QueenGG

Look, pro-homeschooling people are piling on this guy but he's not wrong at all. I know of families who are straight-up failing to teach their children beyond a 2nd-grade education. Like 16-year-old kids who don't know what the Capital of the US is, have never heard of Toronto, and could not perform a basic algebra problem. While it's true that there are many excellent homeschooling families whose instruction far exceeds that of any public school, the fact is that the American system of "school your kids however you want" does also yield a lot of severely stunted kids who get stuck playing "catch-up" for the rest of their lives. My wife was homeschooled, we might homeschool, I'm not averse to the practice per se, but it's a fact that there's a whole world of multi-generational homeschoolers who are not and will not rise above a 2nd or 3rd grade education level by their own volition. Should the state intervene in these cases? I dunno, the answer to the question is not as "easy" as many make it out to be. The idea of barely getting through 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' at the age of 16 should be appalling, and it IS happening in some American homeschooler families.

This is insane. This Chinese battery can run on coal 🤯! China has developed a new kind of “coal battery” that generates electricity without burning coal. The system, called a zero-carbon-emission direct coal fuel cell (ZC-DCFC), was developed by a team led by Xie Heping. It converts coal directly into electricity using electrochemical reactions instead of traditional combustion. In this process, coal is pulverised, dried, purified, and fed into the anode of the fuel cell. Oxygen is supplied at the cathode, and reactions across an oxide membrane generate electricity directly without steam, turbines, or thermal conversion losses. At the same time, high-purity carbon dioxide is captured at the source and converted into useful products such as synthesis gas or mineral compounds like sodium bicarbonate, rather than being released into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels like coal still form the backbone of global energy systems. Current technologies such as Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle reach around 45% efficiency and emit over 800 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour. Traditional coal power plants are further limited to about 40% efficiency due to the Carnot cycle. By eliminating combustion and heat based conversion, the ZC-DCFC offers significantly higher theoretical efficiency 👀 The team has been working on this concept since 2018, making key advances in high-performance materials, fuel treatment, and electrode design. While the technology is still in early stages and may not become cost competitive until after 2045, it represents a major shift in how coal can be used. Acceleration is everywhere!

The Balfour Declaration is the root of modern antisemitism. Repression & censorship won't solve it, try implementing this: "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine"

"The main cause of antisemitism in the world today is the fact that the Israeli state claims to represent all Jews and is committing a genocide in Gaza, in the name of all Jews. Israel has the Star of David on its tanks and planes whilst it is killing women and children in Gaza, it’s stirring up antisemitism all the time" Mark Etkind, son of a Holocaust survivor:

🚨OH MY GOSH!!! Two police officers were HOSPITALIZED and 9 people were arrested when over 1,000 "teens" rushed ICON Park in Orlando FL for a "teen-takeover" event. Parents of the teens are now demanding POLICE OFFICERS BE SUSPENDED for "unnecessary force..." WHAT??!!!!!!