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danielquinn

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#Treehugging #dotcommunist #hacker #atheist #Canadian expat trying to save the world in my free time. 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🌹

For the #Python nerds, I'm the guy who wrote Paperless, Aletheia, mt103, mpan, and Majel. My latest project is called "django-cool-urls", though I don't have a lot of energy for side projects these days.

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GottaLaff , to random
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👇🏼Via Rupar:

President Obama on the stakes of 2024: "What we're seeing now is a byproduct of 2016 where a whole bunch of folks, for whatever reason, sat out. They said, 'well, we're not enthusiastic, we're not feeling inspired, why bother'. And hopefully, we have learned our lesson. Because these elections matter in very concrete ways and we are now seeing how much it matters when it comes to the Supreme Court."

danielquinn , (edited )
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@GottaLaff in 2016, the Democrats ran a thoroughly uninspiring candidate against a populist, lost, and blamed the public.

Now they're doing it again with someone even less popular while he unapologetically supports a genocide, and they're already blaming the public for their failures.

Kinda makes you wonder if the two-party system is really meant to represent choice at all.

faab64 , to palestine group

It's unbelievable. But sadly the case

@palestine

danielquinn ,
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@faab64 one of my favourite placards at a protest I went to in London: "WHO THE FUCK votes against a cease fire?"

randahl , to random
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UN human rights experts horrified: Seven mass graves found in northern Gaza with 520 Palestinian bodies. Some beheaded, some showing signs of torture.

The Israeli government can scream "anti-semitism" as much as they want — The International Criminal Court is coming for Benjamin Netanyahu, and the world will never forget what his government did.

Never again.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4652018-reports-mount-of-mass-graves-at-gaza-hospitals-some-without-heads/amp/

danielquinn ,
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@randahl "never again". They're doing it right now.

danielquinn , to random
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This is excellent.

breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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Electric vehicles clearly are better for our climate and environment, at least in terms of overall carbon emissions, than traditional ICE vehicles.

That doesn't mean EVs are good for the climate and environment, though — because they're not. As always, the best option is not to drive a car at all. Instead, if you can, ride a bicycle or an electric bike or scooter or use public transit.

But tire manufacturers really want you to keep driving. And they're okay with either kind of vehicle, ICE or electric. Of course, they would prefer that you drive a large SUV or one of those giant pickup trucks. That makes more money for them because the tires cost more and they wear out faster.

Big EVs are especially great for tire companies...

With their heavy weight and quick acceleration, EVs tend to burn through tires about 20% faster than internal combustion vehicles do, according to AlixPartners. And the tires cost about 50% more.

“If EV does proliferate through the car population like some think, it may bring about what I call the gold rush for tire manufacturers,” said John Healy, an analyst with Northcoast Research.

FULL STORY -- https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/why-evs-are-causing-a-tire-boom.html

danielquinn ,
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@breadandcircuses

Relevant: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-voice/news/first-commission-report-real-world-co2-emissions-cars-and-vans-using-data-board-fuel-consumption-2024-03-18_en

"For plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, the real-world CO2 emissions were on average 3.5 times higher than the laboratory values, which confirms that these vehicles are currently not realising their potential, largely because they are not being charged and driven fully electrically as frequently as assumed"

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