The Crypto Con 2
It seems the crypto “industry” has found a way to diversify. Here’s a bit from the story at Chron.com:
“August was a landmark month for Riot in showcasing the benefits of our unique power strategy,” Jason Les, CEO of Riot, said in a Wednesday release. Les said the company raked in $31.7 million in energy credits from the Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the agency that runs the Texas power grid, by cutting its power use by more than 95 percent during periods of peak demand.
Crossing the Jordan 0
Fulton County, Ga., prosecutor Fani Willis is fed up with Jim Jordan’s interference and has told him to keep his nose out of Georgia’s business.
The Hill reports on her letter to him. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the full story.
“Your attempt to invoke congressional authority to intrude upon and interfere with an active criminal case in Georgia is flagrantly at odds with the Constitution,” Willis wrote in a letter first reported by the Atlanta Journal–Constitution and also obtained by The Hill.
At Above the Law, Liz Dye comments.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Field wonders why so may Trumpettes are willing to life in a fantasy world, believing that Donald Trump won the election and the Deep State is plotting against him, then decides, well, the answer is simple, really.
Flotsam 0
It turns out that there was something in the water.
An Accidental Truth 0
When news coverage went from being a loss-leader and a service to being a profit center, when news went from information to “infotainment,” well, that’s when this discourse became dis coarse.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the outlook is getting darker.
Scientists at PLOS say their numbers are dwindling due to climate change and the use of pesticides.
When I was a young ‘un growing up on the farm about forty miles north of where I type this, we saw fireflies flashing throughout the summer evenings.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a firefly.
The Crypto Con 0
Bruce Schneier expresses a tad of skepticism.
Sound Familiar? 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
Obsession Oddity 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Claudia Skowron tries to make sense of the pumpkin spice phenomena. A snippet:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, an oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
We are a society of stupid.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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Snopes unpacks (yet another) lie about vaccines.
In related news, self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk is making noises about suing the Anti-Defamation League for ” (wait for it) exercising free speech.
And we have another example that “social” media isn’t.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Michael in Norfolk points out that history matters.