Trump declared a national emergency over the U.S. bulk-power system and moved to restrict certain foreign-made grid equipment. Energy security matters—but America also needs affordable, reliable and clean power for the future. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump signs order banning some foreign equipment from US energy grid
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday declaring a national emergency and banning the use of some foreign equipment in the U.S. electricity grid, the White House said.
reuters.com
One of the things I heard last night at my financial advisor's annual regional meeting was "Inflation is just about average. 3.3% is where we are." That's 3.3% core. Do you know what the current food & energy inflation rate is? 8.4% If you were barely surviving before Trump, now you aren't.
Otherwise I'm going to have to get two new monitors, because I'll be fucked if my monitors no longer match. >.<
In today's episode of "my tech keeps randomly tanking" My ear buds no longer charge, went and got new ones. My main monitor has started flickering (only the main montior secondary is fine) So either it's going or it's the cable. Got two new cables on the way. Hoping that sorts it.
This past week: CHINA: Announced the discovery of a probiotic that reverses diabetes. USA: Made up the name of a lake without any legal authority. CHINA: Invented EV battery with 600+ mile range. USA: Used AI to create silly video of a fake battle in unpopular war.
LIKE ARATOR STARTS USING THE VOID AND YOU TELL THE KING WTF DUDE, I'M NEVER INVITING YOU TO THE KEGGER AGAIN
LISTEN UMBRIC IS A NERDY NARC BUT HE'S OUR NERDY NARC
The Real N’zoth@therealnzoth.bsky.social · 7mo agoUMBRIC, NOT EVEN YOU CAN RESIST THE VOID’S WHISPERS.
It’s honestly kind of amazing how much she slips under the radar simply due to how much worse so many other people are
if she wasn’t so evil you’d almost have to be impressed with the level at which Sinema took personal advantage of her office get on the payroll of private equity? yes do an “internship” at a winery and spend campaign money on wine? absolutely fuck her married bodyguard? you bet
Patrick Cosmos@veryimportant.lawyer · 7h agofound out about a whole new cause of action today. you never stop learning apnews.com/article/kyrs...
I know everyone jokes about losing their tablet pen, but apparently the one thing I lose all the time is my frikken DRAWING GLOVE and it's like CAN WE NOT
Been wanting to cut back on beef anyway. This will act as a nice little extra motivator. Don’t eat meat someone told you was clean without you asking if it was clean.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h agoMe crossing beef off my shopping list …
Thank you to the Users of Bluesky for setting me straight
I once made a snide post about how this (and the New Mutants annual that accompanied it) was such a great X-Men story, one of my all time faves, except for this kinda uninspired cover, and I was schooled by other users who pointed out to me it was an homage to the first appearance of Thor
Vinson Loves Comics@vinsonlovescomics.bsky.social · 12h agoTop Shelf Friday time, what's a comic in your collection that you love? ❤️ This week, a signed copy of Uncanny X-Men annual #9 (1985) #TopShelfFriday #comicbooks
Someone right now is using genAI to make pictures of their college campus and, like a fucked up game of Where's Waldo, there is a Charlie Kirk lurking somewhere in each picture
Someone right now is using genAI to spruce up their wedding pictures and bam, Charlie Kirk in the background. Someone horned up, generating waifus with suspiciously childlike faces playing volleyball, and bam, Charlie Kirk in the background
It is funny as hell that Charlie Kirk is now permanently engraved into generative AI's training, a truly cyberpunk version of hell
It would be nice if someone could explain this community note to him. Having a president with a basic understanding of how trade works doesn’t seem like a ton to ask. Meanwhile our farmers are getting crushed.
Because the people in power who could and should be stopping them have no interest in doing so, so it's either laugh, cry or scream in frustration
What's crazy is that it's being viewed as kind of a given & people are joking about it. No one's surprised by it or expects any consequences if it's true. The public has been conditioned to accept corruption. It's been normalized, which is strong proof of a slide into authoritarianism.