@QueenPhillippa E.g.?

Ranked choice voting is catching on in the United States: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/12/02/dont-vote-for-just-one-ranked-choice-voting-is-gaining-ground

#mattvasilogambros #pew #pewforum #pewforumtrusts #rankedchoice #voting #democracy #nevada #maine #alaska #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #us #usa

A Catalan settlement plan is putting refugees, asylum seekers, and other types of immigrants into small villages: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/11/catalan-villages-refugees-repopulation-plan

#spain #catalonia #refugees #asylum #immigration #immigrants #theguardian #guardian #stephenburgen #tirvia

A reminder to my American friends that the tripledemic is still surging: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/1142099805/indoor-masking-advised-washington-california-new-york

None of these infections is that dangerous, but being sick for three weeks or having no medicine is nasty. Please be safe.

#npr #julianakim #cdc #centersfordisesecontrol #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #tripledemic #covid #covid-19 #covid19 #rsv #flu #fluseason #infectiousdisease #publichealth

The United States plans to add over 20 GW of battery storage in the next three years, the substantial majority of which will go to California and Tejas: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php

@kenyatta2009 On the one hand, single-party rule is generally bad for democracy. On the other hand, one of the two large parties has entirely abandoned policy in favor of memes, culture war nonsense, and pure obstructionism.

The California State Legislature has the least Republicans in over a century: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/gop-numbers-california-capitol-lowest-levels-in-a-century/

#cbs #cbsnews #california #politics #republicans #stevelarge #californiastatelegislature

@ThePsyOfLife No matter who loses, we all lose. Think of it like that. I guess. :/

The arts are increasingly a profession of the well-off in the United Kingdom: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/10/huge-decline-working-class-people-arts-reflects-society

#guardian #theguardian #arts #art #performing #garyoldman #jamestapper #observer #theobserver #unitedkingdom #uk #britain #class #lowerclass #representation #diversity #workingclass

@lifeinthePNW If this is the work of white nationalists, then stay safe: as you likely know, they have infested all across the American Redoubt and have a strong presence in Eastern Oregon and Washington.

@nopuppet_007 Grazie. Interesting that this talk was happening during the last administration.

Ukraine drones strike deep into Russia: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraines-custom-drone-strikes-showed-101840820.html

#yahoo! #yahoo!news #yahoo #yahoonews #peterweber #theweek #ukraine #drones #dronestrike #russia #russo-ukrainewar #russoukrainewar

@nopuppet_007 I suspect it _is_ Russians. Why do you think this is domestic terrorism?

A string of attacks on the power grid in the Pacific Northwest has happened recently and investigations have yet to find the culprit: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/08/string-of-electrical-grid-attacks-in-pacific-northwest-are-unsolved/

#opb #pacificnorthwest #terrorism #electricalgrid #kuow #oregonpublicbroadcasting #oregon #washington #crime #sabotage #conradwilson #johnryan

@JLong Agreed. Truly our greatest strength in the States.

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine As an American, I am honored. What greater compliment is there?

Almost a million immigrants became Americans in the past (fiscal) year: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1141994507/citizenship-rate-us-record-high

#npr #immigration #naturalization #natrualisation #immigrants #america #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

In June 2023, South Korea will scrap its triple system of determining age: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/all-south-koreans-to-become-younger-as-traditional-age-system-scrapped

#southkorea #theguardian #guardian #korea #age #demography #standardization

@barbaraedelman Split the difference and learn Yiddish!

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to invest USD$40 billion in two plants in Arizona: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/tsmc-to-up-arizona-investment-to-40-billion-with-second-semiconductor-chip-plant.html

(Full disclosure: I have owned stock in TSMC.)

This is an incredible development and part of the push to bring back American manufacturing, so I am sure that conservatives will be happy with this.

#manufacturing #tsmc #chips #semiconductors #cnbc