“‘After a thousand years no better way than theirs has been found for the ploughing of this bit of England for the practice of husbandry.’” — H.R. Loyn, Anglo Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1962 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b6fbe18f8c5b309273ec5afa961af517b9d96fa3685d8f0767bc92a69962a27f.file

What we all knew from observation of course: "New research suggests some families may be genetically predisposed to having only boys or only girls, challenging the long-held belief that a child’s sex is purely random." https://www.healthandme.com/parenting/why-some-families-only-have-boys-or-girls-science-may-finally-have-the-secret-code-article-152306922/amp https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b932d4c79d3426e577c243e6b8382157e53c5e39a7ebb6bb64c7a5e7d758a140.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/af2b96d6743e0135fb81c410844c2b5003e53bb3e5a43045773e151f36376334.file

“Electric weed control in viticulture has comparable efficiency to that achieved by herbicides. Electric weed control will be of particular importance for those where herbicide resistance is increasingly problematic and for organic growers.” https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2025/07/17/electric-weed-control-proves-shockingly-effective/ https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7fa12d4335bea572e62eabbedff301a6771b512e01d7311c86e9897ecb407d47.file

"Giving pedestrians a seven-second head start at traffic lights—known as Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs)—is associated with a 33 percent reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New York City intersections." https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/new-york-city-intersections-see-one-third-fewer-pedestrian-injuries-longer-head-start-intervals https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6e063fae9182bea35cffcc714d9902e375780fcee606f92fb6cd3a2f239f4867.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b986a00b0cac57147c71c98d8f23fda1d68e5d31af2f4878ef94caad92ddb0da.file

Kathryn Grandstaff's (Crosby) autobiography has a funny contents page. Is it worth reading? A little premature maybe, at 1967. She would live on until 2024. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4ddc85186b18efe72a0b2dd19bce4a7eba98822085a2a04f60f2ab4c7bcf4325.file

Well explained. Very tall buildings or very low density neighborhoods are only profitable thanks to land speculation and the laws enforcing it. And they are dependent on each other. You can't have the CBD without the sprawl. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/87b06bca1d3d4d10202cdc86bbad39e511ba676b0e31899fff40f97eb91191b8.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cfb7a176f3f0ef9c7b00f2022c598c564e0a6a0fde4e952902067ce95fc89302.file

The Japanese "guarantor system" introduces a fourth party liable for damages and loss of income caused by the tenant when leasing property (like a tenant leasing and apartment or room). From the University of Tokyo website. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/acb91e5a319566d7afed43998d1aa7beb2439bafc94cd4192284be386f4adf98.file

RT @[email protected]: "Mientras lo mítico representa un estadio temprano y primitivo en la vida de la humanidad, en la vida del individuo representa uno tardío y maduro" Thomas Mann https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b4b3525b33847a94a9b128917a938f207d55e1fd5a2d43fdde2376e8c7debbfd.file