Ahh fuckit part of my @threadapalooza thread had a clear subtopic and wanted to be its own thread.
Here's the thread about "membranes" as a metaphor for groups of people.
15/ One metaphor I've heard people use for regulating group dynamics is of a cell membrane
— Malcolm is back by the \U0001f30ecean! (@Malcolm_Ocean) December 21, 2020
(what's my prompt again? "Spatial metaphors for human systems" ...idk what counts as spatial - everything's pretty spatial to me. I guess I'll avoid computer stuff tho\u2014doing great so far)
- closed membrane
- closed web
- semipermeable membrane
- open network
https://t.co/doandfMsJF
beginning to feel that 'strangely earnest' Twitter is best Twitter
— huan seoul oh (@HuanWin) July 24, 2019
It existed before it had that name.
It overlaps with many other seemingly-unrelated twitter networks.
Rather than joining such a group, you find yourself in it.
https://t.co/z4FO4Nacxu
16/ ...six minutes left, what else is important?
— Malcolm is back by the \U0001f30ecean! (@Malcolm_Ocean) December 21, 2020
I better say something about hierarchy. Hierarchy, as the assymetric organization of things into different functional levels, is a vital part of this beautiful fractal universe.
It can breed power abuses, but so can any context.
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EVs DO NOT EMIT MORE PM
Recently @OECD published a report about particulate matter (PM) from road transport. Newspaper headlines blared that electric vehicles where worse than combustion vehicles. That conclusion was wrong according to the report itself.
Let me show you.
The report (published december 7) can be found here: https://t.co/1HpicKexOt
It's main point is well taken: as cars get cleaner, fine particles emitted by brakes, tires and road surfaces will become more important.
The table comparing electric and combustion engines is on page 92. I took averages of low and high values to get the graph in the first tweet.
I merely took the averages. To get this.
I think it is a terrific report that pulls together a LOT of literature on fine particles that cars spew into the air and that make us sick.
We have ignored this problem for too long, and there's more here than simply exhaust!
Recently @OECD published a report about particulate matter (PM) from road transport. Newspaper headlines blared that electric vehicles where worse than combustion vehicles. That conclusion was wrong according to the report itself.
Let me show you.
The report (published december 7) can be found here: https://t.co/1HpicKexOt
It's main point is well taken: as cars get cleaner, fine particles emitted by brakes, tires and road surfaces will become more important.
The table comparing electric and combustion engines is on page 92. I took averages of low and high values to get the graph in the first tweet.
I merely took the averages. To get this.
I think it is a terrific report that pulls together a LOT of literature on fine particles that cars spew into the air and that make us sick.
We have ignored this problem for too long, and there's more here than simply exhaust!