The BBC article linked to this World in Data article. Bunch of interesting charts re energy generation sources. https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix

Off topic but this is an interesting video with a history of "England" and why English pronunciation and spelling are difficult. Link to video

The media gaslighted by the right? No! I can't believe it.

Oh, I'm just being obnoxious. Forgive me. They say you don't talk about politics and religion in polite company. Really? Lol.

Toured the Obama center museum last week. First impression going through? Realizing how much we've lost in such a short time. Second impression? Politics CAN be more than Fear, Lies, Grift and Cruelty.

He has got a chance, given his age and record so far, of becoming the greatest ever player. Number of matches won, percentage won, Grand Slams won. All within his potential.

@Daniel said: That's fine. But what about the other things generated? I believe these things might include toxic waste water, toxic air, and noise pollution. The thing I linked to would simply replace the heating coil in otherwise typical water heating tanks. No reason to expect "toxic waste water, toxic air, and noise pollution." The concept is quite simple: bitcoin mining generates heat (do it in server farms and you have to find ways to dissipate all that heat), you also need heat to heat your water. So just do the bitcoin mining in your hot water tank so the heat generated from bitcoin mining is used to heat your water (as oppose to dissipated into the environment as done by most server farms today).

Great story!

@bernard foot tapping techno jazz, love it, super lead singer though I'm going to have to find the lyrics @steve-miller I think Jackson is even more of a poet than a musician tbh

I just made 3 boiled eggs by following Google AI to the letter. Yeah.

This is such a shame. I love Nicki Minaj's music. Her latest "Christian" output no however. Says She’s ‘Not Going Anywhere’ After Donald Trump Calls Her His ‘Favorite’: ‘She’s Been With Me a Long Time’ bit.ly/47yfYd4 I've followed her since she was rapping on the streets of Queens, before she was discovered on My Space. I watched her become famous as the GOAT female rapper. I watched her fuse hip hop and pop. I'm saying I know her career inside and out. This is not who she ever was. This is not what she ever represented. In fact, this is contrary to we who she was and everything she's done. I'll post my favorite videos at some point. But this. Fair warning. The next thing I have to say will probably not be believed by many here but could not be more clear to me. She's been brainwashed. I'll leave it at that.

@kluurs doh! I bought that book on Kindle last year! I just haven't read it yet. And there's no audio version.

@DougG said: “old movies” That's why I used scare quotes in the thread title! Oh wait, you said "talkies" ...

@adagiom You are living the life! Many thanks for sharing!

Daniel said: @bernard I do a routine of things that are thebself care you're saying. And yes I avoid toxic people. I didn't used to have toxic people in my life. It took a lot of inner conflict and struggle and frankly financial resource but I achieved it. Of course I meant to say"did have" toxic people in my life.

Crocodile tears.

I love Barbara Kingsolver. I haven’t read anything by her in ages. The last book I read by her was Animal Vegetable Mineral. I also loved The Poisonwood Bible (both gardener related). Bean Trees, Prodigal Summer and Animal Dreams are the others Ive read, all when we lived in Idaho in the 90’s! But she’s written tons more. I will definitely check this latest one out. I’ve been using Steve’s new Kindle. I didn’t think I’d like it, but it’s really nice to read from. I may have to get my own the next time they are on sale.

I hurkle durkled today. Wrote a very long blog post about the rest of our river cruise. But I also got up in the middle to play the piano, which I hadn’t done since I got home.

I have a hatchback. I use the back for hauling. I leave the rear seats down and have stored the removable 'boot cover" (?) behind a piece of furniture in my dining room. The large SUV's,.e.g. Hyundai Santa Fe are actually nice but $$$$.