Melinoquent
@melinoquent.bsky.social
Magniloquence and autism guaranteed. Trivia- and pun-tastic. (they/she, her/them)
Mathematically, we have enough water now and even through to 2050, but it's not distributed evenly, similar to food. Logistics, infrastructure, politics, profits, etc all work against equitable distribution.
People may say "just move people", but that is a complicated solution too.
People may say "just move people", but that is a complicated solution too.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Mathematically, we have enough water now and even through to 2050, but it's not distributed evenly, similar to food. Logistics, infrastructure, politics, profits, etc all work against equitable distribution.
People may say "just move people", but that is a complicated solution too.
People may say "just move people", but that is a complicated solution too.
I am on bluesky so infrequently, but chiming in with stats now.
"Currently, water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people in the world, a proportion set to reach two-thirds by 2050."
www.worldwatercouncil.org/en/2050-wate...
"Currently, water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people in the world, a proportion set to reach two-thirds by 2050."
www.worldwatercouncil.org/en/2050-wate...
2050: Water supplies to dwindle in parts of the world, threatening food security and livelihoods | World Water Council
In 2050 there will be enough water to help produce the food needed to feed a global population expected to top nine billion, but overconsumption, degradation and the impact of climate change will redu...
www.worldwatercouncil.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I am on bluesky so infrequently, but chiming in with stats now.
"Currently, water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people in the world, a proportion set to reach two-thirds by 2050."
www.worldwatercouncil.org/en/2050-wate...
"Currently, water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people in the world, a proportion set to reach two-thirds by 2050."
www.worldwatercouncil.org/en/2050-wate...
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“That’s the whole point — if you got tickets, you aren’t paying attention,” Councillor DeFrancesca told council. “It’s the summer … we got kids running around … and this is the most dangerous time for our pedestrians.”
Exactly.
Exactly.
August 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“That’s the whole point — if you got tickets, you aren’t paying attention,” Councillor DeFrancesca told council. “It’s the summer … we got kids running around … and this is the most dangerous time for our pedestrians.”
Exactly.
Exactly.
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Even though the speed cameras were effective at slowing drivers down.
"The data shows that the number of infractions decreased in the same area over time, going from 4,482 in the first week to 1,994 in the third week."
"The data shows that the number of infractions decreased in the same area over time, going from 4,482 in the first week to 1,994 in the third week."
August 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Even though the speed cameras were effective at slowing drivers down.
"The data shows that the number of infractions decreased in the same area over time, going from 4,482 in the first week to 1,994 in the third week."
"The data shows that the number of infractions decreased in the same area over time, going from 4,482 in the first week to 1,994 in the third week."
I've heard Hacksmith is working on a lot of iterations of plasma swords, mostly wired ones, though they made a cordless laser pike last year.
May 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I've heard Hacksmith is working on a lot of iterations of plasma swords, mostly wired ones, though they made a cordless laser pike last year.
Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down ...
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?
February 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down ...
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?
My classmates were incredulous, but he said, "She wrote the same essay I wrote in fourth-year university!"
So that's the story of how I learned I could write a high-quality essay by procrastinating and skipping class.
It took university and a dying mother to teach me not to do that.
So that's the story of how I learned I could write a high-quality essay by procrastinating and skipping class.
It took university and a dying mother to teach me not to do that.
December 3, 2024 at 12:31 PM
My classmates were incredulous, but he said, "She wrote the same essay I wrote in fourth-year university!"
So that's the story of how I learned I could write a high-quality essay by procrastinating and skipping class.
It took university and a dying mother to teach me not to do that.
So that's the story of how I learned I could write a high-quality essay by procrastinating and skipping class.
It took university and a dying mother to teach me not to do that.
This teacher had a habit of handing back the two or three highest graded essays at the end of each pile. (The rest of the essays would be in a random order.) He was also a notoriously tough marker.
The next class, the last two essays were 90% and 98.5%.
Guess which one was mine?
The next class, the last two essays were 90% and 98.5%.
Guess which one was mine?
December 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
This teacher had a habit of handing back the two or three highest graded essays at the end of each pile. (The rest of the essays would be in a random order.) He was also a notoriously tough marker.
The next class, the last two essays were 90% and 98.5%.
Guess which one was mine?
The next class, the last two essays were 90% and 98.5%.
Guess which one was mine?
2. My teacher ended the lecture with saying, "I wrote an essay about this in university titled 'The Snowball Effect'."
Reader, that was the title of my essay I had handed him just before the lecture.
Reader, that was the title of my essay I had handed him just before the lecture.
December 3, 2024 at 12:24 PM
2. My teacher ended the lecture with saying, "I wrote an essay about this in university titled 'The Snowball Effect'."
Reader, that was the title of my essay I had handed him just before the lecture.
Reader, that was the title of my essay I had handed him just before the lecture.
Two things:
1. I showed up to class with all my essay notes. (I didn't write it wholecloth, I wrote an outline with salient points first.) Partway into the lecture, I stopped taking notes because I had just written all these points last night. I had even printed them out, to reference as I wrote.
1. I showed up to class with all my essay notes. (I didn't write it wholecloth, I wrote an outline with salient points first.) Partway into the lecture, I stopped taking notes because I had just written all these points last night. I had even printed them out, to reference as I wrote.
December 3, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Two things:
1. I showed up to class with all my essay notes. (I didn't write it wholecloth, I wrote an outline with salient points first.) Partway into the lecture, I stopped taking notes because I had just written all these points last night. I had even printed them out, to reference as I wrote.
1. I showed up to class with all my essay notes. (I didn't write it wholecloth, I wrote an outline with salient points first.) Partway into the lecture, I stopped taking notes because I had just written all these points last night. I had even printed them out, to reference as I wrote.