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I’m not pleased to have gone from expecting an end in less than an hour to having a whole day more to live without lights or heat.

Happily it was a straightforward swap of identical models. Didn’t have to replace the sink flange as a result. It was an awkward business of hefting it up to get it aligned and locked into the flange, but it took only a mild amount of swearing to finally get it right.🤬
No leaks. Orders have been given to unfurl the mission accomplished banner.
(The wiring under this sink could use some taming. Whoever did it was certainly not paid by the hour. 🙄 )

America’s war on Iran began with what was meant to be an intimidating performance of overwhelming air power.
Quickly it became another kind of conflict, with low-cost missiles and drones effectively neutralizing a superpower by punishing its allies and paralyzing energy flows.
By the time Trump tried to threaten Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz with a 48-hour ultimatum,
it was clear not just that the strait had become America’s singular strategic fixation but that…

The Iran War Is Revealing the Messy Middle of Our Renewable Energy Transition
When the world map of literal power changes, the political hierarchy shifts, too.

Trump issues 48-hour Hormuz Strait ultimatum, threatens Iran power plants | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/trump-issues-48-hour-hormuz-strait-ultimatum-threatens-iran-power-plants

Google hat ein gigantisches #Rechenzentrum angekündigt, mit einen 1,9 Gigawatt Stromanschluß (soviel wie 1,5x AKWs).
Zur Versorgung soll die größte Batterie der Welt mit 300 Megawatt Leistung entstehen, die bis zu 100 Stunden Strom liefert. Sie wird mit 30 GWh ein vielfaches an Energie speichern können, wie alle Großspeicher in Deutschland zusammen.
Nur um mal die irrsinnigen Dim…

Google’s new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour battery | TechCrunch
Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalMixtape
- Power through with classical music
Half an hour of back to back classical music including works by Bach, Percy Grainger, Rachmaninov, Rebecca Dale, and Michel Legrand.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rspg

Cuba restores power after 29-hour blackout amid US oil blockade | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/3/18/cuba-restores-power-after-29-hour-blackout-amid-us-oil-blockade?traffic_source=rss

Google announces a new "advanced flow" for Android sideloading that requires a mandatory 24-hour cooling-off period to install apps from unverified developers (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/897420/android-sideloading…

Google reveals its solution for true Android sideloading: a mandatory waiting period
The one-time ‘advanced flow’ for power users to sideload apps from unverified developers includes 24 hours of cooling off time.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalMixtape
- Power through with classical music
Half an hour of back to back classical music including works by Bach, Percy Grainger, Rachmaninov, Rebecca Dale, and Michel Legrand.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rspg

Answer: ZERO !!! Question from Blackbird Spyplane via kottke: What is the actual revolutionary potential of a male-gaze-subverting knee-length skirt sewn by women paid piece rates in L.A. and NYC? What is the true liberatory power of a dad cap embroidered with feminist and anti-racist slogans by nonwhite women working 80-hour weeks in a Bangladeshi sweatshop?

#Google plant in #Minnesota ein #Rechenzentrum, das mit 1,9 Gigawatt sauberer #Energie betrieben …

Google’s new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour battery | TechCrunch
Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7.

Happy 100th birthday television!
On January 26th, 1926, John Logie Baird gave the first public demo of a working television system in his laboratory above what is now Bar Italia on Frith Street, in London's Soho.
🎵 You've had your time, you've had your power, you've yet to have your finest hour.
No, wait, that's radio. Never mind, same thing but with pictures!
#Television #JohnLogieBaird