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Take a moment and ask yourself, a project like this requires a lot of time, money and dedication of resources, why would scientists dedicate that time to something that could just be done by a tree?

The answer is they wouldn't. So that means this claim requires further investigation!

This project is called LIQUID 3, and it's not meant for cities with wide open spaces, it's meant for cities like Belgrade in Serbia. These cities are densely populated and heavily polluted, to the point where pollution actually chokes out current trees and makes creating green spaces difficult.

Liquid 3 was a PhD scientists answer to these problems. The microalgae tank is intended for spaces where you either:

Don't have enough space to plant full trees, or

Don't have enough time to plant trees and wait for them to grow up.

The tank is extremely efficient when you consider the amount of space needed compared to the amount of CO2 turned into oxygen. The tank can operate throughout the winter. And most importantly, it can be quickly set up in areas that desperately need relief from air pollution NOW not in 10 years when trees are done growing. Children currently suffocating on polluted air can't wait for trees to grow, they need to be taken care of now, and Liquid 3 is one of the ways to take care of them. Depending on the species of microalgea used, a number have shown a pretty amazing capacity to pull heavy metals out of the air which is something trees can get choked up by.

The tanks aren't just tanks either! Liquid 3 have solar panels placed on top, they have lighting and mobile phone charging, and they work as public benches. The designers of it want to encourage green spaces where there's room, but where there isn't room or time, Liquid 3 can step in. Realistically, this isn't a replacement for trees. It's replacing boring metal city benches with new, cooler benches that also clean the air (and have at least some heating during the winter).

Not only that, but the microalgea that grows is native to Serbia and all that microalgea has a ton of great uses! It makes for great fertilizer, compost, wastewater treatment, cleaner biofuels and even for helping create new tanks for further air purification. They only require a quick algae divide once a month, and the produced algae can be carted off to where ever it's needed. This makes them effective solutions for areas that can't sustain complex installations.

AH.

I SEE WHY ITS CALLED THE SPIRK EPISODE.

ISNT THIS THE FIRST TIME SPOCK HAS SMILED? AND ITS WHEN HE REALISES KIRK IS OKAY. LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS!!!!

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It’s also a lot easier to freehand and adjust as you go than crochet or knitting and you mostly go by inches instead of rows and number of stitches so a large number of accessories like stitch markers or whatever isn’t really necessary.

We have nalebound early medieval socks for our reenactment kit. You can make the needle out of any old bit of wood with a knife. Popsicle sticks work! (when running classes, I make up a whole lot of quick and easy needles out of popsicle sticks. If I'm been arty-reenactory, I make them from antler, bone, boxwood or hard fruit tree wood). You can do hats, scarves, mittens, or just any old stuff that you can make by going round and round and round, and build up elements by then sewing the different pieces together. The most basic stitch is just an overhand knot.

Hats by my partner in stuff, J.

Or, given J. is somewhat prone to mathematical things, nalebind yourself some hyperbolic plane brain corals and then a sea slug to go on them, just because:

However it is very understandable that it isn’t as popular.

1. You drag the yarn through the loop. This means you have to use short pieces of yarn, not a large skein. You splice the yarn peices.

2. It is binding. You are tying knots. That makes it very hard to unravel. Harder than crochet.

The reason why knitting was revolutionary and kept as a trade secret for a long time, is that you keep the one sided loops. And that you can unravel the whole thing easily.

No matter It is beautiful. And the people who are masters, can do almost anything.

The neckwarmer below had needlbound braids.

Btw there's Needlbinding Festival every 3rd weekend in August, in my local Iron Age village. You should visit.

Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.

Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.

Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.

The best part is the local city council's reaction.