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hydropsyche

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urban stream ecologist, carbon geek, beaver fan, trying to make working in science suck less for everyone |she/her| my opinions are mine, not the state of Georgia's|

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futurebird , to random
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Maybe we need to make some space to have conversations about the way that rigid gender expectations can hurt people. I'm not talking about trans people, exclusively (in fact the trans people I know are among the most sophisticated when it comes to processing these kinds of events and emotions)

No, where I see a lot of unprocessed trauma flailing around putting everyone in a bad way is from cis people who have unexamined psychological harm due to their failure to conform to some gender norm. 1/

hydropsyche ,
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@futurebird This is such an amazing thread. Thank you!

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    hydropsyche ,
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    @ElleGray My spouse hates weird floral flavors added to food. Lavender vanilla flavoring in desserts is his nightmare.

    luckytran , to random
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    North Carolina's anti-mask bill just passed the House. It will now go to the Governor.

    This is a horrible bill that narrows the health exemption for wearing a mask, and makes it easier for cops and anti-maskers to harass people into taking off their mask.

    https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article289178384.html

    hydropsyche ,
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    @luckytran My entire family lives in NC. I just don't know what to do with this. Hope that because I'm a middle aged white woman nobody will harass me, while knowing that other people are being mistreated because of it...

    CelloMomOnCars , (edited ) to random
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    " prices have significantly decreased, leading participation to increase. This has disrupted rate equity between solar-owning customers and non-solar-owning customers.

    The proposed alternative would have all grid-provided energy billed at retail rates and all excess solar energy credited at [a lower rate].

    The billing would only apply to future customers, but would not affect customers who already own them."

    https://www.alligator.org/article/2024/04/gru-authority-board-adopts-changes-to-billing-for-solar-owning-customers

    Edit: please read whole thread before you get mad

    hydropsyche ,
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    @CelloMomOnCars This is the deal Georgia Power already has for the bulk of its solar customers. Only a few thousand people who got in early get paid retail price for the electricity they put back in the grid. All the rest of us get pennies for the electricity we produce. And now Georgia Power has gotten permission from their supposed regulators to build more natural gas plants instead of incentivizing more rooftop solar. There has to be a better way. https://www.wabe.org/growing-demand-for-electricity-clashes-with-clean-energy-efforts/

    hydropsyche ,
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    @CelloMomOnCars Okay, but my power is carbon neutral and their new natural gas turbines won't be. As you said farther down, consumer solar ought to be paid at a higher rate than fossil fuels, and they sure as hell shouldn't be building new fossil fuel plants in the 21st century.

    hydropsyche ,
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    @CelloMomOnCars That's what I'm saying. But since Ga Power has decided not to incentivize rooftop solar at all, they're begging to be allowed to build more fossil fuel plants. And that's evil.

    futurebird , to random
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    A lightly left-leaning generally Democratic friend has just now noticed that freaking out about the election is reasonable... but they do take my opinion somewhat seriously (even after calling me "probably a communist" I have no idea)

    I made such a horrible face (involentary) when they said something about giving money to Biden I had to make another suggestion ... uh..."Democracy Docket?"

    Any democrats who might not get the help they need from the DNC but still might win I could also mention?

    hydropsyche ,
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    @futurebird @charlesgaba keeps running donor drives for vulnerable/swing state Democrats

    tzimmer_history , to random
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    Weekend reading: I wrote about Republicans lusting for civil war or “national divorce.”

    It’s a manifestation of the Right’s radical rejection of pluralism. They’ll have their “real America” - or none.

    Short thread, based on the piece below:

    🧵1/

    https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/domination-or-dissolution-rule-or

    hydropsyche ,
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    @tzimmer_history Thank you! I am staying in Georgia and fighting for a better world because too many of my neighbors here have no choice but to stay.

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    Good news a from NC. Republicans passed a law that required a postcard be sent to the address of any person who took advantage of same-day registration, if the card was undeliverable by the post office the vote would be thrown out.
    (The voter would not even be notified this happened.)

    Like many voter suppression laws, it almost sounds sensible: if you don't think about it much.

    On closer inspection, it is designed to target poor, minority and/or young voters. 1/

    https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/judge-blocks-same-day-registration-law-north-carolina-elections/275-bd051b3c-f34c-488a-a22e-c9931a643f1b

    hydropsyche ,
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    @futurebird The only actual case of voter fraud with criminal convictions in recent decades involved the NC GOP stealing people's absentee ballot votes.
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/four-people-plead-guilty-north-carolina-ballot-probe-2016-2018-electio-rcna49534

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