Dave "Dave" Conrad

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Professional amateur. Amateur professional. Software developer, aspiring writer, and lifelong learner. Despite all my rage they still won't raise the minimum wage. Mastodon: @[email protected]

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google there is a simple solution right in front of u also u could google it and u would see the problem the simple solution would fix

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.

Oh dip

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Also 4) Intensify faster 5) Move more slowly = Be much more dangerous, on average

Quick update on how hurricanes (tropical cyclones) are affected by climate change. Hurricanes that form will be: 1) more intense 2) bring more rain 3) bring higher storm surge

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“I had a very, very rambunctious youth.” He was 44 at the time his then-nanny says he pinned her in a pantry and groped her.

The Popeye Defense. "Hey, look, I'm a Kennedy; of course, I sexually assaulted the nanny! Christ..."

Robert F Kennedy Jr brushes off sexual assault allegation: ‘I am who I am’www.theguardian.com Independent candidate says ‘I am not a church boy’ after ex-nanny tells Vanity Fair he assaulted her at his home in 1998

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“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear. In a nutshell, NO. We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb! #canadaday

Canada’s Changing Climate Reportchangingclimate.ca

Today would be a good day to expand the court.

I got a call from the UFW on my way home from work this evening but I don't give out my CC# when someone calls me on the phone. But I was happy to give a donation online just now. And remember to look for the union label!

Martha shared this pic from Chateau Ste. Michelle where she works under a UFW contract. She's pleased her union contract means she gets the day as a paid holiday. When you buy wine for your #July4 BBQ/party make it a union wine. ufw.org/ul #WeFeedYou #UnionsForAll

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A Good Start

As Elon Musk's public persona has become increasingly right wing, Tesla appears to be paying a price in sales. His polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

Elon Musk’s Politics May Be Pushing Some Buyers Away From Teslawww.nytimes.com The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

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Similarly, if a 500 year old cathedral can put solar on its roof, who else can?

Environmental Sustainabilitygloucestercathedral.org.uk Caring for God's creation is fundamental in our Christian life.

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If a **thousand-year-old stone church** can electrify its heating system with a heat pump, who else can? www.isoenergy.co.uk/projects/st-...

St Stephen's Churchwww.isoenergy.co.uk St Stephens is a traditional Grade I listed stone church dating from the Norman and Early English periods. After recognising the increasing importance of switching to renewable heating, the clients be...

Reading is Fur-damental!

Mommmmm reading is borrrrring. Photo from my collection, no date.

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also, as we point out in this piece, Trump repeatedly told senior officials in his administration (thank goodness there wasn’t a “yes sir” uttered in these cases) to shoot protesters or migrants in the legs… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... Chances are high that would kill them!

Everybody freaking out about extrajudicial killings is going to lose it when they find out about the existence of cops.

Trump Allies Try to Convince Supreme Court He’d Never Order Hit on Rivalwww.rollingstone.com A pro-Trump group tells justices he could never have the military kill non-military targets — even though he allegedly suggested shooting protesters.

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Well, I know what *I'm* making this weekend.

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TIL that the New Wave band DEVO was formed in response to the Kent State shootings. In 1970, co-founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis got serious about their idea of the "de-evolution" of the human race after Casale's friends Jeffrey Miller & Allison Krause were killed by OH national guards.

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Don't forget the Sharpie.

I'm rewatching the Jan 6 committee hearings. It's still just so incredible but also relieving to hear it laid out so clearly.

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If you've been wondering what the hell is going on with Boeing Starliner, and whether these astronauts are actually stranded at the ISS, I'm doing a deep dive into it for my video/newsletter this week (5 year old permitting, because poor guy is home sick)

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I was thinking this morning about this revelation of his value system before he had dived into politics.

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"Posts show Bayswater members describing how they destroyed their children’s possessions, restricted their internet access or sent them to conversion therapy – all in an effort to ‘stop’ them being trans." www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

‘One day they may thank us for that “abuse”’: Inside the Bayswater…www.thebureauinvestigates.com On Discord, parents discussed destroying their children’s belongings and blocking access to Childline to ‘stop’ them being trans

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Apart from the humor here: Biden and Congress absolutely can and should be scrutinizing SCOTUS's budget with a microscope, and attaching alllll the strings.

a funny thing Biden could do, unitary-executive-authority-wise is just order GSA to stop cutting paychecks to a bunch of Republican judges and law clerks for a while.

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Long, horrific post from Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has been convicted eight and indicted dozens of times for assorted acts of hate violence including supporting terrorism, and who here is speaking about Palestinian prisoners, thousands of whom have not even stood trial.

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Just recorded this week’s Serious Trouble. Don’t listen hoping for bunnies and rainbows. Aside from the immunity debacle, the obstruction decision, a Cannon ruling, and a brief dive into the administrative state cases.

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Creative types, this is a great week to reread your copy of Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by @charliejane.bsky.social. I mean, if you're feeling a little stressed out by everything and it's hard to focus.

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Don’t overlook this one tiny bit of GOOD news from out of the US …

It said Mr. #Giuliani was being disciplined for lies he told in numerous forums that were “designed to create distrust of the elective system of our country in the minds of the citizens and to destroy their confidence in the legitimacy of our government.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/n...

Giuliani Disbarred From the Practice of Law in New Yorkwww.nytimes.com Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald J. Trump, was at the center of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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For Disability Pride Month I’m once again begging for more artists to start considering accessibility and add alt text to your images. It helps low/no vision folks, neurodivergent folks, and more. Plus alt text shows up in searches! There’s a toggle in settings so you won’t forget. 👇

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Being really annoying is praxis. Phone, email, fax, show up in person if that’s an option. Just don’t let up until you’re too irritating to ignore.

the unexpected thing about Talking To Your Representatives is that it can actually work, if enough people are similarly mad about the same thing. you won’t get the elected on the phone. but they will hear about it from their annoyed staff, who might not have time to do anything else

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A classic.

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The Constitution says that in cases of impeachment, "the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law." It does not except the president. But what impeachable offenses aren't covered by the new doctrine of immunity?

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Keeping myself centered by thinking about Hulk skanking to the heavy heavy monster sound of Madness.