In China & India, the growth in electricity demand has "decoupled" from the growth in fossil fuels. The next step is for fossil fuel demand to plateau & head down, even as economic growth continues. Should happen in the next few years. Believe me, when it happens you'll hear some cheering.

From “Preserving the Library System,” by Brewster Kahle, part of the Vanishing Culture report. Read the full report 🔗 archive.org/details/vani... 🕳️ #VanishingCulture

I swear it's not a graph of the stock market... 📉 + High resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... + Figure reproduced from doi.org/10.1038/natu... + Overview: climate.gov/news-feature...

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Orange Monday

A friendly reminder to take some time sitting outside in nature. Next to a body of water, in a forest, or a grassy field. If you can't be there for yourself in your time of need, it will be harder to help others. Best to not let the world burn you up too quickly. Life is a marathon not a sprint. 💚

What do you do when you go to bed with a full battery and wake up without an alarm only to find that the YouTube app decided to kill your phone at 4am by inexplicably running in the background despite it not playing or being connected to anything?

I used to regularly access this NOAA page on atmospheric GHG concentrations, so glad to know it’s still available from UCSD ⚒️🌏🧪

Cumulate #ultramafic #xenoliths ( #dunites & #spinel ± #plagioclase #peridotites) of the #Hualālai Volcanics with @volcanoesinthesea.bsky.social #Geoscience #volcanology #geology

When plans for xml metadata schema usage start to look like they're calling for a "Terducken approach" I'm reminded of how much I love my job. Which one to use? Yes.

WE ARE STILL IN THIS. Wipe your tears. This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation. We do not give up. We run through the tape. Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉 Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.

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Geothermal exploration using variable pressures to create the optimal fracture network in rock (fracking)- at Newberry volcano, Oregon, likely to generate some small tremors, per USGS 👇⚒️ reporting by KTVZ-TV ktvz.com/news/earthqu...

Now to answer the age-old question of: How many Christmas gifts can I make in one weekend?

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Saw a bumper sticker tonight that said "Deny Negativity", and my immediate thought was "Damn you, Dipoles!!!" This received what I consider a well-earned "sigh" from my beloved partner. I guess I can say it was my magnetism that attracted such a positive match.

Just make sure that they get this Top Trending list from 12/6/2024 into the history books. It does a better job at showing the current situation than I can in any amount of words.

I have discovered that mtg cards have pretty art... Oh no...

The ability and willingness to cook is one of the hottest things. Yes, tonight my partner made me homemade sushi I could cry over. Absolutely divine human being.

inside me there are two wolves

If Biden can pardon a turkey, why not his son? It's only a problem for some Democrats because of their weakly held positions preventing them from tangibly helping people. Without their dedication to maintaining the status-quo they're basically Centrist Republicans - both bow to corporate interests.

I have successfully made a "virtual sounding" in #Python showing temperature and dew point plotted against elevation for the Portland area. The inversion is clearly evident, and it's easy to infer the top of the cloud deck. #weather #ORwx #pdxtst

I find Bluesky has a really interesting dynamic. Like sure, there's so many twitter refugees... But others just wandered in out of curiosity

I find that I tend to just cry quietly and do my best. Catalogs upon catalogs...

It's not often one gets to see something as fantastic as Arcane. The way season one was so much more meaningful the second watch makes me think there will be many more rewatches in my future. I can safely award this show as my #2 favorite ever. Second only to the original three LOTR movies. Amazing!

kantha is a south asian technique for recycling scrap fabric. it was originally used at a time when fabric was very precious. the technique involves attaching layers of scrap material using a running stitch (pics 1, 2 and 3). it's similar to japanese boro (pic 4).

hot chocolate 🌟 #art

"Recent images released by NASA Earth Observatory, ... An analysis by glaciologist Mauri Pelto of Nichols College highlights the dramatic retreat of these glaciers between 1984 and 2024, transforming the region into a burgeoning "lake district." #glaciology www.newsweek.com/nasa-images-...

More people should try to incorporate buckwheat into their diets... It's the groat.

My ongoing hunch is that most Maga cultists would have followed a very different life path if only they had constructive non-promotional/money-making hobbies and a few therapy sessions where they took it seriously.

Signal alone is not enough. If you are an activist, you need a complete self-defense against surveillance. @eff.org has been maintaining these resources for years: ssd.eff.org

When democrats engage in the topic of immigration within the framing of right-wing fear mongering, they engage in a losing battle regardless of how good their policies or experience might sound. Instead, call them out for being cowards.

Gosh I sure hope no one thinks tech jobs are still high-paying haha

It’s starting to look like western Oregon will be the focal point for significant rainfall next week. Here’s the EPS mean total precip and the probability of >8” of rain through late next week.

And this: Both are from the Washington Post.

colorful whale sharks 🦈

So I bought another typewriter... In my defense it was 50% off once I told the consignment sale lady that I would get it working again after having been told by another person that I should let her pry the keys off to make cheap jewelry...

In Texas, maternal mortality last year was up *56%*... and among *white women,* it doubled. It was already so high among Black women, they still have higher rate than white women. But, yes, women who thought they were "safe" are not safe. www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

Here are two very useful resources for open-source scientific images/illustrations: 1. bioart.niaid.nih.gov This NIH-funded collection of high-quality, scientifically accurate vectors, icons, and brushes is freely available within the public domain. 🪰🦠🧪

Placid plastic duck simulator is a delightful game that I feel very normal about, tyvm

Fact check: true

Bring it on! I'm ready for some good rain!

At first I was frustrated that Harris was catering to "centrists", but it does make sense if you consider that at the heart of everything I'd be willing to consider a non-maga Republican an ally if they helped keep Nazis out of the Whitehouse. Complicated feelings are okay to have... 🫥 I guess...

Getting a VCR working was such a worthy investment. Picked up 30 movies for $30 today from the consignment store and every penny felt worth it.

Tomorrow’s P1.

Something something sitting at the Laundromat on the weekend can really make one grumpy about landlords when rent is too high in the area. Sure it's the more environmentally friendly option but like, most of us pay "washer and dryer included" prices on rent...

Hi Bluesky people. Have some more pixels.

I try to maintain a balance in things I post and repost here. The existential doom is a lot more palatable alongside cute cats, art, and false color infrared satellite imagery.