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The operators of Britain’s National Grid think two new low carbon records have been beaten this week. Yesterday Solar power hit a new record for solar at 15.158 Gigawatts. The day before they say the low zero carbon content of electricity reached a new high of 98.8%. That’s on top of the new record for wind generation that was set on 25th March: 23.880 GW. These records keep getting beaten. The records are often momentary highs of 30 minutes but past records soon become commonplace standards.

LiquorVicar 7h ago

David Smith 16h ago

Hi folks; this is something I've been hesitant to post about since it's a very sensitive topic for me, but:

I'm moving out of the US later this year, and unfortunately for legal reasons I'll be unable to take my dog with me. All the rehoming services I've contacted are unable to take her in, so, I've made a little page about adopting her.

Please get in touch if you're interested: http://dscoder.com/melody/melody.html

#dogsofmastodon

LiquorVicar 7h ago

Teri Kanefield 14h ago

Today is an important anniversary.

75 years ago, on April 23, 1951, in Farmville, VA, Barbara Johns led a walkout of her segregated high school to protest the unfair and deplorable conditions of her school.

What?! You don’t know who Barbara Johns was?

She led her walkout more than 4 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, and before MLK, Jr. embraced nonviolence as the way to equality. After she and her classmates turned the rural town of Farmville upside down . . .

LiquorVicar 17h ago

Misty 18h ago

Longshot, but: are you in Canada and have a copy of a CD called "Great Northern" by the fusion jazz band Skywalk? I've been on the hunt for a physical copy, would love to buy it off you.

#music

LiquorVicar 21h ago

Vagina Museum 23h ago

This rather cursed screenshot was sent to us, and we regret to inform you that quite a lot of people seem to believe this myth, and related myths surrounding the vulva. These myths been around for literal millennia, even though there is no rooting whatsoever in reality. Let's take a little look at the history of misogyny and racism inherent in this belief...

LiquorVicar 1d ago

Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)1d ago

In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.

In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.

Don’t buy a Dyson.

LiquorVicar 1d ago

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