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when i was a kid i always just found my repulsion normal, to the extent that i thought everyone else was like that. and yknow what. screw the allos. i am normal

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[marywoodartdept]

Art Therapy With Kids In Kenya

Madi, our #ArtTherapy blogger, reflects on her life-changing summer in #Kenya, where art helped children find confidence and joy. She’s returning in May 2025—this time, with a suitcase full of #artsupplies! 🎨🌍 #MarywoodArt #ArtTherapyAbroad #ASEC

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Most Huggable Job Trainer (Tank)

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my postal 4 lesbian pride flags after making a really specific realization about this cover art

[merrigel]

Party height dynamics

[wammypilled]

is it me or there are so many cool new dn and especially wammy trio blogs around??? either way ilyallllllll

[banguis3d]

This account is 3 minutes old!! Yaaay

[jimmyclueless]

iamvery much late again but it looks pretty neat i thiunk so worth it</3

[horsesarecreatures]

Solar Geoengineering: What is It, Why People Support It, and How to Make It Safer

By the Atlantic States Environmental Coalition

What is Solar Geoengineering?

Have you ever felt hopelessness over global leaders’ failure to stop global warming? There may be a new way to slow global warming that can be implemented easier than you’d expect. Solar Geoengineering (SG) is “solar radiation management which attempts to increase reflection of solar radiation away from the earth in order to slow [global] warming.” The 2 primary types of SG are stratospheric aerosol injection (achieved by releasing reflective particles like sulfate aerosols into the atmosphere) and marine cloud brightening (achieved by “spraying sea water into the lower atmosphere to generate brighter, more reflective clouds”). SG is increasingly mentioned by scientists as a way to combat climate change. SG’s appealing qualities include its low implementation cost, little opposition to it from industries, and the likelihood of it having fast cooling effects on the planet. However, as you might have guessed, SG also comes with significant risks. How and where SG will change climate patterns is unknown, and it could reduce ozone in the atmosphere, which is critical for preventing harmful UV radiation from reaching earth. Additionally, while SG will lower global temperatures, it doesn’t address the root cause of climate change, which is GHG emissions. It won’t reduce other harmful effects of GHGs either, such as air pollution and ocean acidification. But perhaps most scarily, an increased reliance on SG could lead to something called “termination shock.” Termination shock would cause a rapid and extreme rise in global warming if SG were to be deployed, but suddenly terminated, due to failing technologies.

Image by the Union of Concerned Scientists

Why are Some Actors Hoping to Pursue SG as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy? 

Despite its risks, some governments are looking at SG precisely because of its almost immediate impact on temperature reduction and ease of deployment. It’s probable that present mitigation efforts under the Paris Agreement won’t be enough to hinder catastrophic climate change. On October 24, 2024, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) reported  that collectively, countries have made no progress tackling climate change. Their report said:

"As greenhouse gas emissions rose to a new high of 57.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023, the cuts required from today are larger; 7.5 per cent must be shaved off emissions every year until 2035 for 1.5°C. Current promises are nowhere near these levels, putting us on track for best-case global warming of 2.6°C this century and necessitating future costly and large-scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to bring down the overshoot."

(Likelihood of global warming exceeding the temperature increase limits of the Paris Agreement. Source: UNEP Emission Gap Report 2024)

SG is not mentioned among the possible solutions that could reverse this dire trend by UNEP in the report. However, several actors are considering it anyway. In the U.S., the company Make Sunsets has already begun deployment of balloons that release sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. President Biden also released an executive order directing all agencies to research SG, calling it “One of the most promising [climate change mitigation] strategies.” Despite SG having garnered opposition from the international community, it’s looking increasingly likely that some countries will use it in the near future.

What Needs to be Done to Make Solar Geoengineering as Safe as Possible? 

Given the likelihood of the planet warming above what global leaders hoped for, they may need to further explore SG, but not without limitations on how it’s used. There needs to be comprehensive national guidelines on SG to prevent it from causing transboundary harm. Both NASA and the EPA in their proposed rulemakings responding to the executive order stated that they intend to create grant programs for SG research and use the data gathered to shape their future SG policies. Data collection on SG is a good start. Additionally, the agencies responding to President Biden’s executive order on SG should ensure that SG will not be subsidized at the expense of safer GHG mitigation efforts. Both NASA and the EPA should use their grant programs to place contingencies on SG research that will make actors do an equivalent amount of GHG mitigation. It doesn’t matter whether the agencies provide the money for an equivalent amount of GHG mitigation, or require applicants use their own funds. Agencies just need to ensure that SG is a supplementary rather than alternative method to combat climate change. Then agencies will reduce impacts of climate change other than temperature rise, and the severity of termination shock from possible SG cessation. If you agree with ASEC’s suggestions, please comment your support on NASA and the EPA’s proposed rulemakings at www.regulations.gov.

Thank you,

ASEC

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ASEC hosts Africa Sustainable Energy Dialogue to address energy access crisis - Nsemkeka

ASEC hosts Africa Sustainable Energy Dialogue to address energy access crisis – Nsemkeka The Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC) hosted its flagship event, the Africa Sustainable Energy Dialogue, aimed at advancing innovative solutions to bridge the continent’s persistent energy access gap. The dialogue, which took place on Friday, May 16, was themed “Bridging Africa’s Energy Access Gap:…

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Ligue des champions CAF, 2023-2024 : Le calendrier confirmé des quarts de finale

La Ligue des champions de la CAF saison 2023-2024 est sur le point de reprendre ses droits après la phase de groupe. La première manche des quarts de finale prévu à partir du 29 mars 2024 est la prochaine étape. Cette phase de la compétition promet d’être intense, avec des équipes en grande forme et prêtes à tout pour décrocher le titre tant convoité. La CAF a récemment confirmé le calendrier…

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Most Punchable Job Trainer (Tank)

[mostie01]

These are the vibes I have for Misako in the Necromancer Misako au.

Like if I could draw I’d be combining these two’s outfits because they’re the exact vibes I need.

(The first one is Asec the Savior/Morgan Le Fay before she got betrayed continuously be the fae of an alternate world or rather timeline’s Britain. And the other is Miss Crane who’s based off the Crane Wife a Japanese myth. They’re both from Fate Grand Order aka FGO.)

[flyingwea]

Exercise cancelled I have to hear this while I draw like the good old times