The ProgressiveThe Progressive is now on Mastodon.
Pacific Loon
- 15 Followers
- 456 Following
- 34 Posts
Science-trained, deep-state attorney, now out-to-pasture. Anti-fascist, progressive Dem. Unabashed tree-hugger. I stan Vonnegut & Abbey.
PepsiloraI cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.
When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.
I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps.
EDIT: Replies tell me that this doesn't function in the UK without a VPN.
@howlowilltheygo I can surely wait for Merriam-Webster to tell us what a 'micro'-catastrophe means IRL.
꧁𝐌💙𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍꧂Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power
If your image of #NuclearPower is giant, cylindrical concrete cooling towers pouring out steam on a site that takes up hundreds of acres of land, soon there will be an alternative: tiny nuclear reactors that produce only one-hundredth the electricity and can even be delivered on a truck.
Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power
The next big thing in nuclear power could be tiny — little reactors that are far smaller and far cheaper than the traditional massive nuclear plants topped by giant concrete cooling towers. These new devices generate small but meaningful amounts of electricity that can be enough to power a small college campus, a hospital or a military complex, for example. In fact, a slew of universities are eager to try the technology to generate clean power to help combat climate change. Not everyone is convinced. The Union of Concerned Scientists says one issue is that the microreactors could generate more uranium waste per unit of electricity than conventional reactors. They point out the U.S. does not have a national storage facility for this radioactive waste.
Texas ObserverDrifting Toward Disaster, our series on the #Rivers of #Texas—
Part 1, the Rio Grande: https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-grande-water-drifting-toward-disaster/
Part 2, the Brazos: https://www.texasobserver.org/brazos-river-development-pollution-drifting-toward-disaster/
(📸Photos by Meridith Kohut / Dylan Baddour)
#Water #politics #Mexico #news #ClimateChange #environment #pollution #photography
EPD Total Landscaping"They won't think that," you say? They'll have our history? Bullshit. We know about past civilizations that recorded their shit in stone, clay, or at worst, papyrus. Our shit is ephemeral. Our most lasting impact will be a geological layer of microplastic and PFAS. Good luck making sense of us, future nerds.
Aaron RuparFox News bloviator Jonathan Turley was a star GOP witness during the first "weaponization of government" hearing. Dems weren't buying the BS he was selling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8n37MGFxAA
Jonathan Turley gets clowned
LaffyThe special counsel overseeing the #DOJ’s investigations into Trump has subpoenaed former VP Pious McKissAss Pence, sources told ABC News and CNN on Thursday.
It’s not yet known what information special counsel #JackSmith is seeking from Pence. #legal
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-special-counsel-subpoena_n_63e57dffe4b0808b91bf09ca
@UROCKlive1 While I, too, trust in karma in the long run, I'm not opposed to a series of unfortunate events sometime in the near future.
Khashoggi’s GhostPersonally I don't find any of this to be as off-putting as the fact that he's openly siding with the genocidal Russian terrorists over Ukraine.
Cancelling Starlink over Ukraine helps the Russians murder more Ukrainians. And he is siding with our enemy against the US and its allies.
I sincerely hope karma brings him exactly what he deserves.