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For the tens of millions of Americans who rent, whose roofs and yards are unsuitable for solar panels, or whose wallets aren’t ample enough to cover upfront costs of $20,000 or more, collecting on the promise of getting cheap, clean energy from the sun...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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Stick with me here, because I'm going to talk about ticks. Yes, ticks. Like the eight-legged parasites out to ruin your day hike.
Just the sight of a tick is enough to make some people feel queasy (...
by Mark Sumner
169 comments
on Sat Jul 29, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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I have written a few prepper diaries here. I have a mild mood disorder, which means, if I feel afraid of something, such as, recently, afraid my wife will become seriously ill, soon, fear like that, will make me depressed. To calm myself, I ask my...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Sun Jan 30, 2022 at 08:00 PM PST
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I got family that ain’t blood. Teamwork makes the dream work. I married in to a Black American family, ten years ago. My wife, of course, is my constant companion, and closest ally. But if we need some help from somebody else, we get it from her Black...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Sun Nov 21, 2021 at 08:25 PM PST
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In order to get ready, and stay ready, to take care of ourselves and those close to us, in spite of challenges and disasters, we need to always learn more, about what we may need. For example, we may need help from folks who do not look like us, were...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Sun Nov 07, 2021 at 08:03 PM PST
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Friday afternoon, as I was coming back from an errand, I saw, right outside our front door, a stray chicken. I found out, on Saturday, that some of our neighbors had seen the chicken roaming around our apartment complex, for two weeks. But this was the...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Sun Oct 24, 2021 at 04:37 PM PDT
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We know from the National Climate Assessment that climate disruptions to agriculture over the past 40 years has increased and, will only worsen as the climate crisis continues to unfold. Drought and flooding will increase, heatwaves will come earlier,...
by Pakalolo
252 comments
on Mon Jan 13, 2020 at 02:37 AM PST
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Wolves in Washington state, virtually eliminated in the 1930s, have now rebounded to record levels. The first confirmed wolf pack was documented in 2008 and numbers have increased by an average of 28% per year since then. The state released a 2018...
by Besame
64 comments
on Mon Jun 03, 2019 at 10:42 AM PDT
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The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration plans to slash the number of federal inspectors in the nation's pork-processing plants by about 40 percent. The change, which could take place next month, is part of the Republican press to...
by Hunter
207 comments
on Wed Apr 03, 2019 at 11:03 AM PDT
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Welcome to DK Preppers: A place to discuss practical ways to get through emergencies, both short term and long. Topics may include skills for growing, storing and sharing food, lost and ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
23 comments
on Fri Feb 16, 2018 at 09:16 PM PST
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Welcome to DK Preppers: A place to discuss practical ways to get through emergencies, both short term and long. Topics may include skills for growing, storing and sharing food, lost and ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
17 comments
on Fri Oct 20, 2017 at 04:11 PM PDT
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When it comes to the problem of climate disruption, I love solutions. I love them so much that several years ago I wrote a whole book about some of them. But like most of us, I sometimes need to step back and look at the bigger picture. And when I did...
by Michael Brune
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on Wed Jun 01, 2016 at 10:41 AM PDT
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the largest of it’s kind in the U.S., released a report today saying that antibiotic use in the feed given to healthy livestock is creating drug resistant bac
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Nov 16, 2015 at 10:13 AM PST
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The U.S. Attorney for Idaho Wendy Olson says that the FBI will begin investigating the shooting death of 62-year-old cattle rancher Jack Yantis. Yantis died of injuries sustained in a shooting with lo
by Walter Einenkel
63 comments
on Fri Nov 13, 2015 at 08:17 AM PST
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Pre-emptive attacks seem to always have unintended consequences
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by Walter Einenkel
8 comments
on Mon Oct 12, 2015 at 10:50 AM PDT
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It occurred to me recently,
that after the oil companies shut down,
and commercial farming shuts down,
there will be three stages to survive in,
the first two for those alive now,
and the third for ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
14 comments
on Tue Jul 21, 2015 at 02:45 AM PDT
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Live export cattle on a truck outside Darwin. Footage obtained by animal activists allegedly shows cattle in Vietnam being hit repeatedly to the head to stun them before slaughter. Photograph: Dave ...
by VL Baker
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on Wed May 20, 2015 at 07:47 AM PDT
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Like voluntary restrictions have worked so well with Big Agriculture in the past. For instance, how long has Obama's USDA been proposing voluntary restrictions for reduction of ...
by VL Baker
7 comments
on Thu May 14, 2015 at 05:47 AM PDT
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Let that sink in. 47% of all consumptive water in California (water that has been extracted and cannot be replaced) is consumed by the production of meat and dairy!
At a time when California is ...
by VL Baker
13 comments
on Sun Apr 12, 2015 at 06:47 AM PDT
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I love you California. Your diversity of landscape and natural beauty and your richness of culture and inclusiveness make California one of my favorite places on our planet. California you have ...
by VL Baker
394 comments
on Mon Apr 06, 2015 at 07:21 AM PDT
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