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Puerto Rico's electricity crisis In this episode, lawyer and activist Ruth Santiago discusses Puerto Rico's latest electricity crisis, as the island struggles to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. In the wake of Hurricane ...

What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?

What the fuck

I fought a national connected vehicle program for ten years largely because of this.

Cc @tess.bzky.team

They're more likely to deport people to PR.

Around the world, politicians and businessmen are resigning from their positions because of the Epstein Files.

Except in the United States.

Here: Zero shame, zero consequences.

We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.

energy bsky losing its mind

I do not think the

"60K income? You're the global 1%"

sign is making the point it's intended to make.

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"A White House official said that a staffer had "erroneously" made the post."

Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes The White House defended the post at first, calling to "stop the fake outrage", as members of both parties condemned the video.

Holy crap he actually took it down.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Why yes I would like to injure myself

Amazing dog is also an old sea captain.

A 30-second Amazon ad I was unwilling to sit through. 🫥🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Is that a T-top???

Tulips are real things with intrinsic value.

*their

Only the W-2 filing PMC's pay taxes.

This does have value

Looking for jobs as an engineer is a minefield right now. Every other post is someone trying to shoehorn AI/ML/LLM into their product and it's all such a soul crushing waste of time

This is society, also.

TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.

(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)

Hannibal's famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing "war elephants." Yet, no skeletal remains of these war elephants had ever been...

Taking whole-ass *war elephants* up through Europe and over the Alps left such a cultural "Holy Shit!" impression we "know" it's true 2100+ yrs later, but we've had precious little direct physical evidence up to this point.

I think about war elephants kind of a lot

Has Little Caesars Arena boosted economic activity in Detroit? We looked at hotel and short-term rental industry data to find out In 2026, Little Caesars Arena will host the Pistons, Red Wings and concerts with A$AP Rocky and Cardi B. But building it wasn’t necessarily a huge moneymaker.

Detroit spent $863 million on Little Caesars Arena.

New research finds it hasn’t significantly boosted hotels or short-term rentals nearby

Concerts help nearby AirBNBs, but sports games, not so much.

theconversation.com/has-little-c...

This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)

lol

It’s amazing how all of this was just bluffed into existence. Do you understand blockchain? No? Well, here’s a math guy to intimidate you into feeling stupid when you ask how this isn’t just digital Beanie Babies.

(Narrator: it’s just digital Beanie Babies).

Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.

Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.

When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.

Electric trike takes on deliveries at Eastern Market A Detroit startup is testing whether a "semi-trike" can replace trucks for small deliveries.

Civilized Cycles' "semi-trike" can haul up to 800 pounds of cargo at about 15 miles an hour in campus-like settings with tight spaces and frequent stops.
www.axios.com/local/detroi...

Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups

Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.

We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...