2023-07-24
From Wikipedia:
Square or cube watermelons are watermelons grown into the shape of a cube. Cube watermelons are commonly sold in Japan, where they are essentially ornamental and are often very expensive, with prices as high as US$200.
They are grown in boxes, which form them to their distinctive shape. I discovered these via the Kroger app, which has distinctly wonderful food facts as it's loading screen.
2023-07-21
I found this video to be a helpful distillation of concepts I'd heard before with a couple things that were new to me.
I'd known that trust is a combination of credibility, reliability, intimacy, and self interest, but I hadn't heard the sub components before:
Credibility
Reliability
Intimacy
Self interest (destroys trust)
2023-07-20
The numbers are really small, both in comparison to US boarder crossings and (especially) the population of China. Still the increase is an interesting in what it suggests about the situation in China.
2023-07-20
The Whiting hydroelectric power plant was built in 1891 and still operates today, and the 2018 Camp Fire in California was caused by a PG&E transmission line built in 1921.
From The Grid part IV by Brian Potter
2023-07-20
Post by @hausfathView on Threads
As I said before, two things are true at the same time right now at once: 1. We are not reducing emissions quickly enough 2. The speed with electrification is happening is underrated