He's got the fuck-its for writing those books 100%

Honestly though, in the current incarnation of the party, I wouldn't vote for a conservative candidate even if they were a solid individual just because of the bag of monkeys I'd be signing up for.

F150s: gender affirming care for dude-bros.

Next time you're headed south on the 416, look off to the right as you round the curve after crossing the Rideau River. There's a sizable Heron rookery visible in the trees in the distance.

Bring it on! We're not getting Lilacs till June so revel in them while we wait, shivering, for the dirty snow piles to melt boo-hoo.

So good I watched it twice ;)

Bohemian Waxwing Serenade in early evening sunlight. #birds

I support your life choices. :)

Annoying and somehow insulting as well! But, it's a minor detail when you keep the big picture in mind, which seems to be to try to get off fossil fuel as much as possible and I congratulate you for doing that!

We are in Ottawa too, in a condo townhouse. Still have gas hot water and we're not allowed mini-splits so our heat pump is only good to ~ -10. I envy your gas bill! Good job! We do charge an EV here at home though, so objectively have reduced our CO2 footprint by probably 80% maybe more. Bit by bit!

I'm in a similar situation but have been submitting my own monthly meter readings for 4 years now so that I can have an accurate idea of how much gas we are actually using, not their guestimates which lead to wildly fluctuating bills.

Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite (Original Video) YouTube video by Alex G

Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
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Here they're not allowed to disconnect you during the coldest months. I don't know if that means if you're disconnected the power just comes on again Nov 15? I have never tested that model but I also have never heard of anyone going off grid this way. It's an interesting approach.

That's fascinating and I never thought of doing it that way. Is that not more like a bureaucratic oversight, a billing gap, that will likely eventually be 'caught'? And has he installed his own source of power?

It's like don't invite the vampire into your house. Literally the only way to "go off-grid" is to start from scratch, find a never before connected piece of land, and just don't hook-up. Surprised it's still legal.

Canadian here. We did a new owner-build and made the deliberate decision not to connect to the grid because it's true, once your building is connected, you can't disconnect and the bills keep coming. And esp in rural areas, initial hook-up and ongoing delivery charges are often very expensive.

Brought our 2021 Kona EV for an end of Warranty check up. 160,000km (around 100k miles) and battery state of health at 98%. In the 4 years we have owned it, we are creeping up on around $20k savings from a gas vehicle. #EV, #konaev

I brought our 5.5kW solar system online in 2017. It has been running 24/7 ever since, with the exception of a few times where I turned it off for maintenance or firmware updates. This was 2 weeks ago. #solar, #solarenergy

'Longterm Disaster' in Iran with Robert Pape

This WITH pod with Chris Hayes is also very informative.
open.spotify.com/episode/5DCx...

I can watch the video in the Bluesky app but can't get to YouTube using it or the posted link. Opening the link I get "video not available". I had to go to YouTube and search for your channel to subscribe/like/comment/see your other stuff. I want to believe this is a random glitch bc wtf??

Or the brakes checked, the ones you hardly use. :)

Damn that's bleak... Thinking of switching into apocalypse mode.

Well, the rest of the world is rooting for sane Americans.

Most of the rest of the world is looking on in horror. Things were bad enough before the last election. We don't understand how he was elected again and now we feel helpless as he destroys his country because the epic fallout will cause so much damage to the rest of us. Keep fighting down there!!

This analysis explains the quagmire the US has gotten into and the increasingly dire consequences that will play out globally if this is not ended asap. Combined with increasingly frequent global shocks, ie climate disasters (incoming Super El Niño anyone?) and we are well and truly in trouble.

Bird feeder in snowy fenced yard.

I feel like we have twin back yards. We too have a Cardinal pair, also Juncos, Chickadees and Finches. Oh and an adorable little red squirrel.

I just read this after I read your thread. Sigh...

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Anyone else feel like we're spiraling?? Damn.

Artemis made me feel better about myself haha. Plus I love a good mystery.

I'll check out The Magicians!

I saw Towelhead back in the day but I don't remember it well enough and I haven't seen The Magicians. Such a great character though. It's fun to try to think of who could pull off such a snarky slacker. I should reread it.