#New Sewage System

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[fcktaken]

i'm back. and clean.

[maxprofiltration]

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[bunnis-monsters]

The urge to do more platonic monster stories with families because I have a strong mothering instinct…

Finding a cute lil bunny hybrid and becoming a mother in a world where they view hybrids as pets, not people. Trying to get him into school and telling him he’s your son and it doesn’t matter if he’s blood or not.

Brother and sister puppy hybrids who scam the system and use their cuteness to do what they want. They’re fiercely loyal to each other and have no interest in being apart.

Tentacle monster that has a fatherly affection for you, makes you lunches, protects you through sewage drains if someone makes you uncomfortable, makes sure you get to school/work safely.

Siren that adopts a human baby, struggling to take care of it and having to learn how to feed and comfort a warm blooded creature.

Adopting a village of elven children after the adults have been killed during war. Even as you grow older they stay young, always viewing you as their mother. When you die they bring you back, helping you reincarnate as an elf so you can stay with them forever.

Becoming a ghost’s best friend and reuniting them with their alive lover so they can finally move on to the after life.

Creating a monster and loving it like your own child, giving it all the care and attention a normal baby would get.

An alien family adopting you, an older teen, for experimentation and giving you the childhood you never had. They slowly grow to really love you as they watch your mood and behavior shift from all the attention and care you’re given.

Finding out you’re part monster and your family lovingly guiding you through this new and scary phase of you life as you learn about yourself and why you’re different.

Just cute fluffy stories. Love doesn’t always have to be romantic or sexual.

[alliswyattonthewesternfront]

i don't have positive or negative feelings about NYC, but in Alan Wiesman's book The World Without Us he has a chapter on the sewer system there and how high maintenance it is, how without humans there to keep it running NYC would get entirely reclaimed by water in a matter of days, and how on 9/11 the entire city was one mistake away from being completely submerged Atlantis-style under millions of gallons of sewage. so now that's the only thing i can think about when i think about new york.

[transit-fag]

City Budget Simulator 3!!! Long edition

[beeseverywhen]

The recent bathroom investigation has brought up some interesting points, so, some information on toilets in working class homes in the uk:

bathrooms being in working class houses is a relatively new thing in the uk (last century in new builds but took a long time for older buildings to catch up) and when it began, as to be expected, it happened in stages. you can generally see evidence of this when you go in older houses and you can kind of see in a lot of them how they would have been built.

(there are some differences in england and wales vs scotland but more on that later)

ok so in cities in the 19th century the common situation was back to back houses (generally terraced houses in england and blocks of flats in scotland) with courtyards in the middle of 2. the courtyards would have a toilet some distance from the back door (because of smell and vermin ect) shared by all the households. there was a move in the 19th century for every court to have its own water pump for use by the households there (previously there would have been water pumps at the ends of streets ect)

an interesting difference between england and scotland is that scottish working class housing tended to have kitchens in the flats, whereas it took longer for this to happen in england with sculleries being shared for much longer. this makes perfect sense when you consider the weather. having a more open plan living space with your own range was a great way of staying warm, a lot of scottish tenements had built in beds in the shared kitchen/living room

as sewage disposal systems improved toilets could be closer to living spaces. new builds at this time began to have toilets joined on to the home though the door would still be outside. all the same, going out the backdoor to a door on the same wall was much nicer in the cold of night than to the end of a courtyard. in tenement buildings we began to see toilets being added at the end of halls, often you'd have 1 shared toilet between 2 floors.

now this change is recent enough that you can still find evidence of it. eventually it began to be expected that every family home should have its own conveniences. starting with sculleries and taps in most homes. then to every home having its own range and cooking happening inside the home. the sculleries moved closer to what we'd recognize as a kitchen now, and in new builds, bathrooms began moving their way indoors. at first, this was with fixed bathtubs (rather than the tin baths that had been common, as well as visiting public bathhouses) and at first they were often in sculleries rather than in a separate bathroom.

eventually there was a move towards actual bathrooms, though the toilets remained in a separate room at first. there was some resistance to having the toilet door inside the home at first by some people as they had been used to having the toilet away from the living space for cleanliness sake (not to mention, it was cheaper to build this way) and this led to a few experiments with some bizare setups for toilets

so this is an example from the mile cross estate. a door has been added but originally this would have been ourdoors. however, theyve set the doors at an angle and put a porch between them. the toilet is outside of the house but its not fully outdoors

of course this didnt wind up being the way forward and most of these attached toilets have since been converted so they can be accessed from the inside.

whats interesting is, while inside bathrooms were being included in newbuilds in the 50s, and expectations changed so most older houses were converted in the years after. not all were.

there were still houses with 'down the bottom of the garden' toilets in the 80s (my dad lived in one) though they were few and far between by then. in my childhood, it wasnt uncommon for outdoor toilets attached to the house where you had to go out the backdoor to use them, to still exist, but they tended to be in addition to a full bathroom inside the house (usually awkwardly placed in a too small attic room, or on a diagonal, or downstairs in what once was a parlour.

which brings us on to yesterdays flat:

in 1961 7% of houses in england and wales still had no toilet inside or attatched to (and accessed from outdoors) their home

in scotland 9 years later, a quarter of people were still sharing a toilet outside their home

this campaign kickstarted conversions in tenements so they all included toilets. thats why these flats without them are so uncommon now. but as in the article above about pat from the mile end estate, tenants were perfectly entitled to decline renovations. of course, most wouldnt have. but for those who didnt particularly want the hassle of renovations, didnt want to give up space in their homes, and were happy carrying on as before, well. the roll out of bathrooms in every other tenement would only have made this easier. the shared toilet was only being shared by them now.

later on, it would become mandatory for all homes to have toilets, and so when faced with a longstanding tenant in a flat with no toilet, who has been the sole user of the shared toilet for the past decade, its likely easy to tick the box of 'yes the home has a toilet' by just adding the communal toilet on to the deeds.

not to say it wouldnt cause complications: that flat was unmortgagable and this is likely a big reason why. a property without clear property boundaries causes issues from a liability perspective. its difficult to insure and a lot of mortgage companies wont want to take on that risk

[elucubrare]

to some extent, right, we're demanding more rigor of medievalesque fantasy when we ask "where does the cloth come from" or "how does sewage work" than actual medieval fiction supplies - the closest you'll get to cloth provenance is "it was from 'The Indies'" if you're trying to show how expensive, rare, and/or magical it was, and Lancelot may get locked in a tower for a week or so but he never has to use a chamber pot.

the difference, of course, is that when Chrétien says "a bed had been set up, the sheets of which were by no means soiled, but were white and wide" that is remarkable because his audience knows that laundry, especially laundering to perfect whiteness, is hard and requires resources and time - even if you're trying to write medieval fantasy that's trying to get into the mindset of a medieval person, a modern writer has to do a lot more to signal to the audience that this bed is nice.

but while these material realities certainly shape the mindset of the people living in them, for me the thing that conveys pastness more than describing them in detail is having people act in accordance with them - you can say "Marie had spun and woven this robe" but if Marie then discards it because it was torn or stained, it doesn't matter.

but honestly, more than that, there are a lot of dilemmas that are very compelling to medieval audiences that modern audiences find less so - in le chevalier de la charette, lancelot's greatest fault is that he did accept dishonor for the sake of his lady, but he didn't accept it fast enough. roland waits until the last minute to blow his horn to call charlemange's army back to his aid, and when he at last goes to do so, olivier tells him that it's dishonorable now, when it's clear he's doing it out of fear.

if there's a conclusion here, it's that when a text is described as "feeling medieval" it can mean many different things, and some of them are more immediately accessible to modern audiences than others.

i need a lot of audience buy-in to write a new Arthurian romance with Chrétien de Troyes as a model - the magical elements are rarely explained and are treated in a way that's actually fairly close to a Marquez-like magical realism (Chevalier de la charette: At midnight there descended from the rafters suddenly a lance, as with the intention of pinning the knight through the flanks to the coverlet and the white sheets where he lay), and they often turn on problems that would seem ridiculous to modern audiences.

i need less buy-in to write a story set in a quasi-medieval period where people believe things that people in our middle ages believed, but i do definitely need some - a main character who is genuinely distraught because they saw a raven flying over the road on their way to market might be a hard sell.

and of course it's easiest of all to pay lip service to the idea of realistic medievalism by only putting in the material conditions without the belief system they create.

but we do these things (try to write good medieval fantasy) not because they are easy, but because they are hard - i think it's worth it to try!

[dandelionsresilience]

Good News - June 8-14

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1. Rare foal born on estate for first time in 100 years

“The Food Museum at Abbot's Hall in Stowmarket, Suffolk, is home to a small number of Suffolk Punch horses - a breed considered critically endangered by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. A female foal was born on Saturday and has been named Abbots Juno to honour the last horse born at the museum in 1924. [...] Juno is just one of 12 fillies born so far this year in the country and she could potentially help produce more of the breed in the future.”

2. The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery

“[Scientists] at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way of creating an energy storage device known as a supercapacitor from three basic, cheap materials – water, cement and a soot-like substance called carbon black. [... Supercapacitators] can charge much more quickly than a lithium ion battery and don't suffer from the same levels of degradation in performance. [... Future applications of this concrete might include] roads that store solar energy and then release it to recharge electric cars wirelessly as they drive along a road [... and] energy-storing foundations of houses.”

3. New road lights, fewer dead insects—insect-friendly lighting successfully tested

“Tailored and shielded road lights make the light source almost invisible outside the illuminated area and significantly reduces the lethal attraction for flying insects in different environments. [...] The new LED luminaires deliver more focused light, reduce spill light, and are shielded above and to the side to minimize light pollution. [... In contrast,] dimming the conventional lights by a factor of 5 had no significant effect on insect attraction.”

4. When LGBTQ health is at stake, patient navigators are ready to help

“[S]ome health care systems have begun to offer guides, or navigators, to get people the help they need. [... W]hether they're just looking for a new doctor or taking the first step toward getting gender-affirming care, "a lot of our patients really benefit from having someone like me who is there to make sure that they are getting connected with a person who is immediately going to provide a safe environment for them." [... A navigator] also connects people with LGBTQ community organizations, social groups and peer support groups.”

5. Tech company to help tackle invasive plant species

“Himalayan balsam has very sugary nectar which tempts bees and other pollinators away from native plants, thereby preventing them from producing seed. It outcompetes native plant species for resources such as sunlight, space and nutrients. [...] The volunteer scheme is open to all GWT WilderGlos users who have a smartphone and can download the Crowdorsa app, where they can then earn up to 25p per square meter of Balsam removed.”

6. [Fish & Wildlife] Service Provides Over $14 Million to Benefit Local Communities, Clean Waterways and Recreational Boaters

“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is distributing more than $14 million in Clean Vessel Act grants to improve water quality and increase opportunities for fishing, shellfish harvests and safe swimming in the nation’s waterways. By helping recreational boaters properly dispose of sewage, this year’s grants will improve conditions for local communities, wildlife and recreational boaters in 18 states and Guam.”

7. Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for first time ever

“Camera traps in Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo have captured a Bornean clouded leopard mother and her two cubs wandering through a forest. It's the first time a family of these endangered leopards has been caught on camera in the wild, according [to] staff from the Orangutan Foundation who placed camera traps throughout the forest to learn more about the elusive species.”

8. Toy library helps parents save money 'and the planet'

“Started in 2015 by Annie Berry, South Bristol's toy library aims to reduce waste and allow more children access to more - and sometimes expensive - toys. [...] Ms Berry partnered with the St Philips recycling centre on a pilot project to rescue items back from landfill, bringing more toys into the library. [...] [P]eople use it to support the environment, take out toys that they might not have the space for at home or be able to afford, and allow children to pick non-gender specific toys.”

9. Chicago Receives $3M Grant to Inventory Its Trees and Create Plan to Manage City’s Urban Forest

“The Chicago Park District received a $1.48 million grant [“made available through the federal Inflation Reduction Act”] to complete a 100% inventory of its estimated 250,000 trees, develop an urban forestry management plan and plant 200 trees in disadvantaged areas with the highest need. As with the city, development of the management plan is expected to involve significant community input.”

10. Strong Public Support for Indigenous Co-Stewardship Plan for Bears Ears National Monument

“[The NFW has a] plan to collaboratively steward Bears Ears National Monument to safeguard wildlife, protect cultural resources, and better manage outdoor recreation. The plan was the result of a two-year collaboration among the five Tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition and upholds Tribal sovereignty, incorporates Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and responsibly manages the monument for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation while ensuring the continued health of the ecosystem.”

June 1-7 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

[sayruq]

The Israeli army is likely to carry out a fresh massacre in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, initiating a new round of forced evacuation orders against its estimated 50,000 citizens who remained in the area. The UN and other international parties need to take immediate action to protect Palestinian civilians. After declaring the town of Beit Lahia to be a "dangerous combat zone" and threatening to "act with extreme force," the Israeli army started to launch heavy air and artillery attacks on the town, followed by fresh evacuation orders. The Israeli army set up shelters for the town of Beit Lahia's residents to evacuate towards known shelters in blocks number 1770, 1766, but these were originally destroyed areas that are unfit for any form of life and lack water supply as well as functioning sewage systems. The two designated evacuation points are unsafe areas and, like all areas of the town of Beit Lahia in particular, and the northern Gaza Strip in general, have previously been subjected to widespread destruction, including shelter centres and public facilities, as a result of the ongoing Israeli military attack since October 7. In light of the ongoing crimes of genocide and forced displacement policy in the Gaza Strip, every area designated by the Israeli army as a military operation area is completely destroyed, subjected to a strict and oppressive siege, and horrifically massacred, as the remaining residents have nowhere safe to flee. In the absence of strong international accountability mechanisms and any swift international action to put an end to these crimes, which have been going on for six months, the military operation that the Israeli army launched in the town of Beit Lahia will result in more serious crimes and violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The town of Beit Lahia was the scene of multiple large-scale military operations by the Israeli army during the previous seven months of its military assault on the Gaza Strip. One such operation occurred at the end of December last year, which resulted in extensive damage to homes, infrastructure, and civil and service facilities, with the town's buildings and infrastructure being destroyed to the tune of approximately 90%. The Israeli army's Beit Lahia military operation is taking place on the 200th day of the massive military assault on the Gaza Strip, which has had horrific consequences due to its direct and deliberate targeting of Palestinian civilians amid the shameful international inaction to oblige Israel to abide by international humanitarian law and the orders of the International Court of Justice to stop its genocide crime.

[covid-safer-hotties]

I'm seeing a lot of calm-mongering from people who think that wastewater and storm runoff are part of the same systems (helpful hint: sewage and storm sewers are two different things, otherwise sewage treatment would overflow every time it rained. Storm sewers runoff into waterways and are typically completely untreated or run on a different treatment system since it's not basically raw human waste.). They're saying the CDC will just be "smoothing" data. Setting a new zero value isn't "smoothing." It's moving the goalpost.

Think about who's getting sworn in tomorrow and what his appointees will do with a CDC showing "zero" on an average covid wave.

[ayagaza7]

Al-Amal camp includes more than 200 families who were displaced to the southern Gaza Strip due to the war, including (orphans, widows, war casualties, chronic diseases, and poor, chaste families). These families are now in horrific and terrifying conditions in tents, living with the utmost suffering in light of the current harsh conditions due to the genocidal war that does not differentiate between stone or human beings. The war has been ongoing for more than a year, and with it continues the separation of many family members and those dear to us, the spread of epidemics, diseases, famine, the loss of beautiful landmarks engraved within us, the destruction of cities, the demolition of villages, and the erasure of areas to make them an empty desert in which we cannot build a new life, so that the family continues to suffer and lack the minimum requirements of life that might help it rise to rebuild what was built, after the war came and took everything and only some of the family members who survived until now remain, but do not forget that there are many who did not survive..

And the individuals who survived death did not live in peace, they never believed that they would become homeless and not find food and clean water to drink They sleep in the streets in tents that do not protect from the summer heat or the winter cold, and are unable to sleep at night because of harmful insects, continuous aerial bombardment, and the constant danger that surrounds them from all sides. Recently, due to targeting the sewage systems, many of them have contracted hepatitis.

The camp team is working to restore hope again to support the displaced in the southern Gaza Strip by establishing many campaigns that contribute to providing the minimum necessities of life.

* Fighting hunger.

* Oasis of Charitable Hope / Providing potable water.

* Care of Charitable Hope / Providing medical care and treatment for some medical cases and those with chronic diseases and preventing the spread of epidemics.

* Clothing of Charitable Hope / Providing furniture, blankets, and winter clothes.

* Charitable Hope Fund / Helping poor families with sums of money to meet their needs.

* Providing what contributes to building a healthy child and maintaining his health (clothes - Pampers - milk - nutritional supplement .. etc.) .

 Let's come together to revive hope to raise their spirits, not to dehumanize them, and to motivate them to start anew their journey with success as we have known them with their distinction, be among those who help to light the light in their path, not to extinguish it.

The Hope Charity Team is keen to rebuild hope after more than a year of genocide and famine, the team is very grateful to anyone who is able to help us reach our goal, and we pray to God that this suffering will end soon..

The Hope Charity Team is with you continuously with updates and providing you with every campaign we will work on together to challenge the current harsh conditions..

Be close..

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