silence7

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a mysterious Planet Nine.

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23847639

Supporters of tax breaks for wind and solar are fighting to retain them in the G.O.P. tax bill. They’re facing a conservative effort to kill them entirely.

 

Supporters of tax breaks for wind and solar are fighting to retain them in the G.O.P. tax bill. They’re facing a conservative effort to kill them entirely.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

The problem is that the Sacramento area is subect to very infrequent but really intense flooding, with the last episode being December 1860-January 1861. So recent memory and trends are a terrible predictor of what will happen.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Checked the link. Seems to work fine for non-subscribers so long as Javascript is enabled

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

Pretty much the whole line of succession thinks like this, or at least pretends to.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

Its a bit brighter and more saturated than the cheap monochrome screens of the era.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sir, this is the gift articles community.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

Ownership might be complicated. Its a legislative office that's leased from a courthouse.

They surely needed a warrant since they were not in hot pursuit of a criminal; hence the need to fabricate a story about rioters.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This is, as I usually do, a gift link, so access is free for 30 days for everyone with Javascript turned on.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We have a lot more of the 50-cent brigade here than that group.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago

They took a fair bit of heat for keeping the last outbreak secret

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I recommend:

  • Call your congressional representative and senators. Hearing from constituents, even ones they disagree with, tends to push congressmembers towards the right thing a little bit.
  • Organize locally, with people in your community. Showing that you've got people who are organized around an issue is much more powerful than individuals calling on their own; this tends to suggest that people will vote as a bloc for change, which is a big deal for elected officials.
  • Reach out to people whose lives are impacted by research. Think of for example facebook groups of people affected by a disease, or people with a vested interest in knowing about potential natural disasters. They're a natural constituency for pushing for policy change, even if they don't realize it yet.
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