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What kind of fresh hell scam is this. Random number sending a ...

2026-03-12T22:23:02Z

What kind of fresh hell scam is this. Random number sending a contact card. I'm afraid to open that. Should I be?

Today in important #Science news... Why it takes you and an ...

2026-03-06T21:05:10Z

Today in important #Science news...

Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/takes-elephant-amount-time-poop

As fluid dynamicists, we joined forces with colorectal surgeon Daniel Chu, and two stalwart undergraduates, Candice Kaminski and Morgan LaMarca, who filmed defecation and hand-picked feces from 34 mammalian species at Zoo Atlanta in order to measure their density and viscosity.

We learned that most elephants and other herbivores create "floaters" while most tigers and other carnivores create "sinkers." Inadvertently, we also ranked feces from most to least smelly, starting with tiger and rhino and going all the way to panda. The zoo's variety of animals provided us with a range of fecal sizes and shapes that served as independent pieces of evidence to validate our mathematical model of the duration of defecation.

👀 Mammal-inspired skin sweats to keep batteries cool ...

2026-03-05T07:36:30Z

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Mammal-inspired skin sweats to keep batteries cool https://newatlas.com/energy/mammal-inspired-skin-sweats-cools-batteries/

Lithium-ion batteries are highly efficient, dissipating less than 10% of their energy as heat during operation. However, they require thermal management systems to regulate this heat, as it can negatively impact their performance and lifespan. On the other hand, their far more inefficient electrochemical distant cousin, the human body, generates enough heat to boil over 100 cups of tea daily and is literally just chillin'.

The secret? Our skin and its ability to sweat. A team of researchers from the City University of Hong Kong may have found a way to give batteries this ability, using a Skin-Inspired Adaptive Nanocomposites Cooling Membrane.

#Science #Batteries

You've got something brown on your nose, Prime Minister... ...

2026-03-05T02:47:01Z

You've got something brown on your nose, Prime Minister...

Guardian: Australian PM Anthony Albanese gave Donald Trump model nuclear submarine on golden plate at White House

Prime minister also presented Melania Trump with a $3,000 Paspaley pearl pendant

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online ...

2026-03-04T04:53:35Z

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ precise movements over time, in a process that often involves siphoning data from ordinary apps like video games, dating services, and fitness trackers, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media.

The document shows in stark terms the power, and potential risk, of online advertising data and how it can be leveraged by government agencies for surveillance purposes. https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/

egads. ‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes ...

2026-02-28T07:40:14Z

egads.

‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers

Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/i-live-in-constant-fear-surge-in-giant-sinkholes-threatens-turkeys-farme

Fatih Sik was drinking tea with friends at home when he heard a rumbling sound outside that grew to a loud boom, like a volcano had erupted nearby. From the window, he saw water and mud shoot into the sky, as high as the tallest trees, less than 100 metres away.

The 47-year-old knew what it was, because it is common in Karapınar, Konya, a vast agricultural province known as Turkey’s breadbasket. A giant sinkhole had opened up on his land. Fifty metres wide and 40 metres deep, it had appeared almost a year to the day after a previous one had formed. It was August – the hottest month of the year.

Sik was born on the farm he now owns, which his father ran before him, yet he says scientists have told local people the area is no longer livable. One house nearby has collapsed into a sinkhole. “Every night I pray before I go to bed and when I wake up I pray again,” said Sik. “I live in constant fear that a sinkhole will take my house.”

Konya, part of the once-fertile Central Anatolia region, gave life to ancient civilisations, including what is believed to be the world’s first agricultural society, at Çatalhöyük, in about 8,000BC. It is dotted with the remnants of water cults, Hittite sacred springs and Roman aqueducts, and once offered vital watering holes to traders on the Silk Road. Now, though, the land is drying up. Turkey is on the brink of a major drought crisis, with almost 90% of the country at risk of becoming desert.

#ClimateEmergency

I'm not sure how Weight Watchers survived past the 70s with ...

2026-02-27T02:04:43Z

I'm not sure how Weight Watchers survived past the 70s with recipes like this...

Yikes. A country of 1.5 Billion people running out of water. ...

2026-02-26T06:26:29Z

Yikes. A country of 1.5 Billion people running out of water.

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/26/ancient-stepwells-brought-back-india-run-out-water-day-zer

“It was such a joyous moment to see water collecting into the stepwell after clearing 40 years of garbage,” says Hajira Adeeb, a 45-year-old resident of Bansilalpet, who grew up seeing the well become transformed from the community’s water source to a dumping ground. “I visit almost every day. The area is clean and lit up in the evenings. I enjoy sitting there.”

India is famed for its stepwells – multi-storey structures built to provide access to groundwater, with steps and platforms descending to the water level. Thousands were built across the country near natural aquifers – underground porous rock saturated with water – mostly between the 11th and 18th centuries.

#ClimateEmergency

Any entomologists on here? We have an ag entomologists in the ...

2026-02-24T23:38:37Z

Any entomologists on here? We have an ag entomologists in the community who left some traps here to put out in spring.

specifically, we're aiming to catch any bark beetles for identification. We had a scare in the late fall when we found some grubs in large rounds of Oak that were brought up here when we were splitting it. But it's really hard to get positive ID on grubs. All of that wood has been tarped and sealed up.

We're now looking at mid to high 70s and maybe even 80s and sunny this week. Would this trigger beetle emergence? Should I put the traps out now or wait another month?

The DOW dropped below 50,000. Does that mean Epstein prosecutions ...

2026-02-23T18:58:07Z

The DOW dropped below 50,000. Does that mean Epstein prosecutions are back on the table?

The history of the lawn goes back even further. It's always ...

2026-02-20T02:06:38Z

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The history of the lawn goes back even further. It's always been classist. Started as a symbol of being so rich that you don't need to grow food on your land. A giant FU to the peasants.

Pitifully few registered Regenerative Farms in California. ...

2026-02-18T19:21:06Z

Pitifully few registered Regenerative Farms in California. https://www.regenerativefarmersofamerica.com/regenerative-farm-near-me

Shameful really. It's one of the best weapons in the fight against climate change and one of the few that can actually draw down and sequester carbon while simultaneously becoming resilient to the effects of climate change. All with greater yields and profits.

#RegenerativeAgriculture #ClimateEmergency

Looks like #California may be next. Are you ready? have you been ...

2026-02-18T02:56:53Z

Looks like #California may be next. Are you ready? have you been studying the good people of Minnesota? Got your whistles and what not ready. Got signal?

https://patch.com/california/orange-county/ice-secretly-leases-space-advance-minneapolis-style-ca-surge-report

The federal government is quietly purchasing warehouses for a massive expansion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, according to documents posted online Friday by a Republican congressman. Additionally, a federal official said that California and New York are among the "next" for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge similar to the campaign in Minneapolis, with plans to embed hundreds of new ICE offices in Sacramento, Irvine, Santa Ana and Van Nuys, according to an explosive report by WIRED.

According to the WIRED report, ICE is leasing space in two Orange County cities — at an office park in Irvine and at the federal building in Santa Ana.

"This is news to me," Irvine Mayor Larry Agran told The Orange County Register. "We try to maintain some channels of communication with Border Patrol, with ICE, with Homeland Security... it's not easy to do. They're not very cooperative at all, and [not] letting us know what they're planning, what their activities consist of."

City officials are frequently unable to get details from ICE until a property sale is finalized.

The Irvine building, located at 2020 Main St., is situated near John Wayne Airport and several fast-casual restaurants. The Santa Ana Federal Building is located within blocks of a church and the OC Civic Center.

In Van Nuys — a neighborhood in Los Angeles — ICE is expanding offices at the James C. Corman federal building, that also houses offices for the IRS and Health and Human Services, the report said.

In San Diego, federal agents are allegedly leasing offices at the Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and federal building, WIRED reported.

In Sacramento, ICE has installed security features at the John E. Moss building ahead of further expansion, according to WIRED.

criminy. From Government Executive magazine: The Social Security ...

2026-02-14T05:07:02Z

criminy.

From Government Executive magazine: The Social Security Administration has instructed employees newly assigned to answering phones to tell callers expressing suicidal thoughts that suicide is “one option,” raising concerns from employees and experts in the field who called the approach unorthodox.

SSA recently began shifting new swaths of its workforce to phone answering duty, including those who normally receive and process retirement and disability claims, manage the agency’s technology and work in the agency's finances unit. Those employees received brief, three-hour training before they began answering calls.

As part of that training, they were warned some callers may express suicidal ideation and presented with examples using a theoretical employee named Fiona.

“It's important for Fiona to keep the caller engaged and to remind her that suicide is only one option,” the animated trainer told employees in the video, a copy of which was obtained by Government Executive, “and that there is no urgency to make any decisions.”

What began as a peaceful march and rally against federal ...

2026-02-13T22:57:21Z

What began as a peaceful march and rally against federal immigration raids escalated into an altercation between federal police and students in downtown Los Angeles on Friday afternoon. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/student-walkout-held-in-downtown-l-a-in-protest-of-immigration-enforcement/

Police called for additional backup at the Metropolitan Detention Center as tensions rose. According to Sky5’s Rich Prickett, the crowd refused orders to return to the sidewalk, and officers retreated into the building in a “defensive posture.”

As of 2 p.m. Friday, the march is heading north on Los Angeles St between Temple and Aliso St. Northbound lanes of Los Angeles St. are being impacted.

Hundreds of Los Angeles students walked out of class Friday afternoon to protest recent federal immigration operations. Their march began on the steps of City Hall. The walkout is one of several held in recent weeks across Southern California amid rising anti-ICE sentiment as immigration enforcement increases nationwide.

Remember when MAGA and QAnon were freaked out about rumors of ...

2026-02-13T17:42:25Z

Remember when MAGA and QAnon were freaked out about rumors of FEMA buying warehouses? An organization that is supposed to stockpile goods for an emergency.

ICE only stockpiles people.

Say what now?!? When a predator like a lion walks through the ...

2026-02-11T06:38:31Z

Say what now?!?

When a predator like a lion walks through the grasslands, it makes its presence known by roaring, which can be heard miles away. Since the lion is at the top of the food chain, it doesn’t particularly require privacy. But for animals like deer, making loud sounds isn’t exactly the safest way to communicate. So, to get noticed, deer mark areas with rubs and scrapes, known as signposts. Now, a new study in Ecology and Evolution reports that these signposts hold a hidden glow, and other deer can see it. https://newatlas.com/biology/forests-glow-uv-light-deer-communication/

To investigate how the environment might glow in response to animal behaviors, the lead author of the study, Daniel DeRose-Broeckert, and his colleagues surveyed an 800-acre area in the Whitehall Forest and located white-tailed deer’s (Odocoileus virginianus) active signposts.

The team marked those signposts with flagging tapes and GPS points. From the sites, they analyzed 109 antler rubs, 37 scrapes, and 20 urinated spots. The light measurements revealed that these markers emit light in wavelengths that stand out against the surrounding environment when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) rays.

In an interview DeRose-Broeckert told us that deer are more sensitive to blue wavelengths and UV light than humans. A deer’s eye sensitivity picks up the wavelengths emitted by the glow, i.e., 450-460 nm and 537 nm ranges. Also, deer are most active at dawn and dusk, when the sunlight is low and visible light fades, making ultraviolet wavelengths more prominent.

“The truth is, he’s not the same boy he was before. Ever ...

2026-02-10T04:34:43Z

“The truth is, he’s not the same boy he was before. Ever since he went in there, he’s suffered psychological trauma; he’s very scared,” Conejo Arias said. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy.’”

Liam tells his father about nightmares featuring police officers. The boy also “remembers the moment the ICE agents detained us.”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/09/father-of-liam-conejo-ramos-says-he-continues-to-suffer-after-ice-detention-release

Finally getting around to doing the math for a sand battery... My ...

2026-02-04T04:44:04Z

Finally getting around to doing the math for a sand battery...

My panels operating voltage and current are 38.6v and 8.44A. That means for one panel the ideal heating element would be 4.6 ohms. For 2 panels in series, 9.1 ohms.

The little immersion heater coil I got says it's 1000W at 110VAC. Which would mean 9.1A, and therefore be about 12.1 ohms. But the ohmmeter says it's 17.6 ohms.

That might be a bit high for the panels. hard to say what power point that will produce. Will just have to try.

If I were to power from my 25.6V batteries, and it's really a 17.6ohm element, that would only be 1.4A, so only 37W. So that's out.

The only other option with this element would be to keep it AC, and have the FM80 aux output programmed to open a relay to power it once the batteries reach float. On most days that'll be by 1p at the latest, and that gives me 4 hrs at 1kW of heat going into the sand for 4kWh of heat storage or about 13650BTU. That would probably be meaningful.

The Daily Mail (so grain of salt) seems to think Epstein's ...

2026-02-02T05:36:04Z

The Daily Mail (so grain of salt) seems to think Epstein's island was a KGB honeypot arrangement. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15516349/Epsteins-sex-empire-KGB-honeytrap-Paedophile-financier-Putin-Russian-girls.html

The judge released the petitioners. Made it abundantly clear that ...

2026-02-01T20:52:52Z

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The judge released the petitioners. Made it abundantly clear that administrative warrants are insufficient. Then severely chastised the government agents involved with fiery rhetoric based on foundational documents specifically oriented to reach 'patriots' who have not connected the dots between what's happening and the tyranny that lead to the revolutionary war in the first place.

What the hell would do you want or expect? For the judge to take of his robe and take up arms to march into the street and start shooting ICE agents?

Sure. let's put a water tank/heater right above all of your ...

2026-02-01T04:11:36Z

Sure. let's put a water tank/heater right above all of your electronics. what could possibly go wrong?

The judge's order to release bunny hat boy and his father is ...

2026-02-01T02:31:33Z

The judge's order to release bunny hat boy and his father is 🔥FIRE🔥

It's a mic drop smack down history lesson.

The judge pulls no punches when referring to this regime and ICE: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency."

Never seen this signature line before:
"With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, it is so ORDERED."

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172886492/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172886492.9.0.pdf

How do you get the level/balance just right on the bench itself ...

2026-01-31T04:55:50Z

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How do you get the level/balance just right on the bench itself so it doesn't wobble at all under different weight positions? Do you wind up using shims? Are the protruding support stones still adjustable when it's placed?

Fantastic work!

And the meat of the article to tie into the headline: The federal ...

2026-01-29T20:11:13Z

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And the meat of the article to tie into the headline:

The federal surge into Minneapolis reflects a series of mistaken MAGA assumptions. The first is the belief that diverse communities aren’t possible: “Social bonds form among people who have something in common,” Vance said in a speech last July. “If you stop importing millions of foreigners into the country, you allow social cohesion to form naturally.” Vance’s remarks are the antithesis to the neighborism of the Twin Cities, whose people do not share the narcissism of being capable of loving only those who are exactly like them.

A second MAGA assumption is that the left is insincere in its values, and that principles of inclusion and unity are superficial forms of virtue signaling. White liberals might put a sign in their front yard saying IMMIGRANTS WELCOME, but they will abandon those immigrants at the first sensation of sustained pressure.

And in Trump’s defense, this has turned out to be true of many liberals in positions of power—university administrators, attorneys at white-shoe law firms, political leaders. But it is not true of millions of ordinary Americans, who have poured into the streets in protest, spoken out against the administration, and, in Minnesota, resisted armed men in masks at the cost of their own life.

The MAGA faith in liberal weakness has been paired with the conviction that real men—Trump’s men—are conversely strong. Consider Miller’s bizarre meltdown while addressing Memphis police in October. “The gangbangers that you deal with—they think that they’re ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they’re tough? They have no idea how tough we are,” Miller said. “They think they’re hard-core? We are so much more hard-core than they are.” Around this time, Miller moved his family onto a military base—for safety reasons.

The federal agents sent to Minnesota wear body armor and masks, and bear long guns and sidearms. But their skittishness and brutality are qualities associated with fear, not resolve. It takes far more courage to stare down the barrel of a gun while you’re armed with only a whistle and a phone than it does to point a gun at an unarmed protester.

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

The Atlantic has had some good #Minnesota pieces recently. This ...

2026-01-29T19:49:57Z

The Atlantic has had some good #Minnesota pieces recently. This is their latest.

MINNESOTA PROVED MAGA WRONG
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions. (gift article) https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=6qi1zpVjfanikscENJ8rz00xy4yJQvyhvh6q6llygfc

Instead, what they discovered in the frozen North was something different: a real resistance, broad and organized and overwhelmingly nonviolent, the kind of movement that emerges only under sustained attacks by an oppressive state. Tens of thousands of volunteers—at the very least—are risking their safety to defend their neighbors and their freedom. They aren’t looking for attention or likes on social media. Unless they are killed by federal agents, as Pretti and Renee Good were, other activists do not even necessarily know their names. Many use a handle or code name out of fear of government retaliation. Their concerns are justified: A number of people working as volunteers or observers told me that they had been trailed home by ICE agents, and some of their communications have already been infiltrated, screenshotted, and posted online, forcing them to use new text chains and code names. One urgent question among observers, as the videos of Pretti’s killing spread, was what his handle might have been.

Trump-administration officials and MAGA influencers have repeatedly called these activists “violent” and said they are involved in “riots.” But the resistance in Minnesota is largely characterized by a conscious, strategic absence of physical confrontation. Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents. Of the three homicides in Minneapolis this year, two were committed by federal agents.

“There’s been an incredible, incredible response from the community. I’ve seen our neighbors go straight from allies to family—more than family—checking in on each other, offering food and rides for kids and all kinds of support, alerting each other if there’s ICE or any kind of danger,

Omg. lol The Onion: ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To ...

2026-01-23T00:39:33Z

Omg. lol

The Onion: ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

trump saw something he didn’t like on the socials and flushed ...

2026-01-21T04:38:07Z

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trump saw something he didn’t like on the socials and flushed his phone down the toilet

NOAA: An S4 severe solar radiation storm is now in progress - ...

2026-01-20T00:04:38Z

NOAA: An S4 severe solar radiation storm is now in progress - this is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years. The last time S4 levels were observed was in October, 2003. Potential effects are mainly limited to space launch, aviation, and satellite operations.

F Searchlight Institute right in the nose. There's a memo ...

2026-01-15T01:01:37Z

F Searchlight Institute right in the nose.

There's a memo circulating amongst Democrats in Washington warning them that an "Abolish ICE" stance is "politically toxic"

Turns out Searchlight Institute is behind it. Curious as to who they are ...

The Latest Democratic Idea: Having Fewer Ideas
Can you imagine a Democratic Party that stood for even less? The Searchlight Institute can! https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-latest-democratic-idea-having-fewer-ideas

They finally found the 4 Oglala men who ICE abducted. They are ...

2026-01-15T00:13:17Z

They finally found the 4 Oglala men who ICE abducted. They are being held in Ft. Snelling - the concentration camp their ancestors were held in during the Indian Wars and where the Dakota 38 were held before being executed.

If anyone belongs on Turtle Island, it's Native Americans - not the ICE thugs that abducted them.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/13/south-dakota-tribe-oglala-sioux-demands-release-of-lakota-men-in-minneapolis-detained-by-ice

So many people in #VanLife groups putting their lives at risk ...

2026-01-13T23:57:32Z

So many people in #VanLife groups putting their lives at risk with their #Solar systems. The problem is inverter size vs system voltage. People are running 3500W and even higher wattage inverters on a 12V battery bank. That's 300A of current!! Not only do the wires need to be massive, expensive, and hard to negotiate around curves, but at those current levels you'd need to constantly monitor the torque on the connections and any heat build up in the wires.

Every connection is going to have some resistance. The higher the current the greater the voltage drop/heat build up through that resistance. This then causes thermal expansion/contraction which will loosen those connections resulting in even higher resistance and heat. Note the positive feedback loop. There's very little room for error at such high current levels. the same process can happen with a poor crimp.

12V is fine up to 2kW. 24V to 4kW. Anything above that and you should just go 48V.

LOL. FIFA - who infamously awarded Trump a made-up Peace Prize, ...

2026-01-13T04:22:44Z

LOL. FIFA - who infamously awarded Trump a made-up Peace Prize, is in the throes of FAFO: "Tens of thousands of fans cancelled their tickets to the 2026 World Cup over the weekend amid safety fears, political protests, and human rights concerns in the U.S., leading FIFA to schedule an emergency meeting this week." https://www.ticketnews.com/2026/01/nearly-17000-fans-cancel-2026-world-cup-tickets-amid-boycott/

Holy Shit. "one of ours. all of yours". on a government ...

2026-01-13T02:50:06Z

Holy Shit. "one of ours. all of yours". on a government podium?!?

That's serious fascism stuff. It's the approach taken by the Nazis when Reinhard Heydrich, a prime architect of the holocaust, was assassinated by the resistance.

The assassins were mistakenly believed to be from the town of Lidice in occupied Czechoslovakia. So the Nazi's rounded up all the men and boys and killed them, and sent all the women to concentration camps. wiped the town off the map.

THAT is what's being evoked by that phrase on the puppy killer's podium.

Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland ...

2026-01-10T07:20:33Z

Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/feds-pay-125k-after-border-patrol-agent-pointed-gun-at-portland-hotel-worker.html

The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.

Jones was staying in Room 428 at the Residence Inn by Marriott in North Portland and had called down to the front desk to report a malfunctioning toilet.

Christopher Frison, a chief maintenance engineer at the hotel, arrived at Jones’ room about 5 p.m. on July 27, 2020, and knocked several times. Frison also called out “maintenance,” gave his name and waited, holding a plunger, he testified in court.

That’s when “Jones opened the door ready to defend himself and his room,” according to U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson’s 22-page opinion.

According to Frison, Jones was wearing a sweatshirt with the hood pulled over his head when he “swung” the hotel door open, reached with his right hand behind his back and suddenly pointed a handgun at Frison’s chest. He said Jones held his gun in two hands, both arms outstretched.

“What the hell are you doing? What is going on?” Frison said he screamed. “All I could see was the white of his eyes. I could see the anger in his face. I wasn’t there as a threat. I was there as a maintenance worker.”

Frison testified that Jones pointed the gun at him for four to five seconds before uttering twice that he “f----- up.”

The judge found that Frison’s lawyers didn’t need to prove that Jones intended to shoot Frison or cause him physical injury. It didn’t matter if the gun was loaded or not, according to her opinion. It was clear Jones “intended” to place Frison in fear of imminent harm, she ruled.

“Simply put, that Jones opened the door quickly and pointed a gun at plaintiff is sufficient to establish defendant’s liability for civil assault,” Nelson wrote.

It's a weird parallel command structure. The actual state ...

2026-01-08T00:54:04Z

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It's a weird parallel command structure. The actual state national guard units are supposed to primarily be under the governors main control though https://publicintelligence.net/usarmy-dsca-july-2019/

no idea. haven't seen a potential showdown between state and ...

2026-01-08T00:45:12Z

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no idea. haven't seen a potential showdown between state and federal forces since... well... about 1861.

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2026-01-08T00:21:59Z

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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5677541-walz-minnesota-national-guard-ice-shooting/

In response to the governor’s warning order, Schaefer said the agency has begun preparations in the event the guard is activated, including equipment checks and notifying service members.

“To Minnesotans, on the National Guard, they’re there to protect you and protect your constitutional rights,” Walz said. “These are our neighbors. They don’t wear masks. They don’t bust in from somewhere else. They’re not here to cause hassles to you or what we saw today, the tragedy.”

“From here on, I have a very simple message: We do not need any further help from the federal government,” Walz said. “To Donald Trump and [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, you’ve done enough.”

Whoa. If I understand his words correctly, Gov Tim Walz has ...

2026-01-08T00:17:52Z

Whoa. If I understand his words correctly, Gov Tim Walz has issued a 'warning order' which is like a 'prepare for but don't execute yet' order for the National Guard to be prepared to kick ICE agents out of Minnesota if necessary.

um. wow.

This never received the attention it should have. Trump paid for ...

2026-01-07T01:00:59Z

This never received the attention it should have. Trump paid for the riot - no, not 'paid for' as in he was held accountable. Paid for as in it was an astroturf operation.

Trump Campaign Paid More Than $4.3 Million to Jan. 6 Event Organizers https://www.newsweek.com/trump-campaign-paid-more-43-million-jan-6-event-organizers-1624359

Car Wash Mode. lol. "These precautions include engaging the ...

2025-12-31T22:01:55Z

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Car Wash Mode. lol.

"These precautions include engaging the Car Wash Mode, avoiding hot water and detergents, checking with the car wash staff to find out if the soap they use has a pH above 13, and not washing in direct sunlight."

pH above 13?!? That's bloody Drano levels of alkalinity. Do they even understand pH??

As soon as I read "I'm back after a 3-day suspension" ...

2025-12-26T19:19:00Z

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As soon as I read "I'm back after a 3-day suspension" I screamed "but why???" why go back?

It's just "Thank you sir may I have another."

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2025-12-25T19:29:04Z

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I’ve entered the electric age with a shiny new induction stove ...

2025-12-24T04:38:09Z

I’ve entered the electric age with a shiny new induction stove hob.

If I were on #spotify, I’d cancel my subscription/account ...

2025-12-12T16:50:41Z

If I were on #spotify, I’d cancel my subscription/account immediately.

King Gizzard pulled their music from the platform so Spotify has replaced it with #AI knockoffs of their music. As if paying almost nothing for streaming wasn’t evil enough, they’re now using LLMs trained on stolen content to pay artists nothing at all.

https://futurism.com/future-society/king-gizzard-spotify-ai-knockoff

Like much of ancient history, it’s hard to separate legends ...

2025-12-08T23:54:09Z

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Like much of ancient history, it’s hard to separate legends from facts, but that’s at least one story I’ve heard of the origin as linked to Christmas.

People can do what they want - especially if they have kids. ...

2025-12-08T23:46:37Z

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People can do what they want - especially if they have kids. We’ve got bigger carbon fish to fry. I personally just find the tradition a little vulgar now that I’m steeped in native culture and spirituality, where all life is sacred and there should be good cause to take one. Coupled with its beginning as a means for the church to halt earth based traditions by cutting down the living trees druids would have ceremony with and dragging them into the church.

I wonder if anyone has done the calculations. Carbon from a fake ...

2025-12-08T00:51:25Z

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I wonder if anyone has done the calculations. Carbon from a fake tree used for 20yrs vs the draw down/sequestering from 20 trees allowed to live a full life cycle.

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2025-12-08T00:34:48Z

This the season of murdered tree carcasses strapped to car roofs.

They do become hydrophobic once dried, so you don’t want a ...

2025-12-07T01:23:59Z

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They do become hydrophobic once dried, so you don’t want a thick layer - at least not all around a plant.

Also omg that site is loaded with ads and pop-ups. And the suggestions go off the rails after the first 4 or 5. lol

And the block side ...

2025-12-01T21:05:05Z

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And the block side

Head is now off. A little concerned that I don’t see an obvious ...

2025-12-01T21:03:48Z

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Head is now off. A little concerned that I don’t see an obvious issue with the gasket. Worried that may mean the head warped. But if that was the failure mode I’d expect oil and coolant to be mixed. It isn’t. Oil came out clean. All I know for sure is that coolant shouldn’t be in the cylinders

Valve cover off and spark plugs removed. Plugs look pretty good. ...

2025-12-01T19:28:27Z

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Valve cover off and spark plugs removed. Plugs look pretty good. A little bit of carbon on # 1, the worst of the coolant leak is # 4

If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring them inside. The next ...

2025-12-01T04:32:21Z

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If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring them inside.

The next steps will expose the engine internals. And the dew has been heavy, so will do the rest inside.

Got the intake and exhaust manifolds off. Evidence of coolant in ...

2025-12-01T01:10:45Z

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Got the intake and exhaust manifolds off. Evidence of coolant in cylinder 4 of the exhaust, and cylinders 2, 3, & 4 of the intake

#engineRemoval

Well into the no fun job of cleaning 32 years of dirt, grease, ...

2025-11-30T21:22:37Z

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Well into the no fun job of cleaning 32 years of dirt, grease, and oil off the engine.

The heart has been removed from the patient. #engineRemoval ...

2025-11-30T18:16:00Z

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The heart has been removed from the patient.

#engineRemoval

Woot! Both axles came out easily on the spare car. A couple ...

2025-11-29T20:52:33Z

Woot! Both axles came out easily on the spare car. A couple minutes each. That took nearly two days last time.

#engineRemoval

WHOA. Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water ...

2025-11-22T05:06:10Z

WHOA.

Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of #Iran, the country’s president has said. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/

The situation in Tehran is the result of “a perfect storm of climate change and corruption,” says Michael Rubin, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute.

“We no longer have a choice,” said Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian during a speech on Thursday.

Instead Iranian officials are considering moving the capital to the country’s southern coast. But experts say the proposal does not change the reality for the nearly 10 million people who live in Tehran and are now suffering the consequences of a decades-long decline in water supply.

Since at least 2008, scientists have warned that unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for agriculture was rapidly draining the country’s aquifers. The overuse did not just deplete underground reserves—it destroyed them, as the land compressed and sank irreversibly. One recent study found that Iran’s central plateau, where most of the country’s aquifers are located, is sinking by more than 35 centimeters each year. As a result, the aquifers lose about 1.7 billion cubic meters of water annually as the ground is permanently crushed, leaving no space for underground water storage to recover.

#ClimateEmergency

Say it neighn't so.

2025-11-18T05:06:42Z

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Say it neighn't so.

A celebrity horse?!? 😂

2025-11-18T05:05:13Z

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A celebrity horse?!? 😂

I've only seen Mint in news results relatively recently. And ...

2025-11-18T04:59:24Z

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I've only seen Mint in news results relatively recently. And haven't had time to research them, so decided against sharing until I knew more about them. Have they been around long? Associated with any other orgs of note?

Donica Lewinsky 🤣 Also, come to think of it, Blowing Bubba ...

2025-11-18T04:47:50Z

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Donica Lewinsky 🤣

Also, come to think of it, Blowing Bubba would be a great band name. #ShoeGazer probably or maybe Desert Stone Rock.

Amusing myself with the realization that Bubba was impeached for ...

2025-11-18T03:54:47Z

Amusing myself with the realization that Bubba was impeached for getting, um... serviced while in the White House, and yet the current resident of the White House may have himself... serviced Bubba.

Ruh-roh. Buy Now, Pay Later services have ballooned to 91 million ...

2025-11-17T02:35:45Z

Ruh-roh.

Buy Now, Pay Later services have ballooned to 91 million users in the US. 25% of them use it to buy groceries. And the default rate is growing fast. This problem is largely hidden because it's a 'phantom debt' crisis not reported to credit bureaus. “In a world where, if I’m a buy-now-pay-later provider, and I’m not checking bureau data, I’m not feeding bureau data, I am oblivious to the fact that Nigel may have taken out 10 of these things in the last week,” Morris explained. “[That’s] absolutely true.” https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/16/bnpl-is-expanding-fast-and-that-should-worry-everyone/

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s ...

2025-11-02T00:49:18Z

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates. The Boston Fire Department Arson Unit responded to the incident and determined the explosion to be intentional. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/2/explosion-longwood/

The explosion took place on an area of the fourth floor of Goldenson, a Harvard Medical School building on the school’s main quad. An officer who responded shortly before 3 a.m. observed two individuals fleeing the building, according to the email sent by HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano this afternoon. HUPD sent a subsequent email to Harvard affiliates shortly after 5 p.m. asking for assistance identifying two men, who they described as suspects. The images were captured on security footage. Both men are shown wearing sweatshirts with hoods and ski masks.

The Boston Police Department performed a sweep of the building and determined there were no additional devices in the building. No injuries were reported in relation to the incident.

A new study published in the journal Science reveals black garden ...

2025-11-01T03:42:05Z

A new study published in the journal Science reveals black garden ants (Lasius niger) modify their nest architecture to slow an outbreak – an insect version of social distancing built into the walls. https://newatlas.com/biology/ants-social-distancing-pandemic/

...ants exposed to fungal spores made increased layout modifications. Entrances ended up, on average, about 6 mm farther from one another. This increased spacing between the entrance area meant fewer crowding points at the surface.

The exposed colonies also constructed chambers with longer and winding routes in less central locations. Ants even dug multiple tunnels, likely alternative routes of transport to avoid contact. The study also recorded the increased surface activity from the pathogen-exposed workers, which likely reflects self-isolation and social distancing.

SoCal Edison CEO admits their equipment likely caused the deadly ...

2025-10-29T05:03:34Z

SoCal Edison CEO admits their equipment likely caused the deadly #EatonFire

https://abc7.com/post/socal-edison-equipment-cause-eaton-fire-altadena-ceo-says/18082954/

If Alt Natl Parks is to be believed there were no reported ...

2025-10-19T23:04:26Z

If Alt Natl Parks is to be believed there were no reported arrests of protestors yesterday (at least for aggressive behavior - there is the penis costume lady tho. lol), but there were 22 arrests of MAGA folk incensed enough to draw guns or engage in other aggressive behavior.

Consumer Reports: Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels ...

2025-10-19T05:00:22Z

Consumer Reports: Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/

For more than two-thirds of the products we analyzed, a single serving contained more lead than CR’s food safety experts say is safe to consume in a day—some by more than 10 times. “It’s concerning that these results are even worse than the last time we tested,” said Tunde Akinleye, the CR food safety researcher who led the testing project.

Nearly all the plant-based products CR tested had elevated lead levels, but some were particularly concerning. Two had so much lead that CR’s experts caution against using them at all. A single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600 percent of CR’s level of concern for lead, which is 0.5 micrograms per day. Two others had between 400 and 600 percent of that level per daily serving.

The lead levels in plant-based products were, on average, nine times the amount found in those made with dairy proteins like whey, and twice as great as beef-based ones. Dairy-based protein powders and shakes generally had the lowest amounts of lead, but half of the products we tested still had high enough levels of contamination that CR’s experts advise against daily use.

as an interesting aside, the first movie to have Lakota spoken ...

2025-10-19T03:10:11Z

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as an interesting aside, the first movie to have Lakota spoken with subtitles was Dances with Wolves. But Costner was an ass to the native actors, so in some of the scenes the subtitles don't match with what's being spoken. Instead, they're ratting him out with stuff like "He makes us eat in a separate tent from the other actors" and "He hasn't paid us in 3 weeks."

Since giving up on ST:BNW, I've settled on watching Dark ...

2025-10-19T03:04:40Z

Since giving up on ST:BNW, I've settled on watching Dark Winds. Nice that there's a lot of Diné spoken. One of our community members is Diné, and I've been trying to get "thank you" down. It's kind of a yeh-heh with accent on the 2nd syllable but more gutteral/clicky

I'm horrible with other languages, but try to get "hello" and "thank you" down if I can to honor the effort ESL speakers went through to be able to communicate with my lame ass. lol.

Bookmarking this one from The New Republic documenting some of ...

2025-10-18T06:16:29Z

Bookmarking this one from The New Republic documenting some of the corruption that has resulted in Trump going from a reported $2.6B net worth minus hundreds of millions of civil penalties being owed just 19 month ago, to $7.1B and the penalties tossed out. "Nobody gets that rich that fast in real estate." And the grift is a family affair. https://newrepublic.com/article/201913/trump-family-expanding-portfolio-corruption

Future Space Trash would be a great band name.

2025-10-18T00:53:18Z

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Future Space Trash would be a great band name.

Is that his neck or a Georgia O'Keefe painting? lol. (image ...

2025-10-16T21:18:00Z

Is that his neck or a Georgia O'Keefe painting? lol.

(image marked sensitive in case you don't want to see a photo of trump - even if it's the cover of Time and he has called it "the worst of all time"

How to Secure Your Phone for the #NoKings Protest A complete, ...

2025-10-16T21:06:56Z

How to Secure Your Phone for the #NoKings Protest

A complete, practical guide to protecting yourself and your community from digital tracking and surveillance.

https://www.yourtimestartsnow.ch/p/how-to-secure-your-phone-for-the

(You might get a subscribe pop-up, but it's easy to close and read the rather informative article)

#opsec #infosec

Not especially old, but hard to find analog multimeters these ...

2025-10-16T20:13:25Z

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Not especially old, but hard to find analog multimeters these days. Looks like it was made in 1983.

Teslarati: Tesla launched its fastest Full Self-Driving Speed ...

2025-10-16T05:37:43Z

Teslarati: Tesla launched its fastest Full Self-Driving Speed Profile with the v14.1.2 Software Update on Wednesday, as “Mad Max” mode has overtaken “Hurry” as the most spirited travel option on FSD. The release notes state that:

“Introduced new speed profile MAD MAX, which comes with higher speeds and more frequent lane changes than Hurry.”
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I can't wait for the Thelma & Louise profile - at least that will be less dangerous to other drivers.

Lovely... Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research ...

2025-09-29T04:48:34Z

Lovely...

Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests
The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue. https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-could-be-weakening-your-bones-research-suggests-osteoporosis/

The study also found that, in relation to bones, plastic particles can reduce the viability of cells, induce premature cellular aging, modify gene expression, and trigger inflammatory responses. The combination of these effects generates an imbalance in which osteoclasts destroy more bone tissue than is regenerated, causing an accelerated weakening of bone structure.

#MicroPlastics

Perhaps lost in all the attention Jimmy Kimmel has received... ...

2025-09-24T16:34:48Z

Perhaps lost in all the attention Jimmy Kimmel has received...

1200 people detained at Alligator Auschwitz are now missing.

Here in California we have earthquakes all the time and rarely is ...

2025-09-22T01:50:21Z

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Here in California we have earthquakes all the time and rarely is there a boom. Makes me wonder if the boom was large enough to register as an earthquake instead of the other way around.

Pine nut foraging haul. ...

2025-09-10T21:43:52Z

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Pine nut foraging haul.

Looks like it’s a pine nut year. Our last big one was about 5 ...

2025-09-10T18:35:21Z

Looks like it’s a pine nut year. Our last big one was about 5 years ago. I might spend some time foraging today before all the ground squirrels and other critters get them.

Latest data point leaves no doubt about it anymore. #LosAngeles ...

2025-09-07T04:47:01Z

Latest data point leaves no doubt about it anymore. #LosAngeles is at the start of another #Covid wave.

Mask up. And otherwise take precautions to avoid this latest version. Also note, no other viruses are present in our wastewater currently, so if someone is sick, it's almost certainly covid.

So those “fire retardant” tarps we got when the Gifford fire ...

2025-08-24T01:44:55Z

So those “fire retardant” tarps we got when the Gifford fire was headed our way? They’re junk. A lighter under it immediately burns through. A lit cigarette dropped on it melts a hole through in about 1 second.

This cactus dreams of being a cowboy. ...

2025-07-25T22:09:29Z

This cactus dreams of being a cowboy.

Today in #SmallCarLoadposting 2 sheets of 4x8 plywood, 2 sheets ...

2025-06-25T00:23:01Z

Today in #SmallCarLoadposting 2 sheets of 4x8 plywood, 2 sheets of 4x8 1” foam insulation, all cut in half. A bunch of 8’ 2x2s uncut. A giant tool box, 4’ step ladder. Oh, and a pitchfork for good measure.

was there a flame thrower guitar player?

2025-06-20T23:09:23Z

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was there a flame thrower guitar player?

😂 ChatGPT using gargantuan amounts of power, water, and other ...

2025-06-11T22:59:33Z

😂 ChatGPT using gargantuan amounts of power, water, and other resources is absolutely trounced in chess by the lowly Atari2600 from 1977 using maybe 60w to powere its 8bit processor and 128 bytes of RAM

https://futurism.com/atari-beats-chatgpt-chess

AP: After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to ...

2025-06-06T03:33:19Z

AP: After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk’s SpaceX rocket company and his Starlink internet satellite services, Musk responded via X that SpaceX “will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.”

It’s unclear how serious Musk’s threat was. But the capsule, developed with the help of government contracts, is an important part of keeping the space station running. NASA also relies heavily on SpaceX for other programs including launching science missions and, later this decade, returning astronauts to the surface of the moon.
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This is why privatization of space (and military matters) is a really bad idea. And why the military and NASA need to disengage from any reliance on Musk companies. And why emotionally stunted toddlers should not be allowed anywhere near the reins of power.

That is absolute fucking nonsense. The half life of nuclear waste ...

2025-06-04T20:13:12Z

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That is absolute fucking nonsense. The half life of nuclear waste ranges from 10,000 years to 1 million years. The HALF life. It is deadly without active containment requiring human intervention.

When climate change collapses our systems, who is going to maintain that active containment??? If humanity manages to survive, how are they to deal with it with far less resources? Will they even know what it is?

The time scale of this ticking bomb is so staggering that the Department of Energy had to develop a task force to try and figure out how to warn future generations. There was no written language 5,000 years ago. 1 million years ago, Neanderthals walked the earth.

If humanity and even other forms of life manage to survive the climate crisis, they will likely be wiped out by this ill-fated ineffectual attempt to mitigate it - currently every bit of nuclear energy that comes online immediately goes to new consumption by data centers hosting AI craziness.

Meanwhile, abandoned solar panels or wind turbines pose absolutely no danger to any life form. It's problematic, but solvable. Nuclear waste is not, and it's shortsighted to continue pursuing nuclear power until there is a solution to its millennia spanning waste problem.

I'm a hard no with current technologies and reactors. ...

2025-06-04T03:55:18Z

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I'm a hard no with current technologies and reactors.

Prohibitively expensive, with decommissioning/waste costs too often offloaded onto taxpayers after the utility has pocketed all the up front incentives and profits.

And the waste is a ticking time bomb bequeathed to future generations potentially every bit as damaging as the carbon time bomb prior generations bequeathed to us which nuclear advocates claim requires us to use it.

If viable and cost effective Thorium reactors become available that can use traditional nuclear waste as fuel to get rid of it, I may reconsider.

Hey #SoCal. Remember today's scorching temps if the Marine ...

2025-05-10T15:58:27Z

Hey #SoCal. Remember today's scorching temps if the Marine Layer decides to show up this year and grace us with a couple months of gray skies every morning into mid afternoon if we're lucky.

It's not 'gloom' it's a 'boon'

NYTimes: A federal judge in Louisiana expressed concern on Friday ...

2025-04-26T04:19:45Z

NYTimes: A federal judge in Louisiana expressed concern on Friday that the Trump administration had deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process” and against the wishes of her father.

TIL. A few years back researchers in Japan painted zebra stripes ...

2025-04-24T20:32:18Z

TIL. A few years back researchers in Japan painted zebra stripes on cows and proved it significantly hindered fly attacks. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zebra-stripes-on-cows-could-save-agriculture-industry-millions-experiment-japan-shows-deters-flies/

The white-striped cows sustained only half as many bug attacks as either of the other groups. (Paint fumes apparently were not enough to deter flies, since black-striped cows were bitten just as often as the control group.) Animals protected by their white stripes were also less stressed, exhibiting fewer head shakes, foot stomping, and other insect-avoidant behavior.

That's just it. Sodium Carbonate is the 6th most abundant ...

2025-04-22T02:05:20Z

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That's just it. Sodium Carbonate is the 6th most abundant element on earth 2.6% of the earth's crust. It's a very low impact to mine or extract - even from seawater. And the batteries can be made without copper or other rare, expensive, or toxic materials.

The lack of toxic materials means it's much cheaper & easier to recycle (although maybe the financial incentives won't be there - at least initially)

Compare that to rare, environmentally costly to mine lithium which is only 0.0017% of the earth's crust. Battery-grade lithium carbonate costs range from $10,000 - $11,000 per metric ton vs. $600 - $650 per metric ton of battery grade sodium carbonate. Lithium batteries are quite flammable leaving behind a toxic mess. Sodium ion batteries are quite stable and have a much wider operating temperature range. No more EVs petering out in cold temps.

🤦 NBC: A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School ...

2025-04-22T01:26:23Z

🤦

NBC: A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months — putting crucial scientific advancements at risk.

The scientist, the 30-year-old Russian-born Kseniia Pertova, worked at Harvard’s renowned Kirschner Lab until her arrest at a Boston airport in mid-February. She is now being held at ICE’s Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana, and fighting possible deportation to Russia, where she said she fears persecution and jail time over her protests against the war in Ukraine.

They really buried the lede on this one... FinancialTimes: CATL ...

2025-04-22T01:05:11Z

They really buried the lede on this one...

FinancialTimes: CATL has unveiled upgraded battery cells it claims can offer faster charging for electric vehicles than its rival BYD, putting the two Chinese groups ahead of competitors in the race to overcome a major barrier to the shift away from petrol vehicles. The world’s biggest electric vehicle battery maker said on Monday that a new version of its flagship Shenxing battery cell could offer a 520km range from just five minutes of charging time.
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But then way down the page after a 'read more' button comes this nugget: "CATL also unveiled its new sodium-ion battery, which it said would go into mass production in December. The battery brand called Naxtra is able to give a range of about 200km for a hybrid vehicle and 500km for an electric vehicle, according to Huan."

A sodium-ion battery in an EV?!? that's huge!

Pope Francis died after a cerebral stroke, the Vatican announced ...

2025-04-21T19:12:32Z

Pope Francis died after a cerebral stroke, the Vatican announced Monday. The episode put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure, Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, the head of the Vatican’s health department, said in a death certificate released Monday.

There's some optics for ya. The White House used 30,000 real ...

2025-04-21T18:49:15Z

There's some optics for ya. The White House used 30,000 real eggs for Easter during a (industry greed induced) shortage and unaffordable egg prices for most Americans.