I think it’s what’s left after putting a Jolly Rancher under the insole of a midshipman’s shoe for a couple days

Not sooner so much as more likely. We’re into the 40% to 50% range now

Headline doesn’t really do the article justice. The content makes it pretty clear how evil they are, except the ones who quit rather than be involved

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The proposal is outside finance. Which could make geopolitical sense for several countries

Some people really like it, but not that many. Per the article:

Dividing votes (40) by location (215) gives the Cheesecake Factory—the restaurant that received the most total votes—a bestness rate of 0.19, or the equivalent of 19 votes per 100 restaurants. Lambert’s Cafe earns a bestness rate of 2.66—the equivalent of 266 votes per 100 restaurants. While imperfect, this method at least does not penalize restaurants for failing to be national chains—though, for the purposes of the poll, I accept all nominations at face value.

Somebody partly opened it to make a fountain for kids to cool off under

If you were a vegan villan, you could spread the ticks that induce the allergy.

Kind of amazing how cheap wind and solar are when they scale up to create periods when markets don’t set prices based on fossil fuel costs.

If you have an electrical hot water heater, you can put it on a timer.

People who are already living low-energy lifestyles can’t shift as much demand, but enough can to make it a big deal

They both certainly existed, though the latter was somewhat underground in the 1950s.

It’s easy to find documentation of their positions on fluoridation; it’s not so common to find evidence of environmental groups opposing it when there was a clear public health benefit.

Berkeley hires a bunch of far-right types too.

Not to any meaningful degree in the US. It was the John Birch Society and KKK here.

Pretty much anything will harm you at too high a dose. Water included.

You’re looking at studies of the impact at far higher fluoride concentrations than are used in the US. We’ve known that those high concentrations are problematic for a very long time…which is why they’re not used. They remain a problem in some parts of the world where fluoride is naturally present.

Steyer’s been a significant climate advocate for a long time, but has not held elected office.

Katie Porter has been too, but has been rather mean to her staff (though not a sexual abuser)

Lots of choices, and really important that Democrats figure out how to at least somewhat consolidate so that we don’t end up with an R vs R general election.

FWIW, the anti-fluoride thing started off when the John Birch Society, a right-wing hate group, started pushing it decades ago.

The military has long had some of it at particular facilities — the Air Force academy is notorious. But it’s long been illegal, and was quite rare outside the military.

Because researchers got data. We know flouride helps prevent tooth decay, and a bunch of Republicans are lying about it so they can harm kids

It’s more that converting a power plant from burning fossil fuels isn’t going to improve things, as the change in forest cover associated with that conversion results in similar emissions. We need to stop burning stuff at scale.