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Measuring Our Electrical Appliance Energy Consumption - Read how once we have bought a gadget, we measure what it uses, and work out how to use it efficiently. No vampires here please! - https://www.earth.org.uk/measuring-appliance-consumption.html

Measuring Our Electrical Appliance Energy Consumption
Read how once we have bought a gadget, we measure what it uses, and work out how to use it efficiently. No vampires here please!

The US supreme court ruled that Donald Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies or commissions,
-- ending 90 years of court precedent that curbs executive power.
The vote in the case of
"Trump v Slaughter" is 6-3,
with dissents from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan.
The case was focused on the White House’s March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter.
Trump fired Slaughter over email…

US supreme court rules Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies
Case focused on White House’s March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter

40 years ago today, the grateful dead in #cincinnati, one last summer shed gig before moving to stadiums with the dylan/heartbreakers tour. summer ’86, show #7.
soundboard (set 2 only): https://archive.…

US economy grows at a sluggish 1.5% in second-quarter with inflation remaining stubbornly high
https://apnews.com/article/economy-inflation-spending-growth-consumers-growth-jobs-caf3b24d92688568f9c4f95725c87e55

US economy slows, yet Americans still spending in face of inflation
The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month, but remained above the central bank’s 2% target. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that growth in U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — decelerated from 2.1% in the first three months of 2026 and came in below economists�…

Pool season has opened.
https://comicskingdom.com/break-of-day/2026-05-30

Break of Day Comic Strip 2026-05-30 | Comics Kingdom
Read the Break of Day comic strip from May 30, 2026, and check out other Break of Day comics by Nate Fakes.

The household crunch: Americans are spending faster than they earn it (Courtenay Brown/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/consumer-spending-income-pce
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p40#a260529p40

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism mentioned Australia not giving any points to Israel's song at the Eurovision Song Contest as an example of antisemitism.
Can we please stop ridding this important word of any meaning whatsoever?

The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June
as rising imports weighed on growth
-- yet consumers continued to spend.
And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month
-- but it remained above the central bank’s 2% target at a time when Americans are frustrated about the high cost of living ahead of the midterm elections, now less than 100 days away.

US economy slows, yet Americans still spending in face of inflation
The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month, but remained above the central bank’s 2% target. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that growth in U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — decelerated from 2.1% in the first three months of 2026 and came in below economists�…

On Setting Up a Raspberry Pi Off-grid PV-Powered Server (2014) - How I set up a Raspberry Pi (Model B then B ) after the SheevaPlug. ~1.6W consumption typical, 400x less than my original server rack! #RPi #frugal #offGrid

On Setting Up a Raspberry Pi Off-grid PV-Powered Server (2014)
How I set up a Raspberry Pi (Model B then B+) after the SheevaPlug. 1.6W consumption typical, 400x less than my original server rack! #RPi #frugal #offGrid

On Monday, the US supreme court handed Donald Trump – and all future presidents – the power to fire leaders of independent agencies or commissions,
overturning 90 years of court precedent curbing executive power.
While Trump celebrated the decision on Truth Social as a “big win”, labor advocates, unions, and consumer advocacy groups criticized the supreme court decision on the case,
Trump v Slaughter, and warned of the long-term impacts for democracy in the US. Rebecca Slau…

Outcry over supreme court decision to grant Trump power to fire agency chiefs
Legal and labor experts say Trump v Slaughter decision upends settled constitutional law in favor of ‘loyalty test’