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Timelapse: stars over Casini Ranch, Bangalore Sunsets, and time lapses of the week #6 and #7.
Instructions and code for building a long term Arduino powered timelapse camera.
I really don't like BBC My Sounds.
Previously:
Dear Senator Manchin,
You are not my Senator, however despite the 'all men are created equal' concept your vote is more than 20 times more powerful than the Senators who do represent me. I therefore feel compelled to write and ask you to reconsider your position against ending the filibuster.
In The Hill this week you are quoted as saying:
"You all know where I stand; I’ll do anything I can."
But then, unfortunately:
"The filibuster is the only thing that prevents us from total insanity. Total insanity."
I believe that you hold this position out of principle. I also know that you have previously worked (and failed) to strengthen background checks. We can't make any progress solving this problem without you. Please take an evidence based approach to the actual danger involved in allowing the Senate to legislate with a simple majority. Consider as a starting point the rest of the G-7.
Canada only requires a supermajority to pass a constitutional amendment. Those trucker protests got a little out of hand, but Canada is not insane.
France does not require a supermajority. It is not insane.
Germany does not require a supermajority. It is not insane.
Italy uses a supermajority for early rounds of presidential voting but otherwise not. Also not insane.
Japan needs a supermajority to amend their constitution. Again, not insane.
I'm not in love with the House of Lords, but the United Kingdom manages to pass laws without a supermajority and is not insane.
Our inability to control gun violence and our inability to allow the duly elected government to legislate are the same problem. Insanity is doing the same thing (in this case nothing) over and over again and expecting different results.
Thank you for your consideration.
(Published to the Fediverse as: I would do anything to reduce gun violence, but I won't do that (an open letter to Joe Manchin) #politics #senate #filibuster #guns An open letter to Senator Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster in the U.S. Senate so that we can control guns. )
Catfood WebCamSaver 3.28 is available to download.
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Timelapse of stars over Casini Ranch, a campground near Duncan Mills in Sonoma, California. Shot over two nights looking north-east and then south-west from the bank of the Russian River.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Stars over Casini Ranch, a Timelapse #timelapse #video #stars 4k time lapse of stars over Casini Ranch on Duncan Mills, Sonoma, California. Shot next to the Russian River over two nights. )
Three stormy sunsets in Bangalore. Shot between May 8 and 14, 2022 from the Shangri-La Hotel.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Bangalore Sunsets #timelapse #video #bangalore #india #4k 4K 60fps timelapse of three sunsets in Bangalore (Bengaluru) in Karnataka, India shot from the Shangri-La Hotel. )
nobody:
me: What if I used a year of global cloud cover images to make an animation where each frame is the average of the past 24 hours?
The animation covers August 2020 to August 2021. See this video for a version without the averaging (and with the Earth's surface).
The averaged version shows some interesting cycles better than the frenetic pace of hourly cloud cover. In my area you can really see the high pressure off the coast of California that sends any rain off to our friends in Seattle.
Images are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, specifically the Global IR product, transformed as described here.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Daily Average Global Cloud Cover Animation #timelapse #video #clouds Time lapse video of a year of global cloud cover where each frame is the average of the past 24 hours. )
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Shots are: north to Mount Tamalpais from Golden Gate Heights park, south-west from Grand View Park, north from Grand View, south from Grand View, north again from Grand View and finally east from Grand View (if you look closely something is being hauled up Sutro Tower).
(Published to the Fediverse as: TLOTW #7 #timelapse #video #tamalpais #tlotw #goldengateheights #grandview #sutrotower Time lapse of the week number seven, includes shots from Golden Gate Heights and Grand View parks in San Francisco, California. )
Google Pixel 6 Pro 19mm f3.5 1/250s ISO33
Brief moment of calm before a 737 knocks the Moon into Sutro Tower. Almost.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Sutro Tower, Moon, and Plane #photo #sutrotower #moon Photo of a plane that looks like it's about to knock the moon into Sutro Tower in San Francisco, California. )
Save America’s Patent System
Good problem to solve, wrong solution. Examine patents on use rather than before issuing.
