A cursory search for “liquid trees micro algae” led me here: https://liquidtrees.org/urban-solutions

Even with ideal light conditions, there’s still more to consider.

I lived in Louisville for many years. It’s fairly green as cities go. In older parts of the city, trees had been planted between the streets and sidewalks … definitely a long time ago, maybe 30 to 50 years? Maybe longer?

Every spring, we lost a number of those trees to thunderstorms. Enough rain, followed by strong winds, would topple multiple trees. Every single one that I saw had a root ball that was exactly the size of the opening where it had been planted, so maybe two square meters and maybe a meter or two deep. (For those keeping score at home, that’s not enough root volume to support a full-sized tree.)

So we’d lose those lovely trees and on a good day, we’d lose the use of the street for a while. On a bad day, someone would lose a car or a chunk of their house.

“Just plant more trees in the middle of the city” is not the brilliant fix that many people seem to think it is.

I recall that he was also in favor of charter schools, which made him non-viable for me years ago.

I hoped that maybe he had a real change of heart last month, but I guess that was just a publicity stunt.

If it’s really like Covid, toilet paper will be the first thing to go.

I live in Colombia. People here self-identify as “white,” and they’re surprised that white people in the US think of them as a different race.

I don’t understand the downvotes here. Parental age has in fact been identified as a risk factor for more than a decade.

But also, just being on the spectrum is not problematic. And, as you point out, a lot of people are probably somewhere on the spectrum but are undiagnosed because (in the US, at least) we generally don’t seek medical attention unless we’re experiencing some sort of crisis.

I remember a time when the United States actually took a break from reporting on elections instead of manufacturing hype for four solid years between major elections.

The current political media landscape is exhausting, and I’m so sorry to everyone who is young enough to think that constant election projections are “normal.”

I don’t think the average American can afford a Tesla, let alone the average Trump voter.

You’ve just encapsulated my entire living memory of US politics.

If Ronald Reagan came back, MAGA would call him “far left” too.

Man, that’s bleak.

I think at this point, the Boomers have gone all in on “We brought you into this world, and we can take you out of it.”

As a generation, they have never cared about anyone but themselves. They seized financial and political power early, and they won’t let go until we pry it out of their cold, dead hands.

But their numbers are dwindling now, and I think we might finally be at a point where – if the other generations band together – we can finally take their political power for ourselves.

Remember when Barack Obama wore a tan suit? Remember when he ordered a hamburger with spicy mustard?

If he had ignored federal judges’ orders, the entire staff of Fox News would have had a stroke.

I didn’t see “free” mentioned anywhere.

My guess is that these “wellness farms” will be just as costly to patients as traditional rehab programs, but at the same time the patients will be expected to do physical labor on the farms.

They’ll literally be paying to work there. Isn’t that the ultimate end-stage capitalist dream?

This really makes me wonder how much Hawley has invested in American AI companies.

Congratulations on being a decent person even though your role model was not. It’s hard to break that cycle.

As a teacher, I have a really strong aversion to framing this as a simple battle between states.

What you’re talking about may well come to pass, but in reality what it means is that an entire generation of children in poor states – through no fault of their own, but solely because of the geography of their birth – will be woefully undereducated and therefore not competitive in the university admissions process or the job market.

Whatever face-feasting-leopard karma we think the adults who voted for Republicans might deserve, their children should have the right to a proper education rather than be saddled with a legacy of poverty and ignorance. And in your scenario it’s apparently going to be up to the blue states to care enough about these kids to help ensure their rights.

They do. There are a few elite non-religious private schools in Louisville.

But they are far outnumbered by parochial schools.

I grew up in the Assemblies of God denomination. When I graduated from high school, I left home to go to college, expanded my horizons, and ultimately ended up deconstructing my religious beliefs. I have considered myself to be an atheist for more than 20 years, but I still have strong ethical beliefs that basically parallel the Christian teachings of empathy for the marginalized and the disadvantaged.

For the past 8 years, I’ve watched my “decent Christian” family slide further and further into Trumpism. They are unrecognizable as the people who taught me the value of Christlike behavior.

Most days, I feel like I’m a better Christian than they are. I’ve wondered for a long time how the same people who instilled those values in me have been led so far astray.

I recognize in hindsight that they were motivated by fear of God rather than love for their fellow humans. Fox News and Trump have preyed on that fear and gradually expanded it until it has turned to hatred of anyone who doesn’t look or vote like them.

But for every one of them, how many of their peers are still in it? I’m the only one from my generation who got out of my terrible religious upbringing.