In soil science, we hand texture, where you rub the soil between two fingers and see how it responds to physical manipulation. There are a few tests: can you roll it into a worm? Does that worm break? How long of a ribbon can you make with it? You do this for each layer (horizon) and pits have a minimum of 3 horizons usually

Anyway, on large scale soil surveys, we can have hundreds to thousands of pits to do. The largest ones I've ever done were 1900 pits or so, thus a LOT of hand texturing, and pushing to get them all done.

To speed up this process I started texturing with both hands at the same time; each with a different horizon. Turns out I'm abi-texterous (seriously)

Holy shit that's amazing

I love everything about this comment: the bemused tone, the bovines, the offer for moral support. It has it all.

The funny part - I use that term loosely - is that the ivory bill was very closely related to pileated wood pecker which is a noisy as fuck bird. There are people out in the swamps of the Singer Tract looking for them like bigfoot hunters. They insist that the bird is very reclusive now.

Bunch of insecure men who dislike feminist takes. I got banned for posting something similar, despite being the proud owner of some bullocks.

That looks like an old Singer table with a new machine on top.

My grandma used to have one at the farm, that was the original, and powered by the pedal you see at the bottom

'fun fact' - the ivory bill wood pecker's habitat was entirely within the tract of land that Singer company used to make these tables. Didn't work out for the ivory bills at all. They are entirely extinct

Disguise buff?

Rats on a sinking ship, fighting over scraps rather than getting off the ship

Ouu. Spicy take (though I agree). Post it on !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world and get banned in one easy step

vanishingly few

As it should be. Equality is crucial, and women's rights generally pave the way for minorities. Uff. I hate that this is usually how it is, but look how far women have come since the turn of the 20th century - hell, even the 21st century

working on it. Can't out run your fork, as it were.