Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

A new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you.

A two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland combined radar data with cameras to identify the species of seabird and create a three-dimensional image of birds’ flight patterns and how they avoid offshore wind turbines’ rotor blades.

The study’s findings: Not a single collision between a bird and a rotor blade was recorded.

https://electrek.co/2023/03/02/seabirds-and-offshore-wind-turbines-vattenfall/

I'm always dumbfounded whenever people respond to me saying "oh that bill will never pass" or "I doubt SCOTUS would allow that."

Like... Are you serious right now? What country are you living in? Because I was also told that Trump could never win and that Roe v. Wade could never be overturned, yet here we fucking are.

The rulebook was thrown out a long time ago. The safeguards to our democracy have crumbled— don't blindly rely on them. You have to be active and vigilant. Don't give me none of this passive "everything will be fine" nonsense.

@StillIRise1963 @accretionist @doctorjaymarie
We mathematicians have a useful phrase I wish were more widespread: “necessary but not sufficient.”

Voting is necessary but not sufficient.

Please, boycott Walgreens. There are PLENTY of alternative stores.

The nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain confirmed Thursday that it will not dispense abortion pills in several states where they remain legal

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/02/walgreens-abortion-pills-00085325

@StillIRise1963
I don't exactly know the best method but I think it's safe to say we can't depend on typical news outlets to report accurately, we need to find a way to take control of how things get covered publicly

@StillIRise1963 Made me think of this Jon Ronson quote:

By nit-picking those who support equality and fairness you are not "keeping it real" you are fighting for the fascists.

#fascism

Credit to Skeleton Claw:
https://www.skeletonclaw.com/image/710734055173472257

#Comic #Funny #Privacy

A Republican strategy has fully emerged: tear people apart with hate and race-baiting so nobody notices that their pockets are being picked by morbidly rich oligarchs who are funding the very politicians who are trying to get us to fight each other. But how to combat it?

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/what-do-the-gop-seditionists-offer?r=nl8r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#Tumblr has decided the cover of our March/April magazine issue is too “mature” to be shown without a warning label. We've appealed the decision. https://www.tumblr.com/texasobserver/710785807292743680/the-marchapril-2023-issue-of-texas-observer

The thing that drives me nutso about climate change is that many of the necessary changes could be awesome. A society with more leisure time, cleaner air, closer connections to friends and family who live nearer to you, more exercise, more technological innovation, more jobs, more fairness, more nature… most people would benefit from these changes.

How to File Taxes for Free Without TurboTax
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#TurboTax #Intuit #Taxes #IRS

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-file-taxes-for-free-without-turbotax?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post