Emma Payne

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We've reached a real inflection point with grid battery storage. Given its recent stupendous growth—it was virtually nonexistent in 2020—it's easy to see it filling out the rest of that duck curve before the end of the decade

California Grid Breezes Through Heat Wave due to Renewables, Batteriesthinc.blog No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler …

Went on the roof to hear ecstatic yelling from practically every flat in the neighbourhood

Distracted from the game by this logo which I keep thinking is Tutankhamen being flashed up for some reason

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anyway here’s a baby sloth thinking things over in bed

Watching The Man from Laramie. Bloody hell what a film

Wtf appointing people who have a longstanding interest in & knowledge of an area, who remembered that that was ever even a possibility

Oh, now that *is* interesting - James Timpson as minister for prisons, parole and probation. Dare we actually hope for something that might reduce recidivism?

She’s disguised as a dazzle ship so perhaps thought no one could see her

His wife looked *so weird* standing there like that.

All Keir Starmer has to do is give his speech standing under an umbrella & he’s already ahead of the other guy

Not particularly a Starmer fan but I do feel like I’ve relaxed several muscles that have been tense since 2010

Phew good to wake to news that’s better than expected for once. Also to pictures of a defeated Rees Mogg standing next to a man dressed in baked beans

Want to celebrate but creeping unease about these Reform second place results. Can’t bear the idea of Farage’s pink toadish little face popping up everywhere again. And far right always start as seeming just clownish

Strangely subdued coverage but quite enjoying the BBC repeatedly rubbing Steve Baker’s nose in the fact they’ve predicted him as 1% likely to keep his seat

Feeling anxious that Sunak will spectacularly fuck up at losing the election so badly he accidentally wins

Was pretty strange to drive through Surrey & Sussex today & see literally *not one* sign supporting Tories in windows. No mention anywhere. Or Lib Dems. Labour, a few Greens or, mostly, nothing

Dianthus barbatus Electron from the roof garden 🌱

Oh good the primary school fete opposite with the Glastonbury-level sound system has reached the karaoke stage of proceedings. Love to hear 8 year olds belting out what sounds like a jaded, seen-better-days cruise ship turn

Why the fuck are British people under 65 not being given Covid vaccines any more? The under 50s haven’t had a booster for years. Everyone has Covid at the moment! Your vaccine is totally out of date. Why are people so accepting of this here? It’s so weird

Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fallwww.nytimes.com As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

Tried to watch Triangle of Sadness but too much puking, I’m out

Wear gradually decreasing lifts on each date so she thinks she must be very slowly growing

I'm a short man who found women weren't interested in men my height. Decided to try some shoe lifts which add about 3 inches to my height. Met a woman I really like and been on a couple of dates but we're roughly the same height, when I'm in my lifts. Not sure how to tell her.

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then he asked me would I honk to say honk my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him honk and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume honk and his heart was going like mad and honk I said honk I will Honk.

this is such a vibe

Enjoying The Ghost & Mrs Muir, 1947, in which Gene Tierney is haunted by a sexy sea captain

wtf just looked at the Benefit blusher I use all the time & the 2nd ingredient is talc! Why on earth would you put that into products people are dusting onto their face every day?? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Is there asbestos in your makeup? Why women with cancer are suing big beauty brandswww.theguardian.com As tens of thousands of lawsuits related to Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder flood US courts, many women are coming forward claiming that talc-based makeup gave them asbestos-related mesothelioma. Why ...

Brief visit back to Twitter & a man started arguing with me about ‘claiming to know more than the experts’ about my own experiences. Goodbye! Account locked & ignored again

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Mosquitos are the worst insects and they don’t deserve a fancy Spanish name like that

What with milkshake lady & Stormy Daniels, it looks like our only hope is an army of righteously angry blonde porn stars to save us

Love how they're doing this to shame her but she's going to have her best-earning month off the back of this.

Please stop showing me pictures of those spiders, I’m going to tell myself they’re just AI & move on

Wearing (still) spotless white to throw milkshakes over people shows a truly impressive kind of poise

Trying out Cara - artists’ site that doesn’t allow AI scraping. Anyone else on there? cara.app/fedbybirds

Emma Payne (@fedbybirds) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platformcara.app Printmaking, drawing, eels, beetles, molluscs, etc

Day five of Covid & I feel absolutely terrible. Isn’t this supposed to have turned into merely the tiniest of sniffles?