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From Blackland Prairie Raptor Center

We got a wink from this Burrowing Owl as it was laying down on our exam table.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/vid/p/1068620/we-investigated-epsteins-emails-and-his-billionaire-network-epstein-secretly-invested-mi

From Peter Thiel to Reid Hoffman to Leon Black, the Epstein class is still here, it's bipartisan, and it's extremely powerful.

https://x.com/syuri22/status/2047272715183398920

Characters: Soga no Tojiko, Toyosatomimi no Miko, Mononobe no Futo

alternative video upload: https://streamable.com/e/h55dmd

AI locale in un’estensione Chrome con Transformers.js e Manifest V3: architettura pratica
#tech
https://spcnet.it/ai-locale-in-unestensione-chrome-con-transformers-js-e-manifest-v3-architettura-pratica/
@informatica

Study.

Young men were reached 2.3 times more than women across Meta platforms including Facebook and Instagram, even if the ads were not directly targeting men.

The age group most exposed to gambling advertising was 25 to 34-year-olds, who accounted for over a third of all unique accounts reached, a total of more than 6.2 million impressions.

Oltre 40 libri sul tennis da leggere nella vita
@libri
https://www.illibraio.it/news/varia/libri-sul-tennis-1485180/
Teatro di sfide entrate nella leggenda, terreno fertile per analisi, racconti e confessioni intime: il tennis è uno sport che da sempre stimola la scrittura. Dalle grandi finali che hanno fatto la storia alle rivalità più iconiche, come Federer contro Nadal e, oggi, Alcaraz contro Sinner: i libri sul tennis raccontano (e hanno saputo raccontare) molto più di una

Sure beats using their precious life arguing on the internet with each other, it's about time we teach them who the real enemy is and how they can speak out against them.

Alone we are a fart in the wind, together we make the whole room stink.

We're not trapped in here with them, they're trapped in here with us.

Donald and Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.”

The remark about the president’s wife was part of a routine on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” where the host pretended to deliver a comedy routine at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. That event two nights later was cut short when a man armed with guns and knives tried to enter the Washington ballroom where the Trumps and much of the nation’s political leadership had gathered.

“People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate,” Melania Trump said in a social media post later echoed by her husband.

The linked pic shows the exterior where a plant is growing out of the wall. The wall is cracked and bulging. The pic is not good at showing 3 dimensions but the bulge is clear with a naken eye view. On the other side of the wall I could see the wood was a bit swelled and the plaster around it was very moldy. So I stripped off a lot of the moldy plaster. It was very soft from dampness. Fortunately, the mortar is still hard. Just the plaster was soft. Now looks like this:

Since the beam is likely structural, the safest option is probably to call in a pro. But fuck that, prices for pros are too crazy. I’m going to address this myself. My plan is to strip off all the loose concrete on the facade, as I hang from a rope (no scaffolding or ladder). I would then paint it with PVA¹ that is formulated for humidity and marketed to pros for the purpose of mixing with concrete. Straight PVA but diluted a bit with water as a 1st bonding layer. Followed by a slurry (small ratio of cement mixed with PVA & water). Followed by a thicker mixture for the 3rd bonding layer. And for the 4th stage I would do a normal blend of PVA + water + concrete and probably a plasicizer to get a heavy mix which will be the bulk of the render.

After rendering, I would never paint (I believe walls should breath), but I plan to finish with an “Aquaplan”-branded waterproofing layer, which claims to prevent water from penetrating (shows a pic of water beading up on a wall) while also claiming to be breathable.

What I am wondering is about this wood beam. I know there are costly chemicals for restoring wood which has been broken down by water. The stuff is supposed to penetrate into the wood and re-harden the fibers. I’m not sure what the chemical is or if it’s proprietary, but I wonder if I should try to track down that stuff and get it on the wood beam as a first step before rendering. Note that I won’t likely have access to the topside of the beam.

For longer-term protection, I might construct a small overhang so rain water is not constantly running on the facade in the future.

For the interior, I don’t think it matters what I do. I actually like the brick exposed for cosmetics and if I leave the wall open, it will help it breath and maintain a certain level of dryness (though limited in this humid region).

Anything else I should do, or not?

¹ polyvinylacetate