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Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-criticize-cost-national-guard-deployment-dc-results-new-repo-rcna257470
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p10#a260205p10

49ers now know what Maxx Crosby trade will cost as rumors continue to swirl https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/news/49ers-now-know-what-maxx-crosby-trade-cost-rumors-continue…

Super Bowl LX expected to see highest ticket price since 2020 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47820271/tickets-super-bowl-lx-high-cost-seahawks-patriots-nfl

This is absolute BS. It's gas-lighting, damn near literally.
“Canada has a problem with EV demand, not supply, he argued, adding that the gap is exacerbated by the higher upfront cost for EVs compared to gas-powered vehicles as Canadians face a cost of living crisis.”
Let us buy EVs and we'll buy them!!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canada-national-auto-strategy-9.7075235

In Money or Health, Measles’s Cost Is Too High - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/in-money-or-health-measless-cost-is-too-high-b7d146b7?st=FC1WpF&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Free link.

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

From The Maple
How did labour fare in 2025?
In many respects, last year was a mixed bag for workers and unions in Canada. Though union wage gains were relatively healthy, the overall economy continued to cool with unemployment creeping up and many workers still feeling the cost-of-living crunch.

Here’s How Canadian Workers And Unions Fared In 2025
Union wage gains were relatively healthy, but unemployment crept up and workers felt the cost-of-living crunch.

Trump Says His Unpredictable Style Gives Him Leverage. But It Has a Cost. (Tyler Pager/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/trump-says-his-unpredictable-style-gives-him-leverage-but-it-has-a-cost.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260204/p137#a260204p137

Adaption Labs, which aims to create AI systems that learn continuously and cost less to run, raised a $50M seed round led by Emergence Capital Partners (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/adaptio

Former Cohere exec Sara Hooker has raised $50 million for her AI startup Adaption Labs—a bet on smaller, smarter models
Former Cohere execs Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy cofounded Adaption Labs to find ways to allow AI to learn continuously and be less costly.

$325 million — that's how much it cost Russia to bomb Ukraine in latest missile, drone attack, HUR says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/04/million-thats-how-much-it.html

2. “The US has too much power, nobody can possibly stand up to them” − I don’t know, dude, maybe ask to copy Canada’s notes? I am not asking for magic here; I’m just asking people to try.
3. “But standing up to a fascist US is too expensive for us” − Believe me, whatever it costs us all now (inside •and• outside the US), it will cost even more later.

How much does it cost to run an electric car in Germany compared to a petrol or diesel car?
With home charging, it is moderately cheaper to run than a diesel car. With regular public charging, charging costs are similar to fuel costs. However, charging costs are higher with public fast charging.
#EV

One important story that I feel got lost during the end of 2025 is how white-presenting "18-year old" female "AI" companions are cosplayed by 30-year old fathers in Kenyan slums. At a huge cost to their mental health.

"My sole responsibility was to keep the conversation going, no matter what it did to me."

"The challenge went beyond just switching genders; I also had to perform across different sexual identities. Sometimes I was a straight wo…

Starting Jan. 1, New Hampshire’s Medicaid program will stop covering GLP-1 drugs
— Wegovy, Zepbound, and others
— for weight loss.
“We looked at the way that the state was supporting coverage for GLP-1 medicines
and found that this was a fairly significant cost driver,”
Gov. Kelly Ayotte told reporters on Wednesday.
“And so we looked at the medically necessary reasons for it in terms of those who had pre-existing conditions
and made the decision work…

Cowboys now know what it might cost to trade for Raiders' Maxx Crosby https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-now-know-what-cost-trade-raiders-maxx-crosby/3be9e65b5c6db0c43eb5e879

"‘Choose people and planet over pain’: UN chief highlights climate impact of war in New Year’s call"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate

Military spending keeps rising. Will it soon cost us the planet?
World leaders have been told to get their ‘priorities straight’ and invest in development, not destruction, as we enter 2026.

My friend Brad Bazemore KK4PWJ wanted a totally free — zero cost, 100% open source — comprehensive US Amateur Radio study app. His day job is in testing, and he really knows his stuff.
So he built Open Ham Prep.
I'm super grateful for Hamstudy — it's how I passed all three tests, and I contributed to a bunch of explanations, especially improving ones that were just mn…

The Dark Truth: How Factory Farms Make Cheap Chicken #AnimalRights

The Dark Truth: How Factory Farms Make Cheap Chicken | THE FARM BUZZ
Uncover the hidden truth behind cheap chicken. Explore the shocking animal suffering and farmer exploitation inside the factory farming system.

Hmm, how can I convince the gov I need a industrial garage to code in?
"Launch of a new scheme for self-employed and small enterprises to purchase industrial garages to operate in, whereby the Government will cover up to 50% of the cost, capped at €300,000."

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

If you're interested in how I quantified natural #CO2 emissions from "mofettes" near #Tübingen with a low-cost sensor network, and want to join my PhD defense tomorrow at 10:00, DM me here and i might send you the link (if I don't forget it 😅).
I'll be mostly talking about …

Quantification of natural CO2 emissions from mofettes using a low-cost sensor network at the Starzach site in South-West Germany
We present a top-down method to derive CO2 emissions from mofettes, using only point measurement time series at irregular locations. Notably, no wind vector information is needed, as gas transport is derived from cross-correlations between sensor stations and subsequently integrated using Gauss’ divergence theorem. The method is applied to an existing low-cost sensor network at the Starzach site near the Black Forest in Germany, for which no comprehensive estimate of the total emissions exist…

I’m pretty sure the tech broligarchs supported Trump because they thought he would make it easier for them to become even richer. I wonder how the discussions between them are as they see Trumps illegal and insane international «incursions» are going to cost them markets and profits as the rest of the world turns away from US-based products and services…

🔧 Prompt sensitivity testing - verify small phrasing changes don't break behavior (formal vs casual openings)
💰 Cost tracking built-in - use cheap model for conversation, smarter model for judging. Budget alerts at $5/month, run tests nightly not on every commit
🎓 Real catches: character breaks, premature agreement, prompt injection leaks, persona drift in long conversations

I've been a member of Little Free Library for 18 months. Their emails have been a nuisance, but I remained because of my goodwill towards the org. I finally hit my limit and unsubscribed today. Why? I counted 18 emails in the last 30 days!
If you're a non-profit and view each email as having essentially zero cost to your org, you should ask if you're not silently chipping away at goodwill by being a pest.

🔬 Scientists demonstrate low-cost, high-quality lenses for super-resolution microscopy
#microscopy

Scientists demonstrate low-cost, high-quality lenses for super-resolution microscopy
Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical components that enable super-resolution imaging, with each lens costing less than $1 to produce. The new fabrication approach is poised to broaden access to fully customizable optical parts and could enable completely new types of imaging tools.

Malaysian authorities are using drones, power sensors, and tips to hunt Bitcoin miners over power theft, which cost a state energy company $1.1B over five years (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bitcoin (BTC) Miners Hunted After Stealing $1 Billion Power From Malaysia Grid
Cracking down on illegal Bitcoin mining gangs has become a cat-and-mouse game in Malaysia.

AWS Lambda Managed Instances: Serverless, only with servers!
Would like to see some app scenarios with detailed cost breakdown.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-aws-lambda-managed-instances-serverless-si…

Introducing AWS Lambda Managed Instances: Serverless simplicity with EC2 flexibility | Amazon Web Services
Run Lambda functions on EC2 compute while maintaining serverless simplicity—enabling access to specialized hardware and cost optimizations through EC2 pricing models, with AWS handling all infrastructure management.

Coming of age during war, where mistakes can cost a life: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/04/coming-of-age-during-war.html

CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/greynoise_cisa_ransomware_gripe/

CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders
: GreyNoise's Glenn Thorpe counts the cost of missed opportunities

“Bananas now cost $10 a piece”

The $59 million price tag for
"Operation Midway Blitz"
A Tribune analysis of the Trump administration's Chicago-area immigration crackdown
provides one of the first examinations of Operation Midway Blitz’s financial impact on the federal government.
The back-of-the-envelope estimate is a conservative analysis of the full costs.
Federal officials are not eager to address the fiscal cost of
"Operation Midway Blitz"
-- the months…

Sources: in talks with WBD, Netflix said a combination of its streaming service with HBO Max would benefit consumers by lowering the cost of a bundled offering (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Solar breakthrough alert: Fraunhofer ISE just hit 30.6% efficiency with a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell.
What makes this special? They used an industry-standard TOPCon bottom cell—meaning this tech could actually scale to mass production, not just stay in the lab.
This could be a game-changer for making solar panels significantly more powerful.

Fraunhofer ISE achieves 30.6% efficiency for perovskite-silicon tandem based on industry-standard bottom TOPCon cell
Researchers at Fraunhofer ISE have developed a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell using a TOPCon bottom cell with standard textured front surfaces. Their results show that TOPCon bottom cells can perform comparably to heterojunction cells in tandem devices in terms of shunt resistivity, supporting scalable, cost-effective industrial production.

Cowboys now know what it might cost to trade for Raiders' Maxx Crosby https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-now-know-what-cost-trade-raiders-maxx-crosby/3be9e65b5c6db0c43eb5e879

... I'm not too sure if that is feasible, though. I have a former coworker who stopped writing code to start selling houses and I figured that I'm going to start by picking his brain over a cup of coffee.
I also figure that I have ~5 years before the cost of doing such a thing will normalize in any way in America. If every part of the process has a 150% tariff on the cost of materials, it probably won't be worth it.

The Convicted Criminal’s illegal troop deployment in US cities cost almost $USD500m in 2025 <-- There I fixed it for you Al Jazeera :-)
https://mas.to/@newz/115976965642607896

RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/116020184681893969
Local tenders for public EV charging are key to reducing charging costs for EV drivers who rely on these on-street charging options. In the Netherlands, these networks typically cost 0.29 € pe…

Nvidia launches the Vera Rubin platform, saying it will offer dramatic reductions in inference and training costs compared to Blackwell, across six new chips (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/855412/nvidia-launches-ve…

Nvidia launches Vera Rubin AI computing platform at CES 2026
Nvidia launched its new Vera Rubin computing architecture today at CES 2026, claiming it delivers more computing power at a lower cost than Blackwell.

https://theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832/

Wedding Experts Say Engagement Ring Should Cost At Least Three Diamond Miners’ Lives
NEW YORK—Maintaining that the jewelry was absolutely essential in communicating trust and commitment to your partner, matrimony experts confirmed Tuesday that an adequate engagement ring should cost at least three diamond miners’ lives. “This tradition is still with us for good reason: A diamond is tangible proof that your unique and eternal love is worth any sacrifice, which in this case is a minimum of three diamond miners from Sierra Leone,” said wedding advisor Dori Drysdale, cautio…

GAO: Education Dept's RIF cost taxpayers $28M
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5718437-gao-education-department-layoffs/

'Forever chemicals' could cost Europe up to 1.7 tn euros by 2050: Report #Europe

'Forever chemicals' could cost Europe up to 1.7 tn euros by 2050: Report
The continued use of "forever chemicals" could cost Europe up to 1.7 trillion euros ($2 trillion) by 2050 because of their impact on people's health and the environment, an EU-commissioned report said Thursday.

So I tested a split keyboard last week, and there were a few things that bothered me about it (more on that later) so I figured I would look for other keyboards...
Oh shit, rabbit hole!
I didn't find any split keyboard that I liked, and besides that they are super expensive! Like, I've paid less for computers than some of those keyboards cost.
So then I thought about building one, but that gets expensive as well, and...
1/n

Trump has begun to address affordability a bit more
—rhetorically, that is.
He’s never fully acknowledged that the affordability problem has continued into his administration,
nor how his own policies
—from tariffs raising prices on myriad goods to the chaotic interruptions in crucial benefits like food stamps
—have contributed to Americans’ economic sufferings.
But he has been making more claims about what he’s supposedly doing to bring down the cost of livi…

Trump Is Bored to Death by the Affordability Crisis
He’s finally started to acknowledge the struggles of ordinary Americans, but he’s incapable of staying focused on them.

A kilometer at the cost of thousands of lives: the true price of the Kremlin's fake victories: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/01/a-kilometer-at-the-cost.html

Prosus agrees to a multiyear AWS cloud and AI deal that runs into "hundreds of millions of dollars", as it seeks to expand in Europe, India, and Latin America (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Video I was watching: "members and representatives of the ultra wealthy have created a report that points out the obvious fact that infinite growth has to end because the world is finite. They have assured us that this is bad for us because it's bad for "the economy." But there's hope. If we only take several steps towards fascism, we will only need to take the remaining steps in order to sustain their economic dominance for a little while more.
It will only cost everything we care about and the habitability of the planet, but some of us can still benefit from the crumbs they will feed us until they have to systematically murder us all for just a little more time on top."

Russia occupied more than 4,000 sq km (0.72%) of Ukrainian territory in 2025 – military analysts. Around 400,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded during the year, so that cost Russia 100 soldiers per km² occupied, or 1 per hectare.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/01/01/8014…

Cowboys' $90 million defender opting for surgery for recurring injury https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/05/cowboys-cb-daron-bland-surgery-recurring-foot-injury/88032826007/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUNFbR2AbG9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

VT on Instagram: "In Japan, a new kind of bar is drawing attention for flipping workplace culture on its head. The bar is designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs. Drinks are free, and the focus is not on alcohol sales but conversation. Patrons are invited to talk openly about burnout, frustration, and career doubts, while staff are trained to listen without judgement or pressure. The idea taps into a growing reckoning in Japan around long working hours, rigid hierarchies, and the mental health toll of intense job expectations. Conversations about quitting or dissatisfaction have traditionally been stigmatised, making this kind of space unusual. By removing the cost barrier and offering a supportive environment, the bar aims to normalise discussions about career dissatisfaction and help people reflect on what they actually want from work, even if that means starting over."
34K likes, 169 comments - vt on January 31, 2026: "In Japan, a new kind of bar is drawing attention for flipping workplace culture on its head. The bar is designed specifically for people who are considering leaving their jobs. Drinks are free, and the focus is not on alcohol sales but conversation. Patrons are invited to talk openly about burnout, frustration, and career doubts, while staff are trained to listen without judgement or pressure. The idea taps into a growing reckoning in Japan a…

"The carbon cost of your burger: How much would a meat tax cost the average EU household?"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Food

How much would a meat tax cost the average EU household?
Scientists have put forward the “first step” in tackling meat-related emissions without sending food prices skyrocketing.

Saw a headline that Kent council’s (Reform) Doge-inspired cost-cutting found little waste.
And, lol ok of course.
But I would point out that the measure of success in *actual* auditing can’t be based on it always finding massive fraud.

#Cloud #Cost Comparison for #European Providers
https://www.eucloudco…

Here we have 2 ways #HisOrangeHighness is hurting people. First, the increased cost of energy to residents in the #MISO area Second, the degraded air quality, leading to health problems (and all the costs related to that)
And yet he talks about lowering the cost of energy & supports MA…

Here we have 2 ways #HisOrangeHighness is hurting people. First, the increased cost of energy to residents in the #MISO area Second, the degraded air quality, leading to health problems (and all the costs related to that)
And yet he talks about lowering the cost of energy & supports MA…

@… @… drive-by comment: from the (very) little that I hear about HP shifting, I don't imagine that generosity is on the table if there's any financial or other cost attached to generosity actually giving something. …

Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant and a new $10B AI fund, and plans to acquire up to $100B in land, data centers, and power assets for AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/brookfield-start-cloud-b…

Brookfield to Start Cloud Business to Lower Cost of AI
Private-equity firm Brookfield is starting its own cloud business, going up against tech giants like Amazon by arguing it can bring down the costs of developing AI. The firm, which has long invested in infrastructure and energy, is becoming the first major investment firm to try to lease chips ...

I told my friend @… about academic journals and the fact they cost money to publish in and that the biggest ones have higher profit margins than Google and make billions and he almost broke down crying

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional
Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon

Cowboys get Maxx Crosby trade value update as rumors swirl around star edge rusher https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-maxx-crosby-trade-value-update-rumors-swirl-star-…

of course... it's actually much worse than just policy dredged up from the days of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper… it's a gigantic step backward at the behest of fossil fuel interests in order to keep people burning fossil fuels.
EV mandates should be 'sold’ as an affordability measure! Because they are!
No, I don't mean grants, I mean everyday use. Real impacts on your pocket book. How much money would you save if you *never* went to a gas station. Just think about that for second.
Then we can do the math.
My 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric just passed 251152km (palindrome!) yesterday and gets around 6km/kWh on average.
I pay about $0.13/kWh at home to charge so that's $0.02/km. That is $5,023.04 in total energy expenses so far.
Our 2012 Toyota Prius C is at 270,000km and gets about 5.5L/100km or 0.055L/km. At (a discounted) $1.25/L that’s $0.04/km or $10,800 in total energy expenses so far.
Per kilometre the EV is half the cost to 'fuel' than one of the most fuel efficient gas cars out there.
In general, why would *anyone* choose something that costs double to run!?
And yet, the government doesn't sell this as ‘affordability’ it sells it as 'environmental responsibility'.
Let's be honest, they do that because they *know* the environmental message is *less* motivating than money.
Now I said at the beginning, "imagine" never going to the gas station. Obviously that doesn't mean you're fueling for free... but there is another overlooked aspect to this.
Fueling your car is a day to day thing. It's one of the biggest pulls on people's bank accounts precisely because it is such a frequent cost.
Now imagine if that 'bill' was just rolled into your home electricity bill. Which you could do other things to reduce cost overall?
EVs are not just an environmental game changer, they are a financial one for the average person.
That is why oil companies are throwing absolutely everything they have at government (and also fomenting fascism) to keep their good times going, at our expense.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability

Disney reports Q1 operating profit down 9% YoY to $4.6B, weighed down by high movie production costs and a 15-day YouTube TV carriage dispute that cost $110M (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/business/disney-profit-wilts-movies-t…

Disney’s Profit Wilts, Pulled Down by Movies and TV
Per-share quarterly profit declined 7 percent from a year earlier despite revenue growth from the company’s streaming and cruise businesses.

Cowboys get Maxx Crosby trade value update as rumors swirl around star edge rusher https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-maxx-crosby-trade-value-update-rumors-swirl-star-…

MAN Trucks and EDF in France have launched an electric truck package that guarantees price parity with the diesel equivalent. Smart charging plays a key role in reducing energy costs by 30–50%.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaapburger_

Is a battery-electric truck achieving cost parity with a diesel truck possible? Yes, that's the guarantee offered by MAN Truck & Bus France in a new package together with EDF. Smart charging plays a… | Jaap Burger
Is a battery-electric truck achieving cost parity with a diesel truck possible? Yes, that's the guarantee offered by MAN Truck & Bus France in a new package together with EDF. Smart charging plays a key role in this. Under the Energy Savings Certificates (CEE) scheme, EDF pays a bonus of up to 25% of the vehicle's price. Changes to the taxation system allow the price difference to a diesel truck to be depreciated more quickly. These changes, along with several other mechanisms, bring costs dow…

A Russian military victory in Ukraine would cost Europe twice as much as a Ukrainian victory,
according to a new study by Corisk and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs published on Nov. 25.
The study outlined two military and economic scenarios for Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine
and highlighted the choices available to Europe as the United States pushes a peace plan that may be unfavorable to Ukraine and Europe as a whole.

Russian victory would cost Europe twice as much as supporting Ukraine, study finds
A Russian military victory in Ukraine would cost Europe twice as much as a Ukrainian victory, according to a new study by Corisk and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs published on Nov. 25.

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change #ocean

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance.

Oklahoma is crashing the green hydrogen party with some serious innovation.
Startup Tobe Energy just landed $1.8M for their membrane-free electrolysis system that could slash production costs by up to 75%. Their secret? LED technology that simplifies the process and cuts waste heat.
With strong renewables and business-friendly policies, Oklahoma is positioning itself as a major player in the energy transition.

Green Hydrogen Startup Has A Message For Texas: Hold My Beer
The Oklahoma startup Tobe Energy aims to cut the cost of green hydrogen with a membrane-free, stainless steel, drop-in system.

Adaptive6, which treats cloud cost inefficiencies as security vulnerabilities to help companies cut bills, raised a $28M Series A, for $44M in total funding (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/28/adaptive6-…

Adaptive6 scores $28M in early funding to find and fix cloud cost inefficiencies - SiliconANGLE
Adaptive6 scores $28M in early funding to find and fix cloud cost inefficiencies - SiliconANGLE

Troop deployments to U.S. cities cost nearly half a billion dollars in 2025 (Eleanor Watson/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/troop-deployments-to-u-s-cities-cost-nearly-half-a-billion-dollars-in-2025/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p120#a260129p120

"Report: Climate disasters cost the world more than $120bn in 2025"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://www…

Eagles get updated Maxx Crosby trade value after wild Micah Parsons-like projection https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/news/eagles-updated-maxx-crosby-trade-value-micah-parson…

Spygate cost Bill Belichick a Hall of Fame honor, but it can't hurt his legacy https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7005853/2026/01/29/bill-belichick-spygate-hall-of-fame-legacy/

Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trumps-pentagon-name-change-cost-2-billion-rcna242438

Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost as much as $2 billion, according to six people with knowledge of the potential cost

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

... That would make working remotely pretty easy. With my house at the back of the lot and the neighbor's house at the front of the lot, I have started thinking about the idea of building a new house in the front yard and then having the current house declared an ADU by the city. I could build the house of my dreams in a neighbourhood that I like, rent the old house out to offset the cost, and hopefully come out the other end without too much pain. ...

😩 Fixing Britain’s worklessness crisis will cost employers £6bn a year, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/05/fixing-britains-worklessness-crisis-will-cost-employers-6bn-a-year-report-says<…

Fixing Britain’s worklessness crisis will cost employers £6bn a year, report says
The Keep Britain Working review, created to tackle the rising tide of ill health pushing millions out of work, reported its findings ahead of this month’s budget

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them "irresponsible" for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (Tom Knowles/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/coin…

Mike McCarthy hiring could cost Cowboys 2 offensive assistants https://insidethestar.com/mike-mccarthy-hiring-could-cost-cowboys-2-offensive-assistants

Virginia Democrat flips seat in state legislature by taking on datacenters
John McAuliff won against a Republican by focusing on something affecting all his constituents:
the cost of energy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n

Snowflake reports Q3 product revenue up 29% YoY to $1.16B, and forecasts Q4 adjusted operating income margin below estimates; SNOW drops 7% after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-0…

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional
Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon

"Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third"
#Diet #Emissions #Food

Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third - Carbon Brief
A new study, published in Nature Food, compares prices and emissions associated with 440 local food products in 171 countries.

Illegal fishing, other maritime threats cost Western Indian Ocean $1b a year: Report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/illegal-fishing-other-maritime-threats-cost-western-indian-ocean-1b-a-year-report/…

Illegal fishing, other maritime threats cost Western Indian Ocean $1b a year: Report
Maritime threats in the Western Indian Ocean cost the region more than $1.1 billion annually, with illegal fishing, trafficking, piracy, migration and pollution undermining economies, ecosystems and coastal livelihoods, a new U.N. report finds.

Opinion | The Health Care Debate We Really Need - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html ""...decades’ worth of research shows that, even though employers pay most of workers’ premiums, t…

Opinion | The Health Care Debate We Really Need
The high cost of health care in America is suppressing wages, driving job losses and fueling inequality.

"The hidden carbon cost of reality TV shows like The Traitors"
#TV #Media #Emissions

The hidden carbon cost of reality TV shows like The Traitors
Reality TV isn’t the villain of the climate story – but it is a powerful amplifier of taste.

AWS launches Nova Forge, a $100,000/year service allowing clients to customize Amazon's AI models at various stages of training and refine open-weight models (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/amazon-nova-forge-le…

Amazon to let cloud clients customize AI models midway through training for $100,000 a year
It can cost hundreds of millions or even billions to build a large language model from scratch, and this process is more affordable, Amazon said.

Low Carbon Family Holidays - Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck -

Low Carbon Family Holidays
Be a social superstar without 57 foreign holidays every year! Cut stress, cost, carbon and food waste. Have loads of fun! #frugal #holiday #TravellersCheck

Under the Trump administration, immigration and border agencies have received an unprecedented windfall of nearly
❌ $170 billion in new funding,
but their operations have also come at a major cost to the taxpayer, according to newly released data.
The cost of a single enforced deportation is 💥$18,245,
the Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday. (Last year, the figure was just over $17,009).
The agency announced the statistics while touting its

Trump’s deportations come with a steep price tag for taxpayers, new data reveals
Each deportation costs thousands, plus additional taxpayer impacts because of police overtime and lost business due to Trump crackdowns

An analysis of Google TPU v6e vs AMD MI300X vs Nvidia H100/B200: Nvidia achieves a ~5x tokens-per-dollar advantage over TPU v6e and 2x advantage over MI300X (@artificialanlys)
https://x.com/artificialanlys/status/1993878037226557519

Artificial Analysis (@ArtificialAnlys) on X
Google TPU v6e vs AMD MI300X vs NVIDIA H100/B200: Artificial Analysis’ Hardware Benchmarking shows NVIDIA achieving a ~5x tokens-per-dollar advantage over TPU v6e (Trillium), and a ~2x advantage over MI300X, in our key inference cost metric In our metric for inference cost

Insider Predicts What It Will Cost For Cowboys To Re-Sign Brandon Aubrey https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brandon-aubrey-contract-george-pickens/

Raiders' potential draft dilemma: Winning games could cost them a chance at a franchise QB https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/raiders-potential-draft-dilemma-winning-games-could-cost-them-a-chance-at-a-franchis…

The January wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles forced the state to spend billions in disaster aid
-- and delay tax filings for LA residents.
The cost of Medi-Cal,
the state-run health insurance program for low-income residents, ballooned to $6 billion more than anticipated.
Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again tariff policies rocked the stock market,
which California heavily relies on for tax revenue.
And the state lodged a flurry of lawsuits again…

Your one-minute guide to California’s budget outlook this year
Spoiler alert: California’s deficit grows, uncertainty looms, and state leaders may have fewer options than before to tackle it.

"Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers"
#Uruguay #Energy #Renewables

Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers
The contracts were not awarded according to emissions-cutting promises, but how low the cost for installation and provision would be. 

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them "irresponsible" for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (Tom Knowles/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/coin…

SPAM's Carbon Footprint @Home (2017) - The carbon cost of fending off SPAM (and other networked malice) at home... - https://m.earth.org.uk/SPAM-and-CO2.html

SPAMs Carbon Footprint @Home (2017)
The carbon cost of fending off SPAM (and other networked malice) at home...

Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible:
it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables
—at half the cost of fossil fuels.
The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere
—if governments have the courage to change the rules.
For Ramon Méndez Galain,
the energy transition isn’t just about climate
—it’s about economics.
Uruguay’s shift to renewables, he argues,
demonstrated that cl…

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

$473 million of hard earned tax dollars!
💰$172 million spent in Los Angeles since June
💰 ~$270 million for D.C. since June
💰 ~$15 million for Portland since September
💰>$3 million for Memphis since October
💰 ~$13 million for Chicago since October
https://…

Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional
Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional
Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon