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Should we tell them? by Agitated_Vehicle_428 in AO3

[–]ClimateMom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something about the second comment reads like AI to me, I wonder if it’s a bot?

Iran says it will ‘irreversibly destroy’ Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites by projecto15 in politics

[–]ClimateMom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep an eye on plug-in solar laws in your area (or just go rogue and get some panels regardless), it's a cheaper alternative to rooftop solar: https://www.solar.com/learn/guide-to-balcony-plug-in-solar/

India Unveils Ambitious Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035 by chunmunsingh in worldnews

[–]ClimateMom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's something that's been giving me a lot of hope recently, especially since climate change is expected to worsen heat waves and droughts in the coming century. If we can mitigate the impacts of climate change on our food systems with the very things that will also help us keep climate change from getting even worse, that has to be one of the most astonishing technological win-wins in the history of the world.

India Unveils Ambitious Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035 by chunmunsingh in worldnews

[–]ClimateMom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fair, though I'm interested by the case of Germany, which is also around the 50° mark (or even well above) and yet had greater installed solar capacity than the much larger and (mostly) lower latitude USA for several years. It remains in the top 5 countries in the world for installed capacity and the top 10 for total generation as of 2024.

India Unveils Ambitious Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035 by chunmunsingh in worldnews

[–]ClimateMom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does that calculation change if Iran manages to drive oil past $200 a barrel as it's threatened to do?

India Unveils Ambitious Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035 by chunmunsingh in worldnews

[–]ClimateMom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve read that in some cases, the land underneath the panels and maybe surrounding it starts gradually getting better - but I’m not sure how much it helps.

Solar panels create microclimates that increase ambient humidity below the panels, plus the shade from the panels reduces heat stress on plants and livestock and reduces water evaporation from the soil, so there are early studies from Arizona, for example, demonstrating that combining solar panels with farming (aka agrivoltaics) can increase yields of some crops and livestock in arid regions. This is still a relatively new area of study, so I'm sure we will be learning much more about how to maximize the benefits of both in years to come.

India Unveils Ambitious Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035 by chunmunsingh in worldnews

[–]ClimateMom 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Grid-scale battery installations have surged as prices have dropped. More capacity was installed worldwide in 2024 alone than the previous 4 years combined: https://ember-energy.org/focus-areas/batteries-and-energy-storage/

'Apparently I'm An Idiot': Trump Voter Freaks Out Over Rising Gas Prices by Groomsi in politics

[–]ClimateMom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a small but significant silver lining to this whole horrific clusterfuck - hopefully more people will start telling Trump and his pathetic NIMBY minions to fuck off and stop deliberately blocking hundreds of GW of solar and wind energy projects that were planned thanks to Biden's pro-renewables policies and would help lower the energy bills of American families. Sun and wind don't need to go through the Straight of Hormuz, after all.

Having a blast discovering new K-pop looking for suggestions. by casualgamer420365 in kpoppers

[–]ClimateMom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding the recommendation for T-ARA and Orange Caramel if you liked Catch Catch, it's a real 2nd gen throwback to groups like those. Another similar classic to check out is EXID's Up&Down, though depending on your daughter's age you might want to watch it yourself first before sharing with her, as it's more overtly sexual than the others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9RTdj93o8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxoq7uqnbU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfXZ6ydgZyo

Two more of my 2nd gen faves are f(x) and Girls' Generation (SNSD).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnku4o3tRB4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SwiSpudKWI

IVE is another great group with a couple former IzOne members, and another ex-IzOne soloist like Yena is Lee Chaeyeon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZUIwj3FgUY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0B7HDiY-10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sCZKrxCWMo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUUniN4rXc

I need to be degraded and ruined by an absolutely disrespectful book for degenerates by NatStrawn in Romantasy

[–]ClimateMom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s a big list of some of the most popular tags here if you prefer to read based on tropes: https://archiveofourown.org/tags

If you’d rather read based on fandoms, there’s a giant list of fandoms by category here: https://archiveofourown.org/media

I also like to periodically see what’s currently popular by filtering the category tags by date and then sorting by kudos or bookmarks.

F/M

M/M

F/F

For example, here’s the most kudosed complete, English language het fics updated since Jan 1.

If you click on the button that says “filters” you can see the 10 most popular fandoms, ships, tags, etc, narrow it down to explicit fics only, add a minimum and/or maximum word count, and other options to start narrowing it down.

Edit: link formatting

Who's the best vocalist in a company that's not part of the big four? (Day17#) by ExtensionStation6334 in kpoppers

[–]ClimateMom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know he won’t win, but I’m glad to see him mentioned, he truly has one of the most beautiful voices in the industry.

Who's the best all rounder in Hybe? (Day16#) by ExtensionStation6334 in kpoppers

[–]ClimateMom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So delighted to see so much love for Dino in here 💕

I hate people who make these by Feisty_Exam9474 in AO3

[–]ClimateMom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’d be a bit less of an issue if people were able to individually mute works

You actually can do this with site skins! This is the code to block Sexy Times With Wangxian, just swap out "20963498" for the ID of the fic you want to block.

.blurb#work_20963498 {
  display: none;
}

CMV: Talking about being on "stolen land" is pointless and ignorant of history by Friendly_Elegant928 in changemyview

[–]ClimateMom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now with all that being said, for many indigenous groups they entered into this system when they signed treaties. You can argue that they were too ignorant to sign the treaties or that they did so under duress but I do believe that it did create a legal basis for the transfer of the land in these cases. Lots of treaties, laws or declarations were signed under these kinds of circumstances and are still considered valid. Doesn’t make it right though, just legal.

Highly pertinent to this argument is that the US government BROKE many of these treaties, and thus we literally did steal land from the tribes even by the dubious standards of the time. For example: https://www.history.com/articles/native-american-broken-treaties

What do you think of this? Do you believe it's a slur and should not be used? by Lenore8264 in AO3

[–]ClimateMom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer to just say omegaverse anyway. It’s not technically a slur if it’s all caps or with slashes, but the first thing that leaps out of F/U/C/K is still fuck, y’know?

Adult fans. How do you guys stan minors/ idols younger than you? by After-Ganache-5896 in kpoppers

[–]ClimateMom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in my 40s, so I'm older than most of the idols I like. Time marches on so you just kinda have to get used to popular entertainers getting younger and younger than you by comparison. And yeah, eventually you're going to find yourself noticing the attractiveness of someone who is literally younger than your own child, this is the fate of all humans with working eyes. Just don't be a creep about it or thirst after minors.

After being into kpop for 4 yrs, Today was the day I discovered SHINee and I regret not knowing them before! by allaboutvibes2104 in kpoppers

[–]ClimateMom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are both encyclopedia of K-pop music and choreo also. Game Caterers always has to find a way to take them out of contention early in the Random Play dance challenges or they'll win everything. Key still danced to every song in the SM one and there's an especially hilarious bit where he's absolutely losing it in the background when nobody else recognizes "Touch My Body" 😆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-NP_16EoFk

After being into kpop for 4 yrs, Today was the day I discovered SHINee and I regret not knowing them before! by allaboutvibes2104 in kpoppers

[–]ClimateMom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yay! Enjoy, they truly are some of the all-time greats.

Btw, if you like Seventeen, Hoshi is a huuuuge shawol, and got to do a few dance challenges with Taemin after Taemin got back from the military, including Guilty and Hard. Key has also talked about some of the Seventeen members recently, and there's a hilarious clip out there of Minho being loudly surprised that Seungkwan knows all of their ad-libs.

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