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Monitoring Biden and other Contemporary Events

 
 
izzythepush
 
  2  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 12:09 pm
@blatham,
There's two pruductions available, 2015 and 2023.

The 2015 is the one I saw, but I'm sure they'reboth available on streaming.

Iago's grievances are no less without the race dynamic. They were soldiers together, brothers in arms who had formed a great bond, and once he had the offices of state he felt betrayed.

Both Iago and Othello were great.

I watched it with my kids. My youngest didn't know Desdemona died at the end.

He was so upset.
blatham
 
  2  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 12:11 pm
@izzythepush,
Quote:
He was so upset.

Better keep him away from Lear.
izzythepush
 
  2  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 12:21 pm
@blatham,
He managed the Owl and the Pussycat OK, but Calico Pie really fucked him over.
blatham
 
  3  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 12:52 pm
@izzythepush,
You're a funny guy, iz.
izzythepush
 
  2  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 02:33 pm
@blatham,
Thank you.
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izzythepush
 
  4  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 02:53 pm
Apparently the biggest story in China now is that Texas has declared war on the US and is ceding from the Union.
Region Philbis
 
  4  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 03:00 pm
@izzythepush,
Quote:
Texas has declared war on the US and is ceding from the Union.
finally!
izzythepush
 
  2  
Fri 2 Feb, 2024 03:24 pm
@Region Philbis,
You heard it here first.
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hightor
 
  3  
Sat 3 Feb, 2024 05:58 am
Okay, maybe I'm just a curmudgeon, but there's something about this I find fundamentally wrong...

Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin

US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

Quote:
What exactly is bitcoin mining doing to the electric grid? In the last few years, the US has seen a boom in cryptocurrency mining, and the government is now trying to track exactly what that means for the consumption of electricity. While its analysis is preliminary, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) estimates that large-scale cryptocurrency operations are now consuming over 2 percent of the US's electricity. That's roughly the equivalent of having added an additional state to the grid over just the last three years.

Follow the megawatts

While there is some small-scale mining that goes on with personal computers and small rigs, most cryptocurrency mining has moved to large collections of specialized hardware. While this hardware can be pricy compared to personal computers, the main cost for these operations is electricity use, so the miners will tend to move to places with low electricity rates. The EIA report notes that, in the wake of a crackdown on cryptocurrency in China, a lot of that movement has involved relocation to the US, where keeping electricity prices low has generally been a policy priority.

One independent estimate made by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance had the US as the home of just over 3 percent of the global bitcoin mining at the start of 2020. By the start of 2022, that figure was nearly 38 percent.

The Cambridge Center also estimates the global electricity use of all bitcoin mining, so it's possible to multiply that by the US's percentage and come up with an estimate for the amount of electricity that boom has consumed. Because of the uncertainties in these estimates, the number could be anywhere from 25 to 91 Terawatt-hours. Even the low end of that range would mean bitcoin mining is now using the equivalent of Utah's electricity consumption (the high end is roughly Washington's), which has significant implications for the electric grid as a whole.

So, the EIA decided it needed a better grip on what was going on. To get that, it went through trade publications, financial reports, news articles, and congressional investigation reports to identify as many bitcoin mining operations as it could. With 137 facilities identified, it then inquired about the power supply needed to operate them at full capacity, receiving answers for 101 of those facilities.

If running all-out, those 101 facilities would consume 2.3 percent of the US's average power demand. That places them on the high side of the Cambridge Center estimates.

Finding power-ups

The mining operations fall in two major clusters: one in Texas, and one extending from western New York down the Appalachians to southern Georgia. While there are additional ones scattered throughout the US, these are the major sites.

The EIA has also found some instances where the operations moved in near underutilized power plants and sent generation soaring again. Tracking the history of five of these plants showed that generation had fallen steadily from 2015 to 2020, reaching a low where they collectively produced just half a Terawatt-hour. Miners moving in nearby tripled production in just a year and has seen it rise to over 2 Terawatt-hours in 2022.

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-02-at-1.31.33%E2%80%AFPM-980x467.png
Power plants near bitcoin mining operations have seen generation surge over the last two years.


These are almost certainly fossil fuel plants that might be reasonable candidates for retirement if it weren't for their use to supply bitcoin miners. So, these miners are contributing to all of the health and climate problems associated with the continued use of fossil fuels.

The EIA also found a number of strategies that miners used to keep their power costs low. In one case, they moved into a former aluminum smelting facility in Texas to take advantage of its capacious connections to the grid. In another, they put a facility next to a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and set up a direct connection to the plant. The EIA also found cases where miners moved near natural gas fields that produced waste methane that would otherwise have been burned off.

Since bitcoin mining is the antithesis of an essential activity, several mining operations have signed up for demand-response programs, where they agree to take their operations offline if electricity demand is likely to exceed generating capacity in return for compensation by the grid operator. It has been widely reported that one facility in Texas—the one at the former aluminum smelter site—earned over $30 million by shutting down during a heat wave in 2023.

To better understand the implications of this major new drain on the US electric grid, the EIA will be performing monthly analyses of bitcoin operations during the first half of 2024. But based on these initial numbers, it's clear that the relocation of so many mining operations to the US will significantly hinder efforts to bring the US's electric grid to carbon neutrality.

arstechnica
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eurocelticyankee
 
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Sat 3 Feb, 2024 06:41 am
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Sat 3 Feb, 2024 08:09 am
Michigan GOP Watch
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Feb 2, 2024
@MiMagaWatch
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Trump paid a non union shop in Clinton Township $20,000 to pretend he was addressing the United Auto Workers.

Jonathan Oosting
@jonathanoosting
Donald Trump's campaign paid $20,000 to use the Drake Enterprises facility for his September rally in Michigan. As for pizza, his campaign seems to prefer Dominos


'A fraud': Dem slams Trump for paying 'non-union workers to pose as union members'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-fraud-dem-slams-trump-for-paying-non-union-workers-to-pose-as-union-members/ar-BB1hHicC

Donald Trump on Friday was called out for being a purported fraud when a Democratic lawmaker responded to reports that the ex-president had paid around $20,000 in order to host a pretend union rally at a plant that is not unionized.

Rep. Daniel Goldman was responding to a report flagged by former prosecutor Ron Filipkowski, who claimed that the former president's campaign had paid "$20k to fake a union rally."

"Trump paid non-union workers to pose as union members in Michigan during the UAW strike," he said. "Trump is a fraud."

Goldman then added:

"He’s anti-union, anti-worker, and anti-labor. Don’t be fooled by his talk. Look at his actions. He just cares about himself and his cronies."

One popular social media account joined in the fun by mimicking both presidential contenders Friday.
"Joe Biden: saved my pension and the pensions of hundreds of thousands of my fellow unionized employees," the account wrote. "Trump: paid $20k to scabs to stage a fake union rally at a non union plant."
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glitterbag
 
  5  
Sat 3 Feb, 2024 11:02 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

Apparently the biggest story in China now is that Texas has declared war on the US and is ceding from the Union.


Great idea, they like the idea they are independent (although heavily dependent on the tax revenue that other Americans pay) in other words a debtor state. If they don't want to be Americans, I suspect Mexico will make them their newest large province. The US Military will leave, their Texas currency will have to be determined, because they can't expect to live off American dollars, I would seriously object to them flying an American Flag, they will have to resurrect the Confederate traitor flag and then publicly reclaim their unhealthy slave -dominated view of their noble Texas heritage.

Something tells me that Mexico will not want to assume responsibility for such a dependent state, however, there is a huge amount of oil that could be harvested, maybe Mexico will become part of OPEC....it is such a juicy opportunity for the Republicans in Texas.

(I don't really want to see that @#$%*&%# - hole to secede, but the plus points occasionally amuse me).
blatham
 
  4  
Sat 3 Feb, 2024 12:14 pm
@glitterbag,
Yes. The total impracticability of Texas ceding from the nation means, of course, that it will never happen and this will be well understood by other than a few blindingly ignorant politicos and Texas citizens. But the "threat" is seen by people like the Governor and big GOP funders and activists of the libertarian sort to have some political advantage. It is, like almost everything the modern GOP gets up to these days, trolling/performance art. But imagining the consequences of Texas ceding definitely has a very humorous component.
Real Music
 
  4  
Sat 3 Feb, 2024 12:32 pm
@blatham,
1. Anyone who was born in Texas with a Texas birth certificate would instantly no longer be citizens of the United States.

2. That means that millions all over the United states who were citizens since they were born would no linger be citizens of the United States.

3. That means that all Texas born citizens who currently live in one of the other 49 states could be uprooted and deported back to Texas.

4. That also mean that the United States may decide to build a wall to prevent Texas citizens from entering the United States.

5. Obviously, Texas seceding from the United States is nothing more than nutjobs smoking too much crack.
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blatham
 
  4  
Sun 4 Feb, 2024 05:56 pm
This guy is a former senior attorney for News Corp

Quote:
Joseph M. Azam@josephazam
Feb 3
Years ago, after I left News Corp and spoke to @NPR @davidfolkenflik re: the racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia running rampant across Murdoch assets I described the @WSJ opinion pages as the ignorant hatemongering you see in the @nypost but dressed in a tuxedo. I stand by that.

He wrote this in reference to the following WSJ opinion piece published today:
Quote:
Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital
Imams and politicians in the Michigan city side with Hamas against Israel and Iran against the U.S.
By Steven Stalinsky
Here
hingehead
 
  5  
Sun 4 Feb, 2024 06:20 pm
@blatham,
Sorry we inflicted Murdoch on you and the UK.

We hate him too, but he still owns 70% of our daily papers, and our only 'cable' provider.

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/aa/4a/1e/aa4a1e987f12c36a8a63848053a58f25.jpg
blatham
 
  3  
Sun 4 Feb, 2024 06:24 pm
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Former President Trump, in a stunning public rebuke of a longtime ally, suggested on Fox News today that Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel should get the boot.
Axios

Apparently there is no one Trump won't turn against other than Putin.
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blatham
 
  3  
Sun 4 Feb, 2024 06:31 pm
@hingehead,
I know. Fortunately for us, Murdoch has not been permitted to own/operate media companies here.
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blatham
 
  3  
Sun 4 Feb, 2024 06:52 pm
Quote:
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1
5h
CREW Report: Republicans said they spent millions at Trump's DC hotel out of convenience. They've all but deserted its replacement.

"In reality, it seems they just like putting donor money in Trump’s pocket."
Reporting here

To which we have this accurate response:

Quote:
Ruth Ben-Ghiat@ruthbenghiat
5h
Actually this is part of the deal: Trump was never interested in governance, but rather enriching himself from public office as all autocrats do. As his client/subjugated/captured party the GOP knew its duty was to help him with that $ goal.
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bobsal u1553115
 
  4  
Mon 5 Feb, 2024 07:33 am
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