Elle231999
@elle231999.bsky.social
Oh a bit of everything but nothing at the same time.
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This is...incredible?????
September 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is...incredible?????
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Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
It’s about priorities.
August 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
It’s about priorities.
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...a fresh approach is gaining attention. A bladeless wind turbine uses a vibrating upright cylinder to harvest wind power...this invention skips the blades, oils and gears entirely. Instead, it turns wind into power through a well-known but rarely used concept: vortex shedding. #windenergy
New bladeless wind turbine generates clean, quiet, bird-safe power
New bladeless wind turbine uses vibration instead of blades, offering quieter, safer, and greener energy for homes and cities.
www.thebrighterside.news
July 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
...a fresh approach is gaining attention. A bladeless wind turbine uses a vibrating upright cylinder to harvest wind power...this invention skips the blades, oils and gears entirely. Instead, it turns wind into power through a well-known but rarely used concept: vortex shedding. #windenergy
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Some interesting good news in healing an environment contaminated with ash using Bamboo. Swatches of land in a few areas had excess ash removed, some soil treatments before Bamboo was planted, and it seems to be working well for farms to continue with their crops.
New Bamboo Plantations Are Healing Villages Choked by Toxic Ash from Coal Plants in India
India has nevertheless likely contaminated thousands of acres of marginal and arable land with "fly ash," a heavy particulate from coal.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
July 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some interesting good news in healing an environment contaminated with ash using Bamboo. Swatches of land in a few areas had excess ash removed, some soil treatments before Bamboo was planted, and it seems to be working well for farms to continue with their crops.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analysed the cost of solar in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar panels can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar panels can be cheaper than using wood.
June 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analysed the cost of solar in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar panels can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar panels can be cheaper than using wood.
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Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.
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I'm about to hit 5k followers.
So how about a give away?
Like and repost this, and I'll enter everyone who does into a draw to win a full set of my British Fantasy Award nominated Empire of Ruin series!
Good luck - I'll do the draw this Friday afternoon :)
So how about a give away?
Like and repost this, and I'll enter everyone who does into a draw to win a full set of my British Fantasy Award nominated Empire of Ruin series!
Good luck - I'll do the draw this Friday afternoon :)
May 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I'm about to hit 5k followers.
So how about a give away?
Like and repost this, and I'll enter everyone who does into a draw to win a full set of my British Fantasy Award nominated Empire of Ruin series!
Good luck - I'll do the draw this Friday afternoon :)
So how about a give away?
Like and repost this, and I'll enter everyone who does into a draw to win a full set of my British Fantasy Award nominated Empire of Ruin series!
Good luck - I'll do the draw this Friday afternoon :)
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Did you know woodpeckers make homes for the rest of the forest? They're what's known as "ecosystem engineers"— equipped to make nest holes, which end up as housing for birds, mammals, and insects. Read the article from our latest edition of Living Bird Magazine: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/hole-st...
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Did you know woodpeckers make homes for the rest of the forest? They're what's known as "ecosystem engineers"— equipped to make nest holes, which end up as housing for birds, mammals, and insects. Read the article from our latest edition of Living Bird Magazine: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/hole-st...
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The system is R-I-G-G-E-D against working people.
RIGGED.
RIGGED.
April 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The system is R-I-G-G-E-D against working people.
RIGGED.
RIGGED.
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The Karuk Tribe in Northern California has stewarded its home using prescribed burns for millennia. Now, they’re training others on the skill.
Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/karuk
Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/karuk
April 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Karuk Tribe in Northern California has stewarded its home using prescribed burns for millennia. Now, they’re training others on the skill.
Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/karuk
Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/karuk
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New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line
The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A new study found that the artificial sweetener saccharin may be able to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Dr. @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social joins us to discuss the research and explain why saccharin could even be used in wound treatment.
A Sweet New Treatment For Antibiotic Resistant Infections?
New research suggests the artificial sweetener saccharin could kill antibiotic resistant bacteria.
www.sciencefriday.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A new study found that the artificial sweetener saccharin may be able to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Dr. @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social joins us to discuss the research and explain why saccharin could even be used in wound treatment.
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Doomsprepping does NOT have to be stressful
April 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Doomsprepping does NOT have to be stressful
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The growing number of concierge medical practices limit the number of patients and charge them membership fees. Will this worsen the ongoing shortage of primary care doctors for everyone else?
Long wait for a rushed doctor's visit? Maybe you'll get more with a 'membership' fee
The growing number of concierge medical practices limit the number of patients and charge them membership fees. Will this worsen the ongoing shortage of primary care doctors for everyone else?
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The growing number of concierge medical practices limit the number of patients and charge them membership fees. Will this worsen the ongoing shortage of primary care doctors for everyone else?
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Not only are pasture-raised eggs more humane, sustainable and tasty, according to farmers, but they also have largely held their premium prices steady amid bird flu upcharges on commercially produced alternatives. nbcnews.to/3F7YyZC
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not only are pasture-raised eggs more humane, sustainable and tasty, according to farmers, but they also have largely held their premium prices steady amid bird flu upcharges on commercially produced alternatives. nbcnews.to/3F7YyZC
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this would explain all those missing socks! 🤔
www.vice.com/en/article/m...
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Miniature Black Holes Could Be Hiding in Your Home
Scientists suspect miniature black holes could be drilling holes all over Earth, including through everyday objects.
www.vice.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
this would explain all those missing socks! 🤔
www.vice.com/en/article/m...
www.vice.com/en/article/m...
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We can all agree, no matter our politics, that chef José Andrés deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his amazing work with World Central Kitchen in disaster-stricken areas across the U.S. and the world.
January 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We can all agree, no matter our politics, that chef José Andrés deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his amazing work with World Central Kitchen in disaster-stricken areas across the U.S. and the world.
