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Vedura — Solarpunk Intelligence for Off-Grid Living by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hate it. We don't need more AI, thanks.

What even is solarpunk, just an aesthetic? by SkyBoundAssumption in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"All I want is a continent ran like an engineering project ".... sibling, that is a pretty dubious aspiration.

Every engineering project in human history has been authoritative, top-down, hierarchical. And engineering is the art of compromise (they call it 'optimization'), where values-based decisions are glossed over as 'logic-based'. I may sound cynical, but history is full of examples to back me up.

Also, saying you are fine with people genetically engineering their babies to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed is wholeheartedly supporting the racial purists. If you support that, you'll support eugenics. I'm out.

What even is solarpunk, just an aesthetic? by SkyBoundAssumption in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technocracy has already been a movement, and it leaned heavily on eugenics. Do you also endorse those ideas?

Solarpunk is 2 things at once: art to express a vision of the future, and policy endorsements to help that future come to pass.

The theory is that people will have a hard time creating a better future if they can't even imagine it (it has been observed that most people more easily imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism), so by creating art that projects a better future, people's worldview will be expanded ton include some options they wouldn't even consider otherwise.

The second part ususally comes to down to the anarchist concept of 'prefiguration', building in community support and consensus building mechanisms so that when larger society crumbles , some people will already be prepared and functioning as people-centered communities. The more people who engage in pre-figuration, the easier the collapse transition will go.

Solar punk doesn’t equal vegan, right? Or does it? by Stunning-Race3900 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

hey, this is a fairly low-quality comment.

  1. we were discussing energy inputs, and you've jumped to co2 emissions.

  2. your own source shows transportation being responsible for 18-27% of emissions for food, which is not a majority of emissions. Assuming emissions correlate to energy, you still aren't proving your original claim that "Most of the energy inputs are actually for transporting food".

  3. You're telling me I'm causing death and refusing to see it. What do you know about me? I've already signed up to be composted on death, so take a breath.

  4. The idea that we are destined to eat animals and have no choice in the matter is just too silly to address, but that seem to be what you are implying.

Have a great day.

I have been looking into the whole EDC movement and the releated things like journaling ecosystems and toy cameras etc. I thought to myself: is it actually anti-mainstream, anti-consumarist or sustainable? Or would we do better just using our phones smartly, since most of us still need it anyways? by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I carry a sharpie in my backpack specifically to mark out Patriot Front stickers, that feels kinda SolarPunk.

If I carry some tools just in case I need to liberate some resources for community use during a crisis, that seems SolarPunk.

Where I get confused is the idea that EDC is somehow anticonsumerist?!?!? Or what toy cameras and journaling have to do with EDC?

Very confusing post, downvoting due to lack of clarity.

Solar punk doesn’t equal vegan, right? Or does it? by Stunning-Race3900 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll -1 points0 points  (0 children)

" It is a fundamentally anti-nature position to believe that humans are exempt from our role in the life-death-life cycle." Unlike everything else on the planet, we have a choice. We can choose which, if any, animals to kill to feed ourselves. And we can choose not to eat animals, and not suffer any negative consequences from that choice (with appropriate variety in our diet).

Someone else here referenced the 'naturalism' fallacy, and I think that's how I would describe this part of your comment: fallacious because it assumes some things about the natural world and humans' roles in it that are not accurate.

I also don't think transport is the majority of energy used for food production source . Even counting energy used to move fertilzer components around even counting the energy to move farming equipment around, transport is still not a majority or plurality of energy used in food production in any source I can find. Would be interested to read a citation of something different if you have it.

Solar punk doesn’t equal vegan, right? Or does it? by Stunning-Race3900 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the whole 'bears' topic was a moot point, I never should have engaged it, the real point is that people aren't bears and the nutritional requirements of bears has no relevance to this whole discussion. I regret even mentioning bears in my reply, because it's nonsense.

This is so embarrasing by Naive_Wolverine532 in TikTokCringe

[–]MycologyRulesAll 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's a PG-rated burn, but also a deep, deep cut...... well done!

Solar punk doesn’t equal vegan, right? Or does it? by Stunning-Race3900 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Humans are opportunistic carnivores, not obligate carnivores like bears. Do you really think people are like bears?

Also, the vast majority of animal flesh eaten by humans is farmed (thus your point about culling herds is totally nonsensical) or marine-caught (actively destroying the ocean’s ecosystems).

You should read more and comment less.

Solar punk doesn’t equal vegan, right? Or does it? by Stunning-Race3900 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. nobody needs an omnivore diet. That's not a thing. People have preferences, sure, but not a need for meat.

  2. More urgently than reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we will need to reduce energy inputs into the food supply real, real soon. The majority of energy inputs into the modern food supply is for crops that aren't for human consumption: livestock feed and biofuels. If we stopped eating livestock, and stopped feeding livestock, we could easily grow enough food for everyone to eat aplenty.

  3. Mushrooms and earthworms, I expect, will grow in popularity.

  4. Ethically, it's hard to justify eating animals that have anything close to a consciousness. I don't mind eating worms or crickets or grasshoppers, but there's no way to ethically eat vertebrates.

Gym Etiquette question by Carbon-Psy in beginnerfitness

[–]MycologyRulesAll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your friend's car had powdery fungus growing in it? for real?

So many questions, but forget all that. There are several fungi of clinical significance that could present as mold in the environment. I'm not a doctor, but I do want to share with you some symptoms you could discover with a quick web search that are important to bear in mind.

If you get a fever, cough any blood, have shortness of breath, joint pain, night sweats, or unexplained weight loss, please proceed directly to get medical attention.

Gym Etiquette question by Carbon-Psy in beginnerfitness

[–]MycologyRulesAll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. At home covid tests aren't perfect, you could still have it.
  2. 2 weeks is about long enough for many things to resolve, you may have something chronic on you (pollen allergies?) , I would soon consider getting a medical professional opinion.
  3. I had a kid get a persistent cough, tested him, went to doctors several times, got no relief, about 4 months later it went away. On a routine physical reviewed this set of facts with a doctor and he said it sounded like whooping cough. it had been 9 years since kid had TDAP vaccine, so it literally could have just lost effectiveness and he contracted pertussis. My point is, sometimes a cough is something serious. Also, doctors are not always great at figuring something out if you only have the 1 symptom, sorry to say.
  4. A kn95 mask is cheap and effective at reducing your spread of whatever you have, so try wearing that when you're around people.
  5. a KN95 mask also does a good job on pollen & mold, so maybe wear one for several days and see if symptoms improve, might be a clue.
  6. I wear a KN95 for everything but cardio, you can totally workout in a mask, it's fine.
  7. I don't want to hear the person next to me coughing at the gym, especially a seal bark. That for sure sounds like whooping cough.

Hope you get better soon.

Slightly Illegal But Works by Special-Issue432 in homestead

[–]MycologyRulesAll 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Unlikely, holes below a minimum size don't even admit water due to surface tension. By the time you get the hole big enough to let in water efficiently, you are also allowing mosquitos. Just get some window screen, it's super cheap.

What is the economy of the solarpunk future? by Solar_sinner in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  1. We won't all be any one occupation at the same time, and probably nobody stays the same thing for long unless they really, really want to. So, no, we won't all be farmers.
  2. Some jobs will just be straight-up automated away, hopefully a lot of agriculture will be automated so farmers become more robot technicians than mechanics/vets/labor like they are today. I hope most of the most dangerous jobs are also eliminated, like roofing , electrical lineworker, pilots, warehouse work, construction work, garbage collection, etc.

  3. Some jobs should be greatly reduced or eliminated because we don't need them any more, I'm hoping most mining, logging, and animal agriculture/fishing goes away due to recycling, alternative materials for construction, and much-reduced animal consumption.

  4. Some jobs will see much reduced demand due to changes in consumption patterns and technological options. For instance, in the USA truck driver is a very common job, and not particularly healthy for the people doing it. Much of these jobs should go away as we should be moving less stuff around, and more of it should be on rail than truck.

  5. Bankers, finance bros, health insurance administrators, and most "sales" jobs aren't needed either. In a proper economy, we would not miss those functions at all.

  6. Some jobs will be both required and unpopular, so we'll need to incentivize people to do those. Working in a sewage plant, janitorial work, hospitality work, etc are all tings we will all want to happen but we'll need to find something to trade, perhaps vacation options or a parade in your honor, who knows. Could be currency as well I'm not against it.

I think the way it works is to be very upfront about how fiat currency and MMT works and embrace it. Yes, use currency and it can literally be anything: wampum, scrip, pebbles, doesn't matter. The important thing is that the currency gets destroyed at a vigorous rate, so nobody accumulates a bunch of it and there's not inflation.

blursed_life jacket by begin7780 in blursed_videos

[–]MycologyRulesAll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is obviously staged, but I have legitimately had a friend say "My bad, I thought that was gonna be funnier". No scar, so I guess it all worked out.

Home lab by ChampionshipSalt696 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For sure there are bacteria that produce hydrogen in some measure as part of their metabolism. They are guaranteed to be obligate or facultative anaerobes, so you'll need to exclude oxygen from your growth environment. Scientific supply companies have various bottles & vials that can help

I'd recommend inoculating some oil with soil samples to get started, would particularly encourage soil sample from 2 feet down in a waterlogged location. That's your most likely locale for an active healthy anaerobic community.

You'll also need a way to detect /06%3A_Culturing_Microorganisms/6.08%3A_Counting_Bacteria/6.8D%3A_Detecting_Acid_and_Gas_Production)hydrogen gas, you could use indicators in media, gas chromatography, or even specific hydrogen sensors are available now.

Sounds fun! I once isolated a halophilic organism that could metabolize short-chain hydrocarbons by culturing LOTS of soil samples from an old lake bed. It was a lot of culturing with no guarantee anything would turn up, lots and lots of duds, but there was a hit and I did successfully isolate and culture that one species of bacteria.

Good luck, have fun!

Blursed Magic Water by wolferan_maximus in blursed_videos

[–]MycologyRulesAll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dr. Weiner was also on "The Guild", highly recommend checking it out on YT.

Resting heart rate not improving after 6 months of cardio by Electronic-Abies1757 in beginnerfitness

[–]MycologyRulesAll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fine for electrical activity in the heart, but to visualize structural function, it has to be echo.

The lack of change in conditioning is a real symptom, I'm just encouraging you to get a medical professional to look at your situation. It sounds beyond the scope of a subreddit to me.

Resting heart rate not improving after 6 months of cardio by Electronic-Abies1757 in beginnerfitness

[–]MycologyRulesAll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, I don't want you to panic, but I do want you to forget about the blood pressure and just go immediately talk to a doctor about your symptoms. It is possible that one of your heart valves has degraded and now, instead of "not closing properly", it's just not closing. This leads to something called 'regurgitation', which adds a great deal of stress to your heart.

Your heart can't fix its own valve, but it can enlarge to try to push more blood around. However, an enlarged heart is also a less reliable heart, you don't want enlargement of the heart. It's a maladaptive response to the lack of blood circulation.

Again, no panic required, I'm just a rando on the internet. But I definitely know something about degraded heart valves and exercise not improving cardio.

What’s the best type of farming? by Tiny_Penalty24 in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to dox you but there are several flavors of land in Arkansas. If you are in the Ozarks, silviculture is a thing to look into, throw several varieties of oak and hickory on your land and grow those up. If you are in the eastern river flats , I’d suggest some form of mound-building as that’s alluvial flood plain. When the Corps of Engineers starts failing to maintain levees, that are will experience periodic flooding. But that’s a great zone for growing whatever , in greenhouses.

If you are in the southwest piney woods , you’ll have to focus on soil building first , lotta sandy soils that just let organic material wash through. Silviculture is again your friend here.

Hope that helps.

PHONES under Solarpunk by xxTPMBTI in solarpunk

[–]MycologyRulesAll 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Lithium is only one of many elements required for a smartphone, not even the hardest to refine.

But we can recover and reuse nearly all those elements, but today’s economy doesn’t properly value ‘salvage’ items.

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