@AwetTesfaiesus it has already happened in Pakistan https://www.dailyclimate.org/pakistans-solar-surge-is-turning-the-energy-system-on-its-head-2673235199.html

@benroyce @nuintari @Strandjunker I am astonished how difficult the US makes it for people to vote. Having to travel long distances and then having to queue for long periods to vote.
And running it on a working day when many people simply can’t get the time off to vote

@statsguy before the days of the measles vaccine many kids were left with permanent damage

@SteveFoerster @georgetakei i’ve often wondered why the Epstein crowd are not called a grooming gang?
Or is that expression only used for ordinary people, not billionaires?

@Natasha_Jay he wasn’t first with evolution. But he was the first with enough money to self-publish a book on it

He came to Edinburgh University, dropped out of his course but saw the work that was being done there on evolution.

Robert Chambers was the first to write on evolutionary theories, but he wrote anonymously and published in England so as not to offend the church https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Chambers_(publisher,_born_1802)&wprov=rarw1

@eff @ericabp governments of all shades are delighted to implement this “child protection” legislation because the flipside is they can monitor the Internet activities of every single adult in the country.

Don’t be fooled. It’s nothing to do with children. It’s all about adult surveillance and government overreach.

@rufustheduck how long before the dog fox becomes a fox dog?

@codinghorror I remember it well!

@newsthump I can’t imagine why anybody is quoting this idiot. Money does not make intelligence.

@jon he was doing a slightly less violent version of what Trump is doing just now. He would produce absurd schemes to dominate the headlines to take attention of way from the unpleasant changes he was making below the radar.
Trump is doing the same to keep attention off Epstein

(By the way, it would be ludicrous to run any kind of fixed connection all the way between England and Northern Ireland when Scotland is so close)

@jensorensen I think this is somehow missing the point. The root of the problem is the first past the post voting system which leaves voters in practical terms with a binary choice between two parties. That is polarisation. That is black or white; right or left; billionaires or poverty - it is not a real reflection of life or politics and the only solution is to adopt proportional representation.
That produces a range of political parties reflecting the range of political views.

@JackTheCat @ChrisMayLA6 Farage’s Question Time, Farage’s BBC

“When we walk around with the whistles around our neck, it's not that we have — like we know we can't do much. But what we do know is that we can let our community at large know when we're walking around, like, I see you. And if you're stuck in your apartment, I want you to see me. I'm another person walking around who is here to protect you as best I can with my whistle and my phone.” https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/right-wing-media-figures-are-furious-activists-using-whistles-during-ice-activity

@taylorlorenz we are in control- not the algorithms.
Other platforms thrive on conflict. Mastodon does not because people do not like it and it’s people who drive Mastodon timelines, not algorithms.

@ChrisMayLA6 you’re right it’s not good for democracy but was Mandelson ever elected for anything?

@djr2024 @ChrisMayLA6 or treason

@rayckeith that’s what #ubi does

@Alternatecelt superb example of native vegetation before it was burnt by the redcoats following Culloden. These stands of the original Scots Pine are generally only found on islands where the flames could not reach.

@jbenjamint a couple of solitary Scots Pines stoutly defending themselves against the massive invasion of Sitka spruce.

@JenMsft i’m told that cats (unlike dogs) prefer drinking from running water rather than standing water.
So perhaps he’s just queuing up for a drink?