yep, they certainly think it's fine to diminish your pain. What I don't get - and this just happened here in the UK too - is that they think voters will be put off from voting for their candidate if people point out that their candidate is far from perfect (but still better than the other option), yet they don't seem to think that acting like twats towards these people might be equally/more off-putting

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Based on the entire conversation, it definitely comes off as a 'You can keep bitching all you want but it doesn't change the reality of the current situation.' Which you already stated is what it currently is.

I get that people are afraid of the overall consequences that this election can have, but they have to stop attacking each other for these things.
Those attacks will disenfranchise more people than any facts shared that the republicans will no doubt be putting out there anyway.

@ProPublica is doing some of the best investigative journalism in the country. This week, it has an update on one of its education stories. Shrub Oak International School in New York promises personalized assistance for autistic students with complex needs but ProPublica discovered neglect and abuse. As a result of their reporting, some states are now telling their public schools not to send pupils to the private, for-profit boarding school.

https://www.propublica.org/article/shrub-oak-international-school-lawsuit-washington-state-autism

#Education #Schools #NewYork #Autism #DisabilityRights #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Sad news this week about @hakaimagazine, which has announced it will shut down at the end of the year. For now, it’s still publishing brilliant science stories, like this beautifully illustrated one on the anatomy of seals.

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/for-seals-big-hearts-mean-big-dives/

#Science #Seals #MarineBiology #Zoology #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

The IOC is allowing 15 Russian athletes to compete at the Olympic Games under the Individual Neutral Athlete flag. But @timkmak’s Counteroffensive reports that many have expressed support for the war or taken part in propaganda events. Here’s more.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/investigation-supposedly-neutral

#Russia #Ukraine #OlympicGames #Olympics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

There’s a new presidential candidate in town, and @damemagazine says “We are so ready to elect Kamala Harris.” Maya Contreras believes she’s the perfect candidate — and breaks down why she thinks that.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/07/25/we-are-so-ready-to-elect-kamala-harris/

#USPolitics #USElection #KamalaHarris #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

A new addition to our NewstodonFriday roster: @BaltimoreBanner. Here’s a sweet story from them about a Where’s Waldo scavenger hunt (it’s a national event, so there’s probably one happening in a town near you).

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/things-to-do/wheres-waldo-columbia-MLWQ2BFOQJDNXB5VFJ3V6PSKIA/

#WheresWaldo #Kids #Family #Baltimore #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

For @flaminghydra, Zito Madu writes about the joy of football (soccer), including playing for Palestine in a mock World Cup tournament in Michigan. “What stuck with me through that tournament and the aftermath was how light and joyful it all felt with them, how much we laughed and celebrated, and the feeling and experience of being exhausted on the benches, all in the sun together. It was more fun than I had had playing in all those years before.”

https://flaminghydra.com/football-in-palestine/

#Sports #Soccer #Football #Palestine #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, @TexasObserver shares this photo essay, featuring women who were denied abortions, plus Linda Coffee, who represented Jane Roe in the landmark case in 1973.

https://www.texasobserver.org/their-laws-our-bodies/

#Abortion #RoeVWade #ReproductiveRights #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

If you’re on Flipboard, you can now follow Texas Observer over there: https://flipboard.com/@texasobserver.

AI interview services say they eliminate bias. @restofworld looks at the experience of being interviewed by an AI avatar, what experts say about the issue of bias, and how some candidates are now turning to AI themselves.

https://restofworld.org/2024/ai-interview-software-hiring-practices/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology #Jobs #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Nigeria has the largest number of food-insecure people in the world. @thecontinent talked to young people who are learning how to farm — while continuing their educations in other fields — in order to be part of the solution.

https://continent.substack.com/p/remembering-the-past-to-feed-the

#Farming #Agriculture #Nigeria #Africa #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

“From a single blade of eelgrass, life overflows,” writes Anushuya Thapa for @SFPublicPress in collaboration with Bay Nature. She reports on why it’s so important to protect this marine plant, how anchor-out boats in Richardson Bay in the Bay Area damage it, and the move to restore it.

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/in-the-name-of-eelgrass/

#SanFrancisco #BayArea #MarineBiology #Conservation #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

270l sind eine halbe Stunde Dauerduschen bei einem 10l/min Kopf,

aber der Kopf, der an der Dusche ist macht maximal die Hälfte davon.

45 Minuten unter der Dusche ist ja auch ein Achievement. Das muß man erst mal hin kriegen.

Das Haus knallt seit 2016 jedes Jahr zwischen 1400 und 1200 m^3 Gas durch, also 12-14 MWh Energie.

Das Angebot für die Luft/Luft-Wärmepumpen sagt

"Het verwachte energieverbruik van de gekozen warmtepompen is:
4210 kWh voor verwarmen en
1314 kWh voor koelen."

Der Netzbezug vor dem Solardach war 5500 kWh, wird also durch die Wärmepumpe etwa verdoppelt.

Der COP zum Heizen ist rechnerisch ca. 3 (12500/4210 = 2.97), das ist sehr konserativ.

Der Strom zum Heizen wird vornehmlich im Winter anfallen, wir werden ihn fast vollständig zukaufen müssen.

Bei einem Strompreis von 30 Cent kosten 5 MWh 1500 Euro, bei 60 Cent sind es 3000 Euro.

In den letzten Jahren waren es eher 30 Cent, und NL baut Windkraft gerade massiv aus.

Das hat uns letzten Winter jede Menge Strom exportieren lassen, als Nation.

Wir haben letzte Heiz-Saison rein rechnerisch vor Subventionen und Schutzgesetzen ca. 2800 Euro Gas gekauft.

Die Umstellung auf Wärmepumpe wird also auch bei dauerhaft ungünstigen Stromkosten kostenneutral sein, aber vermutlich die Heizkosten halbieren.

Dazu kommt die Option zu kühlen in den Sommermonaten, für weitere 1.5 MW Energieeinsatz (diese Energie ist im Sommer faktisch kostenlos für uns, das Haus macht seine eigene Energie dann)

Der Meterkast muß komplett neu gemacht werden.

Diverse andere Kabel- und Wartungsarbeiten stehen an.

Der Gesamteinsatz wird für uns ca. 25k Euro betragen (zwei Außengeräte, 4 große und 3 kleine Innengeräte und die Brauchwasser-Wärmepumpe, die ich für zu groß halte), und eine neue Luftumwälzpumpe für die Zwangsbelüftung.

Unser Haus von 2002 hat einen Heizbedarf von 70-75 kWh/(Jahr * qm) (Deutsch: B-C, Niederländisch: A+).

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