cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13125922

Pornhub has disabled its site in Texas to object to a state law that requires the company to verify the age of users to prevent minors from accessing the site.

Texas residents who visit the site are met with a message from the company that criticizes the state’s elected officials who are requiring them to track the age of users.

The company said the newly passed law impinges on “the rights of adults to access protected speech” and fails to pass strict scrutiny by “employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas’s stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors.”

For me:

• Tomatillos from seed that I saved
• San Marzano tomatoes
• A couple Pomegranate trees (supposedly they do well in the heat)
• Oak tree from seeds I saved (they've been in the fridge)
• Flameleaf Sumac from seeds I saved
• Prime Ark 45 blackberry from propagation
• Bluecrisp blueberry from propagation
• Cantaloupe
• Watermelon
• Blue Hopi corn from saved seed
• Sorghum-Sudangrass as a cover crop

Temps in the single digits with possible icing.

Sorry on mobile, just giving a heads up.

Apparently tomatoes will grow back after a freeze if you don't uproot them. That is all.

Electricity demand is forecast to exceed committed supply Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., according to preliminary data from the grid operator late Thursday morning. The gap between supply and demand will be “more tight than any other day” this summer, Vegas told commissioners.

The expected tight conditions come due to very high heat, very high demand and the low expected output of wind power in the late afternoon as solar resources ramp down with sunset, Vegas said.

Natural gas and coal plants, which can underperform or fail in high heat, are seeing “at or near normal forced outage levels,” Vegas said. Grid data showed approximately 6,800 megawatts of natural gas and coal outages as of 11:30 a.m. Going into the summer, ERCOT predicted that natural gas and coal plants would see “typical” outages of 5,034 megawatts.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161661

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161637

This is the local news for north Texas. They're talking about the unusually high overnight temperatures and how it affects plantlife.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3161637

This is the local news for north Texas. They're talking about the unusually high overnight temperatures and how it affects plantlife.

A large multifamily housing development is in the works for north Denton.

If you have any recently discovered gardening tips post them here.

1. A row of trellised corn makes for a decent wind block.
2. Many things go to seed early when the temps get to 100+
3. Apparently Hornworms can have 2 generations a year.
4. Bees like sweat.

And then, on Monday, came Earth’s hottest day in at least 125,000 years. Tuesday was hotter.

The heat index has been over 110F here in Texas. Obviously it gets hot in summer, but this is a bit earlier than usual.

Leave a comment if you know of any heat tolerant vegetables and cover crops that still grow and produce during excessive heat.

Vegetables:

1. Okra (Crimson Spineless and Heavy Hitter)
2. Eggplant
3. Pepper
4. Lettuce of unknown variety under a shade cloth.
5. Tomatillo
6. Watermelon (Black Diamond)
7. Butternut Squash
8. Recently planted Saturn Peach tree is doing ok if I water every other day.

Cover crops:

Sorghum-Sudangrass (I'm using this to cover the ground, produce biomass and to assist with compaction).

Miscellaneous notes:

Lettuce under shade cloth is somehow growing, I figured it would have died by now.

My tomatoes are producing albiet slower than before.

Cucumber seems to have stopped growing.

Jardelle Pumpkin transplants are doing ok with afternoon shade.

2nd planting of Corn tasselled way too early.

Severe thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon and evening across northwest into north-central Texas, with very large hail as the main risk.

Severe thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon and evening across northwest into north-central Texas, with very large hail as the main risk.

Grid operators cautioned Wednesday the state won't have enough on-demand power generation to meet the need during peak hours this summer.

"The Texas House of Representatives is at a standstill in the midst of a special session. It is unable to hold any meetings or take votes while dozens of Democratic representatives are absent."

"Amid soaring temps, Texas’ grid operator said unexpected shutdowns at power plants had stressed the system. Nearly 80% were “thermal” generators (mostly natural gas-fueled in Texas) and not renewable sources..."

So for this "narrative" it's clear that Sidney "2 weeks" Powell is calling for the military overthrow of the United States government.