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Powderhorn

@ Powderhorn @beehaw.org

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Unemployed journalist, burner, raver, graphic artist and vandweller.

I read news so you don't have to (but you still should).

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • When you've bolted the panels to your roof, wired everything up, charged the batteries off the mains and flipped the breaker on the solar ahead of turning the master switch, there's more apprehension than waiting in your own wedding processional.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • If you know about PV and LFP, just skip to the politics for the last half hour.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • Yeah, we were a bit peeved at the time.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • "An essay" is an interesting choice of reference to the Declaration of Independence. I mean, I guess it was an essay by committee, but that undersells the source.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • It was nonetheless satisfying.

  • Trump, Musk, Lutnick Show Up in Latest Epstein Files Release

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  • Engage spin machine!

    It didn't happen, but if it did ... usw.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • That's certainly something you could look into. I provide original sources.

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    You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology

  • How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are: Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants...

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  • Ms. Cleland, the Richfield resident, said that three days after the encounter with the ICE agent, she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security saying her Global Entry and Transportation Security Administration travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.

    Ms. Cleland said she had swung from anger to fear. “I don’t know how far-reaching ICE can be,” she said. “I’m struggling to figure out what I can do, without putting myself at greater risk or putting other people at risk.”

    Scary shit.

  • Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent

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  • Feels like we had a surge of them a while back, but that's subsided in favour of Waymos.

  • A sign of the times: Workers get 80%-100% of commissions withheld because of C&D orders the company already knew about.

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  • Humana and United both brought the underwriting in house at the start of the year. Meaning they won't have to pay anyone commission, since no one there sold the policies. They scooped them up, and everyone got shafted.

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    A sign of the times: Workers get 80%-100% of commissions withheld because of C&D orders the company already knew about.

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    Le scoop! France’s last newspaper hawker celebrated with prestigious award

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/jan/28/le-scoop-france-last-newspaper-hawker-celebrated-ali-akbar-paris

  • Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

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  • Further proof the the AI bubble is the only thing concealing that we're in a recession. Overhired for Covid? Fine. But that was six fucking years ago, so you're not really being proactive.

  • “IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial

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  • Seems most people under 40 from my online interactions. Though "Insta" is more popular in my experience.

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    Volvo invented the three-point seat belt 67 years ago; now it has improved it

    arstechnica.com /cars/2026/01/how-volvos-new-adaptive-seat-belts-will-reduce-injuries-during-a-crash/
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    “IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2026/01/tiktok-settles-hours-before-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial-starts/
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    ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing

    www.techdirt.com /2026/01/27/atproto-the-enshittification-killswitch-that-enables-resonant-computing/
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    LG's new subscription program charges up to £277 per month to rent a TV

    arstechnica.com /gadgets/2026/01/lgs-new-subscription-program-charges-up-to-277-per-month-to-rent-a-tv/
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    The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/jan/27/trump-canada-us-war-plan

  • Is OpenAI dead yet?

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  • This feels like abevigoda.com 2.0.

    Though apparently he's been dead for long enough that the nature of the site has changed.

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    Anti-pop and an alien sigil: how Aphex Twin overtook Taylor Swift to become the soundtrack to gen Z life online

    www.theguardian.com /music/2026/jan/27/aphex-twin-taylor-swift-soundtrack-to-gen-z-life-online-tiktok

  • The hidden engineering of airport runways: Engineered Materials Arresting Systems

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  • That is an objectively terrible hed. What is the verb here? The only thing that could remotely qualify is "arrest," but it sure as fuck isn't functioning in that manner. This is essentially the longest label hed I've seen, and I've been doing this since the '90s. Bravo!

  • Sam Altman’s make-or-break year: can the OpenAI CEO cash in his bet on the future?

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  • From the tens of thousands of heds I've written, I'm aware. I keep them intact here because to do otherwise would invite complaints of bias.

    I fucking detest question heds on news for the same reason as Betteridge. I don't write them myself. Basically, once I'm done reading a story and realize we have a question hed on our hands, I'll spike for further reporting.

    However, this is not news, but rather commentary. Not many columnists get to write their own heds, as the desk handles that. (of course I wrote my own, since I was also the page designer)

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    Sam Altman’s make-or-break year: can the OpenAI CEO cash in his bet on the future?

    www.theguardian.com /technology/ng-interactive/2026/jan/25/sam-altman-openai

  • Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy

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  • I used WhatsApp to stay in touch with family overseas until Facebook announced the acquisition. I'd already been off Facebook for years, never used Instagram and had zero interest being Zucked back into that orbit.

    Since WhatsApp claims to use the Signal protocol in the first place, why not just use Signal and skip the data collection?

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    Neurophos bets on optical transistors to bend Moore’s Law

    www.theregister.com /2026/01/24/neurophos_hopes_to_revive_moores_law/

  • Pentagon says it will offer 'more limited' support to US allies

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  • What allies?

  • It's night three at my ex's. I have a haircut and bleached hair for the first time in five years. I actually look like my avatar again.

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  • Context may be useful here. When we first got together, that was one of our first habits in bed, saying "mine." She has more than a dozen tattoos representing me, of which this is only one. And, indeed, it was done atop a chile ristra that was already there because of me.

  • It's night three at my ex's. I have a haircut and bleached hair for the first time in five years. I actually look like my avatar again.

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  • Do you seriously think tattoos are a sign of emotional and moral failure?

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    It's night three at my ex's. I have a haircut and bleached hair for the first time in five years. I actually look like my avatar again.

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    OpenAI will try to guess your age before ChatGPT gets spicy

    www.theregister.com /2026/01/21/openai_bets_on_age_prediction/
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    I'm exhausted, but my mind is wide awake. I got out of bed after not even realizing my ex's foot was wrapped around my ankle.