rexi

rbreich, 2 months ago to random

The largest caucus of House Republicans released a plan that cuts Social Security spending by $1.5 trillion.

These are the same Republicans pushing to extend the Trump tax cuts — which would add $3.5 trillion to the deficit.

None of this is really about addressing the debt.

DrALJONES, 4 months ago to random

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chargrille, 2 months ago to random

Norwegian-Swiss research team has ID'd "more than 16,000 chemicals in plastic products in the first comprehensive database of all known plastic chemicals [it hopes will inform] international negotiations for a treaty to curb plastic use & production"

“at least 25% of these are chemicals of concern [with] tendency to persist without degrading, ability to build up in [living] organisms, mobility through the environment & toxicity"

“We need a systemic political solution.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-comprehensive-plastics-database-tallies-staggering-16-000-chemicals/

rexi, 11 months ago to random

Five ungodly rich, elite #titanic tourists go missing: pull out all the stops -- Coast Guard! Navy! NASA!

Five hundred desperately poor folks and their children below decks of refugee ship? Let 'em sink.

Once again we are defined by our actions and responses.

rexi, 3 months ago to random

My message in case I am killed:

(monologue from the movie #Navalny 2022)

rexi, 6 months ago to pdx

#PDX #ORPOL #Oregon
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/20/oregon-foster-care-children-sent-to-unlicensed-short-term-rental-homes-millions-for-religious-nonprofit/

Now, after scandals involving their use of hotel rooms and out-of-state private facilities, state officials have landed on a new — but still trouble-ridden — approach: They are paying a #religiousnonprofit more than 100 times the amount they pay foster care parents to watch children in unregulated short-term rental homes.

DrALJONES, 2 months ago to random

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rexi, 1 month ago to Israel

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/5/5/al-jazeeras-pre-recorded-final-report-from-israel-as-ban-enacted

‘If you’re watching this… then #AlJazeera has been banned in #Israel’. Correspondent Imran Khan recorded his last report from occupied #EastJerusalem pre-empting the #Netanyahu government’s unanimous decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel.

rexi, 6 months ago to TeslaMotors

Portland could use this size and scale of EV for most of its business and errands. Maybe with a family friendlier convertible back...

I'd fancy my chances of living after a bike crash with this better than after one with a #cybertruck, anyway #PDX
[via https://electricvehicleweb.com/norway-cityq-car-ebike/]

Scandinavian startup, CityQ has been developing an innovative electric vehicle. It is designed to function similar to a car with features such as four wheels, rear seat for children, doors, storage compartment, cruise control and enclosed cabin for weather protection, but at its heart, it’s a bicycle.

rexi, 5 months ago to Georgia

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/coalition-calls-congressional-action-dhss-politicized-intelligence

the harms of designating protesters as “domestic violent extremists” #DVE's.: #Georgia authorities have engaged in a crackdown on #StopCopCity protestors, and the #DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) appears to have fueled that effort with intelligence assessments, #socialmedia monitoring reports, and #counterterrorism messaging. Our letter makes public a previously unreleased I&A #intelligence report obtained by the @BrennanCenter via open records request.

rexi, 10 months ago to random

Merchants in our Rule-of-Law Temple?

Cast them out!

End #CitizensUnited. End the High-Court-Pay-To-Play. Reestablish real, binding ethics in the highest court.

Call your Senators now: #ClarenceThomas #JusticeThomas must be impeached and removed from the bench for blatant corruption. Alito should see some sanction for repeated ethics code violations.

Tell every potential young voter you know: their future is literally on the line, vote or die in a fascist dystopian climate hell.

rexi, 3 months ago to Alaska

https://www.uaf.edu/acep/news/2024/do-you-drive-an-electric-vehicle-at-40-below.php

@AlaskaCenterforEnergyandPower, @acep wants data from you!

ACEP is leading research in the potential for electric vehicles in #Alaska as part of its Electric Vehicles in the Arctic project; team is especially interested in data on electric pick-ups, SUVs, ATVs driven through winter in areas that get to -30F or colder, to update the Alaska Electric Vehicle calculator and inform further research.

Iinterested to learn more, contact Michelle Wilber at mmwilber@alaska.edu.

rexi, 2 months ago to portland

https://www.portland.gov/transportation/regulatory/events/2024/3/15/st-patricks-day-2024

#Portland #pdx: PBOT Dir Williams,"We hope these discounts will encourage partygoers to travel safely by leaving their cars at home. This should serve as a reminder to everyone to travel safely, so we can all do our part to end traffic fatalities in Portland."

Look for flyers, ask staff for a coupon. #Portland list of participants at the PBOT Safe Ride Home website for #stpatricks Day 2024.

rexi, 5 months ago to random

https://www.lbf.fraunhofer.de/en/projects-products/carbon-fiber-reinforced-polymer-wheel.html

[not that Fraunhofer, audio enthusiasts:]
Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF

rexi, 1 month ago to TeslaMotors

https://www.engadget.com/starlink-terminals-are-reportedly-being-used-by-russian-forces-in-ukraine-154832503.html

clearly in violation of the citzenship oath [#Musk took in 2002. Revoke his U.S. citizenship, and deport the treasonous creep.]

…#Russian military use of the tech is “potentially in violation of US sanctions and export controls.” Starlink actually has the ability to disable individual terminals and each item includes geofencing technology that is supposed to prevent use in unauthorized countries…

#ElonMusk #Starlink #treason #Putin

rexi, 4 months ago to random

a little reminder that left, center and center left parties in Germany made up 52.3% of the vote in election that would lead to the appointment of you-know-who as chancellor.

protest votes only work for for the candidate you're against when there are spoilers on the ballot.

rexi, 4 months ago to climate

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-people-climate-deniers-reveals-unexpected.html

"Our data does reveal some indications of a variant of motivated reasoning, specifically that denying the existence of human-made global heating forms part of the political identity of certain groups of people."

…people may to an extent define themselves by the very fact that they do not believe in #climatechange. As far as they are concerned,…an important trait that sets them apart from other political groups, and…likely to simply not care what researchers have to say…

rexi, 2 months ago to random

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/03/11/tucking-in-alexander-smirnov-abbe-lowell-accuses-david-weiss-of-doing-russias-bidding/

"…This case illustrates the very continuing harm identified by the Special Counsel. The #SpecialCounsel tells us #Russian intelligence sought to influence the U.S. presidential election by using allegations against #HunterBiden to hurt President #Biden ’s reelection…And what did the now-Special Counsel do? The Office abandoned the Agreement it signed…"

#SpecialCounselWeiss

rexi, 5 months ago to random

from last year around this time:
Introducing SNAP:
a novel pedal-assisted electric ultralight vehicle

Dec 2022. Innovation in transportation and mobility is central to sustainable development. There is a widespread awareness that society would benefit if transportation became more sustainable, promoting economic growth while respecting the environment. This paper introduces SNAP, a four-wheel pedal-assisted electric vehicle that represents a new concept in s...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366581267_Introducing_SNAP_a_novel_pedal-assisted_electric_ultralight_vehicle/download

rexi, 8 days ago to random

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-faster-decomposition-waterways-exacerbate-greenhouse.html

"When we think of #greenhousegas emissions, we tend to think of tailpipes and factories," said Scott Tiegs, co-author of the study and a professor of biological sciences at Oakland.

"But a lot of carbon dioxide and methane comes from aquatic #ecosystems. This process is natural. But when humans add nutrient #pollution like #fertilizer to fresh waters and elevate water temperatures, we increase the decomposition rates and direct more #CO2 into the atmosphere."

rexi, 4 months ago to ChatGPT

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-simple-technique-defend-chatgpt-jailbreak.html

…notably threatens its responsible and secure use.#JailbreakAttacks use adversarial prompts to bypass #ChatGPT's #ethics safeguards…

"This technique encapsulates the user's query in a system prompt that reminds ChatGPT to respond responsibly,…Experimental results demonstrate that self-reminders significantly reduce the success rate of jailbreak attacks against ChatGPT from 67.21% to 19.34%."

[if this works, it's proof that we're clueless about our own creations]

rexi, 2 months ago to random

https://act.citizensforethics.org/a/menendez-must-be-expelled

Senator #Menendez appears to be the first sitting member of Congress charged with operating as a foreign agent in violation of #FARA, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and allowing him to remain in the Senate creates a massive national security risk.

For the sake of our national security and our democracy, he must be expelled from the Senate.

Co-sign our letter to Majority Leader #ChuckSchumer!
@crew Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

rexi, 5 months ago to random

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/14/headlines/washington_post_israel_used_us_supplied_white_phosphorus_to_attack_civilians_in_lebanon

#whitephosphorus attacks left at least four people hospitalized and forced the evacuation of the town of Dheira in southern Lebanon. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller: “Anytime that we provide items like white phosphorus, or really anything, to another military, we do it with the expectation that it will be used for legitimate purposes and in full keeping with international humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict.”

rexi, 5 months ago to random

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-phonons-mass-negative-gravity.html

[dying to know what the consensus ended up being on this radical theory (pub 23 Jul 2018). guess I'l do some hunting; tips appreciated]
trio of #ColumbiaUni physicists is making waves with a new theory about #phonons—they suggest they might have negative mass, and because of that, have negative gravity. Angelo Esposito, Rafael Krichevsky and Alberto Nicolis have written a paper to support their theory, including the math, and uploaded it to the xrXiv preprint server.

rexi, 5 months ago to random

https://cargo.mubea-umobility.com/en/cargo-family/cargo-work

[nice and light, and the price is right..]

Mubea U-Mobility eCargobikes
eCargobikes redefined

Mubea U-Mobility eCargobike 'work"