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Tibetan Plateau, about 14,000 feet

Yeah, the US media landscape is full of stuff like this. I usually try to avoid them when I can find other coverage

The kind you write birthday letters for

Different people working there are very different. You're going to get both pro-fascist content from them and stuff that's actually sensible

A follow up is normal for a threat. Its not the historic norm for mere criticism

Pritzker has the right response

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street.

Separating children from their parents.

"Creating fear.

Taking people for “how they look.”

Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

We must all stand up and speak out.

You could in theory by doing things like producing milk through precision fermentation or by altering the gut microbiome of cattle. The latter being somewhat possible through dietary changes, but not financially supported in any meaningful way.

In any case, they're not even pretending to try anymore

Probably just another example of photosynthesis, yeah.

Batteries help a lot when you have a surplus of solar power during the middle of the day, and want to distribute it to evening use. For example, here in California, where the sun is just coming up, utility-scale batteries charged during yesterday's sunshine are now supplying about 10% of the state's electricity.

We actually need to cut the use of fossil fuels to zero to make it stop getting worse — but this is an indication that something like that is actually possible.

Wingnut Welfare.

Pascal was right — it takes a lot more work to write a short letter