Well. That's one way to get ready for tomorrow's pride event...
Nice to check off another bucket list item.
Well, here's a warning I haven't seen in a long time....
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED: 6:03 PM MAY. 10, 2024 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
...EXTREME GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS OBSERVED AND CONTINUED SEVERE
GEOMAGNETIC STORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND ...
The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has observed extreme (G5)
geomagnetic conditions Friday afternoon and expects severe (G4)
conditions to continue through the weekend.
A geomagnetic storm of this strength can cause multiple and and
widespread issues with various power and communications systems.
Widespread voltage control problems may occur, and some power
grid systems may experience component failures, disruption of
service, and protective device trips. This could result in
blackouts.
GPS and other satellite navigation may be degraded for days.
HF/VHF/UHF radio propagation may be impossible in many areas for
one to two days.
Low-frequency radio navigation can be out for hours.
Aurora may be visible at much lower latitudes.
For space weather information...visit www.swpc.noaa.gov
For weather information...visit www.weather.gov
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Since people are talking about th eanniversary of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast this month, here's what I consider one of the best lines ever said in television history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH-mwIV2pp8&t=38s
The painted backdrop seen behind Chairman Sonji on Gamelan V in #StarTrekTNG's "Final Mission"⬅️ was originally created for the film "Logan's Run"➡️ where the main building is the Sandman Headquarters. You can still see the maze car transportation tube running into the building.
Did you know that trans people have the magical mystical power to violate the laws of physics and transition through time itself? Here, you can see a young David Attenborough encountering the strange beast that is a trans woman back in 1973, which, since everybody knows there were no trans people before 2015, means that she had to travel for more than 40 years, uphill both ways, just to be there:
This episode, which contained terminology and language no longer deemed appropriate, but reflecting the attitudes and standards of its own era, featured trans women from the “Transex Liberation Group.” The trans content starts about one minute and thirty seconds in.
The group members held a discussion about their experiences as trans women in the 1960s and 1970s, commenting on day-to-day challenges, workplace issues and their transition journeys.
One speaker called Rachel talked about the difficulties she faced using bathrooms—an issue resonating with the current trans rights struggle. “If you go to the toilet, people turn immediately to see which one you are going to use,” she explained. “Things like this can get rather embarrassing at times.”
Source: https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/06/trans-history-week/
Ugly American Politics and awful former president
What upsets me most about all the special treatment that the former president/current criminal defendant is getting in court isn't that his rights are being upheld, it is that everyone else isn't getting the same considerations. We have two sets of laws in our country, and it stinks! One for the privileged and the other for everyone else who would already be in jail for lesser crime.
Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Artist for Closetspace and A Wish for Wings
Creative Text Writer for MTG: Universes Beyond
Writer for Sea of Legends
One enchilada short of a Mexican Platter