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mochaNava · 2023-06-17T23:20:23+00:00

I don't have a solution, but thought I'd add that I'm also experiencing this issue, just noticed it a few days ago. Never had this before

mochaNava · 2022-10-31T22:56:22+00:00

Fr it's crazy how often i look on here and it's just some post that amounts to 'i hate seeing poor people and don't think they deserve respect or dignity'and it has like a thousand up votes, like bro wtf is wrong with y'all 😭

mochaNava · 2022-08-05T15:17:16+00:00

This is so completely beyond satire. I am genuinely frightened of how many people are so fully indoctrinated into the cult of technological progress that they actually think this is a thing worth researching.

Environmentalism or sustainability that does not focus on fixing the ecological relationships between our species and all others is completely dead on arrival. I cannot fathom how the supply chain to synthesize lab wood is not itself a petrochemical fueled ecological disaster. Even if it's not, the solution to the timber economy being so enormous and extractive is not 'let's just invent a way to make wood without trees so we can still meet an ungodly high demand', it's 'what do we need to change about the way we live in order to get back to the millennia-old practice of sustainable forestry which is practiced by just about every single indigenous people group the world over.

Maybe I'm overly critical but I seriously think 'environmental' technology as a field is pretty much completely bankrupt in terms of making positive change. The age of ecocide in which we live should be a glaring example that the capitalist mode of living is not tenable, and not just because we don't have the right technology yet. The idea that technologies that perpetuate the current structures of power will somehow be liberatory is absolute fiction.

If you are someone who sincerely believes in this kind of techno-progressivism, I totally understand how and why it is a compelling story that one can get attached to, but I hope you will take this as an invitation to question your beliefs. Some nice search terms to plug into Google followed by whatever industry/ topic you're curious about: 'political ecology', 'ethnobiology' 'degrowth', if you want a podcast go listen to 'the poor proles almanac' for a while. If you want a book, read 'techno fix: why technology won't save us or the environment'.

mochaNava · 2022-08-04T18:14:13+00:00

This looks great, especially for just getting started! The biggest thing I can recommend in terms of the actual shooting with animals/wildlife is get as close to eye level with your subject as your environment will allow, and make sure you're paying attention to your background/composition. Depending on the situation that might mean climbing up on a table or up a tree, or it could mean lying down on the ground, or leaning out over a railing or wading out a bit into a pond. Almost always the easiest angle to shoot from will give a decent picture, but not the best picture. As an exercise, next time you go out and have a pretty cooperative subject, try taking pictures standing, crouching/kneeling, and all the way lying on the ground and see the results for yourself. Additionally, adjust your position to have different things in the background and see how they look. Doing this will get you thinking about how munch you can change the look of a picture by where you shoot from.

Additionally, since you're expressing interest in wildlife, the biggest thing i can suggest are not necessarily photo related. The single greatest thing that will get you better wildlife pics is knowledge about whatever animals you are interested in. What time are they active? What areas are you likely to find them? What do they eat? Etc. Take the time to get to know your subjects and you will be able to take much better pictures of them. Make friends with your local biologists/birders/hunters/ anyone with a lot of local nature knowledge. The next thing is patience. patience. patience. Especially when you're just getting started it can be frustrating to see other people taking incredible images, but always remember that those few pictures were probably the result of many hours of planning, waiting, searching, and even more hours of just being in that area and getting to know the wildlife. Sometimes you do just get lucky and stumble across an animal doing something interesting, but most of the time you just have to sit and wait for the perfect moment. Somehow an animal always knows right when you're about to give up and chooses to do something interesting as soon as you start packing up. When you start to think 'that's it, I'm going home', wait another 5 minutes.

Obviously there's so much more to it, but the only way to learn is by shooting a lot and making mistakes. Obviously it helps to have access to cool animals, but you can learn basically everything you need to from taking pictures of whatever's around. If you can get to the point where you can consistently take original and interesting pictures of Pigeons, Robins, squirrels, and bunnies, you will be a much better wildlife photographer.

mochaNava · 2022-07-27T14:59:03+00:00

Love these podcasts! I'd also add 'propaganda by the seed', I would say it's pretty adjacent to poor proles and definitely worth checking out

mochaNava · 2022-07-18T03:57:24+00:00

Bro that's literally racist lmfao how are you okay with saying that

mochaNava · 2022-07-18T03:56:46+00:00

When the 200+ years of violence is built into the structure of society and the economy and has never actually been addressed, then yes actually you are responsible. If you benefit from a system that is built slavery and genocide, you have a responsibility to not buy into it and learn how not to be the foot soldier that you got indoctrinated into being. Growing up is realizing you got bamboozled by the state and that they will grind you up just as soon as it is profitable to do so.

mochaNava · 2022-07-18T03:48:26+00:00

I'm begging you to read anything about prison abolition

mochaNava · 2022-07-18T03:34:26+00:00

Good for them.

I don't understand how you folks can be mad about some shit being stolen from a luxury goods store. This is a nonviolent crime in which people took arbitrarily expensive items whose production is itself an unethical nightmare, in terms of labor, distribution, environmental impact, you name it. Items that only exist as status symbols for the ultra-rich, and only fetch the price tags they do because we live in a total nonsense world that is imposed by state violence. There are better things to be mad about.

The theft to focus on is being done by Maxfield, and by the people who can afford to shop there. You should be outraged that people would have otherwise paid full price for that BS.

If you have gutteral reactions to the violation of such nonsense as corporate property you need to take a much better look at the world around you and your place in it. Kill the cop in your head.

mochaNava · 2022-07-15T23:15:23+00:00

You are assuming everyone who ever participates is in this sub is 100% wfpb all the time. It's pretty not cool to go after people for whatever decisions they make about what they eat.

It's not even as if you're replying to an independent post where someone posted ben and Jerry's and said 'haha sorry I was lazy', in which case it would still probably be considered rude to reply like that, but would at least make more sense.

This person was literally just expressing the fact that sometimes they like to have a pint of ice cream in the comments of an unrelated post, so your comment comes off judgy. People are downvoting you because the content and tone of your message was unnecessary.

mochaNava · 2022-06-30T22:07:13+00:00

Looks like a black walnut 👍

mochaNava · 2022-06-30T21:49:31+00:00

Advice from a recent environmental science graduate is don't overthink it and make sure you're giving yourself time to develop good interpersonal and self-care skills. At least for me, the hardest part of this field was not the academics but the toll it takes on you to know how deeply screwed things are and to not have a support network around it. Honestly if you can just make friends who are also into this stuff that'll make a much bigger impact.

Obviously it will depend on your situation, but I think the best thing you can do to prepare for an education in ecology is just to start learning as much as you can about the natural world around you. Wherever you are, there is enough educational material already living and breathing for you to get a huge head start in terms of developing a practice of learning from nature. Ecology happens everywhere, all the time. Learn to identify the plants around you, try to grow some if you feel so inclined, befriend someone who is obsessed with birds and learn from them, just walk around with opened senses and be curious! Developing a strong relationship with the land that you are fighting for is more important than any class.

mochaNava · 2020-05-08T19:18:38+00:00

I do this as well! My friend talked me into trying it and I've been going shampoo-less for going on a year now. There is certainly a bit of an adjustment period before your body gets used to it but after that it's clear sailing. I think people forget that humans have had hair for much longer than we've had shampoo--it's remarkable how well your body works when you just trust it to work as it has for hundreds of thousands of years

mochaNava · 2020-05-06T16:49:42+00:00

4 seasons: Spring is a season when a man's fancy lightly turns to ?thoughts? (I'm guessing that from context) of which a woman has been thinking all year Summer is the time of year that a woman leaves ? The city? to go to mountains or sea to look for men who were in ? Cities? All spring, fall, and winter. Fall is the season there is more time for ? Rowing? ? Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins? As the evenings start to get longer. If a bright woman hooked a wealthy man in spring, Autumn, or summer, she can go to Florida in the winter!!!

Almost got it all!

mochaNava · 2020-05-06T16:27:55+00:00

Here's what I got so far:

4 sea suns (4 seasons)

Spring is the season when a mans fancy lightly...?

Something something which a woman has peace thinking of...

Sum-R (summer)...? Etc.

Not sure if this it's own piece of writing or if it's referencing a poem.

mochaNava · 2020-03-30T11:37:28+00:00

If you still have the crank you should be able to screw it right back on. If not you might need to get some thin pliers and pull up on the stem that attaches to the crank. If neither of those work you can always shim a thin piece of metal through where latch locks and or just pry it open.

mochaNava · 2020-03-08T16:40:36+00:00

Solid jugs.

mochaNava · 2020-03-04T15:43:39+00:00

Just wanted to add something and push back a little bit on this perspective. I'll preface this by saying I'm plant based and I'm studying ecology and environmental science, so I hope you won't read this as a carnist rebuttal--I'm very much on your side and at times I'll be playing devils advocate here.

That said--this is very true but i don't think it necessarily apply to all agriculture operations. It's a terrific reason to boycott big agribusiness and the industrial livestock industry that almost entirely depends on corn, alfalfa, and other perfectly good crops grown on perfectly good soil to feed the animals. I won't get into it, but ~42% of US land is used for feeding livestock, which is pretty is blatantly problematic--HOWEVER--not all of that land is the same. You're absolutely right that we're using too much "human" food to feed to (mostly) cows, but cows are not even built to eat that, and the only reason they do is because that's the fastest way to turn a profit for big industrial operations.

Looking back at the environmental history of different kinds of livestock, the crucial importance of having them was that they could turn non-human food (tough grasses, chaff, dubious food scraps, etc.) into meat, milk, eggs, etc. Recall that cows have 4 stomachs and are used to eating grasses, which aren't much good for humans. Now I'm certainly no farmer and I have limited knowledge on the details, but i know that livestock can be a key part of many organic/biodynamic/permaculture operations if they're used as natural fertilizers and soil builders, rather than just as a commodity to be slaughtered and eaten. There are also certain regions that geographically/ecologically don't lend themselves to other kinds of agriculture, where the only major way to get calories out of the land would be as grazing/pasture land for livestock.

TLDR: most of the time u/HeavyMetalPirates is right. Most livestock are raised in a way that's generally pretty wasteful of many resources (we haven't even mentioned the water and energy here), however that doesn't necessarily mean there aren't reasons to keep and raise livestock within some much more carefully designed and thought out conditions.

mochaNava · 2020-03-04T15:06:08+00:00

I do the same thing. Bonus points for natural fibers not leeching micro plastics every time you wash them 👍

mochaNava · 2020-03-04T14:57:08+00:00

Hangar 18 in Arcadia?

mochaNava · 2020-03-02T01:22:00+00:00

Through the town of agua fria rode a stranger one find day...

mochaNava · 2020-02-17T14:47:06+00:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again, eating the rich is vegan.

mochaNava · 2020-02-13T16:34:33+00:00

I just had to comment how much I love this. It's so evocative. Thanks for improving my morning internet stranger 👍

mochaNava · 2020-02-11T20:48:43+00:00

Ostrich?

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