tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

The Insider (an investigative outlet that has worked extensively with Bellingcat) reports that the color, print, and cut of the clothes visible in photos published by ISIS showing the alleged Moscow attackers match the clothes of the arrested suspects. https://theins.ru/news/270191

Russia’s special forces are still looking for the gunmen who executed at least 40 people at a concert hall outside Moscow today, and no one has yet taken responsibility for the terrorist attack. Updates here. https://meduza.io/en/live/2024/03/22/terrorist-attack-at-concert-hall-outside-moscow

Maybe we succeeded too well in convincing people that "the line between good and evil runs across every human heart."

Maybe we should start remarking that, in a very real sense, "the line between good and evil runs around the edge of ExxonMobil."

Reminder that when we make fun of the International Energy Agency for its stodgy conservative solar outlook (less these days), this is the pressure it's under from high up in the US government to not discourage "sufficient investment in energy supplies - specifically, oil natural gas and coal".

Good on the IEA, I say.

https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/8E2BA8FC-08F5-432F-A579-0BE6EEAE81C4

this is some 1820s science right here

What.

“We have discovered that hard, electrical conductors (e.g., metals or graphite) can be adhered to soft, aqueous materials (e.g., hydrogels, fruit, or animal tissue) without the use of an adhesive. The adhesion is induced by a low DC electric field.“

Most importantly: it stays stuck with the voltage turned off. It’s stable for MONTHS. Reverse the polarity of the electrical flow and it unsticks. YES REALLY. This is some literal “Alessandro Volta playing around with bananas in a shed” science AND YET it WORKS and we DID NOT KNOW.

Here’s a video. Holy shit. What.

[link] #science #science

Interesting …

in the end federation means federation and so it’s good if more communities are joined, even if you are critical of them.

From: @zuck
https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C4yMa0Gxxph

Is there a magic website where I can compare estimated carbon footprints for businesses? Specifically, I'd like to compare Alphabet and Amazon. I'm assuming Amazon's is much larger due to the physical logistics of moving goods around. But I don't really know what all is tucked under Alphabet along with Google.

#climate #data #carbon #climatecrisis

Marc Andreessen: “And another thing! We would’ve solved climate change in the 70s if the pesky environmentalists hadn’t killed nuclear power!”

Also Marc Andreessen: “I’m proud to announce we’re working with one of the most brutal, repressive, corrupt regimes in history to help them launder their oil money on a computer that uses ⅛ of the global electric supply to generate ransom notes.”

Hur kan det komma sig att Putin fick 87%...?

Härifrån:
https://t.me/astrapress/51670?single
(Där finns även fortsättningen, kvinnorna skakar urnan för att det inte ska vara så synligt att de stoppat in en massa valsedlar.)

#ryssland #valfusk

Schools throughout Russia have begun piloting a new extracurricular program in which students are shown Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson before competing in a quiz about the “reasons” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, and related topics.
https://t.co/oQ1tm6mBuO

@jeffowski Reminds me of the guy who tried to negotiate with the quartet for his wedding.
"If you think we're pricey," the band leader said, "I'll make you a deal. Call the local union and get a quote for four plumbers to work five hours on a Saturday night. We'll take that amount instead."

Methane emissions from oil and gas sites are three times higher than official U.S. government estimates suggest, according to a new study.

Methane leaking or intentionally vented from production sites has been a pervasive feature of the U.S. shale industry for many years. But operators, as well as the US Environmental Protection Agency, have tended to use rough estimates and expected leakage rates for various equipment, rather than physically measuring production sites.

https://gasoutlook.com/analysis/methane-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-3x-higher-than-official-estimates-new-study/

“In long-established – so resilient – democracies where far-right parties are in power, or influencing power, such as Italy and Sweden, Liberties said deterioration of the rule of law, while gradual, risked becoming systemic.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/rule-of-law-declining-across-eu-report-warns

In Italy and Sweden, whose governments are respectively led and propped up by far-right parties, Liberties’ partners reported rule-of-law regression in areas including the justice system, media freedom and pluralism, civic space and human rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/rule-of-law-declining-across-eu-report-warns

Det här blir ju ännu löjligare än jag trodde var möjligt. När drygt 30 procent av "rösterna" i det ryska "presidentvalet" är räknade uppges Putin ha fått 87,68% av rösterna. Peskov kanske hade rätt när han förra året förutspådde att Putin skulle få 90%.

Läs här om varför valet i Ryssland inte är något val.
https://www.glasnost.se/2024/varldens-basta-demokrati-valjer-en-helt-ny-putin/

#putin #ryssland

Hey, Mastodon! Indiana's attorney general has created an anti-teacher snitch portal for people to report school teachers for being too woke. It allows you to upload files and everything!

There appears to be no safeguard against entering any text you want in any of the boxes, and no location/residence checking.

Dare I ask you to do your thing?

https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/education-liberty/

Boosts welcome!

#academicChatter #education #bts #taylorSwift

The main message is in the headline, but the details are absolutely fascinating #demographics #USpolitics #christianity 🌐
https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-coming-extinction-of-the-white

A lot of things I see proposed as 'solutions' to our polycrisis are solutions in the sense that 'stop being poor' is a solution to having no money.

For example, solving climate change by prosecuting fossil fuel companies is a potential *outcome* of politically ending the power of fossil fuel companies. It's not in itself a way to end that power.

Sanslöst dyr nota för ickefärdigställd kärnkraft i USA. Intressant läsning i dagens Aftonbladet.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/ab5rqd/fiasko-nar-usa-skulle-bygga-ny-karnkraft