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Conservationist and a conversationalist.
Harsher rules for data centers than menhaden overfishing. Fucking useless.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago* VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS STATE IS BANNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS, REQUIRING STRICTER PERMITTING AND CLEAN ENERGY MANDATES FOR THE SERVER WAREHOUSES @reuters.com
Unpopular opinion: When someone is factually wrong about something important—eg vaccination—telling them that they’re wrong is treating them with respect. The condescending thing to do is indulge them, act like they have a point, as if the thing you know to be wrong might be at least somewhat right.
🚨New study reveals killing wolves did not reliably prevent subsequent livestock damage. In some cases livestock losses actually increased after they were lethally removed. If killing wolves doesn’t reliably prevent future conflict, why is it still being used as a solution? 🔗 https://bit.ly/4x4hCNQ
Study: Shooting Wolves Barely Protects Livestock
Five field studies compared: killing wolves mostly does not prevent livestock losses. In some cases the number of kills even rises afterwards.
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My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
extreme income inequality is bad for a lot of reasons but today the one i'm mad at is people having the wealth and power to force me to live inside their delusions
Nothing like this to throw a middle finger to the doomers.
Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2mo agoRenewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
My apologies to the Reductress, I wasn’t familiar with your game.
[tapping earpiece] i'm hearing reports that elections matter
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4mo agoHungary has signalled it will drop its long-standing opposition to Ukraine’s bid for EU membership, allowing it and Moldova to begin formal negotiations to join the bloc in the coming days, four diplomats told POLITICO.
Everybody thinks when he's rich he'll be a different kind of rich person from the rich people he sees around him; later on he finds out there's only one kind of rich person, and he's it. —Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker
This is what the spiral of extremism does. It’s the “only” answer. The only answer that makes the manic drive of the politicos act stupid. Like…others.
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 5mo agoDemocrats should gerrymander the hell out of their districts. Neutralize Republican voters. Supreme Court is cool with it so just flex until MAGA cries uncle. Fight fire with fire. You cant be Civil with fascists.
To be a tiny spec in the universe has its difficulties, but being able to witness a part of it feels pretty damn good.
Swapna Krishna@swapnakrishna.com · 6mo agoAnd here’s the eclipse photo from Artemis II. I am in tears.
Fuck nihilism. The universe is so beautiful and without meaning it is still beautiful.
Swapna Krishna@swapnakrishna.com · 6mo agoEarthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.
Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.
Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
The Schrodinger’s Cat of the internet. Is it sad or is it proof of the benefit of listening to scientists? If it’s sad; then it’s a senseless tragedy. If it’s about listening; then it’s a senseless tragedy. Cassandra probably felt the same way.
Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 7mo agojust read a story about a little boy in SC who just learned to ride a bike but he was unvaxxed and got measles and got really sick and got a spinal tap and then pumped with medicines and then his brain swelled anyway and now he won't ever walk or eat on his own and he definitely won't ride a bike
The galling discarding of inclusion because it was hard and allowing the worst people to use the levers of government to hurt the most vulnerable is a crime I will not forget. I will find it very hard to forgive it too.
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 8mo agoThousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
What do Alaska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Wyoming have in common? They are all solidly Red States. And they don’t require voter ID… It’s not about ID; it’s about intimidation and finding excuses to claim fraud. #RadioFreeAmerica
