[Tsundoku]

Always nice to beat India, doubly sweet doing it in England.

[Tiste Simeon]

Tsundoku, on 11 June 2023 - 11:40 AM, said:

Always nice to beat India, doubly sweet doing it in England.

This update brought to you from the ruling class of Victorian Britain.

[Nicodimas]

2 weeks maui, on the beach chilling having some beers.

Life in good. I try to make to Lahiana every couple of years to destress. Great place if your west coast.

Lots of turtles this year too!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

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Over the past few weeks, [...] in Texas, the very picture of a recalcitrant red state soaked with fossil fuel[...]

[...] Republicans in the State Legislature, following the lead of the climate skeptic Gov. Greg Abbott, launched a counteroffensive, putting forward a series of bills to undermine renewables, prop up fossil fuel production and effectively kill clean energy in the state.

[...] it looked as if it would be the same old story [...] with an inevitable-seeming conclusion. But then?

“A remarkable coalition of environmentalists, industry organizations and business groups [...] stopped very real efforts to shut down the renewable energy industry in Texas,” [...]

Last year, [...] existing wind and solar power reduced the state’s wholesale energy spending by about $11 billion — almost three times the savings of the previous year. [...] green-energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act are poised to create more than 100,000 jobs in Texas by 2030 — which would add more than $15 billion to the state economy over that time.

The gains are expected to be similar in Florida [...] But it’s not just a couple of red states: The logic of the energy transition has been transformed across the country.

[...] It is no longer clean energy that requires political interventions for survival. And increasingly it is fossil fuels flailing about for political lifelines to impede market forces. [...] the status quo has been effectively inverted.

Opinion | Even in Texas, You Can’t Stop the Green Revolution

It still won't be enough, but it will help.

Here's hoping for accelerated development of air-gen, Huc, solar beamed from space (another recent breakthrough---using microwaves so it's not affected by cloud cover), and other promising new alternatives.

Scientists Beam Solar Power From Space to Earth in World First

[Tsundoku]

Azath Vitr (D, on 17 June 2023 - 05:13 PM, said:

It still won't be enough, but it will help.

Here's hoping for accelerated development of air-gen, Huc, solar beamed from space (another recent breakthrough---using microwaves so it's not affected by cloud cover), and other promising new alternatives.

Scientists Beam Solar Power From Space to Earth in World First

Uh-huh, cool. Well, fingers crossed for the first, and for the second ...

Here's what I thought the collector/transmitter might look like:

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[BK (NTS no politics)]

As a parent you always want your offspring to surpass you. Woot my son lost his virginity a full month ahead of when I did. Go forth young one!

[Tsundoku]

Briar King, on 23 June 2023 - 02:35 PM, said:

As a parent you always want your offspring to surpass you. Woot my son lost his virginity a full month ahead of when I did. Go forth young one!

Dude! Welcome back!

... but shouldn't it be first? Or hopefully second on the night, so to speak ...?

And never forget the wisdom of the ages: don't be silly, tarp the willy.

High fives all round though.

[BK (NTS no politics)]

So late last year I decided to try and grow some satsumas from our tree for the 1st time. Of the nine seeds I put in cups I got 3 of them growing. I gave one to the neighbor since they always came and picked our tree. That one died months later.. my two survived the cup process and made it to the 1st pot. Soon they will be ready for the 2nd. Still can’t go into the ground till next spring and that sucks as that Xmas artic blast finished off what winter storms Uri and Viola started in 2021… the parent tree is completely dead so no fruit picking for the next few years. That sucks so bad after a good 12 years of having some delicious satsumas in their hundreds each fall. It makes it very special if these trees survive my dumb ass that long and make it into the ground. They have been my little jewels for about 7 months now.

[QuickTidal]

It was the big Pride events in Toronto this past weekend. Always fun and the wife and kids enjoy the events and parade. My kids school does events aimed directly at young kids like face painting, animals, colouring, frisbee and golf ect. so that was fun too.

But what always strikes me about this now is that those Convoyers, and the anti-mask/anti-vaxx crowd who have now pivoted to being anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-drag show, anti-Trans as their new grift....always claim how many of them there are (and think they are a majority) when it's a few hundred people marching down Yonge St yelling their stupid slogans...meanwhile Pride summons tens of thousands of people in support without effort. It's nice to know that most people are not the bad eggs, and the bad eggs really are such a small few that we can drown them out.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Seeing Iron Maiden live tomorrow!

[Tiste Simeon]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 27 June 2023 - 12:49 PM, said:

Seeing Iron Maiden live tomorrow!

I know and I'm totally not mad at you or jealous or anything 😡

[QuickTidal]

Going on Vacation tomorrow for a week in the States. I was tempted to put this in the "messing" thread as I dread the drive...but it should be fun once we are there so it makes me happy. Visiting with wife's childhood best friend who lives in Maryland, she has kids our kids age too.

I thought we'd be escaping the wildfire smoke, but the AQ map shows me that it's just as bad there as here. Sigh.

[Mezla PigDog]

In the last 2 weeks I have spent 2 days at Legoland, 3 days in Brussels, 4 days in Madrid and 1 night at Wembley to see the Motley Crue / Def Leppard world tour.

The pandemic saw off what little stamina I had. I'm just happy I made it through.

We got Crue tickets thinking it would be awful but they were awesome. Apart from Tommy Lee asking to see tits. And some ladies obliged. Awful but also awfully good 🤣

[Macros]

Glad they were good, we're going to see them on Thursday in Glasgow, reports of the first night was Crue lacklustre and Def leopard still on song

Pumped for the gig!

[Mezla PigDog]

It's the second time I have seen Def Leppard and they were ace. They can really play live. Crue have dancers recruited from a strip club, Tommy Lee asks to see titties and Vince and Nikki are pretty passed it but put in the effort. What more can you ask for?

Maiden on Friday at the O2 and then I'll need to retire for the rest of the year.

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[Macros]

Pity Mars is totally done, would love to have seen them in their pomp but £90 for leopard and crue on what will likely be their last huzzah ain't bad

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Macros, on 03 July 2023 - 12:14 PM, said:

Pity Mars is totally done, would love to have seen them in their pomp but £90 for leopard and crue on what will likely be their last huzzah ain't bad

Wonder how much of a premium people might be willing to pay if they thought they were going to drop dead on stage sometime during the tour. Plus extra for selfies with the corpse (onstage or otherwise...). Why not let them strip the corpse and play with Motley Cru what's-his-name's naughty bits? Take a shit on his balls? Dead flesh is dead flesh.

'Final tour for real... until they get replaced by AI holograms that perform better than they ever could'

Might motivate some to go to every gig on the tour. 'I want to be there when they leave it all on stage. Screaming as they perish (as all humanity is perishable...).'

In all seriousness I'm very surprised I haven't seen anything in the news about elderly rock stars adding this to their act in some form---at least pretend to drop dead on stage. Then maybe self-resurrect, start levitating, start a cult, become the next president of the United States?

[Tiste Simeon]

Macros, on 03 July 2023 - 12:14 PM, said:

Pity Mars is totally done, would love to have seen them in their pomp but £90 for leopard and crue on what will likely be their last huzzah ain't bad

I saw them at Sonisphere in 2010 and even then they looked quite beat. Loads of tits from the crowd then and I see that's not changed!

[JPK]

Azath Vitr (D, on 03 July 2023 - 12:23 PM, said:

Macros, on 03 July 2023 - 12:14 PM, said:

Pity Mars is totally done, would love to have seen them in their pomp but £90 for leopard and crue on what will likely be their last huzzah ain't bad

Wonder how much of a premium people might be willing to pay if they thought they were going to drop dead on stage sometime during the tour. Plus extra for selfies with the corpse (onstage or otherwise...). Why not let them strip the corpse and play with Motley Cru what's-his-name's naughty bits? Take a shit on his balls? Dead flesh is dead flesh.

'Final tour for real... until they get replaced by AI holograms that perform better than they ever could'

Might motivate some to go to every gig on the tour. 'I want to be there when they leave it all on stage. Screaming as they perish (as all humanity is perishable...).'

In all seriousness I'm very surprised I haven't seen anything in the news about elderly rock stars adding this to their act in some form---at least pretend to drop dead on stage. Then maybe self-resurrect, start levitating, start a cult, become the next president of the United States?

You scare me sometimes.

[Messremb]

Not just now but generally all the time - how darned nice our twins are. They're better people than me and they're only 5½