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orangesand-lemons-234 · 2 months

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MATHLETES HEADCANONS BECAUSE IM BORED, SICK, AND THESE CHARACTERSARE BASICALLY BLANK CANVASES >:D

KEVIN:

- Found Eminem when he was about seven and has never spoken the same way again.

- Chronically online, especially on reddit

- Probably a conspiracy theorist

- His favourite show is Family Guy and Atlanta

- On the subject of Atlanta, this guy fucking loves Childish Gambino

- Autistic and Insomniac

- Doesn't realise how loud he's being sometimes, he just shouts constantly

- Non-existent sleep schedule. He falls asleep at 4am and wakes up at 7am.

TYLER:

- Left handed

- Lives with his grandparents, his grandfather was actually the one who taught him how to easily do maths equations

- Allergic to what feels like everything, has to bring his own snacks and food everywhere he goes

- Panic disorder and ADHD

- Cartoons are this guys lifeline, especially Dead End: Paranormal Park, Hazbin Hotel, and Arcane

- Sends the strangest shit to the group chat at all hours of the night. Shit like "Don't Forget To Take A Poop Before The Poop Takes You." at like 3am.

- Wants to be a scientist when he grows up, specifically working in Biology

MARWAN:

- Strangely good friends with Karen? He didn't know how it happened. He's supposed to be her tutor (to no evail, clearly), but it just ends with them watching films and doodling

- Really bad asthma, constantly having to sit out of PE

- Has a pet lizard called Frito who he loves more then life itself

- Aside from Maths, his best subject is wood-work/shop class

- Cries over Disney Films, especially Coco

- Is literally always sick, he's missed so many days of school

- Autism and SPD

- Head driver of the North Shore Robotics club, has been since first year of secondary school

- Strangely good at drawing and is really good friends with Janis after helping her out at a few competitions

#i need to talk about them #my favourite nerds!#my favourite geeks #math dorks #anyways #im still sick but im alive #which is how i normally am #so all good again my friends #mean girls #mean girls musical #northshore mathletes #mathletes #kevin gnapoor #tyler kimble #marwan jilta #headcanons

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nero1forte · 26 days

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facts about my persona oc, kaoru myogi!!!

before anyone asks he is not a persona user. and he is in persona 4 !!

- he’s a struggling journalist who originally lived in a region similar to osaka (a pretty heavily populated area) before being sent to inaba by his boss

- he’s been to america a few times before

- can cook very well, but chooses not to because it’s too time consuming + kinda expensive. he only cooks for other people

- he is a horrible driver. also has the worst road rage ever, prefers to walk or take the bus

- he is a gay man, aged 33 (still trying to place his birthday) probably unlabeled gender but he doesn’t wanna think abt that right now

- cigarette smoker extreme.

- his favorite alcoholic drink is fancy sake

- probably has BPD or SPD (schizoid personality disorder) brother is emotionally stunted and feels almost nothing

- claims to hate kids/teenagers but is also very protective of them

- his favorite color is dark green

- eats a ton of rice and his fave drink is lemonade

#that’s it. that’s all my brain will process #kaoru tag #.pdf

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diabolus1exmachina · 1 year

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Maserati MC20 Cielo

Cielo means “sky” in Italian, and we knew the MC20 Spyder was imminent the moment the company rebooted itself by launching the coupé. What we couldn’t foresee is Maserati’s plan to help supercar drivers get rid of their unfortunate hat choices by introducing a folding hardtop with Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal technology, the more advanced smart glass Mercedes and McLaren customers could only dream of under their less sufficient SPD glass roofs. What’s more, Maserati says the full-electric version of the MC20, the upcoming Folgore will also come first as a Cielo Spyder.

There are two active glass solutions in the luxury automotive segment. The suspended particle roof from automotive supplier Gauzy is transparent when not under power, and can only go from a light 30 percent tint to “a nearly opaque” 95-percent tint. The Maserati glass roof developed by Webasto, however, is fully opaque when the car is parked, going fully transparent if you wish. What’s more, it offers 96-percent ray reflection due to a filter layer at the bottom, alongside better thermal and noise isolation. In practice, it looks something like this from the passenger seat:Operating at speeds up to 31 mph, this 12-second folding roof represents a 143-pound weight penalty over the coupé, not bad at all. The carbon fiber monocoque is layered and foamed differently to maintain a high torsional rigidity, which is also aided by the one-piece aluminum frame of the roof mechanism, bolted in between the monocoque and the rear shock towers. Sixty percent of the spyder’s 3,395 pounds is on the rear axle, which now uses a milder differential ratio as well.The chassis settings, power curves and performance figures remain unchanged. The slightly higher rear section brought a minimal increase in drag, while the springs are a touch stiffer to compensate for the extra weight, aided by more rebound. Being the lifestyle choice, the MC20 Cielo Spyder isn’t here to break track records, yet will still reach 62mph in 3.0 seconds, and keep going until the 200 mph mark.

A popular design feature of the hardtop MC20 happens to be its rear screen with the trident-shaped cutouts that aid cooling of the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6. With that piece being replaced by the roof holder and its cover, design chief Klaus Busse and his team went for new boomerang-shaped outlets cut into the side fenders, while engineering came up with deflectors that channel clean air to the intercooler through the equally discreet additional air intakes. Busse explained that while his design team insisted on retaining the MC20’s sleek roofline and clean side profile, engineering got every chance to use the bottom half of the car, finished in carbon fiber instead of body color to optimize aerodynamics, resulting in the retained downforce levels and low drag despite the raised rear panel.

Optionally, for those who miss the rear screen, Maserati is offering a large titan finish Trident logo sticker on the roof cover panel, which screams MASERATI at everybody driving behind when the roof is raised or dropped. It's also something of a visual trick to hide the cover’s extra volume.

#Maserati MC20 Cielo

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kimberlyannharts · 4 months

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LAST TIME ON RANGER ACADEMY: Sage is fully committing to the high school life, even if there are some obstacles like bullies, hard classes, her friend's tragic backstory, and the discovery of the Chamber of Secrets.

But there's no time to dwell on that, because it's time for the Morphin Trial, where kids are dumped in a hostile landscape to be color-coded by some weird old alien cult. Sounds legit!

It's Ranger Academy #4!

Before we begin let's take another look at that Katie cameo. Sure she doesn't do anything but drive the bus and I still have no fucking idea how these cameos work when they're appearing in-person vs those inter dimensional tubes but it's at least nice to see her

ANYWAY. Time to drop some children off to die

= So some lore stuff established already is the Bandorian Monks reside on the planet "Chromia" specifically in the "Zeo Chamber" in "Prism Peak." It only opens for a limited amount of time once a year. From what I can remember none of this, except the Zeo Chamber I suppose, was in Eltarian War's established lore, but I guess that can be chalked up to Ranger Academy being its own thing. (And for what it's worth, the Zeo Crystal itself is not in the chamber.)

= yes yes guys we get it you want that video game/RPG adaptation

= This is so valid of Theo but unfortunately for him I know what happens to PR characters with his kind of jokey, charismatic personality

= So are they going to be the book's main romance or not. I'm calling upon protection spells against sisterzoning

= NO NONON ONONONONON NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T DO THIS

= So.....okay. Here it is. Here's the line

So obviously there are colors missing from the Academy and at the very least Theo's dialogue is implying that's on purpose. Which makes me hopeful for my old "Camp Half-Blood" theory that this book will end with more color campuses being added. And obviously, Theo's source isn't telling the whole story or getting facts wrong.

But. Look.

Even if Lindy's dialogue is only saying that Green and Orange Rangers don't exist in the Academy rather than the universe as a whole, the entire concept of certain colors being forbidden or unknown is ridiculous when this is a school that fully encompasses itself in Ranger history. Sage mentioned in a previous issue learning about Jen and why their library is named after her, so their adventures must be part of the curriculum. Even if it isn't, their teachers are Ranger alumni. ONES THAT HAD GREEN RANGERS ON THEIR TEAMS. Their bus driver was KATIE! She can't talk about Trip, her best friend? Crueger never brings up how Green is the third-highest ranking ranger at SPD? I think this wouldn't even annoy me so much if they weren't equating Oranger Rangers (of which there have only been three official ones in the franchise, with others being so-so canon) to Green Rangers (of which there's only been. four seasons, I believe? where there was no Green at all). I know Power Rangers wants Green to be special but it just simply doesn't work because by definition, it isn't.

I think this would only work for me if a) we establish that the present of Ranger Academy is set either extremely far in the past or extremely far in the future, where Rangers either barely exist yet OR it's been so long that the canon we know has been shrouded in legend or b) we didn't have the alumni ranger cameos and we establish this school is completely cut off from the established canon we know. And the last one doesn't work because they clearly want the cameos to be one of the main gimmicks of the series. So idk. It's probably Ranger Academy's biggest headache for me

And just in general I don't know how "forbidden colors" work when the students' color is just chosen based on what the Monks see inside them. It should be unique to them, not based on a criteria that can pick and choose or throw out different options.

ANYWAY. The trio finds Kartyr and Maev and, unsurprisingly, these children are about to die

= what's with Green Rangers having to rescue their rivals that suffer broken ankles. Oops, spoilers

= Sage has only been part of this school for a few months and she's already indoctrinated into their religion

= Kartyr is such a hater for no reason. You should be connecting with your green-haired brethren

= Also I just realized that Kartyr is most likely a Xybrian yet he doesn't follow the naming motif that Trip and the Supersonic Rangers did. I won't hold it against the author as the Supersonic Ranger origin story is pretty obscure but still, it's funny to me.

Though wait if he's a Xybrian shouldn't he know about Trip and how he's a Green R [I am yanked offstage via a giant hook]

= Okay guys I get we're using MMPR theming but are really trying to say Pink Rangers are good pilots? Because what, Kim had flying zords? That's getting a little ridiculous. What's next, Pink Rangers are all amazing archers?

= Maev becoming Yellow was a little surprising since Mathis is already a major character who's yellow, but at the same time I'm really not sure.....what the guidelines are to what color each person becomes. It feels kind of arbitrary at this point tbh. Though maybe it's just because I don't really know Maev as a character yet compared to Theo, who fits the Black Ranger archetype like a glove

and speaking of which

= Lindy not being able to morph genuinely pissed me off like. Again. What are the guidelines here. What about Lindy isn't ranger-worthy. Can I just call the Bandorian Monks racist for denying a Black girl the chance to morph because I think I'll just do that

= SHAME SHAME SHAME SHE HAS THE MARK OF THE DEVIL (her novelty lightning bolt coin turned green, a color that has never existed before this)

#mmpr comic #text #comic recap #RA 4

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theorangerangers · 1 year

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Hello! Hope your day is going well. I was wondering if for the Compresses Power Rangers Timeline AU, if you could list the teams, who's on each team, their rough age and what they do(and possibly the town's name-or would it make sense to use Angel Grove?). I really want to make a one shot of a typical day in this town for the AU, but I only know Ninja Steel, Dino Charge, Samaria and MMPR. I want to make this as accurate as possible. Thanks! Have a great day!

It’s organized by season. And yeah it’s angel grove since that town was a mess

Mmpr

Students: Jason, Kim, Billy, Zack, Trini, Tommy,Aisha, Adam, Rocky, Kat and sometimes Tom (the copy of Tommy) all of whom are seniors. Bulk and skull are juniors

Staff: Ernie is a lunch lady

Aquatar

they are in human disguises but are also students at the school and are members of the swimming team. all seniors.

Zeo

Students: Tommy, Kat, Adam, Rocky, Jason, Tanya, trey (all seniors)

Turbo

Students: Tommy, Kat, Adam, tanya, Rocky(only in emergency cases where Justin can’t fight though).

Justin:a freshman.

TJ, Ashley, Carlos, Cassie are juniors

In space

Students: TJ, Ashley, Carlos, Cassie

Teaching assistant for math: Andros

Teaching assistant for gym: Zhane

Lost galaxy

Librarians: kendrix, Karone

Music teacher: maya

Calculus teacher: mike

Freshman math teacher: Leo

History teacher: Kai

Shop teacher: Damon

Lightspeed rescue

Head school nurse: Dana

Sophomore gym teacher and gymnastics couch: Kelsey

Freshman science teacher who lets students call them his first name and teaches kids how to safety set things on fire: Carter

Latin teacher and wrestling couch from hell: Ryan

Senior year bio electives teacher and swim couch: Chad

Sex ed and general wellness co teachers: Joel and Dr. Fairweather

One of those military recruiters that talk about joining the military to play for college to high schoolers: captain Mitchell

Time force

custodians at the school: Jen, trip, Katie, Luke, wes

Private security due to the shear number of rich people's kids and celebrities go to this school: Eric

Wild force

Portuguese teacher: Cole

Senior gym and track couch: Taylor

Home Ec teacher: Danny

Gym TA (under Taylor’s guidance of course): Max

American history teacher: Alyssa

Ninja storm

Sophomores: Dustin, Tori, Shane, Blake, Hunter

One of the the office secretaries: Cam

Class pet in the 8am section of sophomore bio: sensei guinea pig (it’s Carter’s class room)

Dino thunder

Freshmen: Connor, Kira, Ethan, Cassidy Devin and Trent

Tommy is still a senior but also their STA for extra credit so he can graduate on time

Haily is a junior

Anton is one of those parents that threatens to sue the school if his kid doesn’t get his way

Elsa is the principal

Spd

Definitely older than the typical college students but still in their 20s working school security: bridge, Z, Sky, syd, Jack

Gets shoved in a storage closet in their base so they don’t work at at or go to the school due to time travel shenanigans (also because the time force might arrest him): the omega ranger

Stays in the base due to being alien furries: Crugger and Kat

Janitor: Boom

Mystic force

Juniors: Nick, Vida, Xander, Leelee, Claire, Maddie, Chip

PTA moms: Udonna and Necrolai

Best Latin teacher ever (or at least less terrifying than Ryan): daggeron

Janitor: pheus (or whatever the troll goblin hybrid was called it’s been a while since I’ve seen it)

Operation overdrive

Physic teacher: rose

French teacher: will

Drivers Ed teacher: Ronny

English TA: Mack

School nurse: Tyzon

Drama teacher: Dax

Anyone not listed has their normal jobs

Jungle fury

Lunch ladies: RJ, Casey, Lily, Theo, Fran, Dom

Camille occasionally is disguised as the repair person for the industrial kitchen stuff

RPM

Lunch lady: ziggy

Auto shop TA: Dillon and Scott

Senior English teacher: summer

World history teacher: Flynn

Child development: gen and Gemma

Head of science department: Dr. K

Samurai

Sophomores: Jayden, Emily, Kevin, Mike, Mia, Antonio

Assistant principal: Lauren

Overbearing Parent/guardian who are always at the school to “complain” about something leading to meeting with the assistant principal: Gi

(Due to skull being a high schooler) toddler in the teaching day care program at the school that somehow always manages to find them at inopportune monuments: Spike

As said before bulk is a junior

Super mega force

Freshmen: Troy, Emma, Gia, Noah, Jake, Orion

Stuck being a tiki head in the base: gosei (fun fact the cave Gosei is in shares a wall with the Dino thunder cave in this au!)

Also their weird science teacher is still their weird science teacher IDK his name though

Is often shoved into janitor closets when he shows up at the school to hide him because he doesn’t go there and also the RPM and Zeo rangers tried to fight him once: robo knight

Dino charge

Child development TA: koda

IT guy: Tyler’s dad (I forgot his name)

World history TA: philip

American history TA: shelby

Biology TA: Tyler

Physics TA: Riley

Office secretary who is in charge of making sure everyone is registered for their correct classes : Kendall

Guidance counselor: Heckyl (no one is sure how or why)

Sex ed TA: chase (he likes to joke that Joel and Dr.F are his work parents)

Any non human team members not listed above are shoved into the base and kept there due to the number of rangers that mistake them monsters at random moments

Ninja steel

Sophomores: Brody, Sarah, Hailey, Preston, Calvin

Senior: Levi, Monty, and victor

Vice principal that ends up doing most of the work anyway (due to Elsa and Lauren constantly running off): Ms. Hastings

Beast morphers

Janitors : Ben and Betty

Senior : Nate (Dr.K’s favorite student)

Electric electives teacher: Devin

Special Ed teacher: zoey

Art teacher: Ravi

Former pottery teacher that suddenly vanished: Roxy

Former substitute gym teacher that suddenly vanished: blaze

Devon’s dad is still the mayor and Ravi’s mom is still in charge of grid battle force

Dino fury

Music TA: Javi

Electronic sciences TA: Ollie

Human psychology TA: Amelia

Senior: Izzy, and Fern (fun fact Izzy was the prime suspect for evil green ranger for mmpr before they realized it was Tommy)

Library assistants: Ayon and Zayto (Ollie have them a crash course on the Dewey decimal system and hoped for the best)

Fashion teacher: ms. Garcia

Mr. Garcia keeps his regular job but also gives Javi less of a hard time because music teachers are supposed to be able to play a bunch of different instruments and it looks like he has good chance to take Maya’s place when she leaves the school

Solon remains in the base because she is a dinosaur

Extra notes I came up with on the fly

K is growingly more paranoid due to the number of ranger teams she has evidence have robots in their ranks especially the beast morphers since that’s the team their closest too

Preston was “bullied” out of the magic the gathering club by the mystic rangers due to Vida trying to accuse him of being an evil wizard without blowing their cover. Vida’s exact words were “we don’t don’t want your kind around here”. The ninja steel team now thinks the magic the gathering club is homophobic towards Preston and hates them. Ironically the mystic rangers all love the blue ninja steel ranger and the ninja steel rangers really life the mystic force.

Summer after spending the entire night fighting vengix and exhausted as she walks in the door and Mack the day after he found out he’s a robot. “Summer would you still be my friend if I was a robot?” “Absolutely not” cue Mack having a break down in the janitor closet only to be found by Ben and Betty who assure him they would still be his friends even if he was a robot

Mick is the impromptu medic to most of the robotic rangers

Tyzon is not sure what normal human anatomy should look like so he just copies a lot of what he’s seen Dana do but also does know someone from aquatar when he sees one and treats their injuries accordingly and the aquatar rangers just think he’s a human whose really good with secrets

The teachers are youngish (most haven’t hit 30 yet) and I use TA as a short hand for teachers in training so they’re earlier 20s. And then most of the students besides Justin and Nate are between 14-18 with Justin and Nate both being 12.

Generally everyone else is around the age they are in the show

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mariacallous · 8 months

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As much of the world endures a summer of record-breaking temperatures, Germany is stuck debating a very different kind of heat: the future of the radiator. A controversial law championed by the government would ban almost all new oil and gas heating systems starting next year. Homes and businesses would have to purchase appliances that meet strict environmental standards, such as heat pumps.

The Building Energy Act, known colloquially as just the “heating law,” has opened yet another rift in the tenuous three-party governing coalition led by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. While Scholz has thrown his support behind the measure, some of his key governing partners stonewalled its initial passage. Meanwhile, the conservative opposition and far right have taken advantage of the discord to boost their poll numbers.

All of this means that a reform rife with scientific jargon and technicalities has now become the latest lighting rod in Germany’s ongoing culture war. Exalted by environmentalists but despised by most other voters, the heating law demonstrates how the political feasibility of serious climate action can become bounded by surges in populist discontent. A reform that experts see as central to achieving Germany’s climate goals could also catapult the far right into power.

“One reason this policy is so controversial is that it’s part of this bigger switch, where climate policy is moving from distant power plants to people’s homes,” said Noah Gordon, the acting co-director of the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “It doesn’t make such a difference to your daily life … where the electricity from the wall socket is coming from. But now we’re talking about people going into buildings to improve the insulation and rip out boilers. You get into all these very local politics.”

The law aims to phase out oil and gas heating systems in buildings throughout Germany. It is the brainchild of Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, a member of the environmentalist Greens who also serves as minister for economics and climate action. If Habeck’s legislation is passed, new heating systems in the country would be required to rely on at least 65 percent green energy sources starting Jan. 1, 2024, and municipalities would have to devise environmentally friendly heating master plans by 2028 at the latest. The law is modeled on existing policies that are commonplace in many Scandinavian countries.

While Germany has dramatically reduced its emissions from the electricity sector over the past decade, it has made little progress in the building sector, which continues to account for about 40 percent of the country’s carbon output, according to the German Energy Agency. The heating law aims to close this gap to keep Berlin on track to achieve climate neutrality by 2045.

But so far, the still-pending reform has done little besides put the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on track for major electoral gains. Since March, the party’s poll numbers have risen steadily, reaching a high of 22 percent on Aug. 31. The AfD has now overtaken each of the three parties that make up Scholz’s motley coalition in national surveys—and holds a steady lead in at least one state that is due to hold elections next year.

Analysts and pollsters see the politicking around the heating law as one of the main drivers of this trend. For Andrea Römmele, the dean of executive education at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, the proposed measure is just the latest evidence of the federal government’s dysfunction—proving that Scholz’s coalition “does not support one another.”

Two years ago, when Scholz cobbled together a government with the support of his own Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP)—the first coalition of its kind on a national level—the three groups agreed to the general contours of the heating law. But when Habeck introduced his first draft to the cabinet this spring, it became instant political dynamite.

The Greens lined up enthusiastically behind Habeck. The SPD was split, with Scholz endorsing the proposal while others in his party questioned its potential impact on consumers. And the FDP loudly dissented, calling the proposal too costly and preferring to let the market dictate technological innovation. The Greens and the FDP are fundamentally divided on the state’s role in confronting almost every major issue Germany faces today, and their constant bickering has stymied many of the coalition’s attempts to legislate. Nowhere is this more evident—and existential—than in climate policy.

“If we really want to tackle climate change, the state has to interfere more in what had been private issues because we have to change our behavior,” Römmele said.

But for many voters, a stronger state is not an alluring—or marketable—prospect. “The Greens have a sort of problem in German politics,” Gordon said. “They’re accused of being the party of bans.”

Germany’s right wing has seized upon this talking point to remarkable ends. The AfD has made Habeck public enemy No. 1 and promised to stop the vice chancellor’s “heating hammer.” On the floor of the German parliament, or Bundestag, the party’s co-leader has called to “replace Habeck, not heaters,” falsely implying that Scholz’s government intends to ban existing gas heating systems. Some members of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have issued similarly incendiary statements. One CDU politician claimed Habeck wanted to mobilize an “energy Stasi,” a reference to the notorious East German secret police.

Such remarks have been given a platform by right-wing outlets eager to propagate misinformation about Scholz’s left-leaning government. “Some of the tabloid press talked about how Habeck is coming for your gas-powered heater,” Gordon said, even though “[t]hat was never part of the plan.” The Stasi comment was immediately printed in fat, bold letters on the cover of the Bild tabloid, Germany’s most widely circulated newspaper, and the “heating hammer” has now become part of the publication’s standard lexicon.

“The Bild newspaper is very much running a campaign against the Greens,” Römmele said. She accused all outlets belonging to the conglomerate Axel Springer—which in 2021 acquired Politico—of being complicit. The company has a long history of smearing leftist activists and politicians, with sometimes fatal consequences.

In Gordon’s view, the tabloids are playing on “populist agitation” that the heating law is the work of “elite groups in Berlin that don’t know what it’s like to be worrying about how you’re going to pay for gas and petrol at the end of the month.” This sentiment is especially widespread in the states of the former East Germany, which are poorer than their Western counterparts and where the AfD is strong. As with many climate measures, Gordon stresses, the upfront costs of green technology can be expensive—but it pays dividends in the long run.

Scholz’s coalition seems to have registered some of these critiques. The Greens and the FDP fought publicly about the heating law for weeks before reaching a compromise that softened some provisions, “giving consumers and municipalities more time to figure this out,” Gordon said. For example, the latest draft of the law would allow buildings to continue to install fossil fuel heaters if they could feasibly be powered by green hydrogen once it is produced at scale. Consumer subsidies were also increased.

“Even though the current legislation is not as ambitious as what the Greens initially wanted, it’s still a necessary … step on the path toward cutting emissions from buildings,” Gordon added. A new report from a government watchdog warned that significantly reducing emissions from the building sector is dependent on passing the heating law—but even that might not be enough for Germany to achieve its climate goals.

Habeck had aimed to pass the heating law before the Bundestag’s summer break, but a CDU petition to Germany’s constitutional court stalled progress on the measure until the legislature convenes again on Sept. 4. The center-right party lamented the speed with which Habeck sought to move the heating law through parliament—claiming there was not enough time for proper debate—and the court agreed.

Both Gordon and Römmele have little doubt the measure will be approved swiftly once the Bundestag is back in session. Yet the political damage may have already been done. While October state elections in Bavaria and Hesse will probably see center-right incumbents opposed to the heating law prevail, “we will most likely have an extremely strong AfD” in three state elections in the former East Germany next year, Römmele said. “Perhaps the AfD will even manage to be the strongest party.”

The overwhelming majority of Germans remain fed up with Scholz’s coalition: The chancellor’s disapproval rating currently stands at 70 percent, and 64 percent of Germans want a new government, according to a survey published in August by polling institute INSA. The Greens in particular have suffered in recent months, and the party’s support base has shrunk to a five-year low. Habeck, who was once the most popular politician in Germany, is now reviled by many.

Although the opposition and media onslaught against the vice chancellor has been extreme, Habeck is the first to admit he made mistakes in their initial promulgation of the heating law. After Germans endured their first winter without Russian fossil fuels, most were tired of constantly discussing their heaters—a fatigue Habeck says he failed to take seriously. “Between the first months of this year and today, something happened in Germany, and I—or we—didn’t recognize it in time,” he told public broadcaster ARD in June.

Now, on the other end of summer, Gordon thinks the hot weather Germans experienced has the potential to be a boon for the home stretch of Habeck’s heat pump push. Most Germans don’t have air conditioning, but “a good thing about heat pumps is that some of them can be both heating and cooling,” Gordon said.

“Say you’re building a new house in Germany in 2025 and you want to live there for 20 years. It’s pretty likely that in the 2040s you’re going to want air conditioning,” Gordon said. “That could be another reason to get people to be like, ‘hold on, let’s think about the future. It’s not just that the cost of gas is going up and we need to stop burning it for climate reasons. It’s that the temperatures around the world are going up. And I want this technology that could also keep my place cool in August.’”

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augment-techs · 11 months

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"Pillow Talk" Skull/Billy

"Quite the catch" Bulk/Jason

"Royal pain in the ass" Jack/Sky

Since it's a three in one, I'm going with a theoretical summary/synopsis cluster. Singles next time, please, it makes this a lot cleaner ^^; Title: reckless ambivalence Rating: M Relationships: Billy Cranston/Eugene Skollovitch; Billy Cranston & Farkas Bulkmeier; Billy Cranston & Matthew Cook & Grace Sterling; Billy Cranston & His Parents; Eugene Skullovitch & Stan Skullovitch; Ranger Ensemble. Additional Tags: Coma; Monster Attack Aftermath; Physical Abuse; Parental Neglect; Scarring; Blood; Sibling Relationship; Pining; Guilt; Hand Holding; mention of the Annual Comic that nobody ever brings up gdi; Zordon Admitting to Being a Dick; 5+1 Things. Summary: Billy keeps getting dreams that don't feel like dreams in the aftermath of getting into a verbal fight with Skull, followed by a monster smashing him so hard into a wall that the punk fell into a coma. They were too detailed and the environment felt too much like that time he and his team walked out of Drakkon's make believe world and out into the very ether of the Morphin Grid. "Why do I have to come back again? What do I have to learn?" The questions shouldn't sting so much after the second time he asks Billy, dressed in a hospital gown and draped in orange light like a sundown. Looking so tired and resigned and eyes all wide and wet. But then, Billy actually thinks about it, looks into all the stuff he's missed out on since falling out of Skull's orbit (abandoning him) and begins to feel like he can't breathe: going through Skull's overly full medicine cabinet, helping the nurses in the hospital bathe the blood and sweat off of the scars decorating his back and arms and legs, talking with Bulk about how thin Skull is because his family is always gone and not a lot of people were willing to hire him for odd jobs. What could Billy answer with that could make Eugene (come back) stay?

Title: sheets of egyptian cotton Rating: M Relationships: Farkas Bulkmeier/Jason Scott; Previous Jason Scott/Tommy Oliver/Kimberly Hart; Billy Cranston/Eugene Skullovitch; Rocky Desantos/Adam Park/Aisha Campbell; Zack Taylor/Trini. Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Underwear Model/Ambulance Driver; Kink Model/Nursing Aid; Eating Disorders; Anxiety; Mention of Physical Abuse; Meet Ugly; Substance Abuse; Frottage; Oral Sex; Cuddling. Summary: Probably the worst way to meet a model that Jason could think of was when some asshole got handsy during the after party and the biggest model on the line gets hit in the head with a champagne bottle trying to get the asshole to get the hell out. Still, Jason could kind of count himself lucky. It wasn't every day that he got to meet a plus sized model without a filter from the pain meds wearing nothing but the silky boxer briefs he had on the runway. Or his skittish friend from the BDSM showcase in the building across the street showing up at the hospital in nothing but a silk see-through kimono and an exceptionally complicated looking ensemble with leather and lace. * Title: dancing on the head of a pin Rating: T Relationships: Jack Landors/Sky Tate; Anubis "Doggie" Cruger/Kat Manx; Z Delgado & Bridge Carson & Syd Drew. Additional Tags: Heartbreak; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; That Last Episode Girlfriend Never Really Sat Right With Me; I Do Like Piggy but We ALL Know He'd Find a Way to Fuck Up; Jack Landors Needs a Hug; Sky Tate Kicks Some Ass; Z Delgado is Coming for Blood. Summary: Here's a level of hell that Jack could not imagine when he quit the SPD and went into business with a new girlfriend and Piggy that the ex-Red Ranger was not expecting: his relationship with Ally ending with her and Piggy hooking up and her cheating on him FOR MONTHS before he found out. One would think he was utterly bullet proof, but even after a whole year of taking on the worst of the worst, fighting an intergalactic menace, almost dying; Jack was as emotionally vulnerable as that kid who grew up on the street with nothing and no one. Somehow, though, Jack didn't mind Sky seeing him so vulnerable.

#ask fill #prompt fill #boom! comics power rangers #power rangers spd #jack landors x sky tate #jason lee scott x farkas bulk bulkmeier #billy cranston x eugene skull skullovitch #mmpr #ggpr

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autisticlassiedoggie · 11 months

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Autism itself isn't so bad. At least, my experience of it isn't. I'm professionally diagnosed, meaning that I have shown enough social traits and other traits consistent with autism to be declared an individual who is autistic.

For me, the worst part of the condition is sensory processing disorder. You actually don't need SPD to get an autism diagnosis, but it is one of the primary criteria that is considered.

I had a terrible day at work due to sensory issues. As if often the case for me. In hindsight, seeing a movie early in the day before heading to work, an already sensory intensive experience, was probably not the best idea for my needs.

It started once I took the ride on the van from the movies to work. Music was playing. Loudly. It was giving me a headache and making me feel sick to my stomach. Even my noise cancelling earplugs weren't helping very much. I could have asked the driver to turn the music down. I should have. But speaking up is hard for me specifically. I have learned to deal with my lack of social skills by being overly polite and compliant. It's harder to cross social boundaries if you overcompensate and don't even go anywhere near the borderlines.

So I was already in a state of overstimulation by the time I got to work. I sat in the break room for a while, hoping that sitting in a relatively quiet (or at least quieter) and less active space and getting something to eat would give me some relief.

By the time I clocked in and got to my register, I was already dreading the 5 hours that lay ahead of me. Customers are noisy and having to work and deal with overstimulation at the same time is agony - it just makes it all the more painful and unpleasant.

I've had experiences in the past where the overstimulation has been so bad that I become extremely irritable and occasionally it's led me to even shed tears while waiting on customers - I just needed it to stop for even just five minutes so I could get a better handle on myself. In some way it's a way that I silently beg for the people around me to stop, stop, please stop, even just for 30 seconds, this is too much. Not that it works, but I also don't know how else to handle it. For some autistic people, it goes beyond that: meltdowns. Emotional outbursts that may involve screaming, crying, lashing out. It's not that they are demanding things go their way, but rather the world is so overwhelming at that moment. It's more of a plea than anything else.

I don't believe I've had full on meltdowns since childhood. However: rarely, if things do not let up, I will instead partially "shut down". It becomes harder to speak and I even lose some motor capabilities. Basically my brain is going into survival mode at that point and shutting down any processes that it deems unnecessary to get through the situation.

In conclusion, I don't think I would do well working in a larger grocery store with higher customer traffic. The one I work at is the smallest in the district.

#what it's like #if anyone feels I should be corrected please do so gently thanks :)#my posts

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marrowbaby · 1 year

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awp xoxo

At what my Uber driver calls “the writer’s convention,” my primary concern is being able to go to the bathroom in the morning before I leave the hotel. They do not have almond milk at the coffee station in the lobby. They don’t even have oat! I am on the toilet at the hotel and my phone rings. I don’t recognize the number, but I’m in a different city, so I answer. It is a call from collections, attempting to collect a debt of over $1000 that I owe for outstanding medical bills. My insurance was supposed to cover that root canal. My insurance did not cover that root canal and stamps are hard to come by these days. The woman on the phone says they can pause the account until the end of the month. I will have to address this. I finish a less than satisfactory shit and get dressed, finish my sour black coffee. I go to the writers convention. None of my heroes are wearing masks. They say SPD is closing their warehouse, do I know anything about it? I know nothing. I feel guilty for using the company credit card to buy an overpriced salad. I eat the salad. I go to the reading at the bar across town. I’m introducing the poets, so I google their surnames beforehand to ensure I don’t mispronounce them. Jessica tells me her name rhymes with “jazzer,” informing me kindly that I’ve been saying it wrong, not like “laser.” Oh. I introduce the poets. I put on two masks. I take videos in the corner.

#m #more 2 come

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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year

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This day in history

#20yrsago How blogs got an A-list https://web.archive.org/web/20030220025754/http://shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html

#20yrsago Neil Gershenfeld pulls down the pants of ubicomp https://web.archive.org/web/20030203152613/http://flow.doorsofperception.com/content/gershenfeld_trans.html

#10yrsago Star Wars easter-egg hidden in a traceroute https://memex.craphound.com/2013/02/09/star-wars-easter-egg-hidden-in-a-traceroute/

#10yrsago Seattle Mayor returns police drones to the manufacturer https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2013/02/07/15954706/mayor-will-kill-spds-drone-program

#10yrsago Guerrilla Benchers replace street furniture removed to discourage homeless people https://www.spacehijackers.org/html/projects/guerrillabench/guerrilla.html

#5yrsago Leaked Equifax documents provided to US Senate reveal that they dumped all our drivers’ licenses, too, but Equifax says it’s OK, so… https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/09/pf/equifax-hack-senate-disclosure/index.html

#5yrsago Motherboard files legal complaint against London police to force it to explain why an officer bought creepy, potentially illegal stalkerware https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmwnm3/metropolitan-police-flexispy-legal-complaint

#5yrsago Empire Games: Charlie Stross starts a new phase in the Merchant Princes series, blending spycraft, Leninist thought experiments, and parallel dimensions https://memex.craphound.com/2018/02/09/empire-games-charlie-stross-starts-a-new-phase-in-the-merchant-princes-series-blending-spycraft-leninist-thought-experiments-and-parallel-dimensions/

#1yrago Occupy the SEC on bank mergers https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/09/grievance-factory/#too-big-to-fail

#1yrago Litigation finance pits greed against greed https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/09/grievance-factory/#champerty

#pluralistic

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foxglves · 1 year

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Just saw a car swerving back and forth down the road barely staying in a lane and thought “damn, that’s a terrible driver” and they got closer and it was a fucking SPD Parking Enforcement vehicle. Why tf does this person have the authority to give parking tickets they can’t even drive 30 feet down a straight two way street like a normal person

#police incompetence is so fucking real. none of these people are qualified for any job let alone the ones they have

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shi1498912 · 1 year

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Frankfurt's Chief Mayor Peter Feldmann (SPD) was caught red-handed in a curroption scandal, but refused demands to resign even from within his own party. Instead, he hinged is career on a referendum, asking the people of Frankfurt whether he should resign or not, believing he would come out of it victorious, if a bit ruffled. But lo and behold, they kicked him out of City Hall with a whopping 95,1% of the votes. Bet he didn't see that coming.

So, anyway. Yesterday, Sunday the 5th of March, re-elections were held for the office of Chief Mayor, and one of the candidates is Streetcar driver Peter Wirth, localy known as "Bahnbabo."*

Now, I have to admit I didn't know about this gentleman up until I read the article above, since I usually take the subway to navigate throughout the city. Apparently, he's somewhat of a local celebrity, who tends to indulge the passengers of his tram with little rhymes and poems he mostly comes up with on the fly, and generally being a good sport and an engaging personality.

While the election itself ended in a draw between the candidates of the SPD and CDU (there's going to be a runoff election), Bahnbabo made fourth place, ranking higher than the candidates from the FDP, Linke and AfD. He didn't just join the mayoral race for funsies, though. No. He used his clout to help boost voter-turn out, which was somewhat of a sucess. He also had ideas on how to improve the city's infrastructure to better accomodate public transport than it currently is within the city.

Truth to be told, I don't know why I made this post. I just find it interesting to learn new things about the City that has become a significant part of me.

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*Bahnbabo: affectionate nick-name for Mr. Wirth, compounded from the words Bahn (train, tram, streetcar) and Babo, a word from the Zaza language, spoken mostly in eastern Türkye, meaning Father, but has entered the German language as slang for Boss.

#Frankfurt #nocturnal hazards #daily hazards

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beardedmrbean · 1 year

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Tampere-based Aamulehti (siirryt toiseen palveluun) reported about the Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, Krista Kiuru (SDP), announcing expanded availability of Covid-19 booster vaccines.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Kiuru said the ministry's recommendation was to offer fourth doses to those whose vaccination is considered justified by a physician.

Municipalities, and soon welfare regions, will also be able to determine which groups of people they plan to offer doses of the vaccine—such as those working in the healthcare sector.

"Municipalities or welfare regions can decide whether to follow the current recommendations of the Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). Although the ministry's Covid-19 working group outlined that vaccines can be provided to people working in the healthcare sector, it's possible that not all providers do so for one reason or another," Kiuru said.

Kiuru added that her ministry is working on an even wider rollout of fourth vaccine dose that would apply to most of the country, echoing her statements last month.

THL announced in October that it is not changing its vaccination recommendations for the time being. Currently, the institute recommends vaccines for people over the age of 65 and those belonging to at-risk groups over the age of 18.

Kiuru said she hoped that healthcare sector will quickly be involved in the Covid-19 vaccination and that it would be able to administer both Covid-19 and influenza vaccines at the same time.

Teen driver expansion faces delay

Keskisuomalainen (siirryt toiseen palveluun) reported that a reform of lowering the driving age to 17 may be delayed until next year.

Suna Kymäläinen (SPD), parliament's chair of the Transport and Communications Committee, told Uutissuomalainen that it will be delayed because the committee's report is still being prepared. Initially the new law was scheduled to enter into force at the beginning of October.

Parliament only approves or rejects a government bill once the committee's report is ready.

According to Kymäläinen, the report may be delayed until the opening of the spring session of Parliament, which starts on 4 February.

On Monday, Uutissuomalainen reported, based on information from the National Police Board, that 17-year-olds with a driving licence as an exemption to the law are more often guilty of aggravated endangerment of road safety than their peers a year or two older.

In August, the Finnish Road Safety Council said lowering the age limit would be a mistake.

At the beginning of May, the government proposed a law that would allow 17-year-olds to have a limited right to drive in category B with the consent of a guardian. At the moment, a 17-year-old needs a legal exemption permit to get a car driver's licence.

Under the government's proposal, a 17-year-old's licence would not allow them to drive between midnight and 5am.

Not quite November weather in Finland

Iltalehti (siirryt toiseen palveluun) reported that the end of the week is forecast with exceptionally warm temperatures.

While Finland's November is typically depicted as chilly and grey, IL noted that Foreca projected the weather to turn exceptionally warm and sunny in certain parts of the country.

"According to the current forecast, daytime temperatures will rise to between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius in the south and west of the country on Friday, with temperatures of up to 14 to 15 degrees Celsius possible in Åland," said meteorologist Anna Latvala.

On the other hand, the warmth will not be felt throughout the entire country, as parts of Lapland may see up to 15 centimetres of snowfall.

With projected weather systems moving through the weekend, Sunday—Father's Day in Finland—looks to be the least rainy day of the week.

However, the warm weather is not expected to last.

"By Tuesday morning at the latest, it will be mostly freezing in southern Finland too. Compared to the weekend, the early part of the week will be much cooler," Foreca meteorologist Juha Föhr told IL.

#nunyas news #updates from up north #that driving bit #that would not go over well here

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