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Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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“Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about” 🪟 (slrpnk.net)

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https://youtu.be/uhbDfi7Ee7k

This video by Technology Connections talks about how window awnings can greatly help cool your home.

Another thing I want to add is that window awnings can protect windows. We get pretty big hail here, and (wood or aluminum) awnings can save your window glass. I have also heard of “Clamshell Awnings” which are on hinges, so you can remove the poles and lower the awning to cover and protect windows in extreme weather.

Lastly, here are some old window awning ads for your entertainment (from Wikimedia commons)

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[–] Chakravanti@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AC isn't the kind of thing you have to crank the energy for 15 Million Merits. Don't see why an awning should cost a popular media labor of obligation versus just burning oil and, of course, the whole fucking planet. I'd call you (as in everyone, nothing personal) a sloth but I ain't trying to insult that mammal.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You should proof read your comments. That reads like a tweaker's stream of consciousness.

[–] Chakravanti@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, nix that earlier meta-direction of a reference. I do now, in fact, make a personal insult.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

[–] Chakravanti@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

Black Mirror E02 since, obviously, you missed the blatant naming.