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Regulators were surprised to find residential solar panels shoring up the region's grid during the coldest months. It could reshape the national debate on

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"Describing his views as ‘controversial,’ I think, is dishonest," author Seth Mnookin said of the long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful.

This is my current favorite designation.

Verizon 5G, $35/month for the 300 mbps / 20 up plan (my needs are not huge, this does the TV streaming and the zoom meetings just fine).

Somerville MA. Was previously paying 3x that for crappy Astound service at half the speed.

Heh. You are welcome. This is how I found out too--a random discussion.

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MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell trashed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the Thursday broadcast of his MSNBC show as "not very well educated," attacked him for his drug addiction, and said he is someone who uses his "Kennedy privilege" to be "as much of a public liar" as former President Donald Trump.

There's a company near me that is piloting a mobile charging service. https://www.sparkcharge.io/

When the charges on our thru-way all failed over Memorial Day weekend, they provided the emergency service. I heard they were also in talks with AAA to be something that a tow truck could carry, or some emergency service vehicle.

Solutions exist. Just not yet at scale.

My EV came with a compressor in the trunk. Last time I needed to fill the tires it worked fine.

I didn't even realize this until one day on the Nissan Leaf discussion boards, which led to a hilarious discussion of a whole bunch of us who had no idea we were carrying our own solution to this....

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All eyes are on the Republican primary this election cycle, but one Democratic underdog has been getting attention for his controversial comments spreading misinformation on a range of subjects. Lisa Desjardins reports on how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. captured the attention of some voters and Geoff Bennett discusses Kennedy's vaccine stances with Dr. Paul Offitt.

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This process is essential for many plants to survive, but in recent years, the population of these pollinating insects has plunged.

This whole spectacle is atrocious, but it's part of a series of atrocious nonsense. Worse streaming series evah.

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Our transformed information ecosystem requires new public health infrastructure to address information that threatens personal safety and population health.

Ah, right. I was wondering if we could go back to the golden age of science blogs as all the other social channels were imploding....

I was still posting at reddit until recently--but I noticed that even the top items in r/science are getting half the score they used to.

Well, as one of my advisors used to say in grad school: "Evolve or die". Nice to see you here too!

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This will be the fourth meeting of the committee on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science. The committee will meet virtually over two days in both open and closed sessions.

Please join us for discussions on understanding misinformation in the context of the history and nature of science and implications for addressing misinformation given advancements in information technology (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.). This session will include a time of Q&A with the committee and audience.

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Shiva Ayyadurai is asking a federal judge in Boston to re-open his $95-million libel suit against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for allegedly calling him a false anti-vaxxer. [this is I-invented-email Ayyadurai]

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Anti-vaccine activists are inciting violence against their foes, experts say.

Agree--I'm seeing a lot of what I called 'quiet quitting' lately. The regulars are posting a lot less, or not at all. I'm not ready to burn-it-all-down, because I want to be able to lure people over later when this is a bit more mature. But it already feels different there.

Reddit is becoming an unusable garbage site.

'Tis.

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Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each primary source is accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research. Arranged by time period, covering 1200 BCE to the twenty-first century, and across 12 inclusive and far-reaching themes, this book is an invaluable companion to students and lecturers alike in exploring women’s history in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, medicine and culture.While women are too often excluded from traditional narratives of the history of science, this book centres on the voices and experiences of women across a range of domains of knowledge. By questioning our understanding of what science is, where it happens, and who produces scientific knowledge, this book is an aid to liberating the curriculum within schools and universities.

Yah, Leaf 2016 model. I got ticketed by the city for parking the wrong direction. I tried to explain to them that they chose to site the charger in a way that caused this problem, but they said they didn't care and don't do it....

LOL, same here. Most of the time I knew, but in a rental car or something, I could never remember...

My charging port is in the front center now--and this is causing me problems with some street chargers because I can't get the cable far enough over. There's no arrow for that....

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