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Quoting so I can pin it. This is beautiful.
wil michael@wilplatypus
nothing lasts, nothing lasts
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The Freight God aka Bucknasty
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‘Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.’ Do not go gentle into that good night;
Ohio, USA เข้าร่วม Mart 2009
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@Polymarket Let us find out this is data center related
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BREAKING: Largest U.S. power grid PJM announces it is “under a federal alert” to cut electricity consumption.
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@remarks She plays her role well I suppose. I personally can’t stomach flaying my conscience alive like that, but I suppose it takes all kinds. I also prefer to be taken mildly seriously when at all possible. For her that must not be of consequence
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A rural Arkansas school district was hemorrhaging $250,000 a year and couldn't keep teachers. So residents voted to take out a $5.4 million bond, upgrade every building in the district, and install 1,400 solar panels.
Three years later, the deficit flipped to a $1.8 million surplus.
The project wasn't just solar. Energy efficiency upgrades across all six schools, new lighting, HVAC systems, windows, and thermostats cut energy consumption by 1.6 million kilowatts annually.
The panels, some installed as a canopy at the school entrance and some on unused district land, generated enough excess electricity that the district started selling it back to the grid. Monthly utility bills dropped from $17,000 to $4,000.
The school board voted to put the savings into paychecks. Teachers saw raises averaging $2,000 to $3,000 a year, with some receiving up to $15,000 depending on tenure.
Batesville went from one of the lowest-paying districts in Arkansas to one of the highest-paying in its county. Resignations slowed and applications went up.
Taxpayers funded the upfront cost through the bond. The savings paid it back and then some. "Batesville has reduced the checks they write to utilities," said the energy company that managed the project, "and increased the checks they write to teachers."
At least 20 nearby districts have since copied the model. Nine thousand schools across the US now run on solar. Batesville was the first to route the savings directly into teacher salaries.
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I still love that the night king and darth maul look like the hot & cold versions of each other
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The Freight God aka Bucknasty รีทวีตแล้ว
“Run away and join the circus. Get a tattoo, hop a train. Plant a garden and save the seeds. Get married, have kids, wear a hat. Get good with a bullwhip. Don’t lie, don’t cheat, don’t steal. Everyone must put beans on the table. Be devoted to the unification of the diverse aspects of yourself. Remember, most of what is essential is invisible to the eye. The quality of time you spend with someone far out-weighs the quantity. And there’s a lot you can do with a wah-wah pedal and a bullet mike.”
-- Tom Waits
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I certainly have been dreaming like crazy this week, but we are also having abnormal weather and I stopped caffeine again which always impacts my sleep quality beneficially. So. Idk. I’m gonna blame caffeine for me personally I think lol
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🚨THE INTERNET IS EXPLODING RIGHT NOW: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING - TIME HAS RETURNED After CERN shut down the Large Hadron Collider on June 29 for a 4-year pause, identical posts suddenly started appearing: "the days feel long again, like they did in childhood," "yesterday felt like it lasted forever," "I went to bed at 9 PM and slept like a rock," "everything around me has slowed down, and it feels amazing." Some people say they're having vivid dreams again, others say smells have become richer, and that their anxiety disappeared for no apparent reason. Time has stopped "flying by" and seems to have returned to its old, calmer rhythm. And this is where things get really interesting. Conspiracy circles have long claimed that the collider doesn't just accelerate particles - it supposedly opens portals, shifts timelines, and creates "glitches" in reality (the Mandela Effect, accelerated time, the feeling that someone pressed fast-forward on our lives). While it was running - we were living in a slightly distorted flow. And now that it's been shut down... everything seems to be returning to normal. Maybe it's just a powerful collective attention effect (everyone read about it and started noticing it). Or maybe it's something deeper. Like a massive machine really was affecting the fabric of space-time, creating microscopic "tears" or resonances that we experienced as time speeding up. Now the portals are closed, the simulation has rebooted into a more "natural" mode, or maybe the universe has finally exhaled. The funniest part is - nobody knows the truth. Physicists will say it's "nonsense and placebo." But those who genuinely feel the change are already saying: "Leave the collider turned off for a little longer." What about you? Do you feel this change? Have the days really become longer, or is it just summer and everyone's tired of the constant rush?
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Thicc thighs save lives. I have always said this.
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@unusual_whales It’s nice of him to clarify what we already know. Especially since some of the larger things they do are hold government contracts and the like. I can feel myself getting mad so. Enough of that.
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BREAKING: Trump: "Almost anything my kids do -- if they buy a truck -- they have inside information"
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Fish in Utrecht had a problem. They were piling up against a 400-year-old canal lock every spring with nowhere to go. Predators found them. Many didn't make it.
Two ecologists fixed this with the Visdeurbe, or "fish doorbell."
They mounted an underwater camera on the Weerdsluis lock and built a website where anyone on Earth can watch the livestream and press a button when they see fish waiting at the gate. The lock keeper gets notified and opens it when enough people have rung in.
In 2024, over 20 million people tuned in. The doorbell was pressed 150,000 times by viewers in the Netherlands, Germany, the US, the UK, and dozens of other countries. Perch, bream, pike, rudd, catfish, and eels made it through to their spawning grounds upstream.
A centuries-old infrastructure problem was solved by a camera, a website, and strangers on the internet who wanted to help a fish get where it was going.
The site is visdeurbel dot nl. Migration season runs through spring. The fish doorbell season has come to an end for 2026, but they'll be back online March 1, 2027. See you next season!
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🚨#BREAKING: City of Columbus, Ohio, announces it will raise the Somali flag at City Hall to celebrate Somali Independence Day.
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@Rainmaker1973 If I had the funds for this I’d be hugely curious given my own history and lineage
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Ozzy Osbourne is officially a genetic mutant.
In 2010, the Prince of Darkness became one of the first rock stars to have his entire genome sequenced. Researchers at Knome Inc. analyzed his DNA to uncover how he survived decades of extreme substance abuse that would have killed most people.
The results were astonishing. Osbourne carries hundreds of thousands of genetic variants never seen before in humans. Most notably, he possesses a rare mutation in the ADH4 gene that allows him to metabolize alcohol far faster than the average person. Paradoxically, this same mutation makes him six times more likely to develop alcohol dependency.
Beyond alcohol, scientists found multiple mutations affecting his dopamine processing and opioid receptors, essentially giving him a genetic blueprint wired for addiction. Additional variants in the COMT and CLTCL1 genes created what researchers called a “warrior/worrier” brain chemistry, fundamentally altering how his brain communicates and responds to stimulation.
In a final twist of irony, the study revealed that while Ozzy could survive legendary amounts of hard drugs, his body is unusually sensitive to caffeine due to extremely slow caffeine metabolism.
Presented at TEDMED 2010, these findings transformed the rock legend’s notorious lifestyle into a groundbreaking real-world case study, deepening our understanding of how genetics influence addiction, resilience, and human behavior.
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The Freight God aka Bucknasty รีทวีตแล้ว
If technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity. If, however, technology is integrated with a wise perspective, it can become an instrument of growth, justice and fraternity. #MagnificaHumanitas
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@Rongwrong_ @jakebrodes Shoulda frosted the tips and took it to flavor town
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@jakebrodes So then a few years later it’s “Hey, Javier, want to be in another Cormac McCarthy film? We promise you won’t have an Anton Chigurh haircut this time.”
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favorite piece of no country trivia is Anton’s haircut making bardem so depressed and insecure that for a brief period he wouldnt leave his house
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@___frye My parents used to actively encourage my doing this lol. Similarly, they never got put back together properly
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@FoxNews Bruh it’s gotta be hot as hell up there
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BREAKING: Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, holding a banner from the skyscraper's antenna reading, "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."
As of now it's unclear how the pair reached the top of the building as police work to get them down from the spire, 1,454 feet above the ground.
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