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@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
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@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
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@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
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@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
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@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
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@Wyatt_H_Knott The #VelaIncident (which you referenced) was more than likely the 3rd such incident involving #Israel and #NuclearWeapons. Also, #SouthAfrica helped to keep #Vela a secret.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott The #VelaIncident (which you referenced) was more than likely the 3rd such incident involving #Israel and #NuclearWeapons. Also, #SouthAfrica helped to keep #Vela a secret.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott The #VelaIncident (which you referenced) was more than likely the 3rd such incident involving #Israel and #NuclearWeapons. Also, #SouthAfrica helped to keep #Vela a secret.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott The #VelaIncident (which you referenced) was more than likely the 3rd such incident involving #Israel and #NuclearWeapons. Also, #SouthAfrica helped to keep #Vela a secret.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott
#CosplayColbert went on to defend #CreamsicleCaligula's raid on the Georgia SoS office to steal hundreds of boxes of ballots from the 2020 election.And I'm looking at him talk and thinking "This guy is the poster-boy for 'Skeezy Lawyer' you'd see on TV at 3am."
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this is the way
you fight
you stubbornly resist
it is the only way to defeat this
any voices out there buried in mindless #cynicism and #toxicIdealism and thereby removing themselves from the fight are merely entitled complacent blind losers. not "losers" as in an empty insult, but literally losers of their rights, their freedoms, and eventually their lives
out of nothing but spineless weak #prematureCapitulation in the face of malice
#VOTE motherfuckers
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this is the way
you fight
you stubbornly resist
it is the only way to defeat this
any voices out there buried in mindless #cynicism and #toxicIdealism and thereby removing themselves from the fight are merely entitled complacent blind losers. not "losers" as in an empty insult, but literally losers of their rights, their freedoms, and eventually their lives
out of nothing but spineless weak #prematureCapitulation in the face of malice
#VOTE motherfuckers
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this is the way
you fight
you stubbornly resist
it is the only way to defeat this
any voices out there buried in mindless #cynicism and #toxicIdealism and thereby removing themselves from the fight are merely entitled complacent blind losers. not "losers" as in an empty insult, but literally losers of their rights, their freedoms, and eventually their lives
out of nothing but spineless weak #prematureCapitulation in the face of malice
#VOTE motherfuckers
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this is the way
you fight
you stubbornly resist
it is the only way to defeat this
any voices out there buried in mindless #cynicism and #toxicIdealism and thereby removing themselves from the fight are merely entitled complacent blind losers. not "losers" as in an empty insult, but literally losers of their rights, their freedoms, and eventually their lives
out of nothing but spineless weak #prematureCapitulation in the face of malice
#VOTE motherfuckers
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@Wyatt_H_Knott #WesternForestProducts had to spend a lot of money to remove vandalized signs & put up new ones - which will be targeted for factual upgrades too. WFP controls almost all cutblocks on North #VancouverIsland. We fucked up over 200 of their signs, during my 49th birthday getaway/Galentines getaway adventures.
I do activism, even when on holidays 👊🔥❤️🔥#DrainOutEcocideCorporations #FuckUpEcociderMoney #MakeEcocidersPay #TargetEcociders
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @broadwaybabyto This is all horrifying! Get this boy home! #Liam
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@Wyatt_H_Knott afterwards we can hoist a #HeadsOnPikes party 😃
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@[email protected] still economical at this stage!
i wonder if the price of gasoline will go up or down? 🤔
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@Wyatt_H_Knott still economical at this stage!
i wonder if the price of gasoline will go up or down? 🤔
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@Wyatt_H_Knott still economical at this stage!
i wonder if the price of gasoline will go up or down? 🤔
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@Wyatt_H_Knott still economical at this stage!
i wonder if the price of gasoline will go up or down? 🤔
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@Wyatt_H_Knott still economical at this stage!
i wonder if the price of gasoline will go up or down? 🤔
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @dnkboston @benroyce @MikeImBack
(part 2 of 2)
It's up to a bunch of us down here to move the football down the field and score some goals...over the course of years. (Every meeting I attend, I learn of new organizations, sources of funding, meet new people. I get more ideas on whom to talk to about various projects. I continue to recruit more folks to these projects. Yeah, I'm retired and I want to serve the community.)
Will this topple the Trump regime and banish all MAGA to the inner circle of Hell? End the evils of capitalism? Create a moneyless society? End the poverty and homelessness problems?
No to all the above.
I will add my voice to the Fediverse about a national general strike, etc....but I always have to keep tending my local garden.
I'd love to hear about how all y'all are tending your local gardens. (Note: the plural form of "y'all" is "all y'all".)
#Urbanism #StrongTowns #CivicEngagement #CommunityBuilding #Community #Volunteer #NonProfit #EconomicDevelopment #Capitalism #Politics #USpol
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @dnkboston @benroyce @MikeImBack
As Voltaire wrote in the final line of his satirical novella Candide:
"All that is very well," answered Candide, "but let us cultivate our garden."
What is Tom's 'garden' and how does he tend it?
I live in southern New Mexico - Otero county. Our county seat is the megalopolis of Alamogordo.
In 2023 I helped an Alamogordo city commissioner candidate...Democratic party...win...in a ruby red district...by 11 votes! (GOP was dumb. They had two candidates that split their vote. We saw an opportunity and capitalized on it.) See first graphic.
In 2025 I help a mayoral candidate for Alamogordo...Democratic party...win...in a ruby red district...by a narrow margin. (GOP, again!, split their vote.) Our campaign support team coalition had folks from all across the political spectrum, excepting MAGA. The results were historic:
https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/n/348521/sharon-mcdonald-mayor-elect-alamogordo-historic-victoryThe new mayor announced open office hours to kick off her term:
https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/e/352772/meet-one-one-new-alamogordo-mayor-sharon-mcdonaldI spoke with our new mayor for over an hour. One topic was economic development. I'm The Data Guy and said we had never mapped economic data onto streets/lots. If we can visualize data in a new way, we're gonna learn new things that just might help the city. See 2nd graphic. I borrowed that from:
https://www.urbanthree.com/Is your city mapping economic data that way? If not, why not? Help your city hall get smarter.
I got the idea from exposure to Strong Towns:
https://www.strongtowns.org/
...and I saw this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeIWhen I started mentioning this to the mayor, she said "this sounds like some of the stuff I read in the two Strong Towns books I have."
I take that as a promising sign. Especially in ruby red southern New Mexico.
(part 1 of 2)
#Urbanism #StrongTowns #CivicEngagement #CommunityBuilding #Community #Volunteer #NonProfit #EconomicDevelopment #Capitalism #Politics #USpol
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@Wyatt_H_Knott I'm cool with them dead vines. I'm not as cool with probably being the only person attending that will be masked up. It's a mostly indoors workshop. Only about 1.5 of 7 hrs will be outdoors. Unmasked folks indoors make me anxious.
