Dr. Sam

If you still support fossil fuels, bioenergy fuels, nuclear, carbon capture, or bioenergy fuels, you are on the wrong side of science and history.

The EU’s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels. Wind and solar generated a record 30% of EU electricity, higher than fossil power for the first time on record. Source: Yearly electricity data, Ember Other clean includes bioenergy and other renewables. Fossil includes coal, gas and other fossil.

Interesting report from Ember shows that wind and solar are powering ahead, generating more electricity than fossil fuels across the EU for the first time.

Ireland is moving in the right direction and Government is fully determined to keep up the momentum.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Whatever you do, do NOT get the cheesecake filling tub from the store and bring it into your house. Do NOT make double chocolate chip cookies to make cookie sandwiches with it. It will ruin all future cookie experiences. #cookies #recipes #creamcheese #cheesecake #chocochip

And here are the other three studies I did! #artsky #art #watercolor #pencils

anyway here are four of the studies I did this weekend #art #artsky #watercolor #pencils

(9 of 8 lol) I guess to wrap up... I'm liking this method. Yes, I'm "copying", but I'm getting some reps in: on using the medium itself, on drawing specific subjects, and even just on comparing the two: what went right, what went wrong, what I can use later. And it's more fun than drawing boxes.

(8 of ~8) catwheezie did this one, and I assaulted it with my weird developing style. I was trying to capture the contrast in fur that brought life to this black cat. I did okay. The eyes are too close to the background and the teeth are too small. And the black needs to be blacker. #watercolor

(7 of ~8) This is my terrible rendition of Karen Obuhanych's "good to the last drop" - I liked the perspective and the relatively straight lines in drawing a cat. as you've seen, I can butcher just about any recreation! #watercolor #pencil

(6 of ~8) I think my main point here is that I'm still growing and learning how to do things by hand. I loved the cuteness of this guy, and I think I did a fair attempt at my own version of this. Better than a doodle, but we ain't winning awards here. #watercolor #pencil still on board though!

(5 of ~8) I loved the perspective on this one from ZhannaDart and I failed miserably at recreating it. But I was able to start working on contrast and darker colors in the #watercolor #pencil medium. I might return to this one and do a re-do in a few months.

(4 of ~8) Turns out this guy by kirsty.paints on Instagram was just a piece of the original painting, but I just loved the composition so much. I worked on light background and learned how not to position a cat face. Oh, and an eye sparkle! #watercolor #pencil

(3 of ~8) This guy caught my eye - it's actually just a poshmark listing, seems to be mass produced art. But I liked the high contrast and was interested in trying to leave behind white space. I learned about using the correct pencil to outline the remaining white! #watercolor #pencils

(2 of ~8) This was the first I did, by an artist named Mitch on Instagram. I love his work, and am sad to see that he isn't posting much anymore. In this #watercolor #pencil study, I focused on just using 3-4 colors, and blending large areas. It didn't go so smooth lmao

(1 of ~8) About a year ago, I was trying to transition from #digitalart to learning to do things by hand. I was BAD. And I still am. But I'm learning everyday. I'm doing more studies of other folks' art as of late, and I'm hot on #watercolor #pencils as a medium.

A man on a street corner holding an "end the genocide in Gaza" sign. At the Dayton, OH No Kings rally. June 14, 2025

A white-haired lady sitting on a park bench at the Dayton, OH No Kings rally. June 14, 2025. The sign has several Trump cabinet members' heads on termite bodies. Caption: Trump's Termites Destroying America's Foundation

Two women holding signs at the Dayton, OH No Kings rally on June 14, 2025. Sign one has two large cutouts of monarch butterflies, and the caption "Only Monarchs We Need" Sign two says "A Woman's Place is in the Resistance" with the Star Wars rebel symbol on it.

A sign at the Dayton, OH No Kings rally on June 14, 2025. The caption says "No Kings!" and has a 5 by 4 set of cards on them. Top row is all four aces, 2nd row is all jokers, 3rd row is all queens, 4th row is jacks, and 5th row is 9s. All four suits are present.

Some excellent signs at the Dayton, OH No Kings rally earlier today!

The assassin 1) had ties to New Apostolic Reformation & 2) allegedly had hit list

In 2022 I went to New Apostolic Reformation conference (where Trump Jr & Roger Stone spoke)

A speaker projected this image, prophesying “Angel of death” would visit these Dem political opponents. It was a hit list

Fwiw arstechnica did a better write up of what he believes and it's more fucked up and more clearly based in eugenics

He says it's miasma theory but in classic RFK Jr. fashion he defines it wrong. It would actually be better if he believed in miasma theory than his actual beliefs imho

THIS PARADE COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL 💀💀💀💀💀💀

I'd be interested to see them! I promise I won't cause a NextDoor intruder alert crisis if you DM me the deets 🤣

I was wondering if they were in the area! Is there a specific park you found them in? Asking for my own photos :)

EPA to propose rolling back climate rule for power plants Wednesday It marks an escalation in President Donald Trump's effort to purge climate initiatives from the federal government.

Today the Trump EPA is moving to repeal federal limits on power plant climate pollution.

EPA head Lee Zeldin will announce the repeal of the regulation to curb hazardous air pollution like mercury, and of the power plant carbon dioxide regulation.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

A modeling study shows that global warming will likely make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting nitrogen oxide emissions. Image: iStock

WBUR: A study by MIT CS3 researchers finds that #climatechange may make it harder to reduce #smog in some regions. Senior author and CS3 Director Noelle Selin underscores the importance of policies that reduce #airpollution. 🧪https://news.mit.edu/news-clip/wbur-331

Video from about an hour ago as less than lethal rounds are being used against protesters in Southern California

Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite In defense of bed bugs. Kind of.

Have you ever felt like you didn't have enough creepy facts about #bedbugs? I can help with that! I started a #substack and I intend to use it to bring weird #naturalhistory facts to everyone who will read it. Check it out please 🧡 theweirdones.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Province tells Nova Scotia Power to use more biomass to generate electricity | CBC News Nova Scotia is directing the province's main electricity producer to ramp up biomass use, starting immediately and continuing for the next two years.

Our Premier in Nova Scotia is an idiot⤵️

Province tells Nova Scotia Power to use more biomass to generate electricity-yeah just screw up our environment more🤬 #ClimateChange #NovaScotia

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements.

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