Mark Graf · @grafphoto
150 followers · 506 posts · Server mstdn.socialIt is amazing and sad the lengths suburbanites go to to eliminate the smallest disturbances to their alien lawns. People really have lost all sense wrt coexistence with nature.
Radhakrishnan · @radhakrishnan
94 followers · 2005 posts · Server mas.to
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
166 followers · 684 posts · Server mastodon.au
Lawn, control and the colony - Life after lawns
Lawn is “covering around 40% of the planet’s land surface, lawns are monocultures made up of a handful of species that require frequent watering, fertiliser and – often – pesticides.
Lawn is “nature under totalitarian rule”. Michael Pollan
"At a larger scale they also suggested a permanence and control that assuaged anxieties about the fragility of colonial control. Andrea Gaynor, professor of history at the University of Western Australia, argues that while some settlers appreciated the beauty of Australian landscape from early on, that “didn’t override the necessity to provide a civilised veneer that meant the colony could project an image of itself as stable, settled and prosperous, and therefore an attractive field for investment. So the cultural aspect is deeply entwined with the economics of the whole enterprise.” Simultaneously lawns helped encode and reinforce racial and social hierarchies. “Lawns were understood by Perth’s white residents as the antithesis of, and vastly superior to, Indigenous landscapes and cultures,” says Gaynor."
“Even in a drying climate we’d rather run desal[ination] plants than do away with lawn. It really shows how deeply ingrained lawn is in Australian culture as a symbol of civilisation and environmental control.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/02/no-mow-is-australias-long-love-affair-with-lawn-ending
#Lawn #colonialism #SettlerCulture #monoculture #suburbia #landscapes #CivilisedVeneer #FossilFuel #pollution #biodiversity #conservation #climate
#lawn #colonialism #settlerculture #monoculture #suburbia #landscapes #civilisedveneer #fossilfuel #pollution #biodiversity #conservation #climate
Paul Drye · @pauldrye
136 followers · 276 posts · Server spacey.space
An item sold a while back by a New York City-area dealer: a model Sears swimming pool in a case dated to the Sixties. "Made by Monte Displays of Great Neck, NY, likely for marketing in Long Island communities such as Levittown".
Jordan Bloom · @JordanBloomBooks
101 followers · 309 posts · Server romancelandia.clubNow that we've reached the "open all the windows" time of year, I need to stop swearing so much. #MidwestLiving #Suburbia
Schlockluster Video · @SchlocklusterVideo
1220 followers · 10492 posts · Server mstdn.party
On August 27, 1983, Penelope Spheeris’ Suburbia was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival. Here’s some fan art!
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#Suburbia #PenelopeSpheeris #Punk #PunkMovies #IndieFilm #RogerCorman #TCMUnderground #Drawing #Art #FanArt #PunkArt #PunkRock #Movies #Film
#suburbia #penelopespheeris #punk #punkmovies #indiefilm #RogerCorman #tcmunderground #drawing #art #FanArt #punkart #punkrock #movies #film
Sam Butler · @sambutlerUS
282 followers · 290 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Story here — feel free to comment on it (or continue it) at the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14oktfLapDz4nZr5Ri3ve6gutnCGk5x_vsaCodVVkxjA/edit?usp=sharing
#Depave #WarOnCars #CarFree #TacticalUrbanism #Urbanism #Bikes #Transit #Housing #Plastic #Microplastics #Pollution #Suburbia #Roads #Writing #ShortStory #Screenplay #Script #Fiction #CreativeWriting #SpeculativeFiction #Solarpunk #FuckCars #StrongTowns #Planning #UrbanDesign #Policy #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate
#depave #waroncars #carfree #tacticalurbanism #urbanism #bikes #transit #housing #plastic #microplastics #pollution #suburbia #roads #writing #shortstory #screenplay #script #fiction #creativewriting #speculativefiction #solarpunk #fuckcars #strongtowns #planning #urbandesign #policy #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #climate
Radhakrishnan · @radhakrishnan
93 followers · 1951 posts · Server mas.to
Samuel Johnson · @SamUpstate
133 followers · 2581 posts · Server bluelupine.socialWell, I managed an hour of quiet working from my deck before my one of my neighbors fired up their internal combustion engine agricultural equipment.
Radhakrishnan · @radhakrishnan
92 followers · 1946 posts · Server mas.to
Murat Cem Mengüç · @mcmenguc
197 followers · 1337 posts · Server mstdn.social
Radhakrishnan · @radhakrishnan
90 followers · 1933 posts · Server mas.to
Chis-R 🐟 · @chis_r
116 followers · 630 posts · Server aus.social
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1376 followers · 96782 posts · Server mstdn.social@SheDrivesMobility ich weiß...
#Suburbia ist weder nachhalting noch kostendeckend.
SuperStromboli · @Strombo
16 followers · 192 posts · Server jawns.club
What a yard find. I was out back thinking, is that a hot dog?
Turns out, yes, it is a hot dog, half of a fake plastic one. 🤷♂️
#HotDog #YardFinds #Wtf #Suburbia
#hotdog #yardfinds #wtf #suburbia
OsoPorto · @osoporto
111 followers · 1506 posts · Server mas.to
Insta 3yrs ago: American Idol. #beachtown #neighborhood #manhattanbeach #streetscene #architecture #suburbia #beachhouse #bungalow #gonenow #staysafe #losangeles #california https://osoporto.com
#california #losangeles #staysafe #GoneNow #bungalow #beachhouse #suburbia #architecture #StreetScene #manhattanbeach #neighborhood #BeachTown
Jeff Forcier · @bitprophet
628 followers · 6010 posts · Server social.coop👏🏻 NEW 👏🏻 GARAGE 👏🏻 DOOR
is finally installed!
#JustHomeownerThings #Suburbia (but also still #BanCars, if y'all would just #WearYourGoddamnMasks on the train, I could mostly get by without one…)
#justhomeownerthings #suburbia #bancars #wearyourgoddamnmasks
Samuel Johnson · @SamUpstate
131 followers · 2265 posts · Server bluelupine.socialI haven't shared much bike stuff lately. I'll have to work on that.
This happened to me this evening. The "right hook" has to be among the more dangerous and more frightening experiences as a suburban cyclist.
#BikeTooter #suburbia #bancars
Mollarom · @Mollarom
28 followers · 260 posts · Server social.vivaldi.net
Got demolished in #suburbia during board game lunch hour. Took three lunch hours to play. I'm not salty, I want to play again, but I felt there weren't enough opportunities to turn money into reputation.
Watch out for the Waterfront Property tile. Complete trap.
