sam_uk

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Butterfly-inspired films create vibrant colors while passively cooling objects (phys.org)
 

On a hot summer day, white clothing feels cooler than other colors due to reflecting—not absorbing—sunlight. Other colors like blue or black, will undergo a heating effect as they absorb light. To circumvent this heating effect in colored cooling films, researchers drew inspiration from nanostructures in butterfly wings.

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How to Design and Build A Forest Garden - Part 1. Surveying (balkanecologyproject.blogspot.com)
 

Regenerative Agriculture, Polyculture, Ecology, Regenerative Landscape Desing, Permaculture, Gardening, Ecological Gardening

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Using carbon rich kelp to fertilize the farm | Farm Dreams (www.youtube.com)
 

Indy meets with a traditional farmer Eli, who is using carbon rich kelp to fertilize his farm.Enjoy a free trial of National Geographic right here: https://n...

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Ninh Thuan (southern VN), four projects are currently under construction, while four others are preparing to start construction including a 450-megawatt solar power plant and 500kv substation (lecourrier.vn)
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The Violent Rise of Capital - A short history of the end of history. (antoniomelonio.substack.com)
 

A short history of the end of history.

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This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones) (youtu.be)
AOC mentioned "solarpunk" a few times in her live stream on Instagram last night in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I have moments when I feel almost human.

AOC mentioned "solarpunk" a few times in her live stream on Instagram last night in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I already stopped it posting stuff from Facebook, Twitter, & TikTok. IG was just an oversight.

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Solarpunk also mean everything works electric..... (www.youtube.com)
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AOC mentioned "solarpunk" a few times in her live stream on Instagram last night (www.instagram.com)
 

144K likes, 4,979 comments - aoc on August 4, 2023: "It’s been a while since my last live! Just saying hi, student loan updates, talking about clima..."

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Circular Economy: A Paradigm Shift for Sustainability (mercurialtrends.com)
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We Suck at Promoting Climate Action, Here is How We Change That (www.creativedestruction.club)
 

A people-first approach, more emotional storytelling, fewer facts and more friendships, prime-time attention, and new narratives

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'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)
 

New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

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Greenpeace activists drape Rishi Sunak's £2m mansion in oil-black fabric after climbing on roof. (news.sky.com)
 

Number 10 said it would not apologise for its approach to "energy security" this morning - with Greenpeace saying its protest was against the prime minister's support for North Sea oil extraction.

Empty Office Buildings Are Being Turned Into Vertical Farms in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TBH I think in most situations this excess office capacity could be most useful as affordable housing to bring a degree of sanity to rent and house prices.

The new Reddits in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Are the characterisations of the different alternatives a fair summary?

The new Reddits in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By asking a closed question?

The new Reddits in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
The new Reddits in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes that makes sense I've added NSFW. How would you describe the character of the others?

Empty Office Buildings Are Being Turned Into Vertical Farms in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It will help a bit. I'm not a fan of these light grown plants really though. Too much energy for too little gain

Worldnews - fed by a bot in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It scrapes /r/worldnews with the below parameters (which I may adjust)

  • subreddit: worldnews postFilter: postLimit: 75 # Limits the number of posts to retrieve from the subreddit. minUpvotes: 500 # Sets the minimum number of upvotes a post must have to be included. maxDownvotes: 300 # Sets the maximum number of downvotes a post can have to be included. minUpvoteRatio: 0.75 # Defines the minimum ratio of upvotes to total votes a post must have to be included. maxTimeHours: 20 # Specifies the maximum age (in hours) of a post to be included. excludedUrlPatterns: # User defined regular expresions to exclude urls. - .redd.it$ - reddit.com - i.redd.it/\w+ - v.redd.it/\w+ community: worldnews@fledd.it
High quality bots in this channel? in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, reposting the top scoring links is what I'm proposing. Like in my post history: https://lemmy.world/u/sam_uk

Reddit comments can stay on Reddit if you ask me. We already seem to have a critical mass of commenters here.

High quality bots in this channel? in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] sam_uk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah I just spotted you can disable viewing bot accounts in your settings https://lemmy.world/settings

High quality bots in this channel? in c/world@lemmy.world
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