Nick Steen

@nwsteen
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Saw an SUV driving around Honolulu with a sticker that said: "Just say NO to vaccines." ๐Ÿคฎ

Anyway, these are in the shop now: https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/The-Anti-Vax-Trail-by-viblue/154459624.JCQM3

Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230917.html #APOD
APOD: 2023 September 17 โ€“ Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

20 Years of Badgers

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Surprise! It's #fontbracket Qualifying Match #1! These playoffs will determine which typefaces get into the bracket tournament.

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Font names are in the alt text. Vote before you peek!

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#fontbracketQM1

So many people lining up to see the new Margot Robbie movie. Which is fair enough. After all, summertime is...

[Lowers shades]

Barbie queue season

[Flees]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jenny

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jenny

No need to clear new land for solar power. Panels can coexist with agriculture, and even help it since many crops thrive in partial shade and/or benefit from water retention under the panels.

โ€œMaize is grown by about 50% of farmers in Tanzania. Maize is also a sun loving plant. So the fact that we had an 11% yield increase in maize [under solar panel arrays] is a phenomenal result,โ€ he said.

#solar #renewables #agriculture https://apnews.com/article/climate-beer-solar-panels-hops-germany-ee3d00a1877837eb85053335e3b68a00

Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.

A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process. Solar panels atop crops has been gaining traction in recent years. As incentives and demand for clean energy skyrocket, researchers look into making the best use of the land, and farmers seek ways to shield their crops from blistering heat. The team in Germany says its effort is the first agrivoltaic project thatโ€™s solely focused on hops, but projects have sprouted around the world in several countries for a variety of different grains, fruits and vegetables.

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Extraordinary that there's virtually no coverage in western media of China's extraordinary expansion of its railway network, and no questions about why we can't or don't do the same
#Railway #China #Europe #US
There's a discussion in my family about which stove top element / burner is our preferred one. What do you all have to say, good people of #Mastodon? Thank you all for your answers and comments!
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As I get use mastodon and learn the UI better, I am getting more out of it, but I maintain it should be easier to get to the follow button.

I have a bunch of raspberry pis laying around and want to host my own server but am chronically short on time. So maybe next weekend? Want to start a passion project back up and put it on here