Andrés Saavedra

Neither Russia nor renewables caused the Iberian blackout - report The right blamed it on wind turbines and the left blamed it on a Russian cyberattack. But an expert panel had concluded that it was actually the first-ever blackout caused by overvoltage.

A report published today by ENTSO-E seems to rule out either a Russian cyberattack or renewable energy as being the cause of April's blackout in 🇪🇸Spain & 🇵🇹Portugal.

Instead, it was a perfect storm of coincidences following a not uncommon oscillation.

The only good thing about the ongoing disintegration of the US is that it's been happening slowly enough for other countries to adjust economically and politically.

I know i’m repeatedly saying this but i'm genuinely baffled in this case when I ask… but WHY

Este gráfico @nytimes.com refleja la gravedad y la velocidad de lo que nos está pasando.

Por suerte, el líder de la oposición ha estado en permanente contacto con el responsable de la falta de medios para la extinción.

Wikipedia loses Online Safety Act legal challenge

Wikipedia has lost a High Court challenge against the UK Government over verification requirements in the Online Safety Act

a message; a word.

Dear young men,

I've been married to an amazing woman for nearly 23 years, now. Here is a list of things this person owes me:

1. Not a goddamn thing. Not food, not comfort, not sex.

I'm in a relationship, not a fucking lease. We give to each other out of love, respect, and joy.

Learn that.

Feels like the sunset of an empire.

Percentages, how do they work?

I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

u.s. department of energy post on x praising coal: "She's an icon She's a legend And she is the moment [sparkly picture of coal]

If a scholar of petro-masculinity said that men lust for coal, it would be seen as an exaggeration. But here we are...

No One Can Tell Who’s a Cop Anymore Masked criminals are impersonating ICE agents and police, preying on an already terrorized public.

No One Can Tell Who’s a Cop Anymore Masked criminals are impersonating ICE agents and police, preying on an already terrorized public.
Portrait of Zak Cheney-Rice

(This was bound to happen and shouldn’t have.)

nymag.com/intelligence...

Paris Cycling Investment Helps Cut Pollution in Half So how did Paris, once choked with vehicle traffic and notorious for its pollution, pull off such a turnaround?

París baja un 55% la contaminación frente a 2005. momentummag.com/paris-proves...

The single most important truth in public finance elegantly stated.

Me when I hear people say that the ocean produces 50% of the oxygen we breathe.

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.

The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.

That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.

Lo primero, la Corte Internacional de Justicia ha dicho que la explotación de combustibles fósiles es un acto contrario al derecho internacional. Así, plaf, en la cara.

Ala, esa es la noticia. Un par de claves:

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¿Por qué será?
¿Por qué esa pregunta?
Alguien tiene la sensación de haber perdido el control.

Un juez extramuros.

This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.

Climate change is a by-product of progress in the same way as obesity is a by-product of nutrition. For goodness sakes, it's the 21st century! We have the technology to enjoy progress without trashing the planet.

NEW: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) writes he "can't help but notice the possibility that weather modification could have played a role" in the Texas floods. One of Florida's highest-ranking officials is implementing policy based on beliefs not commensurate with reality. In fact, a rudimentary middle school science education would be sufficient to explain why these conspiracy theories hold absolutely no merit whatsoever, and are as outlandish as they are apocryphal. Many may consider it deeply concerning that such a high-ranking government official is subscribing to wild ideas from the Land of Make-believe.

we are so cooked

La nueva moda importada de Estados Unidos es que columnistas de opinión altamente politizados hagan público con gran alboroto que el medio en que publican les ha “levantado” una columna.

Obviando que es derecho de cualquier medio y lo tienen firmado por contrato.

¿Sabes quién no se ha "integrado"? Mi vecino ruso que compró el piso a tocateja, no habla ninguna lengua romance, lleva a su hija a un colegio privado inglés, dice que recicle Rita la bailaora y tiene el aire acondicionado encendido non stop de mayo a octubre.