I took a look at my own Claude Code use over the past 8 weeks to calculate agentic energy use. Using three different methods I find that the typical agentic prompt uses 180 watt-hours (45 to 360 Wh). This adds up to around 3 kWh per day, around the energy of running two fridges.

This plane has left Alexandria, LA, again and is currently refueling in Bangor. Migrants onboard have been shackled for at least 34 hours. Story updated.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 5h ago

NEW: An ICE flight headed for Moldova turned around over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and flew back to an ICE hub, returning 15 hours after it left. We don’t know why. Video I obtained from the scene shows 11 exhausted and shackled people disembark. gillianbrockell.com/why-did-this...

Last night, the turnout split between Democrats and Republicans in the Michigan governor race was the largest difference in state history. Dem turnout - 1.5 million GOP turnout - 0.9 million

In 2010, the Tea Party ousted TWO Republican incumbents, one who had switched parties from Dem in the previous cycle. DSA has now ousted THREE incumbent Democrats now that Donavan McKinney has defeated Shri Thanedar.

Our thoughts are with those in Madison who have been taking action in memory of Corey Ruiz, doing their best to ensure that police cannot murder people with impunity. Resistance to ICE and resistance to police must converge. It is the same struggle. crimethinc.com/antipolice2025

Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 16h ago

Community members are re-liberating space tonight from killer cops in Madison, Wisconsin. Here’s a still image from a live feed filmed about an hour ago, community members can be heard chanting, “Say his name, Corey Ruiz.”

I actually am pretty fond of the concept of Hysteria meaning your uterus is just moving around your body like a weird little feral critter

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

And the thing about class is, it doesn't matter if an individual factory owner is kind and fair and pays their workers well. Because it's not about the individual. It's about how the kindly factory owner still belongs to a class whose interests are at odds with the working class. 14/?

Gender is better understood as a class, the way race is better understood as a class. Gender is a power relation, born out of arbitrary social definitions. 12/?

Malenesw, like whiteness, is a gender of exclusion. Men are people who belong to the gender that is not Other. Men are those who are not systemically oppressed for their gender. Like whiteness, masculinity is defined by what it's not. 9/?

i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten

The stridently anti-El Sayed set are really coming to remind me of PUMA voters in '08, because they're functionally making the same arguments for the same reasons.

about all this "can El Sayed win the general" & "Michigan is a purple state": we haven't elected a Republican Sen since 2001 & that was pretty much an outlier. just more ppl trying to scare us into helping them keep their $ + influence en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/

Under-discussed Michigan politics story is that a co-founder of Uncommitted is about to become the Democratic nominee for a seat to the State Senate with the backing of Governor Whitmer

We don't talk enough about stuff that's of personal interest to me. And it's amazing how few people know the information I've just learned

The U.S. has replaced Hungary as the Secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, taking over leadership of the anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ coalition after Viktor Orbán's defeat. As Hungary retreats from exporting anti-rights policies, Washington is stepping in to lead them.

Orbán’s Danube Institute Quietly Launches a Nonprofit Arm in the United States

As Viktor Orbán's influence network faces uncertainty in Hungary, the government-backed Danube Institute has quietly launched a U.S. nonprofit linked to former Heritage Foundation officials, MAGA-alig...

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this was always the outcome we were headed for and one we could've had literally 4 months ago. not only did trump lose the war he spent half a year continuing to lose it for no reason.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterday

All the indicators I’m seeing suggest this is the Iran‑controlled route, with a service fee attached. Trump took the loss and is now going to try to lie and spin it as a positive outcome.

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FDR literally had the president of Montgomery Ward arrested and the company seized for not negotiating with his workers

This is still one of my favourite photos, mainly because he told the government "you'll have to arrest me" and FDR went "fine" and literally told the press where and when he was going to arrest him

Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social · 4mo ago

FDR literally had the president of Montgomery Ward arrested and the company seized for not negotiating with his workers

Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.

Politico@politico.com · 2d ago

Michigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.

Lost in the chatter about Todd Blanche and Trump's slush fund is the fact that anti-abortion Senators have demanded Blanche do a whole mess of things for them. The judiciary committee votes Tuesday morning. We're in the danger zone

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last wk.

In the past month, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee have asked Todd Blanche to: *review DOJ's stance on the Comstock Act, a law antis claim bans all abortions *force FDA to end abortion pills via telehealth to settle a lawsuit *fan flames about abortions later in pregnancy this is all Bad News

One day left to leave a comment. Even if you disapprove of firearm ownership this rule is likely being used to set a legal battle that may strip blue states of the ability to change gender markers on IDs and other documents.

IllCaesar@illcaesar.bsky.social · last wk.

I know there's going to be a mixed response to this but there's only one week - until August 4th - left to leave a comment about the ATF's change to background check forms that would de facto single out and ban trans people from legally buying firearms.

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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