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Rooftop Solar 💡 Glints Of Light In The Darkening Climate Crisis 💡 Part 1

People And Nature ☭ Written by Simon Pirani.24-April-2025Solar power is expanding rapidly.[1] In 2023, the total capacity of the world’s solar photovoltaic (PV) panels was four times its 2017 level, and nearly 40 times its 2010 level. And it is not slowing down.The charge is led by China, which installed 253 gigawatts (GW) of new solar panels in 2023, bringing its total to 656 GW, or 40% of

Time For Republicans To Honour Their Real Patriotic Dead

Dr John Coulter ✍ When is republicanism going to swallow a reality pill and honour Ireland’s genuine patriotic dead - the Irish nationalists who donned the Crown uniforms and fought and died against tyrants Kaiser Bill and Nazi dictator Hitler in the Great War and Second World War respectively? Instead, republicanism seems hell bent on honouring terrorists who liked to sneak up on

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Fifty Five

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousIt’s Hard to Keep Up With Ed Martin’s Abuses of Power; Americans Deserve a Confirmation Hearing'Nanny statism': Even conservatives

A Morning Thought @ 2614

A Morning Thought @ 2613

Frank Hughes 🏴 44 🏴 Eternal Dreamless Sleep

Remembering Frank Hughes On The 44th Anniversary Of His Death On Hunger Strike In The H Blocks Of Long Kesh.

Ostkrieg

Anthony McIntyre 🔖 In terms of World War 2 literature, books about the Nazi war in the East tend to be the most gripping.A war of extermination, with German economic and logistic planners estimating that up to 45 million (some went as high as 90 million) Soviet citizens could be murdered if the dream of conquering the East and creating Lebensraum was to be achieved. While extermination

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Fifty Four

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousFederal judge orders release of Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi from ICE detentionWhat a ‘peace summit’ reveals about the state

Morrison On Activism

Irish News ✏ Written by John Manley.Rebel, writer and occasional reconciler: Former Sinn Féin publicity director Danny Morrison on his decades of activism, the search for peace and unionism’s declineThe coining of the now infamous phrase “ballot box in one hand... Armalite in the other” wasn’t rehearsed, according to its author Danny Morrison. It came to him just as he reached the podium to

Atheistic Counterarguments To Traditional Proofs Of God’s Existence

Church And State ✏ The existence of God has been a topic of debate for centuries. Many people believe in the existence of one or more gods, while others do not. Atheists are those who do not believe in any gods or supernatural beings. They rely on empirical evidence, rationality, and logic to explain the world around them. In contrast, religious believers claim that their belief in God is