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Lower numbers in Flensburg🇩🇪 are always desirable - whether it's points for German drivers (traffic fines) - or district heating temperatures. By reducing the need for 95°C heat from 10 > 1%, it's much easier to let heat pumps take over most of the heat supply. That's what the local utility will do.

Transformation in Flensburg: low temperatures for efficient heat pumps
As an innovative public utility company, Stadtwerke Flensburg is committed to decarbonisation and CO2 neutrality. To achieve this goal, the municipal utility company is working with Gradyent to reduce temperatures in the district heating system. As part of the partnership, the two companies have found a way to reduce the necessary annual heat share with a temperature above 95°C from around 10% to 1%. This means that heat pumps can be used to a higher extent and operated efficiently.

Meta (Facebook, Instagram, #Threads, etc.):
1. Doesn’t moderate anti-transgender hate on its platforms.
https://glaad.org/smsi/report-meta-fa…

Report – Unsafe: Meta Fails to Moderate Extreme Anti-trans Hate Across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | GLAAD
GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Program reported the following anti-trans hate content across Instagram, Facebook, and Threads; Meta deemed all of it non-violative or did not take action on it.

If you want to know why local papers are failing, this is a sign of the times.
The LA Times this morning had no ads. The A section had literally not a single ad, and the B section had a few obituaries and classified ads, but not a single display ad. Not one.
https://jabberwocking.co…

The LA Times was an ad-free newspaper today - Kevin Drum
I can't say this has never happened before, but I noticed something while reading the LA Times at breakfast this morning: it had no ads. The A section had literally not a single ad, and the B section had a few obituaries and classified ads, but not a single display ad. Not one. This is not to say there was nothing

Lieferdienste: Getir macht den Exit in die Türkei
Lieferdienst Getir stellt Mitte Mai in Deutschland den Betrieb ein und überlässt Flink das Feld – aber auch der Konkurrent ist noch nicht aus dem Schneider. ​
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What Ukraine needs for this to be the last year of the war. Ukraine in Flames #579: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/29/what-ukraine-needs.html

I am feeling a little excited about the prospect of a heat pump replacing my window unit air conditioner in my #nyc apartment. Good for the #climate and good for my wallet I think.

Probably won’t be the first time, and when the great reckoning comes it could take some larger companies with it. Dotcom bubble had some big casualties as well (e.g. Cisco barely survived). My bet is Microsoft might crash hard when this all bursts. https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-com…

AI Companies Lose $190 Billion After Dismal Google Report
Reuters reports that AI-related companies lost $190 billion in stock market value on Tuesday following disappointing earnings reports.

Abendessen heute (mit fertig gekauftem Boden): Zweierlei vom Flammkuchen, zur Abwechslung mal mit Lauchringen statt Zwiebel, und mit Emmentaler bestreut. Einmal mit Dillschmand, rosa Pfeffer und Räucherlachs und einmal mit Pfefferschmand und Schinkenwürfeln.

“Everyone is walking around with guns there. I consider myself a conservative guy, but if you want to carry a gun you should be licensed.”
Gun death in America is a winning issue for Dems. If we only had the courage to link it to SCOTUS.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics

They came for Florida's sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war.
Florida has seen a population boom, but many longtime residents and recent transplants say rising costs and divisive politics have them fleeing.

I am feeling a little excited about the prospect of a heat pump replacing my window unit air conditioner in my #nyc apartment. Good for the #climate and good for my wallet I think.