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[truckfactspups]

Truck facts with pups: turbine blades

Trailer, look, look over there! Wind turbines! Aren’t they huge?

Image from: here

You bet they are! Thanks to those turbines, we’ve got clean energy in parts of the country. And they don’t pollute a thing. Ain’t that great?

But I wonder… how do they even get there? I mean, they’re massive! Just look at the size of those blades! Each one must be around 85 meters long. And they look like they’re made in one single piece, not built from smaller parts—so I’d guess they weigh about twenty tons each.

That’s some impressive guesswork, Lorry! And I’m glad you asked! Truth is, it’s a big ol’ engineering job that takes a whole team of folks. Like you said, those blades are long and heavy. The trucks that carry ‘em have to balance the weight just right. Since the base of each blade is heavier than the tip, the trucks carry the base close to the trailer and leave the tip sticking out. And to keep everyone safe, a bunch of escort vehicles drive around the truck, marking its distance. But they don’t use regular trucks for that job. They use ones made just for haulin’ those blades.

So… we couldn’t help out?

’Fraid not, kiddo—even the Shooting Star’s got her limits!

But the wind turbines are way up on mountains! How do they get up there? What about the curves on the roads and highways?

Them special trucks can tilt the blades up at an angle. Got engines strong 'nuff to hoist tons o’ weight, and they can swing the whole load 'round near 270 degrees. That way, they can wrangle even the tightest curves—real careful-like, though. And if the way’s too dang tricky… they go 'n build a whole 'nother road first!

Still, with all that weight, wouldn’t the truck sink when climbing up those steep streets?

An’ that’s why they hitch a bunch o’ trucks together, kiddo! That way, they can pull as a team. Like I said, it’s a real team-effort kinda job—just the kinda thing Rubble an’ his crew’d be perfect for! Us? We gotta keep our minds on emergency rescues, be ready... just in case somethin’ goes sideways!

That’s so cool! Well, there goes another one of my theories…

Which theory?

That wind turbines grow from little metal seeds and become big and strong like oak trees over the years!

…You’ve got a lot to learn, lil'star.

Literature (Why is this so important):

Visual explanation

Wind power

How wind turbines are made

How are Wind Turbines made

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axolotl + gills

A few feathery, external gills on each side of the head provide the axolotl with oxygen and its signature look. Adult axolotls have lungs but rely primarily on these gills to breathe. The feathers on these gills also increase the surface area, allowing more gas to be diffused into its blood. xx

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so i wore a pride flag pin to work the other day and the kids were all interested (obviously) (find me a classroom of preschoolers who are not obsessed with rainbows) (i'll wait) so they crowded around to see.

"aww!" they said, "it's a flag!!"

but the thing is: they're little. a lot of them don't really have a handle on all their mouth sounds yet.

such as, notably, that tricky tricky "L" sound.

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what annoys me about explaining evolution to people who don’t think it’s real is that everyone’s idea of how it works seems to be from this

Whereas the reality is far more like

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[prokopetz]

A couple of years ago we were all terribly concerned about the fact that a lot of American high schools are assigning such crushing homework loads that some kids literally don't have enough time to eat or sleep (and all this in spite of the fact that there's no good evidence that assigning homework actually improves academic outcomes at the pre-university level), but now we're hearing stories about those same schools struggling to stop kids from using ChatGPT to write their essays and suddenly It's The Children Who Are Wrong. Like, do you think maybe there's a certain level of cause and effect in play here?

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Know your insect antennae!

[jkateel]

(Sound on.) We’re all doomed.

[victusinveritas]

[wildernezz]

hey chat did you guys know there's a whole website with informational videos on the rights you hold when interacting with ICE or witnessing interactions with ICE. all written by immigrants and for immigrants. idk man it'd be a shame if people watched these informational videos y'know.

[catchymemes]

[white-nikol]

Half the Season.

Embracing the Unexpected: The past few months have been a vibrant tapestry woven with threads of both challenge and triumph. Navigating the post-graduation landscape, a period often fraught with uncertainty, has been met with a quiet faith. On days when anxieties loomed large, the mantra “the universe will converge” became a comforting anchor, a reminder that even beyond our control, a natural…

[fly-chicken]

A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am