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Happy Birthday, Stillz. Come celebrate with your UEMB crew.

That's not entirely fair. He wasn't actually hated before meeting her, but she did have far more charisma and presence in general than he did. The problem with having a partner that charismatic is that when things happen, you become an instant villain. That's not to absolve him from any blame for the collapse of that relationship and his subsequent inability to protect her from the intense pressure. It's just that the very thing that made her so beloved to the people was what made her incompatible with the stiff constraints of royal life itself. A lot of the blame Charles gets for her tragic life is rightly directed at the institution itself. In the intervening year, Charles' activism has garnered him some begrudging respect and, out of her shadow, he's been able to hold his own.

Kay starts moving in today, so it could be rainy.

I only recall it being something royal watchers were pushing for in the wake of Diana’s death. Both Charles and Camilla kept extremely low around that time.

I’m not entertaining this bullshit. There is no evidence Zelensky actively supported the Azov Batallion in any way. It’s far more likely the Ukrainian military was forced to integrate them simply because having them as a second front in the fight against the Russians. You suggesting that Zelensky stood by as neo nazis murdered Russians is stupid.

I don;t think you're the problem with that last thread. I too voted for him and I'd do it again.

Fixed that for you.

Jesus Fucking Christ

Want to know who those "people" are?

That motherfucker is living under an assumed name somewhere in Alabama.

You don't really suck it out of the atmosphere, you capture it at the point of combustion or release.

It's not so sad for any of us. I'm sure its sad that that her entire family has to play out their grieving in front of the entire world.

You're calling him a collaborator. That's an extremely fraught, if not outright offensive, claim.

We’re starting to see clouds from Kay.

Shut the fuck up.

You're not too far away. I'm kind of in this not-so-sweet spot right between Long Beach and Fullerton along the county line at the mouth of the "valley" between the West Coyote Hills and La Habra Heights. We tend to get hotter temperatures than our neighbors across the border immediately due east or due south.

What's your general locale? Here near Long Beach, getting a 108 or 109 is rough business.

Continuing from this: I saw somewhere that at the peak use time, 10% of our power is renewable compared to 30% when the sun is up. It really makes you wonder what kind of damage happens as we fire up gas generators to stave off blackouts,

Often looking for below average temperatures in some places, particularly in the Midwest, can give you a magnitude of climate disasters.

https://apple.news/A92FwdYUAR7ecMUOMYP7z8w This somewhat frames heat wave in terms of the larger Issue of climate action. One of the issues with heat waves is that many of the things we need to survive tend to contribute to climate change. For instance, the highest demand for power to fuel air conditioning during the hottest time of the day is also at the time when renewable sources are a fraction of the demand.

This is kind of the new norm. These heat domes more or less reflect how changes in ocean temperature have shifted climates.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/republicans-mock-california-over-power-grid-woes-amid-heat-wave/ar-AA11zjMs

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-07/a-text-asked-millions-of-californians-to-save-energy-they-listened-averting-blackouts Just goes to show that people will try when they really need to.

Today it was 98 with the sun partially obscured by a fire burning to the south. Fun times.

For those wondering, this is a bit of an experiment. The tag indicates that this thread is entirely devoted to news items for events related to the heat wave. If you want to have a discussion about it, go here.....