@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz2026-10-07 03:36:21
I'm not sure, but I think my feeling towards the coming election has shifted a bit towards... optimism!? Gulp. 😬 As Ren and Chinchilla say "I'm scared of feeling OK, 'cause all things change, all things change." (see their live Chalk Outlines video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35yALr_opeg
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-07 16:33:54
"The wheels are coming off."
"The IRS and Social Security are now run by the same person, which I think is a red flag, right?" Don Moynihan says.
"These are like two huge, complicated federal agencies, and one guy is running both of them."
Moynihan notes that a recent Inspector General report found that the agency is collecting much less revenue than it should from its audits.
Elon Musk's DOGE fired scores of tax audit specialists, …
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-08-07 19:32:54
The EU is not on track to achieve the necessary filling level of its natural gas storages, making it vulnerable to timely delivery of LNG from Trump's US and the Persian Gulf this coming winter.
Germany and the Netherlands are to blame. Together, they have over 1/3 of the storage capacity.
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@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.info2026-09-07 20:27:11
Lake Mead (Hoover Dam) hat (yet again) den niedrigsten Wasserstand der seit der Füllung in 1937 erreicht. Das letzte mal wurde der "normale" Füllstand im Jahr 2000 erreicht. Seit dem waren bis auf ein Jahr die Abflüsse immer höher als die Zuflüsse.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mead
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-07-27 11:10:24
Colts QB Daniel Jones 'feeling good' coming off Achilles tear, full-go for training camp https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-qb-daniel-jones-feeling-good-coming-off-achilles-tear-full-go-for-training-camp
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com2026-10-03 20:40:09
@… @… Coming back to the PNW by air never gets old, no matter where you’re flying in from.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-01 17:25:51
A look at the deluge of AI computing power set to come online in the coming years; Epoch AI expects the number of AI chips in use to double every nine months (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactiv…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-08-31 21:45:30
Couple Raiders veteran additions change numbers following roster cutdowns https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/08/31/raiders-veteran-additions-matt-gay-f…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-07-25 16:31:25
"The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) in Robledo de Chavela was evacuated on July 24 due to the wildfires. All personnel are safe following the passage of the fire through the area. [...] Mission operations have been transferred seamlessly to the Goldstone Complex (California). This ensures service continuity and uninterrupted support for spacecraft communications." From the thread #DeepSpaceNetwork
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-26 01:53:13
Common Cause condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the federal government to continue using the flawed SAVE system to reject registered voters.
Statement from Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón:  Â
“The Supreme Court’s decision to allow DHS and states to use an error-ridden system
is completely unacceptable
and didn’t need to happen this close to the election.
This DHS system, which the federal government itself admits is flawed,
