#excel environment

[popsicle-stick]

stupidest people on gods green earth

[opbackgrounds]

We don't see much of it, but it is a little sad how isolated Nyon's house is from everything else

[reasonsforhope]

"A Ghanaian-English entrepreneur has designed an electric bike from the ground up that’s transforming short-range transportation in her home country, proving that problem-solving in Africa can be done in Africa, by Africans.

[Valerie Labi's] company, Wahu!, assembles each bike by hand, and they can travel up to 80 miles [128 kilometers] on a single charge. This means that a delivery rider for Glovo or Bolt can comfortably cover a whole day’s work without refueling.

Anyone who’s visited Accra, Ghana, in the dry season will remember the incredibly poor air quality. Poor roads mean that cars are stuck in second and third gears, and old cars traveling in second and third gears mean plenty of extra car exhaust.

Poor roads also mean exposed dirt, and exposed dirt means fine-grained dust. Combined with a lack of rain, the smog, dust, and car exhaust make the air in parts of the capital unfit for human health.

Wahu! bikes help alleviate all three of these problems, and despite her English nativity [Note: Super weird and unclear way to phrase it?] and education, the bikes were designed and manufactured in Spintex, Accra.

“By introducing electric bikes into Ghana’s transportation ecosystem, we’re not only providing a greener alternative but also offering speed and convenience,” Labi told The Mirror. “Our bikes are a testament to how service delivery can be seamlessly merged with environmental conservation.”

Valerie Labi is a true inspiration, and besides her transportation company, she got her start in the Ghanaian economy in sanitation. She holds a chieftaincy title as Gundugu Sabtanaa, given to her by the previous Chief of the Dagbon traditional area in the Northern Region of Ghana. She has three children, holds a double major in Economics and Sustainability from two separate universities, and has visited 59 countries.

Getting her start in Northern Ghana, she founded the social enterprise Sama Sama, a mobile toilet and sanitation company that now boasts 300,000 clients.

During her travels around the small, densely populated country, she also recognized that transportation was not only a problem, but offered real potential for eco-friendly solutions.

“It took us two years to effectively design a bike that we thought was fit for the African road, then we connected with Jumia and other delivery companies to get started,” she told The Mirror. “Currently, I have over 100 bikes in circulation and we give the bikes on a ‘work and pay’ basis directly to delivery riders.”

According to Labi, each driver pays about 300 Ghana cedis, or about $24.00, per week to use the bike, which can travel 24 miles per hour, and hold over 300 pounds of weight. The fat tires are supported by double-crown front/double-spring rear suspension.

The bikes are also guaranteed by the company’s proprietary anti-theft system of trackers. Only a single bike has been stolen, and it was quickly located and returned to the owner."

-via Good News Network, January 24, 2024

[moteldogs]

also I got a lot of thoughts on how eliot having that fight with his dad and then immediately shipping to basic training meant he ended up isolated in a way that made him highly motivated, highly trainable, and also extremely easy to fuck in the head in useful ways. which worked out great for the US military and later on, for moreau.

[wachinyeya]

These Three Friends Teamed Up to Launch 100% Natural Bamboo Toilet Paper

In 2020, during the pandemic-induced toilet paper shortage, three friends in Columbus, Ohio saw an opportunity to make a difference. Driven by a commitment to the environment three friends founded Leafy. Watch to learn more.

[otto-von-gay]

Can someone tell me how I can almost fail my Algebra class (twice), yet pass my grade levels average scoring on state testing?

[rynezion]

mkay here goes nothing

[suburbanscrimshaw]

Logwalk NB

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all! I am considering trying listening to podfics, but I have no idea where to start. Like, I read a lot of fanfic, but idk how one goes about listening to them? Is it like an app, or a download it kind of thing, or what? Do you have any advice or specific recommendations? In the past I have really, really struggled with books on tape because I cannot focus on just listening, but I like listening to like sort of documentary-ish videos while sewing and that's just a person talking, so probably I would be able to focus on audiobooks or podfics now?

[r0bee]

I hope whoever's been doing set design for this series of Doctor Who gets their shit schlonked every day of their life they're doing such an excellent job

[tricornonthecob]

You know, I feel like the people who shit on writing that spends time describing the environment in service to a compulsive need to drive the plot along are the kinds who think the only purpose of a scenic hike is to make it to the vista.

[tsakmaster]

steve pemberton on taskmaster expectations: machiavellian masterminding, elite mind games and puzzlery

steve pemberton on taskmaster reality: saying bleep a lot in the garden, throwing a watermelon onto a table and watching it hit the floor with a wet thud. one point.

[lesbianralzarek]

i have a question. i'm making a deck based around hard choices. rakdos, patron of chaos as the commander, with cards like browbeat, vexing devil, choice of damnations, etc. do you think that playing against a deck like that would be completely miserable or would it be fine?

for me personally: i think that sounds like a really engaging and fun deck. as a red lover, magic is most fun when im playing on a knifes edge and carefully managing resources, so id love to sit across from this deck. those key cards you named are p low power tho, esp browbeat, so the only real concern is making sure you can close games

if you have a pod: nothing here feels like something you would have to ask "permission" for, but if youre really worried you would have to ask them directly

if youre just playing at your lgs: its legal, isnt it? youre all showing up to play a format that you each know and accept the rules of, and thats literally all you need to agree on. you cant please everyone, and you shouldnt try to at the expense of your fun. you made your deck with your money with the intent of having fun. if someone lets vexing devil stop them from having fun, thats not on you. magic is way too expensive to build a deck around someone else's fun

[miramisaki]

60(???) days until Charlie...??

[thebeautifulfantastic]

heard some people saying that hayley atwell's character grace is being set up to be the next ethan hunt and carry on the mission impossible series, and my first thought was "well, she definitely looks just as good in a suit."