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CCS is a dead end. High capital costs AND high operating costs. Sign me up! https://www.theenergymix.com/one-ccs-project-cancelled-another-one-failing-as-industry-navigates-very-bad-week/

One CCS Project Cancelled, Another One Failing as Industry Navigates Very Bad Week
Canada’s sputtering carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry sustained two serious setbacks in less than 48 hours this week, with one major project cancelled and a second subject to scathing criticism from independent analysts.

I just found a crowdfunding project for a paintball security system - a camera that shoots with paint balls if the AI doesn't recognize the intruder.
But it's quite pricey, I think I'll wait for a FOSS / Maker project that does the same.
https://www.

I've had a little process running for the past year or so, totting up Mastodon "active monthly users". Occasional bumps up (one outstanding one last summer when Elon did something particularly idiotic) followed by long slow declines.
Was somewhat disappointed to see recent growth of about 250k turning out to be a phantom instance (telling lies via the API).
#mastostats

"A project/band to get feelings with motorized drums and bad guitars."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHYWksCOlOM

This articulates my exact feelings about San Francisco, the tech industry, & the entire social crisis of Capitalism we are all facing. Ms. Solnit writes with fierce precision & grace, connecting the dots with damning evidence rather than hyperbole.
Essential reading.
#Urbanism #SanFrancisco

Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco
I don’t know whether these billionaires know what a city is, but I do know that they have laid their hands on the city...

Gazprom reports nearly $6.9 billion in net losses in 2023: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/gazprom-reports-nearly.html

"The unusual project was born from worries over climate change and the sea level rise that will inevitably encroach on Alcatraz, where chunks of the perimeter wall are already eroding and falling into the bay. Scientists have warned that California could experience several feet of sea-level rise by the end of the century, along with ever more dangerous storm surges."
3-D Data of Alcatraz Island Is Captured by Experts for Map - The New York Times

3-D Data of Alcatraz Island Is Captured by Experts for Map
The former prison known as the Rock faces seismic activity, climate change and general deterioration. A wondrous new map could help save it.

Findings, published Jan. 17 in Cell Stem Cell, show that dopamine neurons infected with SARS-CoV-2 stop working and send out chemical signals that cause inflammation.
Normally, these neurons produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter that plays a role in feelings of pleasure, motivation, memory, sleep and movement.
Damage to these neurons is also connected to Parkinson’s disease.
“This project started out to investigate how various types of cells in different organs respond to …

SARS-CoV-2 infection causes dopaminergic neuron senescence
Yang and colleagues demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 can infect hPSC-derived midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons and induce cellular senescence. Several drug candidates were identified to rescue SARS-CoV-2 infection and DA neuron senescence. Inflammation and cellular senescence were also identified in substantia nigra tissue of COVID-19 patients.

Gazprom reports nearly $6.9 billion in net losses in 2023: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/02/gazprom-reports-nearly.html

Hope Hicks says Trump was ‘very involved’ in campaign and media responses
‘We were all just following his lead’
Hope Hicks is being questioned about the Access Hollywood tape and the jury is being shown the transcript from the tape.
Asked what her first reaction was to receiving an email from a Washington Post reporter about the tape, she says she was
“very concerned” about the contents of the email, and the lack of time to respond.
She says she forwarded the em…