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📷 Day 9: language #mbsept
Going Green
Last Summer we put some solar panels on our roof (4.1KW). The aim was to be able to go 5 months of the year without electricity or heating bills which we achieved. Happy to say we were part of a successful rollout of solar in Europe last year. If anyone is toying with the idea of putting some solar panels on their roof I can wholeheartedly recommend it. ♻️
My podcast app is Airr which is shutting down tomorrow! I mostly don’t need transcript highlights but in some cases I find it invaluable. I know there is snipd but not used at all yet. They charge now for transcripts which is an extra monthly cost for something I barely use. (sighs inwardly!)
I posted on my main blog the story of Falu red if you are interested in the strange story of a paint color and the Swedish Empire!
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu 📚
The second book in Earth’s Past Trilogy by Cixin Liu. The Dark Forest takes up the story where The Three Body Problem left off but aside from the world weary cop Shi Qiang with different main characters.
By now it’s clear that this trilogy deals with overriding ideas and concepts rather than characters and that is ok with me. The book is a little two speed, the first part of the book is a little slow and only gets going later. The overall concept at the heart of the book The Dark Forest truly is dark, but somehow Cixin after setting up this terrible possibility finds a silver lining. Chilling, beautiful and touching if you can make it through to the end. 📚★★★★