#Ireland’s #datacentres overtake #electricity use of all urban homes combined
Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for #data processing driven by #AI could derail #climate targets
@jmaxsfu unfortunately I have scheduled obligations in August but fortunately a grant is paying for it
Research published in Nature Geoscience has found that polymetallic nodules—the subject of highly controversial plans for deep sea mining for technology metals—are a source of oceanic oxygenation.
The paper suggests the nodules electrolyse seawater due to their positive charge (up to 0.95V). These geological deposits, formed over millenia and now sought after for their battery metals, are already producing electrical phenomena with an ecological value.
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@ian thanks I'm excited to save five grand on health insurance costs
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Also on this call he had to tell them we're getting married so this was a real rollercoaster of a day
https://buttondown.email/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-82/ this week in sentences: Werewolf Month, first theft, gendered, exhausting, rectangles and, hackers, worms
live now at https://youtube.com/live/DOK8fS_JxX0?feature=share, will start reading names in a few minutes
Project 2025 will have extensive impacts on lands, waters, wildlife and tribes in the West.
In fact, the entire energy section was written by Kathleen Sgamma, of oil and gas industry group Western Energy Alliance.
Here are some highlights:
-Expanding oil and gas extraction onshore and off
-Delisting grizzlies, wolves
-Un-protecting wetlands from farmers
-Increasing timber sales on public lands
-Moving the BLM (again) and the American Indian office to the West
More 👇
https://www.hcn.org/articles/project-2025s-extreme-vision-for-the-west/
@aparrish thrown out of my own wedding bc I wrote my own vows and they're just me going "in this economy" in various funny voices
Why should I be excited to have Kathy Hochul involved in my relationship via paperwork I ask you
As the grad student in the relationship I so rarely get to be the one bringing financial benefits to the household so that's nice but god I don't want to make a thing of it
Dog, US politics
@inquiline we're going to talk to the vet tomorrow, she's old and has colitis flare ups sometimes so I am guessing it's that. Far from my first dogshit rodeo