#motyka

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Śniący

Istnienie snu w moim życiu ma bardzo ważną funkcję. Jest swego rodzaju źródłem moich dekadentycznych ciągot. Od wyrywanych kończyn, poprzez wylewanych mózgów z miejsc do tego nie przystosowanych (mam na myśli dupe na przyklad). Zastanawiam się czy to pasja która skończy się zabijaniem ludzi siekierą lub inną formą zobaczenia na własne oczy krwi flaków i śmierci przede wszystkim. Jednak od tego powstrzymuje mnie jedna rzecz, nieśmiertelna, niezmienna moralność człowieka dobrego. Miłość do innego człowieka czy też po prostu większa wiara w innych niż w samego siebie. Nie ganiałbym za kimś z siekierą bo dbam o ich życia bardziej niż o swoje co się kłóci z moimi ciągotami. Może moja podświadomość jest pieprzoną psychopatyczna krainą wypaczeń ludzkich pragnień a moja świadomość to miły ptaszek wśród lasu miłości i błogości.

Walcząc ze sobą uciekam w alkohol, alkohol który uaktywnia u mnie dużo skrytej nienawiści którą podświadomie posiadam. Uciekam od bycia miłym ale nie mam pojęcia czy po kilku piwach kiedyś nie sięgnę po siekierę. Nie wydaje mi się. Brzydzę się przemocą a jednak jej pragnę. Kocham ludzi i ich nienawidzę. Nie potrafię czasami ze sobą żyć mimo ty zaprzeczeń i trudnych do określenia celów moralnych.

Pewnego dnia miałem bardziej ciężki sen (zazwyczaj śnie w momencie gdy trzeźwy się klade; gdy pijany rzadko śnie, może też dlatego pije [jeden z wielu powodow]) w którym przechodząc przez mroczne korytarze trudnego do określenia budynku, zauważyłem strome i szerokie schody z których spadały w dół ludzkie części ciała, świeżo obcięte w bardzo nie elegancki sposób. Spadały w dół a na samym dole ogień a przed nim małe blade dziecko co twarz azjatycką posiadało. Mówił coś po niemiecku przy okazji flaki spadające chlapały jego twarz krwią. Jednak dziecko mówiło dalej na tle ognia. Czułem grozę i tajemnice. Niezrozumienie czegoś jest najbardziej przerażająca rzeczą w życiu. Coś co działa ale nie masz pojęcia jak a przy okazji jest straszne.

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Missing my little forest spectre...

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Passers-by on the street, ca. 1969 - Jan Motyka, Polish

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Jan Motyka

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Jan Motyka

[thebuhonerodazorrow]

Cyberpunk 2077

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Profumi

Odore...

profumo d'amore

senza età senza tempo

solo rossa passione che

colora il desiderio

scivola nelle vene ed accende

la più' dolce delle emozioni

quella di sentirti

scorrere dentro me...

SempreGiò

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Platinum Thrill Rocks The Fallout Shelter

They rocked the fallout shelter with some classic tunes.

Platinum Thrill at The Extended Play Sessions – Fallout Shelter in Norwood, MA. on July 13, 2023.The band features Amanda Mograss, Scott Motyka, Mike Martin, and Mike Dupras.

[timesofocean]

Wind, solar generate record 12% of global electricity in 2022, marking new era of falling power emissions

New Post has been published on https://www.timesofocean.com/wind-solar-generate-record-12-of-global-electricity-in-2022-marking-new-era-of-falling-power-emissions/

Wind, solar generate record 12% of global electricity in 2022, marking new era of falling power emissions

London (The Times Groupe) – The Global Electricity Review published Wednesday by independent think-tank Ember suggests wind and solar contributed 12% to global electricity generation in 2018.

Wind and solar generation are predicted to drive the world into a new era of falling fossil fuel generation and power sector emissions starting in 2023, according to the fourth annual report.

“In this decisive decade for the climate, it is the beginning of the end of the fossil age,” said Małgorzata Wiatros-Motyka, report author and Ember’s electricity analyst. “We are entering the clean power era.”

According to the report, 93% of global electricity demand is represented by 78 countries in 2022.

In 2022, wind will account for 7.6% of global electricity generation, up from 6.6% in 2021. Wind energy generation in the UK increased by 17% year-on-year, enough to power almost all of the country.

Last year, solar power generated 4.5% of the world’s electricity, up from 3.7% in 2021.

Adding enough electricity to power all of South Africa, solar power grew by 24% year-on-year for the 18th consecutive year.

China accounted for 37% of the growth in solar power’s share globally, while the US accounted for 17%.

The data shows that more than 60 countries now generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind and solar.

Compared to last year, wind and solar generation met 80% of the increase in global electricity demand, which reached 2.5%.

Countries with highest shares of wind and solar in electricity generation

With 418 terawatt-hours, or 4.7% of its electricity, China generated the most solar electricity last year.

Chile had the highest share of solar energy in its electricity output last year with 17%, followed by the Netherlands with 15% and 13%.

With a 9.3% wind share in its electricity mix, China is also the largest generator of wind power in the world, while Denmark has a 55% percentage share.

Last year, wind and solar contributed 22% to the European Union’s energy mix.

With about 15.5% of its electricity generated from wind and solar, Turkey remains above the global average.

Coal still largest electricity source with 36%

A new record high of 39% of global electricity was generated by all clean electricity sources combined. In terms of clean energy sources, hydro generated 15% of global electricity, followed by nuclear with 9%.

Despite record clean energy generation, fossil fuels still accounted for 61% of global electricity. In 2022, coal accounted for 36% of global electricity generation.

It was found that wind and solar generation limited the increase in coal generation by 1.1%.

Gas accounted for 22% of global electricity generation last year, a slight decrease by 0.2%.

Last year may be peak of power sector emissions

Last year, power sector emissions reached an all-time high of 1.3% due to the high share of coal and gas in global electricity generation. Power sector emissions rose last year despite record clean energy generation.

Ember calculated that last year’s emissions from the power sector would have been 20% higher if all electricity from wind and solar came from fossil fuels.

The report forecasts that 2022 may be the year of “peak” electricity emissions and the last year of fossil fuel growth.

As wind and solar deployment accelerates, there will be a drop in fossil generation of 0.3% this year.

“The stage is set for wind and solar to achieve a meteoric rise to the top. Clean electricity will reshape the global economy, from transport to industry and beyond. A new era of falling fossil emissions means the coal power phasedown will happen and the end of gas power is now within sight,” Wiatros-Motyka said.

“Change is coming fast. However, it all depends on the actions taken now by governments, businesses and citizens to put the world on a pathway to clean power by 2040.”

Global CO2 emissions are dominated by electricity generation, which accounts for about 40% of all energy-related emissions in 2021. Gas accounted for almost 25% of the power sector’s emissions in 2021, while coal accounted for 75%.

In order to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the global electricity sector must first be decarbonized, and clean sources need to be deployed much faster than they were in the past.

“A total of 942 gigawatts of solar PV have been installed in the last decade, whereas 853 gigawatts of wind energy have been installed. According to Ajay Mathur, director general of the International Solar Alliance, “China, the United States, India and Japan have contributed the most to the global solar PV capacity.”

Solar and wind energy costs have decreased by 82% and 34%, respectively, while coal-fired energy has remained at similar levels and nuclear energy costs have increased by 61%.

“The global renewable share is increasing, but to achieve net zero by 2030, the renewable generation must cater to at least 60% of the total generation from renewables,” Mathur said, stressing that the way forward lies in pacing up renewable energy and making renewable energy technology a global public good. TIMES OF OCEAN​​​​​​​​​​

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Geralt's adventures continues in The Witcher Omnibus Volume 2

Geralt's adventures continues in The Witcher Omnibus Volume 2 #comics #comicbooks #thewitcher #witcher

Dark Horse Books and CD Projekt Red present a new collection: The Witcher Omnibus Volume 2. The comic miniseries collected in this omnibus are written by Bartosz Sztybor and Aleksandra Motyka. Joining them are artists Marianna Strychowska, Amad Mir, Vanesa R. Del Rey, and Nil Vendrell. Colors for the comics are by Lauren Affe, Hamidreza Sheykh, Jordie Bellaire, and Miquel Muerto. The comics are…

[evermore-grimoire]

The Evermore Grimoire: Witches

Technopagan is a modern term for those who wield the power of technopathy. It's also a term that was coined by the older generation of witches who refused to acknowledge any of their own kind out of fear that they would become too powerful and uncontrollable. However over time the term "Technopagan" has slowly changed from being a stigma to one of empowerment and freedom against outdated stereotypes that no longer fit into today's society. Even those who don't wield this unique power may identify as a Technopagan as it could align with their own beliefs surrounding gender and sexuality. This also includes a desire to create safe spaces for young witches and warlocks as well modernise witchcraft as a whole in order to reflect the world of today. One things for sure, they're here to stay because they're the future of the magical community that must be nurtured in order to survive any future battles.

artwork by Małgorzata Motyka-Karnas

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Jan Motyka, 1969.

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Jan motyka. Przechodnie na ulicy [Passerby in the street]. Krakow, Poland. 1970s

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Súpis slov valašských za aprýl až máj

hafera - borůvka

bosorka - čarodejnica

koliba - hlídací búda pro bače, teraz už spíš tématický restaurant

maťa - kmotra

šáší - zelené všecko možné všude možně, keře, rákosí

táčky - kolečka, kolca

četina - smrkové větvy

ogar - kluk, mládenec

ščúr - štír

kotár - kotár ten je nad račú, dyž bydlíš na kotáře, bydlíš na velkém kopcu, na hřebenu

šupa - velká rána, velká facka

malúvka - obrázek

šuchtačka - pomalá práca

točená - tanec z Valašska, z Klobúk

fujara - hudebný nástroj se specifický zvukem, kerý v tebje evokuje hory, ovečky a ten krásný slovanský život

fáborek - pentla, stuha, mašla

strúha - příkop, strouha

jalovec - oblíbený strom na Velké Noce a známý valašský plátek

škřata - skřet

dłapa - ruka

pazgřivec - nepodara, lump, kerému nevěřite ni slovo, človjek, keremu sa nic nedaří, na co šahne

baňa - koule, ale též facan

ščeští - štěstí

tramtáryja - daleký kraj

gazda - hospodář

plúta - velký liják

oštara - negdo, gdo ti způsobuje enem trápení

gořala - alkohol

kuřička - slepice

staříček a stařénka - praprarodiče, ale též každý starší člověk ve věku nad 80 let

rožíhání - rozsvěcení

słp - sloup

pajta - malá koliba nebo též stavjení pro ovce, ale včil spíš nejaká stará sešlá chalupa

ťápała - mluvka

kopno - dyž po zimě neni sněh a půda je připravená na kopání, dobré počasí

lekvár - léčivý čaj

chrobák - brúk

srhké - tvrdé, tuhé

čecher - na hřebeňu les

pucek - buclaté děcko, neco malého

rača - ďúra

graca - motyka na zemáky

žinčica - výborné pití z ovčího mléka

fojtka - stavjení fojta, rychtářa

choroba - nemoc

faja - dýmka

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European X-ray laser explores a poorly understood state of matter

The properties of warm dense matter have until recently been little known. Now, thanks to the use of X-ray lasers, physicists are gaining more and more information about this important but still mysterious state of matter. The first comprehensive observations of ionisation processes in warm dense matter, carried out at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (European XFEL), have just been presented in one of the most prestigious physics journals.

State of matter with a temperature of a few thousand degrees and a high density, close to that of a solid, can be found, among others, in the interiors of brown dwarfs or gaseous planets. Although common in the Universe, it is very difficult to be produced and analysed in the laboratory. A new era in experimental research of this so-called warm dense matter (WDM) state began just a dozen years ago, when physicists launched the first free-electron X-ray lasers. At the forefront of this type of device is the nearly 3.5 km-long European XFEL laser. A series of experiments recently carried out there made it possible to observe for the first time how quickly a metal transforms into the exotic state of ionised WDM to become transparent (non-absorbing) to X-rays at the end of the process. The achievement of the international team of scientists – including those from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow – is discussed in a paper published in the journal Nature Physics.

X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFELs) are used to generate high-intensity X-ray pulses lasting single femtoseconds, i.e. millionths of a billionth of a second. These can be used to study the structure of matter at atomic length scales and to track phenomena on extremely short time scales. One of only a dozen such devices in the world is the European XFEL in Hamburg, built in cooperation with the DESY research centre.

“In our experiment at the European XFEL, we illuminated copper samples with X-ray pulses lasting 15 femtoseconds, using different, gradually increasing intensities”, Prof. Beata Ziaja-Motyka (IFJ PAN, DESY) introduces the experiment. The first author of the paper in question, Dr. Laurent Mercadier from the European XFEL, adds some physical details: “When a single X-ray laser pulse reached the material, it caused strong ionisation. The electrons released in the process were characterised by high temperatures. Under these extreme conditions, the copper was transformed into a state of warm dense matter. We meticulously recorded how much radiation passed through the matter and from this inferred the ionisation changes in the observed system.”

Simulations carried out using the BOLTZMANN SOLVER software, developed since 2004 at DESY by Prof. Ziaja-Motyka, were particularly helpful in interpreting the measurement results. This tool was used to simulate changes in the electronic occupancy of individual energy levels in WDM depending on the intensity of the incident laser radiation.

By confronting experimental data with simulations, it was established that when the X-ray intensity becomes sufficiently high, atoms of WDM become strongly ionised. As a result of this phenomenon, new energy levels appear which can be occupied by excited electrons – making WDM opaque for photons resonant with transitions to these new energy levels. These states had already been observed previously with optical lasers, however, the lasers’ energy limitations did not allow them to be studied in more detail. Now, thanks to the European X-ray laser XFEL, it is possible to characterise them accurately also in response to various intensities of X-ray pulses. In accordance with theoretical predictions for X-ray absorption spectra, prepared by Dr. Joshua Kas (University of Washington, USA) and Dr. Andrei Benediktovitch (DESY, Hamburg), it was further observed that with increasing the laser intensity the warm dense matter becomes first opaque and then – at highest intensities – transparent to the laser pulse.

“The appearance of ‘transparency’ – i.e. lack of absorption – in WDM is a consequence of the high ionisation of WDM atoms occurring at sufficiently high X-ray pulse intensities. The energy of the X-ray photons available in the experiment then becomes too small to excite further electrons. As a result, these photons cannot be absorbed by the warm dense matter at all,” explains Prof. Ziaja-Motyka.

Knowledge of the properties of warm dense matter and the processes taking place within it is not only of astrophysical, but also of practical, engineering importance. Matter in this state plays an important role in certain types of controlled nuclear fusion (ICF – Inertial Confinement Fusion), and also appears during the ablation of metallic heat shields of spacecraft returning from orbit to Earth.

The team of physicists at the European X-ray XFEL laser, led by Prof. Nina Rohringer (DESY, Universität Hamburg), intends to continue research into the electron and ionisation processes occurring in WDM and their dynamics. On the Polish side, the work is co-financed by the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

IMAGE: Warm dense matter occurs inside Jupiter-type giant planets (where it surrounds the rocky core as a metallic liquid at a temperature of many thousands of kelvin) and in the interiors of small stars – brown dwarfs. Credit Source: IFJ PAN / NASA

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