Solar panels could increase productivity on pastures that are not irrigated and even water-stressed, a new study finds. The new study published in PLOS One by researchers at Oregon State College finds that grasses and plants flourish in the shade underneath solar panels because of a significant change in moisture. The results bolster the argument for agrovoltaics, the concept of using the same area of land for solar arrays and farming. The idea is to grow food and produce clean energy at the same time.
Oh! I actually heard about this!! At the Sheep & Wool Festival there was a woman shearing a sheep, so we took Farmkid over to watch, and the woman started telling us that this was a new breed of sheep they were trying to get to catch on in the region, and they were pretty decent for wool but the big thing that they were useful for was grazing under solar installations, because they were small but not super into jumping. Some sheep are too large to fit under the panels, and some are too vertically-inclined and like to climb on them, which can damage them, so these particular sheep were in the sweet spot of being smallish but not great jumpers.
Apparently that’s where the money is. Because otherwise you have to mow the grass under the panels, and ride-on lawn mowers don’t fit. (If you don’t keep the foliage down, it can take over the field and shade your solar panels.)
Shepherds can make most of their profit by hiring their flock out to keep a solar installation grazed down, and it’s extra-great because solar installations tend to have good forage under them.
(what does it say about the state of america’s foodways that you otherwise often can’t make money on raising livestock except in horrifying confinement operations, however? the woman was absolutely clear that the sheep didn’t break even on wool or meat, but if you could get solar gigs you were golden. Isn’t that sad?)
It’s safe to say TERFs have no clue what trans women are actually like and only have the weird transphobic caricatures that they invent and share.
My favorite example of this in action is when TERFs will be like “if trans women are women then why don’t trans lesbians ever date each other? Checkmate.”
I’m just sort of chuckling since most of the trans girls I know absolutely are dating other trans girls. I myself am part of a polycule that’s mostly trans women and fem enbys.
Of course, that doesn’t fit the narrative. Instead TERFs assume their conclusion, think of what would have to be true for that to be right, and insist on the truth of these supporting ideas no matter how much evidence there is (or more often isn’t) to support them.
A quick look at statistics will show that real actual trans girls don’t assault people in bathrooms ever. Anything a TERF points to in this regard is usually actually a cis man harassing women… which is why none of us want to go in the Men’s room in the first place.
they also act like no cis lesbian has ever dated a trans woman and still considered herself a lesbian.
fucked up how cooking and baking from scratch is viewed as a luxury…..like baking a loaf of bread or whatever is seen as something that only people with money/time can do. I’m not sure why capitalism decided to sell us the idea that we can’t make our own damn food bc it’s a special expensive thing that’s exclusive to wealthy retirees but it’s stupid as hell and it makes me angry
bread takes like max 4 ingredients counting water and sure it takes a couple hours but 80% of that is just waiting around while it does the thing and you can do other things while it’s rising/baking
plus im not gonna say baking cured my depression bc it didn’t but man is it hard to feel down when you’re eating slices of fresh bread you just made yourself. feels like everything’s gonna be a little more ok than you thought. it’s good.
bread is amazing and it’s also been sold to us as something really hard to make? Every time I tell someone I made a loaf of bread I get reactions like “you made it yourself???” and “do you have a bread machine then?” I haven’t touched a bread machine in probably 10 years. You CAN make your own bread, folks, and it’s actually pretty cheap to do so. I believe the most expensive thing I needed for it was the jar of yeast. It was about $6 at the grocery store and lasted me MONTHS (just keep it in the fridge.) The packets are even cheaper. destroy capitalism. bake your own bread.
You can also make your own yeast by making a sourdough starter, so that cuts cost even more.
But you have to feed the starter daily/weekly and that means it grows quickly, but there are tons of recipes online for what to do with your excess starter. Cookies, pretzels, crackers, pancakes, waffles, you name it!!
Make it even easier – “No-Knead Bread”. All YOU do is mix the ingredients together and wait until it’s time to heat the oven. The yeast does all the rest.
Here’s @dduane’s first take on itand the finished product. We’ve made even more photogenic batches since.
Kneading is easy as well; either let your machine do it, or if you don’t want to or don’t have one, get hands-on. It’s like mixing two colours of Plasticine to make a third. Flatten, stretch, fold, half-turn, repeat – it takes about 10 minutes – until the gloopy conglomeration of flour, yeast, salt and water that clings to your hands at the beginning, becomes a compact ball that doesn’t stick to things and feels silky-smooth.
Here’s what before and after look like.
My Mum used to say that if you were feeling out of sorts with someone, it was good to
make bread because you could transfer your annoyance into kneading the
dough REALLY WELL, and both you and the bread would be better for it.
Then you put it into a bowl, cover it with cling-film and let it rise until it doubles in size, turn it out and “knock it back” (more kneading, until it’s getting back to the size it started, this means there won’t be huge “is something living in here?” holes in the bread), put it into your loaf-tin or whatever – we’ve used a regular oblong tin, a rectangular Pullman tin with a lid, a small glass casserole, an earthenware chicken roaster…
You can even use a clean terracotta flowerpot.
Let the dough rise again until it’s high enough to look like an unbaked but otherwise real loaf, then pop it in the preheated oven. On average we give ours 180°C / 355°F for 45-50 minutes. YM (and oven) MV.
Here’s some of our bread…
Here’s our default bread recipe – it takes about 3-4 hours from flour jar to cutting board depending on climate (warmer is faster) most of which is rise time and baking; hands-on mixing, kneading and knocking-back is about 20 minutes, tops, and less if using a mixer.
Here ( or indeed any of the other pics) is the finished product. This one was given an egg-wash to make it look glossy and keep the poppy-seeds in place; mostly we don’t bother with that or the slash down the middle, but all the extras were intentional as a “ready for my close-up” glamour shot.
I think any shop would be happy to have something this good-looking on their shelf.
We’re happy to have it on our table.
Even if your first attempts don’t work out quite as well as you hope, you can always make something like this…
can we have more posts like this in future please? this is really useful and could help those who are struggling
So anyway, there’s no more legendary troll than Andrzej Sapkowski, who wrote a series of books in support of every liberal issue under the sun and somehow convinced right-wing nationalists to like it.
A) because Sapko is a decent writer who knows that people hate to be talked down to b) because of the dark outlook and humor which I think has cross-cutting appeal with young conservative internet goons and c) unlike other progressive series (such as Steven Universe for example) which take obvious pains to soften the appearence and personality of their male characters, Geralt presents as very, very masculine. What with the scars and muscles and the sleeping around.
He’s the softest, sweetest man on the inside, but that’s hidden beneath the umpteen layers of sarcasm, cynicism, and badassery he’s grown to protect himself.
And when I’m talking about the feminist/pro-choice/LGBT+ stuff in The Witcher…we’re actually talking about it. Meaning that this stuff is way beyond subtext, and “up to your interpretation” stuff. It’s just…text.
Which again is why I wonder sometimes that so many people missed it. Like they didn’t even engage with the series they just looked at the main character and were like yeah he’s all chiseled and brooding and scruffy MUST be another male power fantasy.
Pretty sure its because a lot of the the so called right wing fanbase are more familiar with the games first then with the books, i mean i could be wrong but that is how i see it.
then again right wingers arent really known for being smart, i mean look at fight club the actual message flew way over their heads
tumblr’s melting so why not post pg-rated doujinshi in full on main “Will You Still Need Me”, complete. I’ll do this as a copy-bon at some point. High res PDF available later.
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