#to the government agent reading this

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

Coworker answer my message challenge. Coworker don't leave me on read challenge. Coworker do the thing that is your responsibility challenge. Coworker help me prepare for our two hour meeting with the federal government tomorrow challenge. Coworker be a coworker challenge.

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

^ project website

It appears the project was unanimously approved in 2021, so I'm not sure whether pressure now would affect anything. The site has already been shrunk due to local feedback, and it seems that the major environmental nonprofits are onboard (unsurprising tbh, they tend to hop on if the company agrees to an endowment, which it did). You can try getting the company to change its mind, but I doubt the project will be canceled completely. And since it was approved by a county board, people who live outside of Kern County will probably be ignored. Not trying to be a downer, just my professional analysis.

That being said, if you still want to reach out, relevant nonprofits in this space would include:

Sierra Club

Audubon

Defenders of Wildlife

Natural Resources Defense Council

That one linked above, but I can't actually find anything on their site about this specific project. Overall looks pretty good though.

Other state- and local-level nonprofits, which I do not have expertise in

You can also try the Kern County Board of Supervisors (who approved the project), but again, likely won't listen unless you live in Kern County. Or the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Maybe the California Public Utilities Commission, since they likely needed approval from CPUC for the project; California isn't my state so I don't know the regulatory intricacies.

They will destroy nature and call it saving the planet.

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

hey would you guys be interested in a post/guide on how to save money on your electric bill

[millionsknives]

im watching death note and this image is the only thing beamed into my empty skull the entire time

[hauntingblue]

WATER SEVEN BABYYYYY

Look at robin reacting when luffy says he wont give her up.... 🥺🥺

This is a joke right now but its actually a one piece tenet aldjsisjka

Usopp aksbaksjakqk the foreshadow is foreshadowing... Also Robin being happy with the crew after the Aokiji incident... Fuck!!!!

Sanji thinking robin just vanished or flew away and suddenly usopp is soaring thru the skies... imagine

AAAAARGGGGHHHH YOU CAN SEE THE GEARS TURNING

Zoro talking to merry..... only while he is alone of course

Why are nami and sanji matching ajdhakjsk look at the citrus sisters

Carpenter: maybe it was the government

Gov agent: I don't think so, also don't say that they are everywhere

LUFFY SUPPORTS WOMEN'S WRONGS!!!

Don't scream att chopper like that!!! Look at him... So small....

Imu tease???? (No) (Also I've changed websites again bc the translation is kinda off , I can't find a good quality b&w spanish translation and the colors scare me (i want the real manga experience))

GET HIM ICEBURG!!!!

I truly forgor if this is just a lie about her wanting to find the rio poneglyphs or genuine because she wants to die and will do it for them... because in skypiea she says she is not interested in the weapons so maybe if the gov pardons her but considering what she wants is illegal then idk abdjabjs this is such a dumb thing to forget... like thats important girl where did it go (reading this after remembering and it's kinda funny... i will make any sacrifice to kill myself (and keep you safe)... she goes HARD)

Little paulie and mozu and kiwi.... omg hello (the SBS says the twins wanted to be shipwrights too omg)

Franky's backstory is small but it does so much for me like it is so central to the themes... boats and people...

DID SOMEBODY ORDER MORE TRAGIC BROTHERS?

The fact that franky needs to learn this lesson to pass it on to robin.... do you understand how big this is.... also Tom does exactly as he says and takes responsibility for franky and what he has done... because he has done nothing wrong AND THAT'S HIS SON and he just punched spandam bc he wanta him to feel the pain franky feels... Tom is such a man..... proud of having built eater 7 up with the sea train.... goes out with a boom.... should we all kill ourselves....

I am crying again................... franky my god.... and the fucking frog!!! And of course franky can't stop Tom's hope for his island... of course he can't.... he hasnt learnt the lesson yet but this guy isn't over yet!! He has a life of being a pervert cyborg ahead!!! Iceburg following Tom's footsteps but franky not being able to do that bc of his guilt....

This is one of the coolest things chopper has done btw...

NAMII 😭😭😭

Robin damning the world for her crew when all she has ever done is damn her companions for her own sake.... how big is this...

I can't take this...... it's always nami in these positions... it happens AGAIN in Zou with Sanji... there is no way

The love letter gag is too good like damn that's so funny

AND IT'S NAMI GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN!!!! SHE LOVES ROBIN SO MUCH!!!!

[fictionadventurer]

August: Day 26

Adventures and Accomplishments

Nothing to report.

[not-a-boot]

my love has returned from war

[littleapocalypsekitten]

Ooh! A quick Google search and I found him! I found the illegal alien that Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are afraid of! Poor Gordon Shumway! His spaceship crashed! He is a refugee! He has no choice but to be in the United States illegally, living with a foster family! His only other option is to be vivisected by U.S. Government scientists! No one wants that! He eats cats. His species eats cats! He's constantly looking for ways to cook the family cat, Lucky! He is also more orange than Donald, so there might be a jealously problem there. He certainly has more hair.

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

Yup, we track storage deployment (utility and distributed) at work, and there's sooo much storage stuff going on. Utilities are planning to deploy over 50 GW of grid storage -- and that's just utilities that have ongoing IRP proceedings, so the actual number is even higher. Not to mention distributed and third-party storage. There's deployment targets, there's IRPs, there's tax credits, there's rebates, there's performance incentives, there's studies, there's rulemakings, the list goes on and on and on and it's EXHAUSTING PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF G-D LET ME REST JUST GIVE ME ONE WEEK WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS I'M BEGGING YOU I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS!!!! okay im normal again. Storage is literally just so normal now, utterly par for the course. It's a huge part of our research. We have a project focused on solar + storage microgrids, and we're hoping to get around 10 systems off the ground and set the stage for future deployment. Do you know how many storage programs I have floating around in my head at all times? Too many. And that's on top of everything else we track (im normal im normal im normal).

Going broader, the current administration has done so much for clean energy deployment, and as someone in the field it's insane. Like when the IRA passed we literally lost our minds. Completely unexpected. Impromptu partying. It was huge it was bold it was so much money oh my g-d it was so much money. The Inflation Reduction Act, the Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Solar For All, Energy Earthshots, Hydrogen Hubs, the new FERC Commissioners, there's so much happening all the time across every subfield. My office specifically was awarded at least four grants, with at least three more to contract by the end of the year, and at least three more applications that are awaiting review. We are talking millions of dollars per grant. It's crazy. It's crazy!!!! We would not have this money if it weren't for Biden!!!! I HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED ELECTRIC VEHICLES YET!!!

Just. Just. Okay. Go check out some of the Offices listed on the DOE website. See what they are doing. And understand that all of it is only happening because of the current administration. I am BEGGING YOU.

It seemed like a few years ago people were talking about grid-scale battery storage in very uncertain terms--like, this was an idea that was out there, that people were definitely working towards, but other people thought it was very dubious, and we should be pursuing alternative energy storage avenues instead, or only building nuclear, because battery tech would never get there.

But sometime in the intervening years, this seems to be a problem that was just... solved? Or at least we made sufficient progress on it that it's gone from "thing that might be possible in the future" to "thing that is definitely possible if we keep investing in it." And I think a lot of climate stuff has been like that recently, where if you're not deep in the weeds of the latest developments in climate policy and technology, you can really miss that some big changes are happening for the better.

(And, in the American context, it's hard to miss that a lot of these changes have happened because of programs implemented under the current administration: the federal government has been supporting huge expansions of wind and solar power, in a way that 100% reflects partisan priorities on climate issues, and it seems obvious to me that another four years of Biden in office would be extremely good for environmental issues in the United States, and in the world at large, and four years of any Republican president would be pretty bad in comparison.)

[simplyender]

איך אומרים את זה שוב? "כי תעביר ממשלת זדון מן הארץ"?

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

whoooo let's goooo

[theundeadmetalheadapolagia]

Y’all, I do not think that Steve “if you don’t stop badgering me about this innocuous topic, I’m going to bash your teeth in, 15 yr old boy” Harrington needs a protection squad from said 15 yr old & his high school chums.

[blackstarising]

so what did you think of the andor finale?! especially our favorite little idiot, syril? 😂 can you believe he abandoned his mission for dedra?? i was SCREAMING

LISTENNNNNN

the second he gasped it's her! oughhhhhhhhhhhhhh it was over! OVER!!!! i know i've been saying this a lot since my succession era started but GENUINELY i'm putting those two in a jar with a single twig and a clementine and staring at them until 2024. i'm not gonna LIKE it but like. they're there

also this was thee ONE time that syril was genuinely competent and it was actually kinda [redacted] unfortunately I Was Looking

the finale was so. satisfying? i know this sounds weird in light of the Literal Riot but it also felt quiet and...complete? i'm waiting for s2 of course but something about this episode and this season feels just really well contained. and cassian's journey!!!! i haven't even seen rogue one yet but i love how we went from someone who's just trying to survive to someone who has something to fight and die for it's just grrr bark bark bark yes

[poisonousquinzel]

tempted to pirate whatever's out of the new Batman show purely cause the only thing popping up on my Twitter tl about it is far right loser ass snowflakes bitching about it being full of diversity rather than 95% white cishet characters

but i also have like 3 episodes of Suicide Squad ISEKAI I need to watch so maybe I'll just play it safe and stick to watching She Ra and getting the Janet post done SKNDKSKSKSK

[achromic-red-dreams-doze-angrily]

bringing this back bc I just read an article comparing the two states and how Maine can learn from Nebraska

Quick takeaways:

Nebraska has the 7th cheapest electric prices in the country, while Maine has the 5th most expensive. In general, electricity in New England is more expensive than the Great Plains

Nebraska is 1/2 coal, 1/3 wind, rest nuclear, hydro, natural gas. Maine is 3/4 renewables, but 3/5 of homes use fuel oil for heating.

Nebraska has some of the best reliability in the country, while Maine has some of the worst

Nebraska still has municipal utilities and electric cooperatives along with the public power districts, as would Maine if Pine Tree Power is implemented (ie the remaining 3% of electricity)

Maine?? Hello?

[happyfunf3tti]

thinking about how i spent the entire morning yesterday reading tony takezaki's parody version evangelion