God’s own prototypo
A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Joined Nov 2017
"Seven major automakers announced a plan on Wednesday to nearly double the number of fast chargers in the United States in an effort to address one of the main reasons that people hesitate to buy electric cars.
The carmakers — BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group and Stellantis — will initially invest at least $1 billion in a joint venture that will build 30,000 charging ports on major highways and other locations in the US and Canada."
🚨 Mitch McConnell appears to have had some sort of medical issue during GOP leadership presser leaving him unable to speak.
New study again predicts Atlantic current will collapse by 2095 and as early as 2025 due to #climatechange
“Using new statistical tools and ocean temperature data from the past 150 years, researchers calculated that the AMOC will stop – with 95% certainty – between 2025 and 2095. ”
scientists: famous for ignoring PFAS and microplastics and focusing solely on...
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rainbows?
Saturday afternoon
I pull out my collection of Fast & Furious soundtrack discs. It is a surprisingly robust collection of songs from the streets, filling the entirety of my 6-disc changer.
The sound of music fills the air, the bass thumps harder and harder sending a jolt through my chest each time.
The Teriyaki Boyz techno transitions to Fred Durst's lyrical genius.
"Are you ready?"
"I move in"
"I move out"
"Back up, back up"
My Civic has never looked so good.
Colorado launches first in the nation regulations tying air emissions reductions to amount of oil & gas produced
"To reduce oil and gas emissions, AQCC has passed a series of rules aimed at specific field equipment, such as tanks, engines and valves, as well as requiring enhanced inspections."
“The agreement is rooted in technical expertise across academia, technology providers, and industry, and will provide a sound framework to verify gas emissions”
https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/21/colorado-oil-and-gas-emissions-intensity-rule/
"Without Denver-born Ruth Handler, there would be no Barbie movie bringing one of America’s most famous dolls to life.
"Before there was Barbie, there was Ruth, born in Denver in 1916 as Ruth Mosko."
"When she was sixteen, she met her future husband, Elliot Handler, at a dance in Denver. The pair moved to Los Angeles in 1938 after they married and started a furniture company named Mattel"
https://www.westword.com/news/thank-denvers-ruth-handler-for-the-barbie-movie-17323911
This isn't good
"An important Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in N. Carolina was severely damaged on Wednesday after a powerful tornado ripped through the area"
"The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medications used in U.S. hospitals.
"Erin Fox, senior pharmacy director at Utah Health, said the damage "will likely lead to long-term shortages while Pfizer works to either move production to other sites or rebuilds." "
Gwyneth Paltrow's weed brand, Cann, outselling other rival celebrity brands including Seth Rogan's Houseplant by significant margin. Estimates put the income at "over $750,000 in sales a month", nearly "doubling the sales of Seth Rogen’s Houseplant pot brand". 
https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/gwyneth-paltrow-pot-brand-dominating-california-18207136.php
"The owner of a pecan farm in Eagle Pass near where a pregnant teenager was trapped in state-deployed razor wire said officials working for Gov. Abbott’s border initiative are refusing to take it down despite repeated requests.
"The wire on Hugo Urbina’s property has blocked Border Patrol agents from reaching a section of the land along the Rio Grande that the federal government is leasing from him to process migrants, many of whom have been injured by the wire."
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/dps-border-wire-landowner-18206776.php
God’s own prototypo
A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Joined Nov 2017