Jimijamflimflam

@Jimijamflimflam@mstdn.social
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I’m Jimi.

I quietly contemplate these days. I enjoy reading about and infrequently discussing #SciFi, #Fantasy, #Horror, #Science, #USPolitics and #Noir. I’ve been #TentCamping over half my life.

#StarTrek🖖rocks.
I love all #Tolkien.
#MST3K is hilarious.
Michael Myers🔪the 1st shape.
#Ghibli storytelling is *gorgeous*
#Svengoolie rules!
Han shot first.

Early Gen X feral latchkey kid. Married. Mostly harmless. I block AI & jagbags.

We call them gym shoes round here.

HumanNot Immortal. Really.
LocationIn far Northern Illinois. Previously Braga, Pt., Funchal, Pt., Barrie, Ontario. Far Northern Illinois before all that.
Banner ImageFall is the season on the lakefront in Barrie, Ontario. A photographer in a yellow jacket sits under a reddish dynamic sculpture. New construction is visible in the background. Blue sky with scattered white clouds. The lake is reflecting the blue sky.
TootsToots disappear like tears in the rain. However it takes a while. So I got that going for me at least.

Building a Better Fog Harp

On arid coastlines, fog rolling in can serve as an important water source. Today’s fog collectors often use tight mesh nets. The narrow holes help catch tiny water particles, but they also clog easily. A few years ago, researchers suggested an alternative design — a fog harp inspired by coastal redwoods — that used closely spaced vertical wires to capture water vapor. At small scales, this technique worked well, but once scaled up to a meter-long fog harp, the strings would stick together once wet — much the way wet hairs cling to one another.

The group has iterated on their design with a new hybrid that maintains the fog harp’s close vertical spacing but adds occasional cross-wires to stabilize. Laboratory tests are promising, with the new hybrid fog harp collecting water with 2 – 8 times the efficiency of either a conventional mesh or their original fog harp. The team notes that even higher efficiencies are possible with electrification. (Image credit: A. Parrish; research credit: J. Kaindu et al.; via Ars Technica)

#condensation #elastocapillarity #fluidDynamics #fog #fogCollection #physics #science #surfaceTension

“For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, the concept of Country encompasses the lands, skies and waters to which they are deeply connected, over countless generations… Emily Kam Kngwarray’s art embodies her detailed knowledge of the places where she lived throughout her life with layered motifs representing the plants, animals and geological features that formed the desert ecosystems around her.” #art #painting #Indigenous #IndigenousArt #aboriginal #TateModern
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/emily-kam-kngwarray
Emily Kam Kngwarray | Tate Modern

Tate

Have a great day E!

@Utah44

Why do I refer to the bike as a "lamplighter"? In the old days lamp lighting was a job. A lamp lighter went around in the evening usually with a ladder and lit up each gas powered lamp post in turn.

Some of the people doing this job had specialist bikes made that were very tall. Then they could just cycle between each one, hold on (or lean) and light them without needing the ladder.

The design here is classic lamplighter bike style, albeit scaled down. A real lamplighter would be over 7 foot.

It's sunflower season starting here in Ireland at least 🌻🌻🌻. David Zinn shows how they can be cultivated on pavements using chalk, water and a large dose of whimsy ...

#DavidZinn #StreetArt #Art

So-called objective metrics in academia disadvantage women. Letters of reference for women tend to have less stand-out adjectives. Women's papers are cited less, their grants are smaller on avg & their papers have a harder time getting past reviewers.
https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/the-first-author-was-a-woman-she-should-be-in-the-kitchen-not-writing-papers-bias-in-stem-publishing-still-punishes-women
'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women

"What is the hard evidence, beyond anecdote and suspicion, that unconscious bias impacts on women's careers? Increasing numbers of studies show, in many different guises, just how potent such bias can be."

Live Science
Steady improvement. I think this one is my strongest so far.
Too many people are trying to divorce themselves from the rest of the world. Separation is an illusion, y'all! 🫶
It would be interesting for some groups to provide some estimates on how much return on investment the fossil fuel industry can be expected to earn from their efforts to put Republicans in charge of all three branches of the U.S. government.
🌞 Mainiu's automatic car awnings are becoming popular in China to avoid cars becoming boiling hot when parked outside during the summer.
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Affectionately known as the ‘graffiti grannies of Lisbon', Lata65 is a Portuguese organisation that runs workshops in street art for the over-65s. The oldest participant is 90-year-old Isaura Santos Costa #WomensArt 🇵🇹
@Natasha_Jay I always knew people eventually went through a second childhood, but lately I've become aware that they go through a second teenagerhood first 😄

@LillyHerself @Natasha_Jay

lol and there's a handful of us for whom it never ended.

@Natasha_Jay I love street art and man I’d love to see this irl, thanks for sharing!
@Natasha_Jay so much better than standard “senior programs”!!!!
@Natasha_Jay This is brilliant! We need a version in Swansea!!
@Steffi
It's just... wonderful