Dumpster flowers, 2024. Not sure what kind of tree this is, but as it looms large over the dumpsters in my mom's neighborhood, it rains down these beautiful pink flowers. There's something about the juxtaposition here that resonates. #MelissaMakesPhotos#iPhonePhotography#Delaware#contrast
"The bill would instruct the state, on its own or with other states, to seek bids from #OffshoreWind developers to supply power to #Delaware; draw power from a project generating 800-1,200 megawatts – enough to power at least a third of Delaware’s electricity needs; [and[ pay no more than 110 percent of the average electricity price that consumers have been paying for electricity over the last three years."
The States Newsroom is a nationwide project that covers state legislatures in all 50 states either on their own or with news partners. They just added their 50th state, #Delaware, this month. https://statesnewsroom.com/impact-report-2023/
NEW: #Delaware court strikes down laws allowing for a permanent absentee voting list and 10 days of early voting, ruling the laws violate the state constitution.
Hello #MastoAdmin, if you are a small (lets say under 100 active) instance in #Pennsylvania, #Delaware, #Maryland, #DC, or #Virginia and want to join my #relay, follow the instructions at https://relay.epistolary.org/ and link to the "local" federated feed. Right now it's open-ish, hopefully people are generally good enough that we can keep it that way. 👀
Climate protesters who entered Biden campaign headquarters led away in handcuffs Monday
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Nearly two-dozen people were led away in handcuffs from President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign headquarters in Wilmington during a Monday morning protest, according to the group organizing the demonstration
"The Biden administration on Monday announced a plan to sell #OffshoreWind development rights for two areas off the coasts of #Delaware, #Maryland and #Virginia next year.
The proposed sale by auction is the latest effort by President Joe Biden's Interior Department to accelerate the expansion of offshore wind energy to combat #ClimateChange."
The update to {gt} in #rstats includes an ability add trendlines to tables with gt::cols_nanoplot. I tried it out on a table with data about enrollment in Delaware public school districts. The two districts with the most students are seeing steady declines in enrollment.
