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tankdigital

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Human. Artist. Solarpunk. Dork.

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Quote from my sister-in-law today in a thread that started with me calling out her right wing bullshit.

"Thank God we weren't raised to change our beliefs when we're confronted."

Tell me you have ZERO critical thinking skills in any better way. Just... the DENSITY in that statement. GodDAMN.

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Geothermal heat pumps are feasible for residential heating and cooling - it will make a difference as long as we organize and make it happen. If we leave it up to the people "in charge" we'll never see it, because it's not profitable to them.

Building the technology is hard. Scaling the technology is a LOT harder.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/29/cheap-geothermal-energy-system-makes-us-comeback-minnesota

@dbread@ohai.social avatar dbread , to random German

Finally I installed a Meshtasic node on the roof of our makerspace. Anybody experience with a that long antenna cable for a heltec-d3? I've got weird status icons on the longfast public chat. But at least someone replied with "test ok".

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@frisch @dbread I have been using Meshtastic for a while now with limited-range success. Isn't a completely different network? Why should I abandon a network I already use to adopt another one?

I recognize these world are very adjacent, this is genuine curiosity. I already spent money to get compatible hardware, and that's an upfront investment I'm hesitant to make again.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

I would like to formally apologize to you all. I am going to take this advice to heart and rethink everything. What I post on social media. What I think is funny. The very meaning of life itself. How cats instinctively know to use a litter box. I have much to ponder.

ALT
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@lowqualityfacts

Low quality, high quantity. We know what we're signing up for here!

It's the advertisements.

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I want sustainable, resilient, efficient, community-focused, housing built (in red states - because that happens to be where my community is from) in the USA. The longer we ignore climate change and the housing crisis, the more people will die in extreme weather events.

A tall order, for now, but it's still

@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

I'm writing a story about hidden e-waste. Chips and electronics in products such as children's toys, shoes, clothes, etc.

Anyone has some funny / weird examples of products you don't expect to have chips / or that have no useful reason to have chips--but still do? Or examples of really throwaway electronics such as vapes?

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@rustoleumlove @gerrymcgovern
Most hotels are going to NFC chip room access keys. SO MANY cards.

Or are those RFID?

@_elena@mastodon.social avatar _elena , to random

Dear Fedi friends, I need your help!

We are working on motion graphics for the Fediverse promotional video... and we would love to do a sequence at the end with a mosaic of people's profile photos. For that, I need your consent.

If you'd like to have a small cameo in our video, can you let us know if we can use your profile pic?

Thanks! 🙏

Can you please boost this?

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@_elena Yes please!

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VW is testing its robotaxis in snowy, icy Norway
A taxi service that only operates in good weather isn't a good taxi service.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/vw-is-testing-its-robotaxis-in-snowy-icy-norway/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social