With the closure of its last coal-fired power station today, the UK—home of the Industrial Revolution—is now powered by 20% Gas, 20% Nuclear, 45% Renewables, and 15% Seething Insular Resentment At The Self-Inflicted Character Of Its Much-Diminished Place In The World
i love that i only know i can order more free covid tests when someone i follow on social media is like "heads up! go to the usps website today!" a robust public health infrastructure modelled on "McRib Is Back"
I was canvassing last election and hit a punk door where I thought I'd really have to sell them on voting as harm reduction. And started the "bad" part of my "yeah Dems can be bad, but" spiel and they looked really concerned and made sure I understood I should still vote because the GOP was worse
factoid about Kris Kristofferson: his doctors for a decade misdiagnosed him as having Alzheimer's, when in reality he had undiagnosed Lyme Disease, which mimics many of the same symptoms (ask me how I know)
there are people smarter than myself who can properly delineate the difference between tools and services, but imo a key part is the ability for a tool to be used/adapted in ways beyond the creator's vision, whereas a service grants you access to a constrained set of results.
Good time to share my old story about the Human Generosity Project. The standard for human society is not only systems of reciprocal altruism but also non-reciprocal acts of generosity as a logical way to manage risk. In Appalachia, they call it "Neighboring" www.sapiens.org/culture/ik-p... 🧪
Ik people - Generosity helps societies manage risk and cope with disasters. New research untangles the factors that lead people to help neighbors in need.
Oh, look, a footnote with a poem, I wonder who left that there.... BRANE. (Hymn of Breaking Strain, Kipling)
Some days I want to sit down newly out trans folk and gently let them know that transition is amazing, but they're probably going to be processing a lot of stuff most folks go through in their teens. It's not called second puberty just because of the hormones and physical changes.
I have moved on to "Are we saying anything Ron Westrum didn't say?" (yes, but I needed a co-author to remind me)
I was trying to figure that! I thought at first it was up by Coon Rapids, but I don't think that's off-leash.