Hey Bluesky! Hit me up with the most recent book, story, song, or other piece of art you loved that was created by a trans person. Let's boost some trans creators today.
America does have a problem of inappropriately subsidizing properties in high-risk areas, but that's a comparatively minor problem next to the increasing risks to everything everywhere due to climate change—which we also subsidize.
Painful irony w/Helene's colossal damage in Asheville: the city recently placed #3 on a list of US cities most likely to experience "climate migration". Asheville summers are cool by Southeastern standards, and annual avg precip (~36") is low for the region. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
Migration due to climate change may land Asheville a lot of new residents in coming years according to a sustainable real estate expert.
The "why do you hate waffles" energy is strong over here
this is so cool???? more of this! less garbage ai masquerading as progress!
A team at the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has developed transparent solar cells which can be embedded into the glass surfaces of mobile devices, cars, and buildings, offering a seamless and efficient way to generate power from sunlight.
It could be used to power cars and buildings too
I keep seeing people refer to her as a luminary of the field, but looking at her bio I wouldn't go that far. Was she prominent? I guess, tho I wouldn't have put her in my top 50. Refardless, I hope the door hits her on the ass on her way out.
There’s actually something missing here: universities take student protests seriously as security threats and respond to them not as social justice actions, or civil disobedience, but as the work of violent bad actors. This becomes evident in universities’ responses to protests over the last decade.
PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
Nate Silver mansplaining what is political science to the sitting President of the Society for Political Methodology is *chef's kiss*.
This is an excellent thread. E. Lily Yu’s position/post is disappointing and exhausting and ultimately… I just woke up, I can’t think of a word small enough for someone who espouses these views. Her post can just fuck off.