Also,
The internet has always been a collection of social media platforms: bulletin boards, Usenet, IRC, people hosting little personal sites and making contact with each other via email, etc. It got bad when big money arrived and brought in the general public. First is was platforms like AOL's chat rooms and forums, and later things like Facebook and Twitter. We are all living in eternal September now.
Exhibit A: this t-shirt from 1994
I found a library flyer that lays out the symbolism. Someone should add it to Wikipedia. Here's the short summary:
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The star is for Texas, the last state in the Union (at the time) where the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced.
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The nova/sunburst represents a new beginning for black Americans.
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The colors match the red/white/blue of the American flag.
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The arch where blue and red meet symbolizes a new horizon.
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More recent flags include the date "June 19, 1865." (Visually, this is a terrible addition IMO.)
https://skokielibrary.info/media/uploads/The%20Juneteenth%20Flag.pdf
I suspect someone was just being an ass.
I suspect you are correct.
I'm posting a day late for Juneteenth. I did not know this flag existed until I saw it flying outside a local government office.
What do you think are the worst carbon causing human activities? What do you think are the most beneficial activities to counter carbon output?
Side note: If worrying about climate isn't enough, we can also worry about potential famine as we use up our fossil fuels.
We are able to feed the world because of the Haber-Bosch process. This process uses fossil fuels, usually natural gas, to produce synthetic ammonia for fertilizer. That fertilizer makes modern high-yield farming possible. "Without the Haber-Bosch process we would only be able to produce around two-thirds the amount of food we do today."
https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/cewctw-fritz-haber-and-carl-bosch-feed-the-world/
What do you think are the worst carbon causing human activities? What do you think are the most beneficial activities to counter carbon output?
In the US it's roughly a tie between road transportation and energy generation (which lumps together both heat and electricity).
(Source: University of Michigan https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/sustainability-indicators/carbon-footprint-factsheet)
The global breakdown is similar: https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors
The solutions? Build mass transit, live in temperate climates, buy less stuff, ...? Honestly, I don't think we're not going to fix the problem with simple, local improvements (though by all means do what you can). There are global demographic forces to contend with. A century ago there were 2 billion people on earth. Now there are >8 billion, and in my lifetime we will surpass 9 billion. Many of those people are climbing out of poverty, and they want cars and air conditioners and all the other energy-intensive things that rich countries have enjoyed for a century. IMO we're going to need massive technological changes (like powering much of the world with nuclear very soon) in concert with a major population reduction and/or major changes to how people expect to live.
Planet Wreckers: Top Global North Countries(United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia) Responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion to 2035
I used to hike, bike, and trail run solo. It was fun and freeing, but dangerous. After one too many close calls I don't do that anymore.
The ideal is to find the right person to go with. Being with someone that you really mesh with, and who moves at the same pace, is 100 times better than going solo.
If you like Photon, you might like Tesseract. It's a Photon fork.
dubvee.org
tesh.itjust.works
tess.lemmy.ca
tes.leminal.space
I took yesterday off work to hit a new spot! It was hot, dry, rugged, and awesome.
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Fun fact #1: The department of energy does not control oil drilling. Sorry Donald, they can't unilaterally make it happen.
Fun fact #2: Not all oil is equal. Refineries are designed to process certain grades of oil into specific products, and different parts of the world have different grades. Refineries also often blend oils from different parts of the world to get the characteristics they need for their process.
Fun fact #3: Moving domestic petroleum products between the west coast and the rest of the US is an expensive pain in the ass. There is a distinct lack of pipelines, so you need to ship it through the Panama canal. But shipping is expensive thanks to the Jones Act. So California, Oregon, and Washington would get particularly screwed in a domestic-only oil market.
"Drill, baby, drill!" has always been an immensely stupid rallying cry, even if you don't care about the environment.