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33% download of the Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Edition. This will be my first time playing this game, and I am excited to play it! Especially, after I completed the ME trilogy in a week and a half. I really enjoyed the romance, and I worked really hard to make sure my characters thrived. I can no longer say the same for myself, but I can say I feel better.
I almost have the courage to be accountable for my actions take action for a good cause. Like Shepard and her friends, I want to choose the paragon life and lead a way of being that is enriching and woke. Compared to my comfort as a closeted wreck in a conservative family of sexism and neglect.
I need to take steps towards a just future, and enjoying a hobby like video games can be okay if I balance work and play.
My grandma is a very badass woman, and since I broke my cellphone we are only able to converse through email or in person interactions. She is confined to her home most of the time, and is dutiful to all household chores. She deserves a proper retirement of travel and joy.
Building a Sustainable City | Paving the Way for a Greener Future
What is sustainable city?
A sustainable city is an urban area that prioritizes environmentally-friendly practices, social inclusivity, and economic prosperity. It focuses on reducing carbon emissions, promoting renewable energy, efficient resource management, and creating a high quality of life for residents. Sustainable cities aim to balance development with environmental preservation, social equity, and long-term sustainability.
"A net-zero power system is closer than we think.
New research, published by RMI, indicates that an exponential surge in renewable energy deployment is outpacing the International Energy Agency’s most ambitious net-zero predictions for 2030.
That’s right: Surging solar, wind, and battery capacity is now in-line with net-zero scenarios.
“For the first time, we can, with hand on heart, say that we are potentially on the path to net zero,” Kingsmill Bond, Senior Principal at RMI, said. “We need to make sure that we continue to drive change, but there is a path and we are on it.”
And that’s really good news.
Exponential growth in renewable energy has put the global electricity system at a tipping point. What was once seen as a wildly daunting task — transitioning away from fossil fuels — is now happening at a faster pace every year.
Based on this new research, conducted in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund, RMI projects that solar and wind will supply over a third of all global electricity by 2030, up from about 12% today, which would surpass recent calls for a tripling of total renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade.
Global progress in the renewable energy sector
China and Europe have been leading the way in clean energy generation, but the deployment of renewable energy has also been widely distributed across the Middle East and Africa.
Research from Systems Change Lab shows that eight countries (Uruguay, Denmark, Lithuania, Namibia, Netherlands, Palestine, Jordan, and Chile) have already grown solar and wind power faster than what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, proving that a swift switch to renewable energy is not only feasible — it’s entirely achievable.
In order to make that switch, globally, wind and solar need to grow from 12% to 41% by 2030. Denmark, Uruguay, and Lithuania have already achieved that increase in the span of eight years.
Meanwhile, Namibia, the Netherlands, Palestine, Jordan, and Chile have grown solar and wind energy at sufficient rates for five years...
The economic impact of climate progress
Not only is this an exciting and unprecedented development for the health of the environment, but this rapid transition to clean energy includes widespread benefits, like jobs growth, more secure supply chains, and reductions in energy price inflation.
This progress spans both developing and developed countries, all driven to accelerate renewables for a number of different reasons: adopting smart and effective policies, maintaining political commitments, lowering the costs of renewable energy, and improving energy security.
And with exponential growth of clean energy means sharp declines in prices. This puts fossil fuels at a higher, uncompetitive cost — both financially and figuratively.
RMI suggests that solar energy is already the cheapest form of electricity in history — and will likely halve in price by 2030, falling as low as $20/MWh in the coming years. This follows previous trends: solar and battery costs have declined 80% between 2012 and 2022, and offshore wind costs are down 73%."
-via Good Good Good, July 12, 2023
Let me repeat that:
For the first time in history, we are on an actual, provably achievable path to net zero emissions
The sequence of these photos are phenomenological
obsessed with this baby hippo from thailand's khao khew zoo.. she has been so utterly betrayed by the world
Reincarnation or Strategy?
I think my cat reincarnated into a much younger cat with the same eye color and fur color. I opened the door to outside, the cat seen me and immediately walked in. My mom was saying the same cat has been around for a few week now. My cat has been deceased for over two years. My deceased cat was neutered, so the likelihood it is the child of is impossible. But their similarities are striking. When I spoke to the strange cat about this, they looked me directly in the eyes.
I am sure this cat is one of my neighbors, but the poor thing had some skin close mats all over its long winter coat. So, the cat may be an outdoor mouser cat or a wild stray. The cat was so gentle and loving.
My deceased cat was here for a few years and liked to wander outdoors, so maybe his scent is everywhere.
I had to trick the cat to go back outside as it wanted to lay on my mothers bed. Which is a definite no no. What is the phenomenon? Has this ever happened to you before?
I’ll teach you to jump on the wind’s back and then away we go.
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
‘Those who don’t jump will never fly’ is a dictum drilled into me from an early age. It’s one I took literally when I learned when parachuting and then later dabbled in sky diving, well before I went into the British army as a combat pilot.
Skydiving provides a unique combination of adrenalin-fuelled exhilaration and perfectly calm tranquillity. While in free fall it’s all about the rush - but once the parachute opens and your heart rate steadies, you’ll take a moment to gaze around you and see the whole world in a new light. It’s beautiful up there, and the experience is about as close to actual flying as humans can actually get.
To the skydiver, ‘flying’ in a plane is akin to ‘swimming’ in a boat. As someone who has flown helicopters I would quible with that simple characterisation but eventually I’m okay to acknowledge there is some truth behind it.
As someone who used to parachute and sky dive as a recreational past time, I can empathise with those skydivers who live for the wind whipping past as they plummet toward the earth during free fall, and the thrill of floating on the air currents once their ‘chutes are safely open. They live on the edge, though not in danger - amid the elements, but not at their mercy.
In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savour the thrill rather than endure the panic. You may never get rid of the butterflies, but you can teach them how to fly in formation.
