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   Sex Crazed SaltShaker of Death (dsmdexter@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:49:22 JST Sex Crazed SaltShaker of Death

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   I want the planet saved, but I don't want to save the planet...

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:49:22 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @dsmdexter @ai6yr @acdha The town of Altadena was full of modest houses, many a century old. It was a place where people could live in a home close to the city for a lower price than nearby cities and had a large Black population from the time when it was one of the few places that Blacks were allowed to buy houses.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:49:23 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @acdha Absolutely. It's the "tragedy of the commons" problem, but the problem is it's the planet.

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     Chris Adams (acdha@thepit.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:49:24 JST Chris Adams

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     @ai6yr there’s just this achingly-hard collective action problem here, too, where we really need to reconsider everything we do from the standpoint of reducing emissions but politically even if Californians cut way back it won’t be enough to fix the problem, and the national political situation means it’ll be will likely be misused in attacks similar to what we’ve seen for years over water use reduction.

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     Chris Adams (acdha@thepit.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:49:25 JST Chris Adams

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     @ai6yr I’ve been pondering that for awhile. When I left San Diego, they were just starting to require better defensive measures for boundary communities – things like wide ice plant perimeters in addition to structural improvements – but that extra land is expensive.

     I’m not sure low-density cities built around car travel can afford to defend sprawling fire perimeters, but anything more than modest density is expensive in earthquake country and a lot of people aren’t used to it and balk.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:49:26 JST AI6YR Ben

     #Random

     "We will rebuild" is repeated a lot after climate disasters nowadays. Sadly, i don't think you can "rebuild it back like it was" and expect different results and a repeat nowadays.

     Personally, I think the Japanese have the right idea with "Tsunami Stones"

     Smithsonian: These Century-Old Stone “Tsunami Stones” Dot Japan’s Coastline

     “Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”

     https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/century-old-warnings-against-tsunamis-dot-japans-coastline-180956448/