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Renewable energy. Climate science. Semiconductor manufacturing. Plus various randomness. https://tocarbonzero.tumblr.com/ https://semiengineering.com/author/katherine/ https://beyondwave.tumblr.com
They're in Seattle, and are one of the most-loved spots for writers in the city. (A high bar, but they sail over it.)
*Waves.* Suburbanite here. I don't commute, but I do use light rail to downtown several times a month. (Including today.) Judging by how full the trains and the garages at the stations are, I'm not the only one.
But killing *is* sort of the point of a lot of video games, which appears to be the knowledge base Hegseth is drawing on. 😡
I'm still trying to get past whatever that is that he's wearing. The jacket looks like he slept in it, which I guess is okay because the bottom looks like actual pajamas.
Second the recommendation for On Looking.
Along similar lines, I recently stuck a macro lens on my camera and went to a local park. Looking at early spring leaves really, really closely is a nice reminder of the ordinary magic out there.
I buy a lot of books, so I'm not typical. But I almost never leave the bookstore (or library) without at least one impulse selection.
Indeed. Cars generally come from the factory with speedometers that read a little high for exactly this reason.
A school zone camera in my neighborhood dropped the average speed by about 20 mph in less than six months.
I only just learned that this exists, but it immediately leaps onto the all time great cover performances list. Metallica at the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert. (Fire up the good speakers for this one, trust me.)
youtu.be/CUI24ZZ4ksA?...
"That space they said wasn’t yours.
That time they said you’d never own.
The invisible city lit, on its way.
This moment is our proof."
"Proof," Cornelius Eady, Inaugural Poem for Zohran Mamdani
#poetry #QOTD
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
I don't know if it's the right length, but Darrel Alejandro Holnes's work is worth a look. A browse through recent issues of Poetry would be rewarding as well. www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/darrel...
I just looked around and realized, "FFS! No wonder I'm having so much trouble getting any writing done this week!"
“Like mascots” is certainly… a choice. 😬
AI sounds like bland corporate speak because that's a large fraction of its training set. *And* people think AI can replace human writers because in a lot of applications bland corporate speak is exactly what they want.
Maybe more dangerous because it's such a stupid take. When has appeasing fascists ever worked?
An AI (or Wikipedia) might have told me the cargo capacity of an Edo period sailing ship. But it never would have told me what one was like in a storm, much less the role of castaways in cultural exchange while Japan was closed to the world.
I really wish I could explain this to a friend in my writing group.
For indoor cats, consider (external) bird feeders if your space allows. Cat TV! But be careful with placement because of feral cats and rodents.
Don't buy "litter box mats." They accumulate crud and are a pain to clean. Get pee pads for dogs in the largest size you can find, tile the designated area. throw away when soiled/scratched etc.
Some cats like enclosed litter boxes, some don't. Listen to the cat.
Litter Genie for used litter.
You are now in a race against the crew's time limit. You will probably lose.
Check back in a few years. British Columbia may change their mind after a few winters of very very dark mornings.
Which, sadly, is exactly why people vote for them.
Voice is hard enough in 3rd person historicals. Trying it in first? Points for bravery, I guess?
(Currently writing historical fantasy, though not romance.)
Which is exactly why anti-immigrant politicians have opposed all attempts to do that.
There are downsides, however.
Definitely recommend getting a bonded pair. They'll help keep each other (and the humans) entertained, and be extra cute to watch.
Self-awareness is gay? /s
Officially, this was also a major purpose of the National Endowment for the Arts. Sold as a tool of soft power during the Cold War, more or less gutted by the same cultural reactionaries who like Trump's Kennedy Center changes.
Oceanic horror, but in space.
