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I have no cash to spare at the moment but hopefully some helpful words. Some cities have emergency protections with power companies to avoid shutoffs in winter months for those who can't afford it, so if it becomes an issue come next month that might be an option, depending on where they are.
There's also a federal program called LIHEAP that provides payment assistance for power bills. You don't have to own the home to get assistance. They could look to that for longer term help, too.
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Decades of social conditioning has altered (read: harmed) my grey matter to a near permanent degree
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Gronty is frizzing the striffleblunk while Clife gets a new spiltchqump
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Boy abducted from California in 1951 at age 6 found alive on East Coast more than 70 years later
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Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland, California park. Now, more than seven decades later, Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings.
In an interview with the news group, she (his niece) said her uncle “hugged me and said, ‘Thank you for finding me’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek.”
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Seriously I can't believe you all
This has crossed the line
What are we going to do
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Nah it's just Tuesday
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That's Tom from Trillbillies favorite phrase
"I don't mean to cast aspersions, but"
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MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries. I think I'm about to finish the campaign and am pumped to switch from vanilla to getting deep into mods. Giant stompy robot gang
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There's a common lawn in the subdivision but it's full of dog shit
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Good luck with that. Also congrats on the happy preschool situation and bday
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Love being in the burbs with a tiny yard and parks only in driving distance. My kids are going insane when I can't get them out of the home. At least the drive is short when I can take them. I may need to take up that neighbor on her offer to let them swim at her pool...
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The home we moved to is about a 12-15 minute walk from the elementary school and was a huge selling point for me. My kid walks with my partner 5 days a week and even though the school may not be the best, I can tell they are both very happy with that little ritual. Good luck with your effort.
I haven't dressed up in years and wanna do something cool
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Welcome to the resistance This Girl
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted measures announced on Friday that ask exchanges to validate carbon offset derivatives, which base their prices on those of financial instruments bought by companies to offset emissions.
Earlier this summer, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen unveiled guidelines for developers selling credits, and for the companies buying them to offset emissions. Former US climate envoy John Kerry has also thrown his weight behind carbon credit markets, launching a state department-led initiative in 2022 aimed at decarbonising regional power sectors.
Despite the political momentum behind efforts to develop voluntary carbon markets, Behnam cautioned that the energy transition would “take decades”.
“This notion that we’re going to be able to just transition to renewables in the near future and not rely on carbon-based energy sources . . . it’s not reality, right?” said [CFTC chair Rostin] Behnam. “The transition is going to take time.”
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barely skimmed
10/10 nonsense
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I found a banana on the ground in a parking garage and I ate it and I will not apologize bc free banana
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James Inhofe, former Republican senator who called climate change a ‘hoax’, dies aged 89    > Inhofe resigned as senator for Oklahoma in January 2023, suffering long-term effects of Covid-19. > His widely ridiculed snowball stunt came in 2015, during a rambling speech in which he claimed climate conditions on Earth were the work of a supreme being, and attempted to discredit a Nasa report that found that 2014 was the hottest year recorded globally to date. > “My point is, God’s still up there,” Inhofe said during a 2012 interview during promotion for his book focusing on global warming as “a conspiracy”. > “The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is, to me, outrageous.” > Following the scandal over US service members photographed abusing prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in 2004, Inhofe said he “was more outraged at the outrage” than the torture of the inmates.   
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> Last month, the City of Alameda blocked scientists from continuing basic research into an experimental approach that may, one day, slow global warming. > The research was being done by atmospheric scientists from the University of Washington, and a nonprofit called SilverLining. SilverLining is funded by a consortium of philanthropic foundations and individual donors. Despite the researchers' credentials, the city council remained skeptical and voted unanimously to halt the work. > "We need to know more about this before you come to our city and start these experiments," concluded Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft. Marine cloud brightening is a scalable potentially majorly helpful mitigation strategy to keep us from going completely off the tipping points rails and this dip shit city council said you can't do research because you haven't done enough research
Transcribed from ep 847 > "He's doing okay... he and I hang out pretty frequently. He's got some mobility issues and unfortunately some aphasia." > "...But I'm over at his place every week doing readings about the Seven Years War and having fairly high level conversations with him about like the spread of global capitalism in the 18th century. Just not really in a way that is mic ready right now. We'll see... I mean we're working on it. We're making a little progress every week. I see a path, I just have no idea what the timetable for any of this could be, and I don't think he does either, so hopefully updates when we have it..." He also said they're putting out a book based on the Spanish Civil War episode scripts edited into a nice looking book. Limited run, with proceeds going to support Matt, his recovery, and his family. Preorder available sometime next month.      
We used to have binary sex, but now we have identity flex We used to have traditional norms, now we have diversity storms  
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This is hilarious. The U.S. Corps of Engineers has dangled a $42 million carrot to replenish sand on beaches in front of expensive houses but the homeowners don't want it at the expense of having to create public access easements (because federal dollars can only go towards improving public, not private, beaches). This town is going to get annihilated by the next big storm because these little tyrants want to keep their beaches private.
and transitions into a new egalitarian way of being that will stave off the climate crisis and being everything into harmony" Like how many words do you need to reinvent the thing. A lot of those types are just ignorant libs who need a push, but I think some of them, like Roger Halan or Jem Bendell, are maybe avoiding saying the words intentionally for any number of reasons.
Sonic the Hedgehog is not just a beloved video game character; he's a cultural icon with layers of meaning waiting to be explored through the lens of "Demiurgic Sociocultural Realism." This exciting framework brings together diverse perspectives like Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism, Ian Wright's Dark Eucharist concept, Slavoj Žižek's insights on ideology and fantasy, and the Marxist conception of capital as a demiurge. In Sonic's universe, we see echoes of capitalist realism, where certain norms and structures are ingrained and accepted as part of the natural order. The iconic act of collecting rings in Sonic games takes on a deeper meaning within this framework, symbolizing not just a game mechanic but also the pursuit of material wealth and success, mirroring real-world capitalist pursuits. Ian Wright's Dark Eucharist concept adds a fascinating layer to Sonic's adventures. The ritualistic act of Sonic collecting rings becomes a form of consumption that sustains his ability to progress and survive in the game world. It's like Sonic's own version of a power-up, tied to the larger narrative of capitalist realism where material accumulation is often central to achieving goals and overcoming challenges. When we look at Sonic's narratives and character arcs through Slavoj Žižek's ideas, we uncover themes of ideology and fantasy. Sonic's heroic quest to thwart Dr. Robotnik's oppressive rule becomes a fantastical narrative of resistance against dominant ideologies and power structures. This resonates deeply with players, tapping into our desires for empowerment and agency in challenging unjust systems. Furthermore, viewing capital as a demiurge in Sonic's quests sheds light on the overarching influence of power structures. Dr. Robotnik's relentless pursuit of control, often symbolized by his quest for the Chaos Emeralds, mirrors the capitalist demiurge's drive for control and accumulation of capital at the expense of others. Sonic's role as a challenger to this hegemony becomes even more significant in this context. In conclusion, "Demiurgic Sociocultural Realism" invites us to embark on a thrilling journey of exploration and analysis, uncovering the hidden depths and cultural resonances of Sonic the Hedgehog. It's not just about high-speed platforming; it's about unraveling the layers of meaning and societal reflections that make Sonic a timeless and captivating character in the world of gaming and beyond!
Link to the project: https://www.openinterpreter.com/01 Link to the GitHub: https://github.com/OpenInterpreter/01 
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FYI in 1917 Lenin stormed the ice palace and took it from the snow queen
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Let's fucking goooooo 
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> The measure, called Question 3, prompted heated debate in the months leading up to the election. Central Maine Power and Versant Power, the state’s dominant utilities, poured more than $40 million into a campaign opposing the referendum, outspending Pine Tree Power advocates 34 to 1. Political groups funded by the utilities and their parent companies mailed flyers and aired ads on TV, radio, and social media, urging Mainers to reject the measure, which would have effectively put the two companies out of business.
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Researchers at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, led by Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco Investigators, found that gene signatures associated with head development were found in juvenile sea stars, but expression of genes that code for an animal's torso and tail sections were largely missing. The researchers used high-tech molecular and genomic techniques to understand where different genes were expressed during the development and growth of sea stars. They also found that molecular signatures typically associated with the front-most portion of the head were localized to the middle of each of the sea star's arms, with these signatures becoming progressively more posterior moving out towards the arms' edges. The research suggests that over evolutionary time, sea stars lost their bodies to become only heads. Starfish are basically heads crawling around using their lips. Uhhhhhh
If you've been on the fence about buying a firearm, especially if it's because you're financially constrained, please consider this a heads up: I have seen in multiple newsletters and as banners on a few gun websites that price increases are coming. Usually this is to be expected going into an election year, as panic buying from chuds drives shortages and price increases. But I haven't seen it broadcast so explicitly before. Prices are definitely lower than they've been in two or three years, and I'm sure this is as low as guns and ammo will go. That said, I can't help but wonder if this is an attempt to further clear out old inventory, or otherwise drive sales. They may end up just making the panic buying worse. All of that said, now is as good a time as any to stack deep on ammo and magazines, or to buy that first firearm.
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Remember those headlines about "90% of snow crabs mysteriously vanish" from a while back? :desolate: tl;dr water was too warm which requires more energy (food) for them to sustain themselves, plus too many of them from a previous population boom
Why don't you come over here and shit in my pants? That's what I thought.
I'm listening to a presentation on a gigantic housing grant my city is applying for. (PRO Grant from HUD, if you're familiar). They're proposing spending millions on regulatory reform to promote missing middle housing, which, ok fine, that's a big task in a major city, but that should already have been done in 2023. Other money would go towards vague stuff like an accelerator program for bipoc affordable developers. After all of that, they're proposing only 120 "deeply affordable" (under 30% ami) units with the grant. We have a shortfall of tens of thousands of those units in our city, and this multimillion dollar federal grant would fund just 120. JUST FUCKING BUILD PUBLIC HOUSING CO-OPS  I swear the neoliberal public-private partnership brainworms these people have is beyond terminal. "We have to strategically leverage this potential pot of funding" no you fucking don't
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Movie isn't perfect and definitely a product of the time, but pretty cool scene nonetheless. Link to the [entire film on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/522567048)
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