Eigg isn't connected to the UK national grid. Instead we generate 90% to 95% of our electricity from wind, sun, & water (hydro). Community-owned Eigg Electric was switched on in 2008. Islanders are trained and employed to manage it. Electricity costs 28p per unit/kWh. Before 2008 each property had its own diesel generator. Now we have 24kW of wind, 110kW of hydro, 170kW of solar PV, storage batteries, and a back up generator. Next challenge is #netzero #renewables #eigg http://isleofeigg.org/eigg-electric/
"Please," said the man, "can you do magic to make me be kind?"
"No," said the witch. "Magic cannot change anyone's nature."
"So there is no hope for me?"
"You ask the wrong question. Kind is not something you are. It is what you do."
"Is it that simple?"
"It is that hard."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic
One drag queen did more to stop the gunman in Colorado than hundreds of cops could do in Texas. We should put one drag queen at every school, clearly kids would be safer.
Edit: Correction, I'm now reading that it was a trans woman not a drag queen. Still, an unarmed veteran and a trans woman did what 346 cops with a $4 million budget couldn't handle in Texas.
An #introduction for new followers who don't already know me from the Other Place...
I'm an independent artist trying to catch a break with his cult movie, TV, music and general retro t-shirts.
Everything is #organic or #recycled material, #vegan-friendly and #plasticfree.
If you like what you see please boost me up. Thank you!
www.joescaramanga.co.uk
Timeline of a new Mastodon user:
Day 1: this sucks servers are confusing and why is my feed empty
Day 2: why is there no quote tweet this is dumb
Day 3: mastodon better make some changes if it wants to compete with tw_tter
Day 7: hm, people are really nice here
Day 10: loving the no ads and real conversations
Day 15: THE WORKERS MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND EXECUTE CAPITALISTS
Doing an interview with the BBC to promote my upcoming musical “Allegiance” in London.
This is my legacy project, the work I am most proud of and am most eager to share with UK audiences. It tells the story of our community, when 120,000 Japanese Americans were put into barbed wire prison camps during WWII because we resembled the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
Allegiance is a celebration of the human spirit over adversity. #NeverForget
For tickets visit: https://allegiancemusical.com
Let’s have one of my favourite photos of all time. This is Bruno, the best cat ever, a cat in a lifetime. He was 15 when I took this photo, and lived til he was 18
#catsofmastodon #cat #voidcat #bestcatever
Ah, just one more for today.
This is one of the Machrie Moor Standing Stones on the west of #Arran #Scotland
A #neolithic site of ritual and domestic activity, on a lonely moorland.
And another cracking view.
Ooh. Love a good standing stone, and apparently we have #StandingStoneSunday here?
This is Macleod's Stone on the #IsleOfHarris in the #OuterHebrides of #Scotland, and a mighty fine stone it is.
I've found you pretty much always get an excellent view with a Scottish standing stone. The blue sky is not *quite* as reliable.
IMPORTANT TOOT. As you may have heard, thanks to the UK gov't, voter suppression is underway. Citizen Card are issuing police approved photo ID cards to anyone between ages 18 - 64. Use code FREEVOTERID. Please spread this information far & wide and help anyone you know who needs it to get theirs. The Tories must NOT be allowed to stop us from voting.
Email : contact@citizencard.com
https://twitter.com/CitizenCard/status/1590035702200565760?t=q-YEJdFIXb8lsAJZOn0MhA&s=19
God makes LGBTQ people and God loves them just as they are. They deserve the same rights as everyone else. Anyone who says otherwise is a bigot and you can tell them I said that.
#GodLovesGays
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.