Useful in NY where 3rd party cross endorsement is printed on the ballot. Limited impact elsewhere unless you’ve got a media microphone

The reality of a first-past-the-post system is that it is far easier to co-opt an existing party than to launch a new one. The latter approach usually means handing power to the people you dislike the most

Charging doesn’t smell like gasoline.

Imagine a US resistance capable of feeding seamen, and what an organization capable of that could achieve.

The key problem with the UN COP process is that it can only act by consensus, which in practice is usually treated as requiring unanimity. So you can Saudi Arabia or the US to block any meaningful shift away from fossil fuels.

I think it’s what’s left after putting a Jolly Rancher under the insole of a midshipman’s shoe for a couple days

Not sooner so much as more likely. We’re into the 40% to 50% range now

Headline doesn’t really do the article justice. The content makes it pretty clear how evil they are, except the ones who quit rather than be involved

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Some people really like it, but not that many. Per the article:

Dividing votes (40) by location (215) gives the Cheesecake Factory—the restaurant that received the most total votes—a bestness rate of 0.19, or the equivalent of 19 votes per 100 restaurants. Lambert’s Cafe earns a bestness rate of 2.66—the equivalent of 266 votes per 100 restaurants. While imperfect, this method at least does not penalize restaurants for failing to be national chains—though, for the purposes of the poll, I accept all nominations at face value.

Somebody partly opened it to make a fountain for kids to cool off under

If you were a vegan villan, you could spread the ticks that induce the allergy.

Kind of amazing how cheap wind and solar are when they scale up to create periods when markets don’t set prices based on fossil fuel costs.

If you have an electrical hot water heater, you can put it on a timer.

People who are already living low-energy lifestyles can’t shift as much demand, but enough can to make it a big deal

They both certainly existed, though the latter was somewhat underground in the 1950s.

It’s easy to find documentation of their positions on fluoridation; it’s not so common to find evidence of environmental groups opposing it when there was a clear public health benefit.

Berkeley hires a bunch of far-right types too.

Not to any meaningful degree in the US. It was the John Birch Society and KKK here.

Pretty much anything will harm you at too high a dose. Water included.

You’re looking at studies of the impact at far higher fluoride concentrations than are used in the US. We’ve known that those high concentrations are problematic for a very long time…which is why they’re not used. They remain a problem in some parts of the world where fluoride is naturally present.

Steyer’s been a significant climate advocate for a long time, but has not held elected office.

Katie Porter has been too, but has been rather mean to her staff (though not a sexual abuser)

Lots of choices, and really important that Democrats figure out how to at least somewhat consolidate so that we don’t end up with an R vs R general election.