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bcoffy@lemmy.worldto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Kamala Harris to appear with running mate at rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday0·11 months agoWhat exactly is the bar a vice president needs to meet to be considered not a “nobody” for you? I feel like being a governor of an entire state or a senator is a pretty notable thing, especially if you’re a popular one there
bcoffy@lemmy.worldto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Kamala Harris to appear with running mate at rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday0·11 months agoAZ senator, former astronaut and navy aviator, husband of Gabby Giffords (a congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt). He is coming up a lot in speculation about Harris’ running mate and was one of the people contacted by her campaign.
bcoffy@lemmy.worldto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Kamala Harris to appear with running mate at rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday0·11 months agoIf Mark Kelly was to become VP the governor of Arizona (a Democrat) would be able to replace him with someone else for the rest of his senate term
Why does she look 14
bcoffy@lemmy.worldto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Researchers designed a test of “carbon competence.” Pretty much everyone failed.0·1 year agoIs there a website to take this test somewhere?
bcoffy@lemmy.worldto solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net•"Suffering builds character". anarcho-primitivists, probably0·1 year agoReplacing a gas car with an electric car would only be worse than running your current gas car into the ground, if you were buying a brand new EV and were junking your old gas car. A lot of people won’t do that. If you buy a used EV and sell/trade-in the gas car to someone else to use, a new EV isn’t built and someone who can’t afford EV can get your used car.
Obviously pedestrian infrastructure and public transit is preferable if viable, but it isn’t always viable for the average person (at least in the USA/Canada) to switch to those, so having both options is best
bcoffy@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?0·1 year agoDon’t get it twisted, I love cursing like a sailor and do so regularly. But when I see it excessively in an internet post that makes someone seem like they’re trying too hard to fit in with adults online and be extra edgy
bcoffy@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?0·1 year agoExcessive swearing, as if they just learned how to say “fuck”.
Not that any damn amount of fucking swearing means they are are a young fucker, but you can fucking tell when you read that shit and they manage nine goddamn swear words in one fucking sentence you know they’re a young bitch who aren’t allowed to swear any other damn time.
“No seriously like which part of your body is least useful and you’d be ok having damaged.” “Ohhh ok ok. Let me think” “…” “the head”
Also the US is at about 40% carbon free energy production (renewables + nuclear), which is pretty swag.