floofloof

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43957032

Is it possible for American democracy to be further degraded by the influence of billionaires? Thanks to champion of the working class J. D. Vance and his right-wing friends, including “dark money kingpin” Leonard Leo, we may soon find out.

[–] floofloof 24 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

But if you hate your data there's no quicker way to lose it than a single 36TB Seagate drive.

[–] floofloof 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I like the understatement. Shame they spoiled it with the "game changing" claim at the beginning.

[–] floofloof 5 points 15 hours ago

Ol' Grandpa Lisa (he/him). Slightly odd assumption by the headline writer.

[–] floofloof 17 points 17 hours ago

The US under Donald Trump, meanwhile, is drastically reversing course on a renewable future. His recent Big Beautiful Bill includes an end to tax incentives for new buyers of solar panels and batteries, and grants massive subsidies to the fossil and biofuel industries.

To justify the move, Trump blamed solar and wind infrastructure for skyrocketing energy costs, despite overwhelming evidence that solar energy makes the broader energy grid more stable, and energy much cheaper. That being the case, it's probably no shock to discover the president has more than a few ulterior motives.

The USA is trying to hold the whole world back. Currently they're putting pressure on Canada and other countries to back off electric vehicles and other renewable energy projects. For its own survival, humanity needs to kick these regressive right-wingers aside.

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24690127

Solar energy experts in Germany are putting sun-catching cells under the magnifying glass with astounding results, according to multiple reports.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems team is perfecting the use of lenses to concentrate sunlight onto solar panels, reducing size and costs while increasing performance, Interesting Engineering and PV Magazine reported.

The "technology has the potential to contribute to the energy transition, facilitating the shift toward more sustainable and renewable energy sources by combining minimal carbon footprint and energy demand with low levelized cost of electricity," the researchers wrote in a study published by the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.

The sun-catcher is called a micro-concentrating photovoltaic, or CPV, cell. The lens makes it different from standard solar panels that convert sunlight to energy with average efficiency rates around 20%, per MarketWatch. Fraunhofer's improved CPV cell has an astounding 36% rate in ideal conditions and is made with lower-cost parts. It cuts semiconductor materials "by a factor of 1,300 and reduces module areas by 30% compared to current state-of-the-art CPV systems," per IE.

[–] floofloof 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

It is odd how the report gives that two-line exchange between the pilots, but in paraphrase rather than quotes, and with no statement of which pilot said which thing. It seems to invite speculation with its vagueness. Maybe they can't yet tell from the recording whose voice is whose, but that seems a little unlikely given the importance of figuring that out.

[–] floofloof 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think the black hole swallowed a word.

[–] floofloof 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I abandoned Rogers years ago after they billed me for a service that they then told me wasn't available, and denied me a refund. It took a total of 7 hours on the phone to their customer service and eventually losing my temper so badly I was yelling before they made any effort to sort it out. Since then they've been sending reps to the door who all assure me their customer service is totally transformed and much better than before. I always told them I doubted it and would never return to Rogers. Seems my instincts were right.

[–] floofloof 1 points 1 day ago

It's just an undersaturated photo. He still has the spray tan - look how his skin changes color from his cheek to his temple:

[–] floofloof 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You're no more likely to lose keys with KeePass or KeePassXC than with an online password manager, as long as you keep good backups, and maybe sync KeePass to cloud storage.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47916418

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24654475

A Portland mother and her four children, who are U.S. citizens, are being detained in Ferndale by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, according to U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter of Oregon’s 3rd congressional district. The family has been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, according to their lawyer, Jill Nedved with Gonzales Law Office in Seattle.

https://archive.is/gU5iu

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24654475

A Portland mother and her four children, who are U.S. citizens, are being detained in Ferndale by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, according to U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter of Oregon’s 3rd congressional district. The family has been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, according to their lawyer, Jill Nedved with Gonzales Law Office in Seattle.

https://archive.is/gU5iu

[–] floofloof 86 points 1 day ago

They also kidnapped the grandmother, who was traveling with them on a valid visa, and have her imprisoned elsewhere. Then they snatched the father separately. The mother and kids don't know the father is imprisoned. They've been given no phone calls and no access to legal representation.

If Dexter’s office had not been told about the situation, it is unlikely Merlo’s friends and family would have been able to find her, said Mimi Lettunich, a friend of the Merlo family who has known Merlo for around 20 years. Lettunich attended Friday’s press conference remotely.

“When we talk about ‘What do we want in our community?’ — hard-working, of course. They go to church, and not just participating. Jackie is the worship director at the church,” Lettunich said. “(They) are collaborating with community outreach and things like The Salvation Army. … Their kids are in Christian school, and they are involved in all kinds of different activities and sports. They just won a music competition, just a few weeks ago, and a trip to Disney. I think about how their community is sending them to Disneyland, and our government is sending them to detention.”

As a member of Congress, Dexter has access to the CBP facility and was able to see the family through a window but was not given permission to speak with them.

“They have no idea who I was. I was not allowed to speak with them,” she said.

On July 3, five days after the family was detained at the U.S. and Canadian border, Merlos’ husband, Carlos, was detained by ICE agents in Portland. He has been detained by ICE. Because Merlo has not been able to talk with anyone outside the CBP facility, it is unlikely she is aware of her husband’s status, Dexter said.

Dexter’s office and Merlos’ attorney, Nedved, have access to Carlos in the Northwest Detention Center but still cannot speak with Merlos in Ferndale.

“We cannot connect the two of them to make sure that they understand the situation that the other is in,” Dexter said. “It is absolutely a travesty.” Because nobody has been able to speak with Merlo or her children since she has been taken, it is also possible Merlo doesn’t know she has legal representation, Nedved said.

“We have an issue here where CBP is taking a role where they have detained a family for a period of a couple of weeks when these detention facilities are really only designed for short term,” Nedved said. “They (the family) have not been provided access to contact loved ones, access to contact council or understand what their rights even are.” Nedved said Merlos is unlikely aware of her situation and is making a decision (whether to voluntarily deport) “potentially under duress.”

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43831713

The official designation earlier this month of Palestine Action as a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act 2000 means that membership in the group and support for its actions are punishable by up to 14 years in prison

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43831713

The official designation earlier this month of Palestine Action as a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act 2000 means that membership in the group and support for its actions are punishable by up to 14 years in prison

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