@BlueStateBabe Oh, and have you seen _The Orville_? I love it so much. If Seth McFarlane is off-putting, the show is nothing like his other work.

@BlueStateBabe Odd timing, as I just started getting into watching Star Trekses. As a heads-up, there are three animated series, and the newest one, _Prodigy_, is lots of fun.

@BlueStateBabe Have you watched other Star Trek series?

@Jacki Related: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-explains-how-she-became-court-watcher-1234681247/

@Eulimnadia And a potential blizzard outside of Los Angeles: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64738809

My favorite president is in hospice and at the end of a century-long life. Consider giving $39 to the Carter Center in honor of Jimmy Carter if you can: https://secure3.convio.net/carter/site/Donation2

Sierra Leone to reserve 30% of jobs in public and private sectors for women: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64348892

#bbc #sierraleone #ceciliamacaulay #bbcnews #women #womensrights #employment #law #employmentlaw #gender #discrimination #upliftingnews

The Somali government has launched an all-out offensive to unify the failed state and drive out Islamists: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/somalia-launches-military-offensive-against-al-shabab-extremist-group

#caraanna #kenya #ethiopia #africanunion #au #omarfaruk #pbs #newshour #pbsnewshour #somalia #war #islamism #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #alshabaab

@singlemaltgirl Anytime, my northern neighbor.

@singlemaltgirl Let me know what I can do for you.

@JoeHoffman Nice. Thanks for the anecdote, as I am totally ignorant about brands.

Ilham Aliyev has used deft statecraft, a Western orientation, oil wealth, autocracy, and opportunism to uniquely position Azerbaijan: https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/01/13/ilham-aliyev-and-the-making-of-azerbaijan/

#palladium #azerbaijan #aliyev #ilhamaliyev #corruption #authoritarianism #totalitarianism #caucasus #iran #turkey #turkiye #findepencier #statecraft #russia #armenia #nagorno #nagornokarabakh #artsakh

@singlemaltgirl Also, how did your move go?

@singlemaltgirl Not buying it?

Physical Internet connections to Cuba have been denied for flimsy and political reasons that harm the Cuban people: https://www.kentik.com/blog/cuba-and-the-geopolitics-of-submarine-cables/

#cuba #internet #connectivity #telecommunications #freedom #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #kentik #dougmadory #alba1 #arcos #etecsa

Heat pumps are misunderstood and are likely to be a very economical and practical solution for home heating: https://carbonswitch.com/do-heat-pumps-work-in-cold-weather/

#energy #appropriatetechnology #heatpumps #carbonswitch #michaelthomas

Tax credits for appropriate technology can not only spur the adoption of said technology, but reduce partisanship and personal identity with purchasing it: https://newrepublic.com/article/169975/heat-pumps-save-money-culture-war

#newrepublic #thenewrepublic #lizafeatherstone #heatpumps #solarpanels #electricvehicles #electriccars #evs #inflationreductionact #ira #polarization #democracy #partinsanship #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

@TubunMuzuru I just hope that it will not devolve into a generations-long quagmire like Somalia. I am hopeful that institutions like the African Union can exist in the future that will stop these disastrous events in the future, even if they are imperfect. Trying to recover from the damage done will take years, even with money, best practices, skill, and good luck.

Haiti has been plunged into a lawless state of widespread gang warfare, disease, and hunger: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/10/haiti-no-elected-officials-anarchy-failed-state

#haiti #guardian #theguardian #disease #cholera #hunger #malnutrition #gangs #gangwarfare #democracy #democraticinstitutions #anarchy #haiti #luketaylor

The United States Postal Service is electrifying its fleet: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/01/usps-electric-vehicles-louis-dejoy/

#motherjones #abigailweinberg #usps #unitedstatespostalservice #electrification