#Power
Biden Issues a Blistering Attack on Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/us/politics/biden-mccain-library.html
My man!
#truth #Trump #autocrat #power #facts #Biden #nytimes #whoomp #thereitis
“This is a dangerous notion, this president is above the #law, no limits on #power,” #Biden said in a speech in AZ. “#Trump says the #Constitution gave him, quote, the right to do whatever he wants as president, end of quote. I never heard a president say that in jest. Not guided by the Constitution or by common #service & #decency toward our fellow #Americans but by #vengeance & #vindictiveness.”
#Biden Issues a Blistering Attack on #Trump
…in #Arizona, President Biden portrayed Trump as a budding #autocrat w/no fidelity to the tenets of #American #democracy.
Biden issued a broad & blistering attack…, accusing his predecessor & would-be successor of inciting #violence, seeking unfettered #power & plotting to undermine the #Constitution if he returns to office in next year’s elections.
(um, yeah, duh)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/us/politics/biden-mccain-library.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
I got stuck on this for way to long 💀 I dont like how this came out and I think I could have done alot better. But in that I wanted to share some failures. I always want to share the process and part of the process us messing up. Take your Ls work on your Ws. #power #chainsawman #anime #digitalart #drawing #failure
From the #1500m to the #marathon, this year has seen seconds and even minutes shaved off race times. But what accounts for the change: #supershoes, #feminism or something else? 🤔
“giving #women the #power they needed to show their best when they #run”
“Why are they starting younger? Because, simply, the rewards are greater”
“it is a golden age for east #African #women in the sport” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/28/when-i-saw-her-time-i-pinched-myself-why-womens-running-records-are-being-smashed #running #athletics #trackandfield #worldrecord #kenya #ethiopia
The U.S. hydropower generation forecast fell by 6%, compared to last year, due to #drought in the U.S. Northwest this past spring and summer which lowered water supply. About 1/2 of the country’s #hydropower is generated in the Northwest.
#energy #power 💡
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=60522
University of Iowa power plant stacks reflected in the Iowa River.
(03/01/22)
#infrastructure #architecture #utilities #university #power #energy #river #sky #abstract #AbstractPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText
#greenpeace slams #IAEA observer mission to #Zaporozhzhia #nuclear #power plant (#ZNPP) as insufficient with only 4 #observers and limited access.
500-600 #military forces of #Russia National Guard with e.g. #BTR70 and #BTR80 are stationed there violating IAEAs five principles announced at #UN #Security council in may 2023.
IAEA reports to not have seen heavy #weapons or equipment despite observers not being allowed to check inside military #vehicles such as #KAMAZ or #Ural #logistic trucks at #reactor #turbine buildings.
The area within 1-18km south of the plant is used by #Russian #artillery and #rocket #launchers to deter counter battery fire.
#ukraine #war #russia #NATO #NAFO #McKenzie #Report
I really recommend everyone to read the full report, as only then the scale and severity will become graspable. Also a good visualisation of russian firing positions close to ZNPP is on p.36
https://www.greenpeace.de/publikationen/McKenzie_Report_Zaporizhzhia.pdf
Modern "condensing" furnaces will commonly have a separate motor/blower for the exhaust flue, but I'm not talking about that one.
For decades, the furnace motor was a bog-standard #AC motor with two terminals. A #relay controlled by the furnace control system (in turn controlled by your thermostat) would turn the #power to the #motor off and on, and that was it.
Simple. Reliable. Simple AC motors can go for decades without a problem, especially if you oil them periodically.
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Sharing this piece I co-authored with my @ceprdc colleague Sylvia Allegretto on where the focus should be with respect to
#UAWOnStrike. We need to be paying attention to what the #strike means for the #workers involved, and how their fight speaks to the core issues of #worker #power and #economic #inequality.
…in the mid of a pres race where the defendant is the leading #Republican contender & tied in “polls” w/the incumbent Dem (cuz…polls…believed? after 2016?) #Trump is accused of #illegally trying to keep (#Biden) out of #power.
#Chutkan …will try Trump in the same courthouse where she became a #UScitizen…, where she became a #federal #judge, where she blocked his admin on #DeathPenalty & #abortion policies & where she ordered his records be given to lawmakers investigating the…(insurrection).
I mean, the leader of the #GOP is currently facing 90ish #criminal counts, the’re still defending an attempt to disrupt the peaceful transfer of #power, several of their prominent members have been embroiled in financial malfeasance (Justice Thomas), moral inconsistency (Gaetz, Boebert, and the like), etc.
We have one dude who might have taken some gold bars and we’re almost unanimously demanding his resignation, but you do you #NBCNews.
How Agencies That Promote Nuclear Power Are Quietly Managing Its Disaster Narrative
Let’s start with the total amount of radiation that the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant still contains today.
The spent fuel at the site contains 85 times more cesium-137 than Chornobyl and 50,000 to 100,000 times more than the Hiroshima bomb.
In the end, they are forcing the victims to endure radiation exposure and ultimately abandoning them.
#Power Of The #Sea #Sydney Print by Kaye Menner #Photography #prints #lovely #products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/power-of-the-sea-kaye-menner.html
#Art #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist
Status and power dynamics exist at every meeting. Here's how hierarchy, status, and power relationships affect meeting effectiveness.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/01/status-and-power-at-meetings
#meetings #power #status #hierarchy #PowerOver #PowerFromWithin #PowerWith #assnchat
“And the use of #AI is also surveillant, right?” @Mer__edith continued. “You know, you walk past a #facialrecognition #camera that’s instrumented with pseudo-scientific emotion recognition, and it produces #data about you, right or wrong, that says ‘you are happy, you are sad, you have a bad character, you’re a liar, whatever.’ These are ultimately #surveillance systems that are being marketed to those who have #power over us” https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/25/signals-meredith-whittaker-ai-is-fundamentally-a-surveillance-technology/ #artificialintelligence
There is no problem in this world that could not be solved by erasing the concepts of "power" and "superiority".
Kurzer Abendlauf rund um die Stadt. Fühlte mich total müde und kam überhaupt nicht in Fahrt. #Garmin attestierte mir aber den höchsten je gemessenen Leistungszustand von +9 (war vermutlich der Ausgleich für Sonntag. Als ich mich fit und richtig gut fühlte und die #Fenix6xpro meine Motivation mit einer -7 dämpfte).
Nach circa der Hälfte der Strecke ging es dann besser. Sohnemann war wieder auf dem Fahrrad dabei. Freiwillig! #MadeMyDay
Life transitions often propel personal growth by pushing us out of our comfort zones and encouraging us to adapt and learn new skills.
#psychozoicera #mindset #faith #power #time #personaldevelopment #leapoffaith
#Murdoch's @FoxNews legacy is one of #lies and #politicalpower that rose from the belief in his #power
https://www.alternet.org/murdoch-lies/
List
of my
Battery life/power electricity saving tips for any devices ranging from phones, pc, laptops.
But without downgrading the experience to unbareable levels, such as lower the screen brightness and slowing down the phone.
1. The screen. You don't actually need to really worry about lowering the screen brightness to save battery life and ultamately this doesn't do much really to save power as the screen is still on anyways and really just makes the device more dificult to use. Heres what you should do instead, lower the screen time out. Lowering it to even just 1 minute of inactivity can reduce power consumtion significantly. Because when the screen times out it is completely off and this saves the most power.
I recommend 30 second timeout for phones and 2 minutes for pc/laptop.
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2. Sdd/sdcard/harddrives: you want to avoid writing to the disc so much, which can be hard to do
Things to try to avoid doing.
Deleting things and redownloading the same things such as games.
Block Auto updates at all costs and maybe schedule to update your apps manually every 1-4 weeks.
If your trying to save space or be uptodate day 1 by doing these, your using more power then neccesary.
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3. Background processes/apps.
Some apps/programs people happen to install may not always have the beest intentions and may use up power
Things you can try to do to fix or reduce the issue.
1. Check to see if the app itself has a power save setting. Do this before going on to later steps if it is an app you actively use as other steps could break the app, at your own risk.
2. Go into your devices app settings to see if they offer ways to reduce power use of the specific app/program.
3. Uninstall the app.
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4. Enable your devices power/battery saver mode.
#battery #batterylife #savebattery #savebatterylife #phonebattery #power #savepower #electricity #saveenergy #saveelectricity #ElectricityBills #electricitybill
“…she encourages people to look beyond superficial fixes… Instead… real #SelfCare requires embracing internal work, which she outlines as four practices: setting #boundaries practicing self-#compassion aligning your #values & exercising #power. Lakshmin argues that when you practice real self-care, you not only take care of yourself, but you can also plant the seeds for change in your #community.”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000628411641
"#Microsoft is searching for a key figure to spearhead its #nuclear technology strategy, focusing on implementing small modular reactors (SMRs) and #microreactors for its data centers, reports #Datacenter Dynamics. This move follows the company's recent procurement of #Clean Energy Credits from Ontario #Power Generation"
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-seeks-to-power-datacenters-with-small-modular-reactors
Three Championship Contests Slated for NWA Powerrr on September 26 - https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/84162/Three-Championship-Contests-Slated-for-NWA-Powerrr-on-September/ #nwa #power #powerrr
Think about how #police will use these #glasses
“often a tendency to focus on the primary user and #design just for them. Because these #technologies are so deeply embedded in social interactions and are used with others and around others, we often forget these ‘onlookers’ and we’re not designing with them in mind”
“involving non-users is especially key in developing more #equitable tech products and creating more #inclusive experiences”
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ar-glasses #AR #augmentedreality #power
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Instead of succumbing to the Machiavellian worldview—which unfortunately leads us to select Machiavellian leaders—we must promote a different model of power, one rooted in social intelligence, responsibility, and cooperation.
When it comes to power, social intelligence—reconciling conflicts, negotiating, smoothing over group tensions—prevails over social Darwinism.
#power #empathy #humility #leadership #leaders #rolemodels #narcissism #darktriad #manipulation #socialdarwinism #abuse
Sure, safety and security are important, but they must follow the research not define it.
Machines can cause harm only when in operation.
IMO the best (only) way to assure security and safety is confining #AI to the language (consulting) domain, preventing it from having too much agency such as “pushing buttons”.
Also, if it becomes too smart it is useless to us, and I’m sure we’ll find a way to “dumb it down”.
The truth is that intelligence is never a precondition for getting into a position of power. Quite the opposite.
Some wise words from John Dewey about #Intelligence and #Power written back in 1934:
#Artifact #KevinSystrom #Growth #Threads #Instagram #Legacy I'm glad to see Kevin Systrom is investing in the growth of Artifact. It's important to keep up with the competition and ensure our legacy of innovation is maintained. #Illuminati #Power #Influence #Future http://www.techmeme.com/230924/p7#a230924p7
By twisting #Zelensky’s Jewishness into a cause of #war & portraying Chubais as a craven deserter, #Putin is revealing the Kremlin’s growing anxiety about its grip on #power.
He keeps sinking deeper into the quagmire of a #war he cannot win & cannot walk away from. The #Wagner mutiny debunked the myth of natl unity in the face of the alleged “Western aggression”…. To the extent Putin has an…aversion to stirring up #antisemitism, his #political needs are now urgent enough for him to overcome it.
“There were presentations, ideas and concrete tools on how to improve the safety for both Mastodon and Lemmy. But as far as I could tell, there were no representations by Mastodon, Lemmy, or any of the other big fediverse projects. This stands out even more considering that Meta had multiple representatives that were part of the conversations on how to improve content moderation on the fediverse.”
And it was a glimpse into the profoundly pessimistic mind of one of the world’s most #polarizing & #influential leaders, revealing not just his philosophy of #technology, but his understanding of people & #power, & why he has led his country the way he has.
Slashdot: Has America Passed the 'Tipping Point' for Purchasing Electric Vehicles? https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/09/23/2154256/has-america-passed-the-tipping-point-for-purchasing-electric-vehicles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #power
Has America Passed the 'Tipping Point' for Purchasing Electric Vehicles? - Long-time Slashdot reader 140Mandak262Jamuna shared this article from the Washingt... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/09/23/2154256/has-america-passed-the-tipping-point-for-purchasing-electric-vehicles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #power
US Defense Department Funds Design Analysis for a Transportable Micro Nuclear Reactor - America's Department of Defense recently exercised a contract option with X-energy... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/09/24/0328252/us-defense-department-funds-design-analysis-for-a-transportable-micro-nuclear-reactor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #power
Slashdot: US Defense Department Funds Design Analysis for a Transportable Micro Nuclear Reactor https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/09/24/0328252/us-defense-department-funds-design-analysis-for-a-transportable-micro-nuclear-reactor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #power
Strive to live in your own imagination, not someone else's. Ruha Benjamin speaks about "The New Jim Code?"
#FacilitatingChange #technology #bias #racism #power #imagination
Life transitions often propel personal growth by pushing us out of our comfort zones and encouraging us to adapt and learn new skills.
#psychozoicera #mindset #faith #power #mind #positivemindset #positivelife #positiveenergy #energy #universe #love #personalgrowth #development #LeapOfFaith #BreakFree #YouCanDoIt
The secret to living the life of your dreams, is to start living them at once, to any degree you possibly can.
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#psychozoicera #mindset #faith #power #mind #positivemindset #positivelife #positiveenergy #energy #universe #love #personalgrowth #development #LeapOfFaith #BreakFree #YouCanDoIt
The #Sun’s ☀️ activity has already surpassed the forecast, reaching levels not seen in 20 years, and #solar maximum 📈 may arrive within the next year, months ahead of its presumed schedule. At peak activity, the Sun more often unleashes particle storms that crash into #Earth, threatening #satellites 🛰️ , jamming #radio transmissions, and overloading #power 🔌 grids. Because the previous cycle was unusually mild, “We’ve been lulled into a false sense of #complacency” https://www.science.org/content/article/peak-solar-activity-arriving-sooner-expected-reaching-levels-not-seen-20-years
The amount of installed #solar panels in this area is to high for the network to transport all the energy generated. So during a day like this the #solarpanels will shut down at ~251 volt.. so even while using over 17kW of power (of which 6.1kW is generated by my own panel) the voltage is creeping up to the limit :( #green #energy #power #homeasistant
CloudGlare's business model is not about #advertising. That's for the visible #antagonists. If you want to wait for CloudGlare to start visibly monetising access the way the visible players do then you are missing the point — and you'll be waiting a long time.
CloudFlare's #power comes from the fact that they're unseen.
That's how they can extract the most data from us, and feed it into machines that serve *them*. CloudGlare, with other dotCons, is the attack on democracy they blame Trump for.
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謹以智商高達 1000 的帕瓦老師，結束這本速寫本的紙生。
以前曾畫過帕瓦與淀治。所以這張畫得非常之快… 也很容易安排姿勢、構圖與角度，抓到神韻。
Photoshop iPad 版本不能套筆刷，不太適合畫畫。但是該有的遮罩等等都有，不會很難用。
過去畫畫的時候是很喜歡畫後不理的，然後開始畫電繪了，才開始花好幾天甚至一個禮拜畫一張圖，因為睡覺會整理腦袋，所以面對同一張畫會有不同的心態。
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#草圖筆 #鉛筆 #pencil
#CG #電繪鉛筆
#chainsawman #鏈鋸人 #power #帕瓦
#2023年09月草圖筆
Coal is Still King
Coal still leads the charge when it comes to #electricity, representing 35.4% of global #power generation in 2022, followed by natural gas at 22.7%, and hydroelectric at 14.9%.
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/electricity-sources-by-fuel-in-2022/
Wisconsin’s Republicans Went to Extremes in Gerrymandering. Now They’re Scrambling to Protect That Power.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-gop-gerrymander-elections-janet-protasiewicz
#Wisconsin #Republicans #Gerrymandering #Power #Scrambling #ProtectPower #Politics #News
Nach der Rückkehr aus dem Urlaub in den Alpen und tausenden abgespulten Höhenmetern, habe ich es heute etwas ruhiger angehen lassen. Mein ältester Sohn hat mich auf dem Fahrrad begleitet, was ich sehr genossen habe.
#Stryd #Garmin #Fenix6xpro #Laufen #Running #run #runnersofmastodon #Power
☀️ This is The Way it should always be. ☀️
#Australia generates so much rooftop solar (RTS) power that #coal- and #gas-powered generators can't compete on pricing. During peak #sunshine hours, #electricity from privately-owned RTS panels is so plentiful that wholesale prices from regular sources is *negative*. When battery backups are the norm, we can say goodbye to coal!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-23/rooftop-solar-cannibalising-australian-power-market/102889710
Rooftop #solar 'cannibalising' #power #prices as #Australian generators pay to stay online
Strive to live in your own imagination, not someone else's. Ruha Benjamin speaks about "The New Jim Code?"
#FacilitatingChange #technology #bias #racism #power #imagination
Here's the last of the Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on book 2 of Plato's Republic (for now). This one focuses on one of the most famous thought experiments, the Ring of Gyges
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plato-republic-book-2a-the-ring-of-gyges
#Podcast #RingOfGyges #Plato #Philosophy #Power #Evil #Injustice #Ethics
A World of Slaves:
Most Americans haven’t seen what’s coming.
Nancy MacLean notes that when the #Kochs’ control of the GOP kicked into high gear after the financial crisis of 2007-08, many were so stunned by the “shock-and-awe” tactics of #shutting #down government, #destroying #labor unions, and #rolling #back #services that meet citizens’ basic necessities that few realized that many leading the charge had been trained in economics at Virginia institutions, especially George Mason University.
Wasn’t it just a new, particularly vicious wave of partisan politics?
It wasn’t.
MacLean convincingly illustrates that it was something far more disturbing.
MacLean is not the only scholar to sound the alarm that the country is experiencing a #hostile #takeover that is well on its way to radically, and perhaps permanently, altering the society.
Peter #Temin, former head of the MIT economics department, INET grantee, and author of "The Vanishing Middle Class", as well as economist Gordon #Lafer of the University of Oregon and author of "The One Percent Solution", have provided eye-opening analyses of where America is headed and why.
MacLean adds another dimension to this dystopian big picture, acquainting us with what has been overlooked in the capitalist right wing’s playbook.
She observes, for example, that many liberals have missed the point of strategies like #privatization.
Efforts to “reform” #public #education and #Social #Security are not just about a preference for the private sector over the public sector, she argues. You can wrap your head around those, even if you don’t agree.
Instead, MacLean contends, the goal of these strategies is to radically alter power relations, #weakening pro-public forces and #enhancing the #lobbying #power and commitment of the corporations that take over public services and resources, thus advancing the plans to #dismantle #democracy and make way for a return to #oligarchy.
The majority will be held captive so that the wealthy can finally be free to do as they please, no matter how destructive.
MacLean argues that despite the rhetoric of Virginia school acolytes, shrinking big government is not really the point.
The #oligarchs require a government with tremendous new powers so that they can bypass the will of the people.
This, as MacLean points out, requires greatly #expanding #police #powers “to control the resultant popular anger.”
The spreading use of pre-emption by GOP-controlled state legislatures to suppress local progressive victories such as living wage ordinances is another example of the right’s #aggressive use of #state #power.
👉Could these right-wing capitalists allow private companies to fill #prisons with helpless citizens—or, more profitable still, right-less undocumented #immigrants? ☑️They could, and have.
👉Might they engineer a #retirement #crisis by moving Americans to inadequate 401(k)s? ☑️Done.
👉Take away the rights of consumers and workers to bring grievances to court by making them sign #forced #arbitration agreements? ☑️Check.
👉Gut #public #education to the point where ordinary people have such bleak prospects that they have no energy to fight back? ☑️Getting it done.
👉Would they even refuse children #clean #water? ☑️Actually, yes.
MacLean notes that in #Flint, Michigan, Americans got a taste of what the emerging oligarchy will look like — it tastes like #poisoned #water. There, the Koch-funded Mackinac Center pushed for legislation that would allow the governor to take control of communities facing emergency and put unelected managers in charge.
In Flint, one such manager switched the city’s water supply to a polluted river, but the Mackinac Center’s lobbyists ensured that the law was fortified by protections against lawsuits that poisoned inhabitants might bring. Tens of thousands of children were exposed to #lead, a substance known to cause serious health problems including brain damage.
Libertarian economist Tyler #Cowen has provided an economic #justification for this kind of #brutality, stating that where it is difficult to get clean water, private companies should take over and make people pay for it. “This includes giving them the right to cut off people who don’t—or can’t—pay their bills,” he explains.
To many this sounds grotesquely #inhumane, but it is a way of thinking that has deep roots in America.
In "Why I, Too, Am Not a Conservative" (2005), Buchanan considers the charge of #heartlessness made against the kind of classic liberal that he took himself to be.
MacLean interprets his discussion to mean that people who “failed to foresee and save money for their future needs” are to be treated, as Buchanan put it, “as #subordinate members of the species, akin to…#animals who are dependent.’”
Do you have your education, health care, and retirement personally funded against all possible exigencies?
Then that means #you.
In 1965 James M. Buchanan launched a center dedicated to his theories at the University of Virginia, which later relocated to George Mason University.
Nancy MacLean describes how he trained thinkers to push back against the Brown v. Board of Education decision to desegregate America’s public schools and to challenge the constitutional perspectives and federal policy that enabled it.
She notes that he took care to use economic and political precepts, rather than overtly racial arguments, to make his case, which nonetheless gave cover to racists who knew that spelling out their prejudices would alienate the country.
All the while, a ghost hovered in the background — that of John C. #Calhoun of South Carolina, senator and seventh vice president of the United States.
Calhoun was an intellectual and political powerhouse in the South from the 1820s until his death in 1850, expending his formidable energy to defend slavery. Calhoun, called the “#Marx of the #Master #Class” by historian Richard Hofstadter, saw himself and his fellow southern oligarchs as victims of the majority.
Therefore, as MacLean explains, he sought to create “#constitutional #gadgets” to constrict the operations of government.
Economists Tyler #Cowen and Alexander #Tabarrok, both of George Mason University, have noted the two men’s affinities, heralding Calhoun “a precursor of modern #public #choice theory” who “anticipates” Buchanan’s thinking.
MacLean observes that both focused on how #democracy constrains property owners and aimed for ways to restrict the latitude of voters.
She argues that unlike even the most property-friendly founders Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, Buchanan wanted a private governing #elite of #corporate #power that was wholly released from public accountability.
Suppressing voting, changing legislative processes so that a normal majority could no longer prevail, sowing public distrust of government institutions— all these were tactics toward the goal.
But the Holy Grail was the #Constitution: alter it and you could increase and secure the power of the wealthy in a way that no politician could ever challenge.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533763/democracy-in-chains-by-nancy-maclean/9781101980972/
The #Koch network is among the largest & most #influential #political orgs of the last half century, & it’s underwritten a far-reaching campaign to influence the course of #American #law. In a case the#SCOTUS will hear this coming term, the justices could give the network a historic victory: limiting #FederalAgencies’ #power to issue #regulations in areas ranging from the #environment to #LaborRights to #ConsumerProtection.
#Senator #RobertMenendez (D-NJ) & his wife have been #indicted on #federal #bribery charges offenses, #DOJ ofcls announced Fri morning.
#Menendez & his wife, Nadine Menendez, allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of #bribes from #NewJersey business execs in exchange for using the senator’s #power & #influence to help them, according to the #indictment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/22/menendez-indictment/
Rupert Murdoch Made the World Much MUCH Worse
#Murdoch’s #media influence is both incalculable & fantastically corrosive
#Rupert #EvilBastard #greed #power https://newrepublic.com/article/175699/rupert-murdoch-made-world-worse
Whatever Russia & China are, they are not communist countries, because communism doesn't have one leader or a minority of leaders.
Not even a "supreme" oppressive leader.
Not even billionaire leaders.
Democracies can choose leaders. They can also choose the losers that have led them into a #ClimateCrisis (plus war, etc.....)
#power #money #corruption #personality #business #ethics #justice #law #plutocracy #dictatorships
Power crisis, bird flu trigger imminent chicken shortage in South Africa #birdflu #flu #chickens #power #grid #foodsecurity #SouthAfrica https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/9/21/power-crisis-bird-flu-trigger-imminent-chicken-shortage-in-south-africa?traffic_source=rss
@rmattila74 There are times when hierarchies are very useful, even essential. Innovation can be one of them.
But I'm certain we have to find a solution that doesn't just throw hands in the air and permit individuals and small groups amass immense economic #power beyond democratic control. The risks are just too great.
I can think of a few ideas, and would love to hear more, and feedback:
The ONLY truly #sustainable solution for this two-pronged problem is, I firmly believe, #democracy .
Share #power and #resources fairly and equitably.
THEN it may be possible to set safe, universally respected #limits to the use of powerful technologies and finite resources.
Because only fair, democratic sharing
a. reduces the pressure to compete, and
b. gives those in danger of being exploited enough power and resources to defend themselves.
This vicious cycle has to be broken before it breaks our human #civilization .
I've given the matter considerable thought yet haven't found durable solutions - except one:
distribution of #power .
To stop the cycles of exploitation and prevent new ones,
1. No being should have so little power that exploiting them is easy;
2. No being should have so much power that exploiting others is easy.
In other words, I believe #democracy is THE answer.
Fascinating to me that California is still curtailing #solar and #wind renewable energy because we can't use or store that power when it is being produced. (more so earlier in the year, but still a bit now) #grid #power #renewables http://www.caiso.com/informed/Pages/ManagingOversupply.aspx#dailyCurtailment
'Maine's Radical Solution to the Energy Crisis'
" #Maine residents will vote this November on whether to create the first statewide consumer-owned utility in the country.
They're facing skyrocketing #electricity bills and frequent #power outages, while the corporate utilities ( #CMP and #Versant) that dominate the state brought in $187 million in profit last year. Both the companies are owned by foreign entities.
Residents are organizing to take power back into their own hands — literally. A ballot measure on the November ballot could create the consumer-owned utility non-profit #PineTreePower, and put it under community control.
We talked with residents about what this would mean for them."
#HouseRepublicans’ inability to find agreement on even a #stopgap #funding bill that is destined to fail in the #Senate again puts into focus the challenge before #KevinMcCarthy as he tries to unite his party & avoid a #GovernmentShutdown. Though #Republicans largely agree on the need to significantly curb federal spending, divisions mostly over process have given any 5 lawmakers enormous #power in the razor-thin majority.
Sounds like they are using some of the "virtual power plant" capacity in our area, must be because of the steep "duck curve" (transition between solar power and baseline when the sun starts setting). #power #renewables #energy
How Exxon Tried to Undermine Climate Change Science - An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:
ExxonMobil executives pr... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/09/16/0519248/how-exxon-tried-to-undermine-climate-change-science?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #power
I believe that #power corrupts, and it doesn't matter who you are.
I know people are saying that power only corrupts a certain type of person, or that certain types of people who are more susceptible to becoming corrupt are more likely to be drawn to positions of power.
But I don't think it matters if you're Mother Theresa; if you're presented with the opportunity to steal a million dollars and nobody will find out, you're GOING to be tempted. Maybe you resist that temptation once. Or twice. Or five times. But if you tempt someone -- *anyone* -- enough times, they WILL eventually succumb to that temptation.
It's part of the human condition. It's why we have so many checks and balances, and it's also why in a democracy, it's common that no person be allowed to hold office for more than a certain number of terms, for example (and I think that should extend to parties too).
From a Christian perspective, it's why Jesus died. Because there is literally no way for any human being to live a completely righteous, sin-free life.
The operation of power through polysemy:
Take, for example, the common management phrase “We see you.”
“We see you” can be intended to mean “I appreciate the work you are doing.”
“We see you” can also mean “I’m keeping an eye on you/don’t step out of line.”
Heat pumps are efficient: New study finds heat pumps are more efficient than fossil fuel heaters, even in cold climates
https://electrek.co/2023/09/12/heat-pumps-oxford-study/
#globalwarming #efficiency #electrify #heatpump #heating #power #+
Cheese Blaster
"at some point the mechanics of the cheese come into play, and what starts out as a faster stream of a continuous connected bead of cheese foam will begin to break apart into a cheese sputter, then a cheese spritz, and eventually a sort of atomized cheese ..."
SaltySalticid addresses the practical and theoretical issues of faster Easy Cheese in Literaryhero's Ask Metafilter question
https://ask.metafilter.com/375170/Aerosol-Power#5331886
#aerosol #SprayCheese #power #MaxPower #CheeseBlaster #cheese #food #LikeARocket #AskMetafilter
Scania are testing a lorry which is covered in solar panels. The panels should generate enough power to propel it 5,000 km in Sweden, but maybe as many as 10,000 km in Spain. And that number could increase as more efficient panels are used.
#GoodNews #Transport #Lorries #Trucks #SolarPanels #Solar #PV #Range #Electricity #Hybrid #Power
Our #Photovoltaics (#PV): So Far, So Awesome
https://karl-voit.at/2023/09/09/our-new-PV/
We're more or less independent from the #power grid since mid March. 🔋
#publicvoit #energy #Victron #MultiPlus #BYD #Fronius #Victronenergy
While we (quite rightly) moan & get annoyed with our #energy suppliers, the system that enables their profiteering & the continued power of the #fossilfuel lobby to shape energy #politics, its worth pausing to recall that on the continent of #Africa around half the population (that 640mn people according to the African Development Bank) have no access to #power at all....
sometimes the old criticism of 'first world problems' is more than just a remark thrown into an argument to raise a smile!
@MnemosyneSinger your post provoked an entirely new thought (I love that!):
Why do billionaires even "work"?
(Don't we all dream of having enough money to 'retire' and do what we love?)
So ... is screwing the ordinary people what they love to do? So much so that they can't just shut up, divest, and live out the rest of their lives in luxury on their private islands?
#power #control #megalomania
They must have seriously small ... er ... hands.
My latest blog post: Bringing a VanMoof X3 or S3 Back to Life – Part 1 – Smart Cartridge
...or, reverse engineering an e-bike that is much too clever, proprietary, and integrated for its own good!
https://mikecoats.com/vanmoof-back-to-life-part-1/
#battery #cell #charge #datasheet #ebike #hardware #lipo #lithium #power #vanmoof
A quotation from Heschel, Abraham:
«
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/heschel-abraham/25712/
#quote #quotes #quotation #admiration #age #caring #cleverness #compassion #intelligence #kindness #maturity #power
If you've ever wondered what to do when you see a #downed #power #line.
https://lifehacker.com/what-to-do-when-you-see-a-downed-power-line-1850803210?utm_source=regular
To make electric vehicle batteries, China must be involved
#Power #Electricity #Battery #China #ElectricVehicle
https://flowingdata.com/2023/06/19/to-make-electric-vehicle-batteries-china-must-be-involved/
My latest blog post: Radxa Rock 5B as a Raspberry Pi replacement?
Or really, howTF are you supposed to power this board?!
https://mikecoats.com/radxa-rock-5b-power/
#debian #firmware #hardware #linux #opensource #power #radxa #raspberrypi #usbc
This looks like a great idea - SHARGE ICEMAG #Power #Bank debuts with actively-cooled design.
https://9to5toys.com/2023/08/30/sharge-icemag-power-bank-launch/
"The Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortēs praetōriae) was an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors.
During the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guards were escorts for high-ranking political officials (senators and procurators) and were bodyguards for the senior officers of the Roman legions. In 27 BC, after Rome's transition from republic to empire, the first emperor of Rome, Augustus, designated the Praetorians as his personal security escort. For three centuries, the guards of the Roman emperor were also known for their palace intrigues, by whose influence upon imperial politics the Praetorians could overthrow an emperor and then proclaim his successor as the new caesar of Rome. In AD 312, Constantine the Great disbanded the cohortes praetoriae and destroyed their barracks at the Castra Praetoria.[1]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard
#secretservice #oathkeepers #power #corrupt #trump #itstartsatthetop
Here's how yesterday evening went with the California power grid. You can see the red demand response event when conservation measures kicked in and a spike right after it ended and all of us turned our refrigerators back on. 5/n
#Power #Grid #California #Electricity
And finally, In Memoriam - Carmen Xtravaganza - That voice is still there.
#RestInPower #Xtravaganza #Beauty #Power #Trans #LGBTQ #Woman
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/06/paris-is-burning-star-carmen-xtravaganza-death/
#ClarenceThomas, the #conservative #justice, who has come under scrutiny for his #FailureToDisclose such #gifts, took at least 38 #vacations, 26 #PrivateJet flights, 8 flights by #helicopter, a dozen #VIPpasses to sporting events, as well as stays at #luxury #resorts in Florida & Jamaica, the nonprofit news site reports. ProPublica notes that #Thomas appears to have broken the #law by failing to disclose flights, cruises & sports tickets.
New today
#SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas accepted more #vacations & #gifts from #BillionaireBenefactors than previously reported, according to a #new report by #ProPublica.
#law #JudicialEthics #Compromised
#CorruptCourt #Corruption #SupremeCourt #Power #Privilege #FailureToDisclose #PrivateJets #helicopters #VIPpasses #luxury #resorts
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court
👀 #ColumbiaGeneratingStation has declared a "Site Area Emergency". #NuclearPower #nuclear #power #energy https://member.everbridge.net/892807736724315/notif/NQaaHxLjS
Power avaa Suomen ensimmäisen POWER+ -liikkeen Itikseen keskiviikkona
Avajaistarjouksina mm Playstation 5 hintaan 299€
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2023/08/07/power-plus-myymala-itis-avajaiset