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“...it literally changed the economy of the county,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “We’re always going to be rural & farming & agricultural-based ... I can’t think of anything else that would add $5M in property taxes to our county without detracting from our base.”
What do you think he's talking about?
What do you think he's talking about?
How a Funeral Director Brought Wind Power to Rural Missouri
Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“...it literally changed the economy of the county,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “We’re always going to be rural & farming & agricultural-based ... I can’t think of anything else that would add $5M in property taxes to our county without detracting from our base.”
What do you think he's talking about?
What do you think he's talking about?
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“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.”
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
February 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.”
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time
Enjoyed this statuette of Nectanebo II and Horus (350 BC) at the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst in Munich today.
#ancientsky #classics #egypt
#ancientsky #classics #egypt
February 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Enjoyed this statuette of Nectanebo II and Horus (350 BC) at the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst in Munich today.
#ancientsky #classics #egypt
#ancientsky #classics #egypt
February 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I was introduced to Baudelaire for the first time last year and find these snippets from Voyaging particularly appealing at the moment.
(Photo is from my current trip here in Germany)
#booksky #fiction #poetry #travel #travelsky #baudelaire
(Photo is from my current trip here in Germany)
#booksky #fiction #poetry #travel #travelsky #baudelaire
February 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I was introduced to Baudelaire for the first time last year and find these snippets from Voyaging particularly appealing at the moment.
(Photo is from my current trip here in Germany)
#booksky #fiction #poetry #travel #travelsky #baudelaire
(Photo is from my current trip here in Germany)
#booksky #fiction #poetry #travel #travelsky #baudelaire
In Hamburg this week and my first day in town happens to be the day that a live orchestra is performing the score of #StarWars
Of course I went and of course it was awesome.
#scifi #JohnWilliams #georgelucas #travelsky
Of course I went and of course it was awesome.
#scifi #JohnWilliams #georgelucas #travelsky
February 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In Hamburg this week and my first day in town happens to be the day that a live orchestra is performing the score of #StarWars
Of course I went and of course it was awesome.
#scifi #JohnWilliams #georgelucas #travelsky
Of course I went and of course it was awesome.
#scifi #JohnWilliams #georgelucas #travelsky
What criteria do you have when choosing a new #nonfiction book?
I look out for:
📚The author’s relationship to the subject
📚Robust citations and bibliography
📚 Recommendations from other experts in the field.
What am I missing?
#booksky #ancientsky #history
I look out for:
📚The author’s relationship to the subject
📚Robust citations and bibliography
📚 Recommendations from other experts in the field.
What am I missing?
#booksky #ancientsky #history
January 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
What criteria do you have when choosing a new #nonfiction book?
I look out for:
📚The author’s relationship to the subject
📚Robust citations and bibliography
📚 Recommendations from other experts in the field.
What am I missing?
#booksky #ancientsky #history
I look out for:
📚The author’s relationship to the subject
📚Robust citations and bibliography
📚 Recommendations from other experts in the field.
What am I missing?
#booksky #ancientsky #history
Currently reading Kenneth Harl’s Empires of the Steppes. I’m finding it to be a fantastic and well cited overview so far. Has anyone else picked this up? #nonfiction #history #ancienthistory
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Currently reading Kenneth Harl’s Empires of the Steppes. I’m finding it to be a fantastic and well cited overview so far. Has anyone else picked this up? #nonfiction #history #ancienthistory
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No, Offshore Wind Isn’t What’s Killing Whales
Politicians and nonprofit groups have blamed offshore wind turbines for whale deaths, but the science doesn’t support those claims—at all
www.scientificamerican.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Posting this again, for reasons. 🧪