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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 05-May-2022 17:54:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} https://news.yahoo.com/u-officials-warn-nightmare-putin-192343670.html #US and #Ukraine officials believe #Putin may declare war on May 9 (2022-05-09) to escalate #Russia's invasion in pursuit of some victory. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 21:41:57 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Way back in the 1970s and 1980s, first the US encouraged large solar and wind generation projects, then cut off the tax subsidies. Most of them were not economical without those subsidies, so this both eliminated new investment in the field for the next 20 years and caused a lot of existing projects to shut down.
In California, we've got "sell your excess power back to the utility company at full retail price" plus tax subsidies for homeowners who put solar photovoltaic generation panels on their properties. (There are some limitations, such as you can't sell back more than you use in a year. Which means you can lower your electricity bill to $0 per year, but the electric utility will never owe you any payment.)
I also notice that none of the popular advertisers talking about putting in solar generation ("rooftop solar") talk about putting in any kind of personally-owned storage (e.g., Tesla powerwall). So if there is an outage during a period when someone's solar panels are not receiving enough light, it affects them just as though they hadn't spent a whole lot of money on solar panels.
(When I was working in Sacramento a few years ago, a co-worker who lived in NorCal had just had rooftop solar and an electric car charging station installed. He realized that he needed storage, so he had a powerwall installed, along with the necessary switching equipment.)
Currently, thanks to the #RU versus #UA war and the related price changes for energy, the various price and tax subsidies are probably not going away any time soon, but they still could go away before people have paid off their equipment investment.
Adding the personally-owned on-site storage makes true "off the [electric power] grid" living possible.
Anyway, my point is, I've been watching #California and #US policies this area (but not closely enough) since the 1980s, and I can see a similar policy change against normal homeowners ahead of us when sufficient solar / wind / geothermal electricity generation comes online to threaten the financial viability of electric utility companies. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 18-Oct-2020 18:54:42 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #US government warned #NV not to use Chinese #COVID-19 test kits https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-15/us-warned-nevada-chinese-coronavirus-tests [www latimes com]
In April, there were concerns about China's masks and tests ( https://nu.federati.net/url/276715 ), but I've not heard any other concerns until now. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Sep-2020 22:35:26 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Microsoft to apply #CA #privacy law #CCPA to all #US users https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-apply-californias-privacy-law-for-all-us-users/ -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jun-2020 23:31:45 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Record spike in confirmed #COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations in states across the #US as reopenings happen. https://nu.federati.net/url/270572 [www reuters com]
My advice: use some common sense. Wash your hands frequently, keep space between you and others, and wear a mask. Masks are nowhere near foolproof, but at the very least, they can help thin out the number of virus-laden droplets people send out into the air. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 10-May-2020 07:36:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Looking at https://nu.federati.net/url/269073 it looks like the growth in *confirmed* cases of #COVID-19 is slowing and may even be declining in all four countries. Right now, I'm looking at #Germany, #Italy, #UK, #US. I know I could turn of exponential to get a better look at the numbers. But:
(1) numbers are not per unit of population, which can make large countries look worse, even if they are doing a better job overall; and
(2) In the US, at least, tests still seem to be limited; people who do not have enough symptoms out of a list may be refused the test. What this means is that there could be many more people who are or were infected that are not included in the numbers because they were never tested.
Also: I think Germany's #2019-nCoV mortality rate is substantially lower than the other three nations' rates. As far as I know, DE is not quietly burning bodies or digging mass graves, so I'm assuming they are doing something right that the other three nations listed are not. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2020 17:20:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Anyone with #UK_politics background enough to give a background for this?
1. https://nu.federati.net/url/267445 [news sky com]
2. https://nu.federati.net/url/267446 [www theguardian com]
3. https://nu.federati.net/url/267447 [novaramedia com]
4. https://nu.federati.net/url/267448 [www independent co uk]
Is this the #UK equivalent of the #US #DNC actions in 2013-2016 attempting to prevent other potential Democratic candidates? It sounds worse (intentionally throwing the election by undermining the candidate), but was all this done with intent to prevent deep investigation and confrontation of antisemitism, or just attacking Corbyn for the sake of being against him and his platform? -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2020 03:51:54 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} #US has almost double the number of #COVID-19 cases as the next highest country ( #Italy ).
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
#2109-nCoV | #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus disease -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jul-2018 18:35:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Big "all hands" gathering for #PR Constitution Day. Someone is giving us a quick salsa dance lesson. This is unusual. I've never seen this in the #US itself. -
pinkprius (pinkprius)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2018 18:14:30 UTC pinkprius #healthcare in the #US.
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Antanicus (antanicus)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 15:19:18 UTC Antanicus I almost forgot today's 9/11... Let's all take a minute to remember #Salvador #Allende, whom the #US killed in order to impose neo-liberalism in #Chile.
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2017 12:19:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @schestowitz @jeffcliff I don't understand how violating foreign #copyrights could be an extraditable offense. If they want to go after Kim Dotcom, they need to use #NZ domestic law and completely extract any #US based organizations or legal theories from the case. The whole thing makes #New_Zealand look like they are puppets of foreign-based groups like #RIAA / #MPAA / #FBI. -
Khurram Wadee ✅ (mkwadee)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2017 17:51:53 UTC Khurram Wadee ✅ @kiterob over on #Diaspora* posted this reminder that the current #US #President clearly sees into the future.