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RidgeDweller @sh.itjust.works
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  • Clay is read horizontally left to right, sand is read diagonally bottom right to top left, and silt is read diagonally top right to bottom left. So, the center of the mozzarella zone would be about 20% clay, 40% sand, and 40% silt.

  • DeSantis vetoes bill to bolster warnings about Florida’s polluted waters
  • Posting and closing beaches is pretty standard in California in response to sewage spills and water quality sampling yielding substandard results, though it's usually enforced by local health departments instead of the state.

    One issue is the public can get fatigued and disregard the warnings if popular beaches are closed on an ongoing basis, but at least they're generally informed of the risks. Heal The Bay puts out a pretty good annual report card summarizing results for many beaches across the state if you're interested in reading more.

  • California socialite Rebecca Grossman sentenced to 15 to life for killing 2 kids in crosswalk
  • More at fault... are you serious?

    This happened at a residential intersection with easily visible traffic lights and straight roads. This road looks hardly hazardous under normal traffic conditions.

    She was going almost double the speed limit while likely impaired by alcohol. She is well beyond an unlucky idiot.

  • Voters in 13 Oregon Counties Approve 'Greater Idaho' Measure Seeking to Secede From Liberal-Run State
  • I wonder how much of that crime happens in eastern Oregon. It often seems like rural folks are paranoid of crime associated with cities, but they hardly ever spend time in cities to understand it's a relative issue that largely varies neighborhood to neighborhood.

  • This year, Olympic medals will be awarded for breakdancing, and it literally makes me sick to my stomach.
  • Good unpopular opinion! I'm skeptical the modern games/organization would survive if you tossed the judged events out though. And a quick search shows there were a few subjective events in ancient games, too. Maybe there's another organization with competitions that suit your interests better?

  • People with experience working in and around municipal water infrastructure: Do you drink tap water? Are there times when you do not?
  • Interesting, thanks for the context. I don't know anything about asphalt, but if it didn't cause any health or safety issues I'd place it on the innovation end of the spectrum. I'd be interested in things like how the spent diesel fuel was disposed of and if any petro chems would leach into stormwater from asphalt made this way.

  • People with experience working in and around municipal water infrastructure: Do you drink tap water? Are there times when you do not?
  • The water characteristics you're worried about sound like aesthetic problems, which might be displeasing but pose no real health risks. These vary significantly between public water systems. If the system pulls from surface water, the water might need more treatment in the dry season since contaminants concentrate in surface waters more that time of year. I'm lucky to live somewhere that has no noticeable taste/odor/color issues. For places that do, you should be able to drink it from tap without issue, but it might taste/smell better if you run it through a filter or even just let it sit in a pitcher in the fridge.

    If a municipality were to cut corners with their water treatment in a similar way to the asphalt plant you mentioned (which sounds kinda shady btw), people would get sick and potentially die. Most municipalities are very risk averse and take liability seriously to avoid litigation/losing money. So, it's not impossible, but I think it'd be unlikely for a city to skimp on water treatment just to save a few bucks. Water treatment facilities are also required to constantly test for things like pH, turbidity, and chlorine residual and report to the state, so it's not as simple as hiding things from an inspector the day of.