For the first time, wind power in the UK has exceeded fossil-fuel power for two consecutive quarters. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wind-overtakes-fossil-fuels-uk-electricity-generation-maguire-2024-04-23/
"The nightmare is over"
- a mom returns from Russian captivity and hugs her son
They haven't seen each other for more than two years.
The mom was at Azovstal. Little Dmytro was returned to Ukraine from temporarily occupied territories. His birthday was on May 24th, and he got the best present there is.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine
TRUMP WILL NEVER BE PROSECUTED FOR HIS WORST CRIME
He joined Putinβs attack on our democracy and remains committed to finishing the job.
https://i-know-how-much-you-care.ghost.io/trump-will-never-be-prosecuted-for-his-worst-crime/
The other day at work, in an online meeting, a fuckhead said the phrase βWell, itβs probably because sheβs a woman and she doesnβt know what the hell sheβs talking aboutβ, referring to an external contractor.
Iβm not out, but I stopped the meeting and said βYou donβt get to talk like that in front of me. Now, I have to call HR.β
There was laughter. To which I replied sternly, βIt is not funny. Do better.β
There was no laughter then.
I donβt put up with that shit. Misogyny, any kind of trans- or queer- based phobia, racism. None. Thatβs how you ally - you speak up. You challenge the notion that these fuckers are in a safe place. You DO have power to create change. Be the voice for the voiceless.
Afterwards, two of the other attendees reached out to me to thank for my courage to stand up to one of the βcool kidsβ. I donβt need thanks, I need people to be better.
BE BETTER.
Taking this right out into its own little thread, because I feel like I threadjacked @weirdofhermiston's original points. (sorry!)
I came of age in the 90s, in this weird time post-AIDS-crisis but pre-gay-kisses-on-TV. In wider media and culture, who could call themselves gay and who shouldn't be claiming that seemed to revolve around whether you were currently in a physical relationship that was considered a same-sex one.
On the other hand, literally nobody in my IRL vicinity was out. It was such a prudish place that even rumors about a girl's sexuality would get her mocked at school-wide pep rallies. So how in the world would a gay kid even really know they were gay? let alone participate in queer culture?
Obviously, half of that is getting rid of the cruel sexual repression.
But the other half is acknowledging you don't have to be sexual at all -- currently or ever -- to be queer.
If Republicans are going to accuse Biden of weaponizing the Justice system, then:
1) They better damn well have better evidence than an independent grand jury indicted Trump, Trump got a fair trial, and an independent jury found him guilty on all charges, and
2) They better damn well reject the Project 2025 framework and Trump's promises to weaponize the Justice system.
Every accusation is a confession for the GOP.
@randahl When a US businessman says that falsifying business records is no big deal itβs probably a good idea to look very closely at his own business records.
"Over the past few weeks, Ukraine came to us and asked for the authorization to use weapons that we're providing to defend against this aggression, including against Russian forces that are massing on the Russian side of the border and then attacking into Ukraine," says US Secretary of State Blinken in Prague. "That went right to the president and, as you've heard, he's approved the use of our weapons for that purpose."
I like presidents who aren't felons
President Biden recently gave the commencement address at West Point. His address was streamed and published.
What was not seen was that President Biden after giving his speech and shaking hands with the top 25 graduates on stage went backstage and beyond the reach of cameras, the media and video and greeted and shook hands with every one of the graduating class of West Point.
#Biden
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/30/2243650/-A-side-of-President-Biden-you-won-t-see
@BootsChantilly @ScottSoCal GDI you guys beat me to the punch!
@ScottSoCal Right? A free "going over" from Mommie Dearest! π³
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.