It’s supposed to be a holiday weekend so if you need something to read just go back to yesterday’s DOT and catch up on the links there.
I’ll be over here with my pie.
(And later I’m headed to the store for the ingredients to these!)
This seems not great.
US Covid cases and hospitalizations set records over Thanksgiving
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/us-covid-cases-hospitalizations-thanksgiving
Great, could it swallow us up already?
Earth is 2,000 light years closer to supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than we thought
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/world/earth-supermassive-black-hole-milky-way-scn/index.html
Sprots!
Brave, intelligent Diego Maradona was a man who moved through different air
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/27/brave-intelligent-diego-maradona-was-a-man-who-moved-through-different-air
Stonks!
S&P 500 closes at another record Friday, gains 2% on week
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/27/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html
Neature!
An unusual snack for cows, a powerful fix for climate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/27/climate-solutions-seaweed-methane/
Don’t care, would buy:
The new Mini Cooper JCW GP is quirky and quick, but not worth the cost
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/success/mini-cooper-jcw-gp-review/index.html
Have a great weekend!!
i had so much coffee i put meself in the 90s….
Speaking of being swallowed up: Sinkhole Shocker in Maspeth! (Maspeth is a neighborhood in Queens):
Does this happen in other parts of the country, aside from during earthquakes? We seem to get one of these “shockers” every month or so.
I think it’s a semi regular occurrence in Florida.
We’ve had no major sinkholes in a while. They still open up, but don’t tend to be devastating, like the Winter Park one that swallowed a car dealership.
When we overpump from the Floridan Aquifer, eventually the limestone caves beneath the state get, well, empty. At that point they can start crumbling and form sinkholes. Typically you need a drought so the water isn’t getting replaced (rain percolates down and collects in the aquifer). One of the “features” of climate change is, as you may have noticed, a fuckton of hurricanes (that’s the collective noun for when we run out of names like this year), along with just consistent rain. Hurricanes eliminate drought and recharge the aquifer. We haven’t experienced drought conditions in quite some time now.
The flip side of this is that too much rain can erode limestone (it’s water soluble) making the caverns more porous and unstable. So the absolute worst thing that can happen is a prolonged drought followed by several hurricanes. That’s not super common.
And, of course, development causes a tremendous strain, by diverting rainwater and adding sheer weight to the ground. So when they happen, sinkholes tend to be in developed areas.
Info here for the curious:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-behind-floridas-sinkhole-epidemic-180969158/#:~:text=The%20main%20trigger%20for%20sinkholes,empty%20out%20and%20become%20unstable.
Why is surveillance footage so shitty? It is like the one technology that has not improved over the years and is only one step above watching with my eyes closed. Anyway, NW Illinois, by the Mississippi river has a ton of sinkholes. I guess the happen more where the ground is constantly saturated. And there was one that opened up DIRECTLY UNDER the Corvette Museum in KY. Ate some good ones.
Me-thinks it’s a simple matter of ‘the-fuzzies’ over ‘the-monies (@$!)
surveilance footage isnt shitty
they just show the grainy shit to the public to encourage criminals to feel safe and non criminals to feel like they has privacy
*dusts off tinfoil hat*
bryanlsplinter already hit the basics, but there are mostly two types of sinkholes – the ones found in carbonate/karst areas, like florida, and then ones caused by leaking pipes in sediment, which is probably what swallowed that SUV, and this is the type that typically happens in urban areas. A pipe leaks, and the water starts running outside of the pipe, and chewing up the dirt/sand/mud/gravel/whatever, eventually digging out a pretty big cavity. Eventually, it gets big enough that there isn’t sufficient support for the road/buildings/whatever up top, and it collapses and they fall in.
Hell, there’s one about half a mile and around the corner from me, and the damn thing’s opened up twice in the five years I’ve lived where I do. The last time was even earlier this year, and we were having to take detours to get to the other side of the street for a good six months or so!
Our area is built on carbonate bedrock that results in sinkholes. We get upwards of 150 of varying sizes each year. The most impressive one was two years ago, when a sinkhole suddenly swallowed six cars and half a parking lot at an outlet mall.
Although it might sometimes feel like we live in a hell mouth based on local politics, it is just karst geology.
by the by….how do you get rid of someone who just wont take a hint?
(and by hint i mean i flat out told to stay the fuck away as i dont need his issues on top of mine)
he tole me that was just my stress talking and what i really need is someone to talk to…. i tole him to fuck off
anyhoo…short of murder…how does one rid themselves of an oversized smart ass chatter box?
oh wait…sorry..i meant still stuck in the 90s
I just tell Myo to fuck off and it usually works.
lmao *dies*
in my case fuck off does not work
i think its a combination of him being thick as shit and my public persona being a nice one
he thinks im joking when i tell him to go fuck off an be hit by a bus
…that’s a tricky proposition…although the possibility that they’re engaging is a certain amount of projection did cross mind?
…the “stress talking”/”need someone to talk to” thing is I guess what I mean…like maybe they’re more invested in what they get out of pestering you than they’d be prepared to admit…or potentially even than they’re aware of consciously?
…either way…depending on who they are & how hard is is to avoid them/other potential consequences…in my experience sometimes all it takes is to sincerely answer questions people ask that they don’t *really* want answers to in order to get them to give up
…sometimes just answering “how are you?” with a bit of unvarnished truth can cause a surprising reaction…just a thought?
i love how are yous
i especially love that glazed over look you get when you actually answer them instead of just saying im honkidori.. you?
the vast majority of people dont want to hear the truth…just say im fine thank you how about you?
so i can say im fine thank you and be on my merry way
its easy
dont rock the fucking boat
you’ll just upset the robots
*bounces along all nineties like*
i just bought some kat jang sauce
do i know what it tastes like?
fuck no!
but its made of peanuts and chillipeppers..it cant possibly be bad