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[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 271 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Well, in the northern hemisphere, we'll start getting progressively more daylight in 6 days.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Wait, already? I want dark. Me need dark.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Keep your blinds down then, but the rest of us praise the sun!

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[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Thank fuck. I hate the thing where the sunrise is at 10am, and sunset is at 2pm.

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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 178 points 1 week ago (24 children)

Daytime energy is soon going to be free in much of the world. The advances in green tech, especially solar and batteries, are real. Much faster progress than even the optimists were predicting a decade ago. The revolution is reaching a tipping point where it becomes self-sustaining and requires no state subsidies. I am not a tech utopian, and this alone will not save us. But there's no denying it's good news. It's all happening far too late but it does look like humans are going to kick their fossil habit after all.

Inconvenient footnote: thank China.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's gotten so good that China might be restricting output to keep the prices high...

(their onshore wind, and pumped hydro storage, are also great success stories, as is the EV industry there)

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Indeed. China is such a paradox. An absolute anathema in terms of culture and politics. It's almost impossible for us Westerners to grasp how a people could accept that level of authoritarianism, how they could value their personal freedom so little. And yet, and yet. Without China we would be royally screwed. They are pulling the weight of the green transition basically alone. So personally I've decided to hold off on China-bashing for now.

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 161 points 1 week ago (23 children)

My birthday. It's tomorrow.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Happy cake (do we do cake on lemmy? Why not pie?) day.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Thank you <3

[–] Macallan@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow! We have so much in common! I have a birthday too. 😁

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Really? I bet it's probably more than a year away though right?

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[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 160 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Thailand is set to legalise same sex marriage and Norway is set to ban ICE cars, both in 2025.

There's probably a lot of these small wins happening around the world. Let's keep an eye out for them so we don't lose all our hope for a better future.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Norway is set to ban ICE cars

Newly registered ICE cars, I assume?

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[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Goddamn you DrSleepless, your name checks out, why can't I fall asleep

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[–] Asetru@feddit.org 47 points 1 week ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursids

The Ursid (URS) meteor activity begins annually around December 17 and runs for over a week, until the 25th or 26th.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

people spilling their minds over astrology will be glad the mercury retrograde is going to be over for this year.

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