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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 12d

If anyone is able and willing to help, I could really use some assistance with my rent and utilities until my first paychecks come in from my new job. I don't want to lose my home, and am facing eviction.

GFM: gofund.me/14d9cfc58

Venmo: venmo.com/code?user_id...

CashApp: cash.app/$Clapptrapp83

Donate to help keep a roof over Ryan's and kitties' heads., organized by Ryan Clapp

Hi there, y'all! My name is Ryan and I have two cats named Ella … Ryan Clapp needs your support for Donate to help keep a roof over Ryan's and kitties' heads.

gofund.me

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 4h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 3h

Awww, true love!🐱

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Bailey Townsend 🦀 @baileytownsend.dev · 18h

Picture of my cat Lenny a tuxedo cat laying belly up in my lap with a keyboard in front of me on my desk while I try and work

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 6h

Very sincere thanks to everyone who has offered condolences for our Fergus. I can’t respond to everyone individually but my boyfriend and I have been reading all the responses and they mean a lot to us. I just wanted to show you this, the last photo I took of him.

Photo of my handsome, fluffy, brown tabby, cat Fergus, lying on a velvety brown blanket against a pile of laundry.

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 5h

The plastic of 2-liters is very forgiving for expansion.

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Rabbit @rabbitskygo.bsky.social · 6h

back in the Mojave desert surrounded by creosote bush #bicycletouring

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 6h

giant ass lemon-lime popsicle time!

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Ashley, chaos bringer of humiliation & mockery @nymeriaway.bsky.social · 9h

He was mad at me for not giving him a second dinner & fell asleep with his grumpy face on 😭😭😭

Sebastian a Russian Blue cat is sleeping on a purple blanket. He is wearing his grumpy expression while asleep

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 6h

He looks disappointed in me/us. 😔😆💛😼

🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 7h

A coworker introduced us to Lemars' "bugals" a couple years ago - I think they were some kind of paprika or red pepper flavor. Very good snacks as well!

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 7h

I pack boxes with those same things I think, lol. /s 😆💛

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The Ballard Bubbler @parkerbs.bsky.social · 1d

Got to keep practicing my watercolors. Worked perfectly for some smoke. Could have done more shading wise but I made it too small for my brush skills.

Keep Portland Weird and Strong.

An image of a watercolor illustration lined in black ink. The illustration is of the Portland Frog flashing a peace sign while standing in purple smoke. It says “I’ve had spicier”

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Jaiy Buck ➡️ Guatemala @gooeydeer.com · 14h

ATTENTION: Bar kitten in Guatemala

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12h

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Uphill Into A Headwind @intoaheadwind.bsky.social · 3d

As I’m taking an off day to enjoy being in this magnificent forest, I’m not doing much riding today. Did take a quick ride into Meyers Flat to get some lunch, & I saw this patch of #redwood forest that I stopped at. Such big trees. For reference, I’m 170cm tall.
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #California

Photograph of a fallen redwood stump leaning against a live redwood tree that towers up to the canopy in the middle of a redwood forest

Photograph of me standing arms outstretched in front of a fallen redwood stump leaning between two towering huge live redwood trees in the middle of a redwood forest

Photograph of redwood trees in a redwood forest just towering into the sky

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Uphill Into A Headwind @intoaheadwind.bsky.social · 8h

The Eel River is a constant companion along the Avenue of the Giants. Both times I’ve seen it (now & back in 2021) it has seemed to be running a bit shallow, but I’m sure that’s fine. Totally fine. Right? 😥

Still it is mighty pretty when it shows itself though the trees. 🌲🚵🏼‍♂️👍🏼
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel

Photograph of The Eel River near the Avenue of the Giants with redwood forests growing along it and reflected in its still waters all under a clear blue sky

Photograph of the Eel River near the Avenue of the Giants showing redwood forests growing along its banks and reflected in its still waters

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Uphill Into A Headwind @intoaheadwind.bsky.social · 7h

Heh. As I was taking my phone off the QuadLock mount to take some pictures of the Avenue of the Giants, I accidentally pressed the photo button & got the first shot, which isn’t bad if you ignore my head intruding. 😅 Anyway, the Avenue is a magical place.
🌲🌲🚵🏼‍♂️🌲🌲
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #California

Photograph looking straight up under redwood trees showing them towering up into the forest canopy beyond which is clear blue sky

Photograph of the Avenue of the Giants between towering redwood trees

Photograph of a huge redwood tree trunk in the foreground with towering redwoods in the forest beyond

Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a life green bicycle helmet, a lime green windbreaker, and my backpack. The photo is aimed upwards to show the redwood trees towering over me

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Uphill Into A Headwind @intoaheadwind.bsky.social · 7h

And sadly, all good things must come to an end. Goodbye, Avenue of the Giants, perhaps my favorite route to #bicycle in the entire US. Hello again US101 with all of your truck traffic (but hey, quite a lot of wide shoulders!).
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #California

Photograph of a wider part of the Eel River giving way to a broad far bank rising to a forest covered mountain under a clear blue sky

Photograph near the end of the Avenue of the Giants with Forest on the left side of the road and the Eel River and more Forest on the right under a blue sky with a bright sun

Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, and a black tank top, looking sad because I’ve come to the end of the Avenue of the Giants.

Photograph of the on ramp to US101 at the end of the Avenue of the Giants with signs saying Freeway Entrance US 101 on both sides of the on ramp

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 7h

We gotta save up to afford that egg tariff somehow!

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Ella, Amanda & Daddy @ellico2020bis.bsky.social · 7h

#Physics #Carbon
So...just wondering whether I produce more carbon (including indirectly from food production) if I reach over to lock my phone (so that the screen blanks) than a modern LED cell phone consumes. I'm slim, but, seems like more electromechanical energy needed to move my hand.

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 7h

...'sat' there and left the phone alone (screen on). A modern phones' battery will have the capability to produce many thousands of calories (when converted from watt-hours), and even left with screen on, it will be substantially less than calories consumed to make movements to turn it off.

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🎃Clappenstein🎃 @clapptrap.bsky.social · 7h

You (we) will always be very inefficient when compared to modern technology that consumes power, whether in calories or other means. Without running the napkin math, yes, you will both produce more carbon and consume more energy reaching for the phone and pushing a button, than if you had just...

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 1d

Here comes the judge

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Parkin @parkinkatt.bsky.social · 11h

HELPSING HOOMAN WERK

Photo of a ginger and white cat sprawling across the lap and arm of a human in a blue sweater, sitting in an office chair.

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GONZO the ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 11h

Shoulde i ?

Orange and white cat on a table with an ornery expression, dilute tabbico cat in danger of being bonked on the head on the floor below

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