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@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-06 19:46:52

Concrete is a mix of several different materials:
water, fine aggregates (or sand), coarse aggregates (or gravel), chemical additives,
and, most importantly, cement.
Cement is what binds all of these ingredients together to give concrete its durability and distinctive, grey appearance.
Cement production, however, also generates most of concrete’s emissions:
🔥In fact, cement accounts for around 8% of all CO2 emissions worldwide

Concrete
Concrete is among the world’s most consumed materials—second only to water. It also produces large amounts of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-05 09:35:27

A Chinese hospital says Alibaba's PANDA AI tool has analyzed 180,000 CT scans and detected ~24 pancreatic cancer cases since its deployment in November 2024 (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/02/world/a…

In China, A.I. Finds Pancreatic Cancer That Doctors May Miss
A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-06 20:56:13

Members of Congress will be able to view unredacted Epstein files next week (Ryan Nobles/NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/
memeorandum.com/260206/p105#a2

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-06 01:19:36

Jets DT Phillips: Glenn inherited 'cancerous' group espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/478439

Jets DT Phillips says coach Glenn inherited 'cancerous' group - ESPN
Jets DT Harrison Phillips said it's been difficult for the team to get over the franchise's losing culture, saying first-year coach Aaron Glenn inherited a "cancerous" group.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-02-06 17:31:11

NewsGuard sues the FTC, alleging censorship after the FTC barred Omnicom from working with NewsGuard as a condition of the ad agency's Interpublic acquisition (Will Oremus/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

A company that rates news sites says the Trump administration is strangling it
NewsGuard sues Trump’s FTC alleging censorship after Chairman Andrew Ferguson barred a major ad agency from using its ratings

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-12-05 15:00:59

"Could electric vehicle battery waste fix concrete’s carbon problem?"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Batteries

Could electric vehicle battery waste fix concrete’s carbon problem?
Lithium waste from electric vehicles could become a vital ingredient in low-carbon concrete, say researchers testing a new environmental solution.

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-12-03 04:00:05

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016). 447 nodes, 63851 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/us_congress#H107

us_congress — US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd session of congress).

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-05 16:32:32

Broadcaster rips Cowboys’ conservative approach after settling for field goals si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/broadc

Broadcaster rips Cowboys’ conservative approach after settling for field goals
Brian Schottenheimer called plays conservatively during Week 14, and the Dallas Cowboys head coach is being called out for it.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-05 19:11:04

The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court
has cleared the way for Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map in next year’s midterm elections
that a lower court found racially discriminatory.
The 6-3 ruling is another political win for Donald Trump and his allies,
who have gotten a number of favorable rulings from the justices after being stymied by lower courts.
Trump has asked Republican-led states to redraw their maps
in order to preserv…

Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage
The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map in next year’s midterm elections that a lower court found racially discriminatory. The 6-3 ruling is another political win for President Donald Trump and his allies, who have gotten a number of favorable rulings from the justices after being stymied by lower courts. Trump has asked Republican-led states to redraw their maps in order to preserve the narrow GOP majority in …

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-06 14:20:17

Jets DT Harrison Phillips supports head coach: Aaron Glenn 'inherited a very cancerous, truculent group' nfl.com/news/jets-dt-harrison-

Jets DT Harrison Phillips supports head coach: Aaron Glenn 'inherited a very cancerous, truculent group'
Harrison Phillips was unflinching during multiple interviews this week in his indictment of the Gang Green culture inherited by the rookie head coach and made it clear that he is an Aaron Glenn guy.