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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown2·6 hours agoDefinitely not. But just force people isnt going to do anything but send people to jail.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown83·7 hours agoYou figure out why they’re saying no.
It’s often stuff like forcing spouses to separate in order to get housing, concerns that the provided housing is unsafe, or mental illness which prevents sleeping inside.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Officials Are Denied Access to Library of Congress After Trump Names New Boss65·9 hours agoThe magic here is that the Library of Congress has the Capitol Police backing them, and they answer to Congress, not the President.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto Green Energy@slrpnk.net•As battery prices have fallen, installations have skyrocketed5·17 hours agoLeft off the http:// on the beginning.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One, and Post-Presidency Travel5·2 days agoThe Republicans are, and that’s enough to protect him from impeachment. The courts are too (they punted on emoluments the first time)
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero. He directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations.8·2 days agoIt’s not just cancer; its a very quantifiable death count
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•15 states sue over Trump’s move to fast-track oil and gas projects via his ‘energy emergency’ order1·3 days agoYes, been a net fossil fuel exporter for a while.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic40·3 days agoSo far as I can tell, no.
There really is about to be a major supply chain interruption
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism | Trump seems to be ceding the future to China while emulating its past.9·3 days agoContext for those who dont know it:
The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962. The death toll from starvation during this period reached 20 to 30 million people
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•How to cook, clean, and heat your home without fossil fuels | Electric appliances can reduce climate emissions and indoor air pollution.2·4 days agoYeah, I have an older model of that sitting around from before I replaced my main stove.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext | The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.122·6 days agoA large part of what they do is research. Taking away a couple billion a year that the government spends on that at Harvard is a big deal, even if the institution can ultimately survive it
silence7@slrpnk.netMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds8·6 days agoThat’s two of the big three sources of household emissions. There’s a third one though: which is heating and cooling.
I’d look at getting those off of fossil fuels next, and doing what you can to get electricity from renewables.
silence7@slrpnk.netMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds23·6 days agoThat’s the top 10% in the United States. They’re talking about the top 10% in the world.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program3·6 days agoOnly after the Golden Toilet in the White House flushes
silence7@slrpnk.netOPtoMinnesota@midwest.social•Minnesota Supreme Court: Female breasts are not lewd or inherently sexual and can be exposed in publicEnglish6·6 days agoWhat if they actually use the nipple to…feed the baby
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump administration plans to end Energy Star program for home appliances12·6 days agoOnly when they can performatively blow smoke in people’s faces. You can’t do that with a hot water heater.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects | The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state AGs said19·7 days agoAll you have to do is click through to the lawsuit they link
STATE OF NEW YORK; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; STATE OF ARIZONA; STATE OF CALIFORNIA; STATE OF COLORADO; STATE OF CONNECTICUT; STATE OF DELAWARE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; STATE OF ILLINOIS; STATE OF MAINE; STATE OF MARYLAND; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN; STATE OF MINNESOTA; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; STATE OF NEW MEXICO; STATE OF OREGON; STATE OF RHODE ISLAND; and STATE OF WASHINGTON
In short, most of the ones with a Democrat as Attorney General
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked | TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.3·7 days agoThe concerns are big enough that Waltz is being shunted off to the UN instead of being allowed to stay where he is.
Yes, but that’s not what he’s trying to achieve; rather he’s making a bet that he can “prove” that white people like him don’t suffer from this as much as the darker-skinned people he deems inferior.