North Carolina certifies the Green Party, which could allow it onto the Senate ballot
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North Carolina certifies the Green Party, which could allow it onto the Senate ballot
National Democrats have questioned the validity of the Green Party's signatures on a petition drive needed to get a spot on the state ballot.WFAE
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California avoids counting methane leaks from idle wells
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...thereby avoiding having to do anything in abatement...
California not counting methane leaks from idle wells
California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It's the law: California limits climate pollution and each year the limits get stricter.BY DREW COSTLEY (Associated Press)
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Callers say – “Can’t Get Through” – Callees say – “F U"
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Callers say – “Can’t Get Through” – Callees say – “Don’t Want to Let Them Through” - CounterPunch.org
Most of us play both roles of the Caller and Callee. Guess which role rules? The Callee. I’ve lost count of how many older adults tell me, week afterRalph Nader (CounterPunch.org)
It is near impossible to get through to even friendly members (or senior staffers) of Congress on grave matters
My congressman Richie Rich O'Neal, supposedly a Liberal and "man of the people" is notoriously difficult to reach - and has been known to even let labor leaders keep hanging...
Why is “the Left” Red-Baiting "Rise Up for Abortion Rights" on the Eve of Fascist Destruction?
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The red and cult-baiting is unjustly offensive also to the tens of thousands of concerned and active citizens who have taken up RU4AR’s calls for mass action and civil disobedience because the calls match their sense of what is required in the battle against the female enslavement that is forced motherhood.
Why is “the Left” Red-Baiting Rise Up for Abortion Rights on the Eve of Fascist Destruction? - CounterPunch.org
There’s nothing new in United States history about the slanderous demonization of those who step up and fight to make a better world from the bottom up.Paul Street (CounterPunch.org)
(the) American left, has been a miserable failure over the last 40 years
This is not the fault of the many people who are active on the left-side - considerable money and resources have been spent by the establishment specifically to undermine the effectiveness of these movements. That is what this article is about!
The Gradual Judicial Assassination of Julian Assange
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Penal Assassination: The Gradual Effort to Kill Assange - CounterPunch.org
They really do want to kill him. Perhaps it is high time that his detractors and sceptics, proven wrong essentially from the outset, admit that the US imperium, along with its client states, is willing to see Julian Assange perish in prison.Binoy Kampmark (CounterPunch.org)
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the bizarre injustice is too well-known
But the point is to keep the press head-down. I think it works - how much information is suppressed is impossible to determine.
Nest with Fedora free virtual contributor conference is this week!
August 4th-6th, 2022!
Register soon! 😂❤️🐧
There will be workshops, games
& fun with Fedorans and #Linux lovers!
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#fedora #wearefedora #nestwithfedora @fedora@twitter.com
#podcasts #OpenSource
Nest with Fedora 2022
Get tickets to Nest with Fedora 2022, taking place 04/08/2022 to 06/08/2022. Hopin is your source for engaging events and experiences.hopin.com
Another #PixelArt daily done! The mysterious cities of gold 😀
Merch with this art at: redbubble.com/shop/ap/11872976…
ENJOY!
#mastoArt #digitalArt #art #landscape #wallpaper #noxp
Why FoxNews is Shit:
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San Francisco Democratic board president accused of hurling racial slur at cadet during security check: report
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton is accused of shouting the "N-word" at a Black cadet during a metal detector incident at City Hall.Danielle Wallace (Fox News)
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US Navy developing water-based drones
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This is the way to go.
US Navy developing water-based drones to combat China 'pacing challenge' but wary of 'unproven technology'
The Navy has faced a number of setbacks in deploying new ships after the vessels suffered various technological shortcomings that forced early retirement.Peter Aitken (Fox News)
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base
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Virtually all of the destruction of infrastructure and “civilian” resources is taking place within the territory of Ukraine - this is highly unsymmetrical.
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base
Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv early on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia's Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a "terrorist …Reuters
BTW: in case folks reading this have a cool FOSS project that needs funding, please be aware that we have a deadline for submitting these tomorrow (August 1st) noon.
Don't feel intimidated - it is really light-weight to submit something (you can do it in less than an hour if need be).
Have a look at nlnet.nl/propose -
As of now, 100 developers contributed to #InfiniTime!
Thanks everyone for your work on this firmware for the amazing @PINE64 #PineTime!
Since nearly half of all carbon emissions in video conferencing happen on the network, self-hosting a video conferencing server like BBB as close to the users as possible can have a significant reduction in emissions.
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#computingWithinLimits #selfHosting #videoConferencing #climateCrisis
A comparison of bandwidth consumption between proprietary web conference services and BigBlueButton, an open source webinar system
Prefectural University of Hiroshima had to shift to online classes at the beginning of the pandemic. They were evaluating various real-time video conferencing solutions for this purpose.njoseph.me
Ich würde mich total freuen, wenn ein paar von euch noch dran teilnehmen. Malt dazu einfach eure Version dieses Bildes (ihr seid da vollkommen frei), markiert mich und setzt #merlinneadtiys in die Beschreibung.
Viel Spaß! :artpeek:
#dtiys #MastoArt #artchallenge
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:heart_sp_bi: It's introduction time! :heart_sp_bi:
I'm Spectra, solo creator of the webcomic Latera. Polyam romance, drama, and a mirror realm? YEH BOI! ✨
▶️ You can find all my links here: lateracomic.carrd.co/
#MastoArt #art #meettheartist #webcomic #comic #clipstudiopaint #krita
Elon Musk, environmentalist, “wants to build his own airport … flies around 150,000 miles a year … over 6 times the earth's circumference … currently owns four private jets”
Elon Musk Reportedly Wants To Build His Own Airport Outside Austin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to build his own airport just outside of Austin, according to reports.inkl
This #art piece I also wanna share has been one of my biggest works recently.
Most of my pieces are centered around my #originalcharacter s RGB-chan and CMYK-chan. As the names can tell they're based on the two main color modes. They're both #LGBT and dating! 🥰 So what you'll find here are lots of fluffy #wlw drawings!
Last year I started to really get into more complex backgrounds. Especially urban areas, perspective and less "natural" sceneries were what I wanted to challenge myself at. So I drew my #OCs (as I always do) in their natural surroundings - a modern urban city filled with #graphicdesign puns and references!
I think I actually got some kind of coherent story out of it - completely unplanned!
[ #MastoArt #Procreate #art #OriginalCharacter #LGBT #LGBTQ ]
Retro game evening 💖🎮🕹️👾
RGB-chan is not very strategic in her RPGs (neither am I...) and CMYK-chan got stuck as her gf's personal healer but she doesn't mind. Except when they run into a wave of foes, the "Pixels" with some of them even trying to ambush the duo.
[ #MastoArt #OriginalCharacter #OC #Procreate #videogame #LGBT ]
The closest thing I can provide for #Mermay is one character from a germans #childrensbook series I illustrated (I'm not much into mermaids myself). The series is about a little northern german girl who got lost and got taken in by a squad of seagulls, one of which is a Mer-Gull named Pamela.
The gulls all care very lovingly for the little girl who is looking for her dad.
If you wanna find out more, here's a link (GER only): kuestengeschichten.de/
[ #MastoArt #illustration #FediArt #Hamburg ]
Startseite - Küstengeschichten mit Mattes von Sprotte
Seines Zeichens aus dem alten Möwenadel von Sprotte erleben Mattes von Sprotte und seine Freunde spannende Abenteuer. Entdecke hier die Kinderbuchserie.Küstengeschichten mit Mattes von Sprotte
Big Louisiana coastal restoration projects continue
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What is really sad is that all this money and work will soon go to waste - along with the properties behind it.
Big Louisiana coastal restoration projects continue
BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at work on even bigger ones.Janet Mcconnaughey (Associated Press)
Climate disinformation is a major problem as the world heats
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Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats
In 1998, as nations around the world agreed to cut carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, America's fossil fuel companies plotted their response, including an aggressive strategy to inject doubt into the public debate.David Klepper (Associated Press)
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Massive Methane Leaks Speeding-up Global Warming
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The Mako station, owned by a subsidiary of West Texas Gas Inc., was observed releasing an estimated 870 kilograms of methane – an extraordinarily potent greenhouse gas — into the atmosphere each hour. That’s the equivalent impact on the climate of burning seven tanker trucks full of gasoline every day. But Mako’s outsized emissions aren’t illegal, or even regulated. And it was only one of 533 methane “super emitters” detected during a 2021 aerial survey
Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin.Michael Biesecker (Associated Press)
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Since everybody's all about supporting artists at the moment I decided to create a Liberapay account. Almost all of my artwork is available under a Creative Commons license, and I will not be minting any NFTs.
Anything you want to donate is much appreciated, and if you can't or don't want to I hope you enjoy my art anyway, no pressure 😄
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HyperlinkYourHeart's profile - Liberapay
Hello! My name is Kevin Houlihan, and I’m an independent game developer and pixel artist from Ireland.Liberapay
I'm Mina and I'm working on a comic about witchcraft and occult in 17th century. It's a horror. Sometimes it's funny. Mosty it's not but you can't have everything in life It's set in Eastern Europe.
Other than that I like to draw over detailed patterns that look bad when scaled down on social media. I also study biology and work with dead things. It's not necromancy because sadly it is no longer part of academia.
#mastoart #horror #comic #webcomic #witch
Hello! I'm an digital #artist and interested graphics #programming.
I've included some of my work from my projects and my artwork. If you're interested in seeing more, please visit my website at redstrate.com/!
I'm happy to be here on #mastodon! I'll be posting more of my art here but also whatever interesting and pretty graphics stuff I create 😀
Hey guys!!! I;m making a webcomic! And as usual I will post a page on mastodon once a week, but you can totally also read it on it's own page (and comment! and sub!)
My comic is a bunch of side stories from my main story. Set in 17th century in Eastern Europe it follows a bunch of cursed misfits who try their best to live a life in peace. A horror! A romance! A historical fantasy!
#comic #webcomic #fantasy #horror #mastoart
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in reply to tom grzyb • • •The Republicans are like: "Sure, we want this third party." While Democrats are: "Competition cannot be allowed!"
I wonder how the Libertarians are doing there?
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in reply to tom grzyb • • •Third-parties' candidates file to run for Pa. governor, Senate
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Democrats in Pennsylvania have a history of going to court to challenge the paperwork of Green Party candidates to get them off the ballot. Meanwhile, Republicans in Pennsylvania have a history of going to court to challenge the paperwork of Libertarian Party candidates for the same reason.
Third-party candidates file to run for Pa. governor, Senate
Marc Levy (Associated Press)