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USGS says 44 per cent probability human toll could exceed 10,000 in Venezuela tremors

The human toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes could be severe, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The agency warned there is a 44 per cent probability that the death toll could exceed 10,000 and a significant risk of widespread destruction following the back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes on Wednesday evening. Rescue teams remain on the ground as authorities work to determine the full scale of casualties and damage.

I'm not bringing my wheel, so I've got two spindle projects packed.

One of my favourite localish dyers - Shades of Ewe. This blend is so squishy!

Spindle is locally made and can be used suspended or supported. I'll see what the fiber wants.

Second up:

Started working on this supported spindle project a little while ago.

you can read more about all this here:

is this nonbinary person actually "female presenting", or did you just decide that based on your arbitrary idea of femaleness?

I’m Australian. Sure, we do have those doors, but the vast majority of places in Sydney are automatic sliding doors or old-fashioned manual push/pulls because we don’t need to block out the cold and wind the same way here.

So every day I experienced a culture clash with something as basic as what doors were normal for me.

Society

Nationalism / National Identity (State power | Leadership | Law |enforcement)

Is it theory or is it lived experience.

Ethnicity / Ethnic culture (faith traditions, schisms, oppression)

Hegemony (Who decides? What power drives it? who benefits?)

Scope /Scale (family culture | local | regional | dominant culture | social class | is this theoretical or lived experience?)

Y'all are trying to have a conversation that squishes a lot of DIFFERENT layers and nuance into a single word. if you stop trying to flatten the meaning of everything - you can have a nuanced discussion.