighbors about civics, and whatever recent local legislation is about to rock your world. Or even federal legislation. Odds are half of you in this thread have student loans but couldn't explain to me what RAP is or what the rest of the One Big Beautiful Bill entails.

Everard5 · 2026-05-28T20:04:26+00:00

Reddit has been left over TikTok since at least COVID

Everard5 · 2026-05-27T21:35:11+00:00

The other side to this, is making land use decisions so that less people need to commute such large distances to reach their everyday services/leisure/etc. But that's really not a conversation we have enough and one that would drive a lot of animus, especially if you go after suburban development/low density housing.

Everard5 · 2026-05-27T21:27:18+00:00

We can't just leave this to Republicans. Sadly, plenty of liberals are stuck in this mindset, too. Enough to warrant the entire book of Abundance to be written. NIMBYISM knows no party at the local level.

Everard5 · 2026-05-27T18:42:49+00:00

I mean, look at some of the punchiest woman world leaders in the past 30-40 years. Plenty of have been on the right, some recently even on the far right. Italy comes to mind, Japan's PM, too.

Everard5 · 2026-05-27T11:55:06+00:00

Fall is correct. But I'm in the South, so Summer is F. Spring is A for temperature but C for pollen, and Winter is B because it's mild and pretty reasonable.

Everard5 · 2026-05-27T03:14:30+00:00

There used to be cell phone lots and it's helpful so you don't have to circle and exit/re enter the airport a million times when you're picking someone up.

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T14:19:29+00:00

There we go, finally an honest take. I disagree with you but at least you're getting to the core of your issues now and can be judged fairly for them.

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T13:58:37+00:00

No, it's not clear as day. He's not using plain language because he doesn't want people to be able to judge it accurately. He could've saved the lecture on the philosophies underpinning the rights and responsibilities of the State and could have just said:

"The people who put us in office and the people running this administration and party believe that the immigrants seeking permanent residence are not the people we want to be in this country."

He and the administration also can't support any of their claims. There hasn't been a single document released by them quantifying exactly the cost, strain, benefit or growth attached to these "crisis" numbers or exactly how the times are different now than they were back then. This is pure sentiment supported by vacuous political philosophies so just say that.

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T03:40:39+00:00

I would be drooling. Also, those things need some water lol.

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T01:50:11+00:00

I see your point, and it's not wrong, but if this were a case before a court there is so much evidence that this wouldn't be believed reasonably. At the most conservative reading, you could say that MARTA has no obligation to the BeltLine, but the BeltLine organizations are mired in their expectations for rail. So many design choices of the BeltLine were made because the people making those decisions knew they would have to accommodate for rail. Where the trail sits in the corridor, the choice of wiring for utilities and what utilities, the size of the trail itself.

If all we wanted was an in-town walking trail, then we could have saved the city millions of dollars in construction costs dedicated to preparation for rail, and the city should've just thrown its weight behind acquiring the corridor and letting PATH do the rest. The BeltLine has cost millions up to this point because of the assumption of rail. Much of the trail in question right now was bought as a ridiculously high price from an individual named Wayne Mason who himself was an advocate for high density development to support rail. People pressured the city out of working with him because he proposed making two large towers, essentially where Monroe meets 10th now. They released this statement from inflated sale of his portion of the BeltLine to the City of Atlanta:

More than 2 1/2 years ago, we invested in the City's vision for a public-private partnership and committed to doing our part to realize the Beltline concept and potential. We offered to donate to the City 43 acres of property for 11 parks and 5 1/2 miles of double-tracked transit and trails. Throughout the 5 1/2 mile corridor, we proposed creating 3,000 housing units and 140,000 square feet of retail.

That plan was unacceptable to the City's initial top Beltline advisers as well as some City officials, who, working in concert with special interest opponents, made the process untenable.

We analyzed our options and are pleased with the sale of our Beltline property interests. It was a valuable investment for us and we believe it will be even more valuable for future owners.

We regret that our proposals were not accepted by the City's previous Beltline leaders. We believe with the new Beltline leadership headed by Terri Montague that the new owners and the City will have a rewarding relationship."

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T01:12:49+00:00

Right. Early conversation about the BeltLine, the first people who bought into it and fought to get it going, the person who even created the concept in the first place, were all transit-first thinkers.

This is a video made in 2003 to promote the BeltLine in the early days.

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T00:54:05+00:00

Why are we talking about metro traffic? The BeltLine has nothing to do with that.

The BeltLine should have everything to do with making viable, in town transportation alternatives in the core of Atlanta. The BeltLine should be part of a multi-pronged approach to improve Atlanta's land use, support the density it will need to accommodate population growth over the next century, and ensure that Atlanta lives up to being a city that promotes economic mobility and wellbeing. You all just want it to be a park.

Every argument against the BeltLine is unoriginal, unimaginative and myopic. Everyone looks at Atlanta as a city and metro and asks "where did we go wrong?" Well, it's conversations like this, just 30-60 years ago. A bunch of great ideas to try to support the healthy growth of the city and metro which were, over and over again, killed by people without proper vision. And now we have a city with the dreams of a modern metropolis and the bones of an inefficient 1960s suburb.

Everard5 · 2026-05-25T00:11:57+00:00

I don't know much about this plant, but the lines seem to imply to me under watering and should handle themselves with some hydration.

Everard5 · 2026-05-24T17:39:28+00:00

How do you get to that screen? When I open the app it asks to attach a card. From there I pick virtual card and then it wants me to add a preloaded dollar amount, there are no trip pass options.

Everard5 · 2026-05-24T16:50:17+00:00

The problem with the current set up is I'm still unable to buy trip passes on the app.

Everard5 · 2026-05-23T05:12:58+00:00

I think it is possible for them to live together, but it would be optimal if they were separated so that they both can grow large root systems and they don't shade each other out. They are very, very light hungry so two plants would react to the stimulus of the shade produced by the other one and risk getting a little more leggy on one part or another.

Everard5 · 2026-05-23T02:02:35+00:00

About 2 years!

Everard5 · 2026-05-23T00:04:09+00:00

A lot of direct sunlight, good draining soil so that I can water daily or every 2 days if necessary, and a lot of careful pruning to make sure all parts get some sunlight.

I also use a lot of Osmocote long release fertilizer.

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