Considering the current times, it's a good moment to (re)read Aimé Césaire
On the "pro-Constitution, no-nonsense backlash in the Democratic Party, a movement in favor of patriotism, concerned about national security, and convinced that only a democracy that delivers practical results can stay safe"
Ignorance of how EVs work is holding back uptake, says survey
The survey "asked 1,000 UK petrol/diesel car drivers ten questions about electric cars, mainly focused on popular pieces of misinformation that has been pushed by the oil industry and other entities that oppose cleaner, better vehicles.
The survey found that this #misinformation is alive and well – and particularly alive and well among drivers who haven’t driven an #EV."
Del Mar Lanes September 3
This Tuesday brought another brief trip to Del Mar Lanes for the proverbial "quick game or two of Godzilla". I wind up posting a high of 255.0M+ out of about six total games played. It did help that there was a credit left on the game when I arrived, of course.
Here it is — the list of next week’s tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in and around Tampa Bay, courtesy of Tampa Bay’s tech blog and YouTube channel, Global Nerdy!
globalnerdy.com/2024/09/05/tam…
Fun fact!
Of the top 20 wind/solar countries by proportion of generation, only 3 have more solar than wind (Aus, Chile, Italy, none in the top 10).
Solar may be growing fast, but wind has done most of the heavy lifting in grid decarbonisation so far, and will do a huge proportion of it into the future.
Meet Casnin, child of Suncock and Florescus.
They are a Generation 6 fractal.
They like fancy fractals.
If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#artBot
Casnin in flight.
If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#artBot
Happy Thorsday!
Thor would like to remind you that tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, in which Bandcamp foregoes their 15% cut of all sales so artists can receive a bigger cut. They used to do this every first Friday of the month, but under new management they’re only doing it a few times a year. So PREPARE YOURSELF. GIRD YOUR LOINS. ETC.
AND ROCK OUT WITH YOUR SOCKS OUT!
#AllCatsAreBeautiful #Thorsday #ThorToots #CatsOfMastodon #BandcampFriday #bandcamp #Cats #Catstodon #CatsOfFediverse #Cat
Coors is the latest company to end DEI initiatives & cut some LGBTQ+ ties - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/coors-is-the-latest-company-to-end-dei-initiatives-cut-some-lgbtq-ties/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into LGBTQ Nation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNation
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In this month’s roundup, Nathalie Cabrol, director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, launches her new book The Secret Life of the Universe. Discover how astronomers are pioneering the use of AI to facilitate interstellar communication, learn about the exciting potential of the upcoming Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, and don't miss the spectacular celestial events of 2024, including the Perseid meteor shower, the Annular Solar Eclipse, and more! #scicomm #science
Game: The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Uta Dekichatte Kei (DS) (gamerip) (2009)
Song: BGM Opening2
#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic
CelloMom On Cars
in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •There is a reason why it is especially the United States that is lagging in e-car sales.
And we've seen this playbook before: It's Detroit and big oil shooting itself in the foot again, then working overtime to keep nice smol Chinese e-cars out the way they worked to keep nice smol Japanese cars out in the 1980s.
electrek.co/2024/09/04/ignoran…
CelloMom On Cars
in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •"Journalists have done a lot of work explaining environmental harms [from making EVs], and the public has noticed. That's good news: Trancik, of MIT, says people should ask questions about the true environmental costs of all technology. But the mountain of research determining that EVs are still cleaner than gasoline-powered cars doesn't seem to have gotten as much traction."
npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-50740…
CelloMom On Cars
Unknown parent • • •@breadandcircuses
Let's be realistic about this:
You won't hear stuff like that from news outlets that rely on advertising revenue from automakers.
Turns out the money needs to be removed, not so much from "politics",* but from the news media.
*Because money to politics goes to the media.
Locksmith
in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •@breadandcircuses
Last year, I was planning on getting a hybrid (no cars is not an option where I live). My wife was looking at EVs, and my analysis was that EVs still have a public charging issue in the US, from which hybrids are free. EVs need more planning and time invested in case of road travel. My wife finally said "we need to move fast to start fixing things. We have relied too long on our own comfort, and it did not work out. So we need to be uncomfortable now and fix things."
So EV we got. I am not going back to ICE.