Now we’re gatekeeping doomsday prep? Jfc
No, we’re making fun of right-wing dickwads. And talking about what really matters.
No beans
You have been banned from !shitposting@lemmy.world
Apparently I don’t even know the comm’s actual name
i think that warrants a ban from most of the fediverse as a whole
They don’t even hoard beans they bank on stealing them with their guns from people who are actually prepared
Nah, my dad has a bunch of cans in his basement. It’s legit.
how many is a bunch? Because a mistake many people make is stockpiling a tiny amount of food, as if that’s going to help much.
You want like a week of food and water, that’s reasonable to store and a week is about how long a non-apocalyptic emergency might last.An entire wall of a decent sized storage area. However he’s a cheap ass and most of it is on clearance and isn’t going to last long anyway.
I’m not suggesting that it is a smart inclination to have.
best kind of doomsday planning you can do is find out what kind of edible fruit tree grows natively in your area, finding out which of those you like, and planting them in your yard (if you’re lucky enough to have one)
why limit yourself to your own yard? seed bomb your surroundings, become ungovernable.
Because I like my neighbors, also growing trees from seed does not work in my town. The wind never stops blowing so the trees grow horizontal. If you don’t specifically cultivate the tree and tie it to stakes to make it grow vertical, the tree dies.
So, “doomsday” is basically growing poor in Latin America?
I’m half-joking. Serious now: look at how poor people in your area survive, and learn with them.
You take that back about beans!
seriously it’s actually really fucking good emergency food (pre-soaked ones, in cartons or maybe cans, that is): Lasts a long time, has most of the nutrients you need (importantly both protein and fibre), and regardless of what anyone says the bean water is perfectly drinkable.
I prefer cartons because they’re lightweight, easy to open, compact, and hey it’s paper so in a pinch you can use it as fuel.The fact that they don’t strictly need cooking and come in water is really really really good, because you don’t want to sit there crunching on dry beans, and if you don’t have access to water it’s completely pointless to eat anything.
I agree. A can of baked beans, at room temperature, is great comfort food during times of stress.
I was literally doing that last night when I posted, right out the can lol
Try the Yellowstone brand, they are really great. Walmart carries them around here. Best can bean I ever had. https://www.eatyellowstone.com/products/baked-beans/baked-beans-with-bacon/
NOAA’s climate model predicts a blue ocean event in 2026
James Hansen is saying we hit +1.7C in 2027.
Paul Beckwith is saying +2.0C by 2030-32.
I don’t know what that means but I’m guessing from context that it’s bad
It means there will be pretty much no sea ice on the Arctic ocean this summer, lowering Earth’s albedo and absorbing even more heat instead of radiating it away. It’s yet another climate tipping point we’ll be passing this decade.
Hey, I’ve had that on my bingo card for 2026 since 2019!
Beans time then
or anything drought resistant.
You can do all of these things 🤷
Having been in a survival situation, I can tell you that none of than happened. Mostly just selfishness and nightly gun fire. Better advice: Canned food, bottled water, battery powered lanterns, radio and good book. if you can afford it, some way to solar charge the lantern and radio and cellphone. Generators are really noisy and attract attention. I didn’t have power for 2 weeks and the roads were blocked with fallen trees.
Slightly unrelated but a good place to plug my recent hobby. Meshtastic. set up a node and coordinate with friends to connect the whole area.
Not only it is a secure clandestine chat network. it will work when the networks are down, allowing you to coordinate with everyone. Give them a battery/solar and they will work no matter what, electric grid down, you can still coordinate.
I am currently working with local action groups to get the whole city connected
Meshtastic uses AES-256, which is a symmetric encryption algorithm. I’d much prefer it if it could use some kind of asymmetric algorithm with perfect forward secrecy like what other encrypted messaging apps use.
Its current implementation can lead to “store now decrypt later” attacks, and with the government probably having access to quantum computers, is not something I would feel comfortable with long term.
That looks pretty cool. I’m going to look into it.
Maybe I am overoptimistic, but I would love if hobbyist and action groups manage to get the whole nation connected. then you would not need a data plan or a carrier to be able to communicate.
That was my thought as well, and it seems like the parts are relatively inexpensive.
helltec v3 kits are about 20$ very few hobbies are this cheap to get in.
Although I have gotten out of control I am keeping things cheap so far.
Using some boom extensions that were about 30$ each and a couple of long range antennas for another 50$each and a few boards I am trying to test a connection between me and a friend.
If it works well I will make a proposition in my DSA to connect the whole city as I am getting near the point where I can’t really afford to expand the grid by myself and continue with other action groups and mutual aid obligations I have.
About connecting the whole nation, I am not sure if Meshtastic has a technical size limit, but without a doubt, if the grid gets popular enough that said limit is an issue, it will be updated or fixed.
