Happy Wednesday, lovelies! From the ducks.
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Ross Murray
Профиль VivelyLutheran Deacon, The Naming Project, Christian, Author of "Made, Known, Loved" and "The Everyday Advocate'". Podcast producer. Speaker and teacher. Simul justus et peccator.
I saw Hadestown on Broadway, and loved it. You can now see it in movie theaters around the country. If you thought you needed more Greek mythology after watching the Odyssey, then check out Hadestown.
Hadestown: The Musical | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Bleecker Streetwww.youtube.combUt wHaT hApPeNs wHeN tHe sUn sEtS??? A small Finnish town created a sand battery that can heat the town of 5000 for a week in the summer, and cool it for a month in the winter.
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batteryA small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.www.cnbc.comRooftop solar panels saved New England residents $130 million in electricity during a recent heat wave.
New England invested in solar. It saved residents millions in electricity costs during a heat wave this monthA new report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million in a single day of a recent heat wave.www.goodgoodgood.coThe Iron Curtain was built to divide people (much like Trump's wall). It was heavily militarized. After being abandoned along with communism, it has become a place of rich biodiversity.
East-West border death zone now Germany's biodiversity oasisMany endangered species now live in the area that once formed the border between East and West Germany. Environment Minister Carsten Schneider recently visited the "Green Belt," and DW went along for ...www.dw.comBaby animals are cute, and we just got two more!
Double Puggles: See the Adorable 'Twin' Echidnas Born at the San Diego Zoo Safari ParkThe two babies hatched this year to one mother during the same breeding season—an extremely rare occurrence, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliancewww.smithsonianmag.comWould you eat breakfast with a stranger? One man is having an hour long breakfast with strangers, where they talk about life, family, and yes, politics. Being connected to others would go a long way to heal our divisions.
Breakfast with strangersBurbank man say it helps cure feeling lonely in LAlaist.com
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If there were anything like that on the left, you would have every trans kid with a lawyer appearing on Rachel Maddow at 9pm the minute some issue arose. Then they would get paid speaking gigs at high profile events and paid roles for left wing think tanks. None of that ever happens.
LGBTQ people, including trans people, do NOT need a warning label.
Hollywood Doesn’t Need Another Warning Label for LGBTQ Stories — OpinionWe've all seen ratings kill a film, which is why the FCC's proposal to create new warnings for queer content worries Outfest's Christopher Racster.www.indiewire.com
Choo-choo! Ride the freedom train.
Raphael Warnock says the US is a freedom train. People need to get on it.(RNS) — In the final episode of ‘What does it mean to belong in America,’ the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the US senator from Georgia, talks about welcoming immigrants, tribalism and his faith in the Americ...religionnews.comKeep having hard conversations about bullying.
Deaths of Brainerd middle schoolers prompt calls to address bullying, mental healthTwo Forestview Middle School students, 11-year-old Ava Starr and 13-year-old Alexis Thornton, died just three weeks apart. Both families say the girls were bullied by other students.www.mprnews.orgThe political assassin who killed Rep Hortman will be sentenced today.
Minnesota lawmaker shootings: Vance Boelter to be sentenced ThursdayVance Boelter is expected to be sentenced Thursday in the killings of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and shootings of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, last June.www.fox9.com