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Monday gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon word MōnandΓ¦g, meaning β€˜For fuck’s sake, not this shit again.’

I kind of miss when I had to defrag the computer and I could just watch the little animation of how it was all getting less fragmented and pretend that my life was also coming together like that.

Can't tell if Dunkin' Donuts has a new Breaking Bad inspired coffee or if they're trying to poison me.

@ScottSoCal Not really at the hijinks level... More like a big, uncaffeinated clusterfuck.

@TonyStark If we elect enough Democrats so they can get things done, they do.

@StillIRise1963 from the article: β€œIn a formal challenge dated March 6, Emily Conklin wrote that the use of racial slurs and scenes of white people threatening Ruby as she entered a school might result in students learning that white people hate Black people.” AARRGGGGH! JFC that’s the whole point! To see the ugliness of white hatred is a teachable moment! WTF. Why are people so stupid? Never mind. I’ll take my rant offline. 🀬

Typed out a longish toot about my morning.

Deleted.

I'll just say there were shenanigans.

Today, wind and solar electricity exceeded national electricity demand in the Netherlands from around 11 am to 4 pm, leading to significant exports!
Graph by Martien Visser on Twitter.
#windenergy #windpower #solar #solarPV #solarenergy #renewable #renewableenergy

Since 01-Feb of this year, there have only been 6 days when my solar didn't produce more power - most days significantly more (up to 2x) - than my house uses in a 24 hour period. I have so got to get batteries installed, to store some of that up.

Good article in WaPo that explains something I've struggled to understand - why are people in the US so pessimistic about the economy when indicators show strength? Turns out it just takes some perspective.
I'm a DINK household - dual income/no kids. I own my house, so my housing costs are stable - and about half what I'd pay as a renter. I could afford solar, to drastically reduce my utility costs, just before food costs went up. I'm not representative.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/in

Today, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia asked how much more resources the country would have for a potential war against Ukraine. Unfortunately, the GUR and Lithuanian military intelligence both believe that Russia would only have enough resources for two years of such a war. The military also believes that they could fight until 2023 or 2024 at the latest, assuming it is a conventional war. If sanctions are tightened, this reserve would be even smaller. European countries are already considering tightening sanctions due to Russia's transfer of Iskanders to Belarus, which could potentially include tactical nuclear missiles. In response to the question of whether the occupiers have a shortage of missiles, it appears that surface launchers have been brought to their basing points, but they are not equipped. Submarine missile carriers are still in place, which is why the missile threat is still considered high. Russians have a large stockpile of bombs which they are converting to guided bombs to imitate missiles. Ukraine has experience in shooting down such bombs, and it is important to shoot down the aircraft themselves in order to counter the occupiers' methods. It is also important to listen to alarms when there are submarine missile carriers at sea, as they can launch missiles all over Ukraine.

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