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@jmaxsfu unfortunately I have scheduled obligations in August but fortunately a grant is paying for it

British Columbians: seeking recs for Victoria and Vancouver pls thx

Research published in Nature Geoscience has found that polymetallic nodules—the subject of highly controversial plans for deep sea mining for technology metals—are a source of oceanic oxygenation.

The paper suggests the nodules electrolyse seawater due to their positive charge (up to 0.95V). These geological deposits, formed over millenia and now sought after for their battery metals, are already producing electrical phenomena with an ecological value.

#geotechnics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01480-8

a movie about the German banking family whose silver metallurgy and minting operations were central to the long sixteenth century called Meet the Fuggers

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@ian thanks I'm excited to save five grand on health insurance costs

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Also on this call he had to tell them we're getting married so this was a real rollercoaster of a day

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Ramsey is on the phone with his parents so he hasn't seen the news and I'm just sitting here waiting for him to find out lol

buttondown.email/perfectsenten this week in sentences: Werewolf Month, first theft, gendered, exhausting, rectangles and, hackers, worms

you can cite the deep magic to me if you want. i was there when it was written but I like hearing it from someone else's perspective. it's pretty cool that you're a witch, too.

Project 2025 will have extensive impacts on lands, waters, wildlife and tribes in the West.

In fact, the entire energy section was written by Kathleen Sgamma, of oil and gas industry group Western Energy Alliance.

Here are some highlights:

-Expanding oil and gas extraction onshore and off
-Delisting grizzlies, wolves
-Un-protecting wetlands from farmers
-Increasing timber sales on public lands
-Moving the BLM (again) and the American Indian office to the West

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https://www.hcn.org/articles/project-2025s-extreme-vision-for-the-west/

@aparrish thrown out of my own wedding bc I wrote my own vows and they're just me going "in this economy" in various funny voices

Why should I be excited to have Kathy Hochul involved in my relationship via paperwork I ask you

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As the grad student in the relationship I so rarely get to be the one bringing financial benefits to the household so that's nice but god I don't want to make a thing of it

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Probably being way too cavalier about maybe getting married in the next few weeks but in my defense it's to save money on health insurance

Seeing a "Why Is Everyone Trying So Hard To Make Glen Powell Happen" Vox explainer is so validating to me personally

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@inquiline we're going to talk to the vet tomorrow, she's old and has colitis flare ups sometimes so I am guessing it's that. Far from my first dogshit rodeo

Dog, US politics 

My dog is still shitting her brains out today, in a compelling effort to make literal the political shit show of this weekend (I was no joke cleaning dog shit off my pants when I found out the news yesterday)

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