It’s funny, the vision I and many people had about AI was more like what we see in Star Trek, where the technology radically drives up the knowledge of individuals. But on our current trajectory, Star Trek will just be Idiocracy in space with people asking the computer how to use the shower. Certainly I’m missing something?
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Routine maintenance & upgrades to the #grid were already causing households nationwide to experience sticker shock on their monthly #bills. These added costs could drive regional prices even higher in the coming year. 2 co-operative #electrical #utilities that own the #Colorado #coal plant forced to stay online asked the #Trump admin to reconsider because it would raise #costs on their ratepayers.
#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law
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All told, the #Trump admin keeping these plants open could cost #US #utility customers $3-6 billion by the end of 2028, the #Grid Strategies report found.
Some are literally broken: 2 #coal power plant units in #Colorado & #Indiana were not operational when Wright ordered them out of retirement, meaning they will need costly repairs & maintenance before they can even hope to be turned back on.
#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law
All told, the #Trump admin keeping these plants open could cost #US #utility customers $3-6 billion by the end of 2028, the #Grid Strategies report found.
Some are literally broken: 2 #coal power plant units in #Colorado & #Indiana were not operational when Wright ordered them out of retirement, meaning they will need costly repairs & maintenance before they can even hope to be turned back on.
#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law
Routine maintenance & upgrades to the #grid were already causing households nationwide to experience sticker shock on their monthly #bills. These added costs could drive regional prices even higher in the coming year. 2 co-operative #electrical #utilities that own the #Colorado #coal plant forced to stay online asked the #Trump admin to reconsider because it would raise #costs on their ratepayers.
#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law
But maintaining ancient #power plants is very expensive. Many #utilities across the country have spent the last several years slowly retiring their oldest & dirtiest #coal facilities, & replacing that energy with a mix of newer, low-cost options including #gas plants & #renewables.
“These are old plants,” said Michael Goggin, executive VP of #energy consulting group #Grid Strategies & the author of the recent report tallying the costs of coal plants. “They are no longer economic.”
All told, the #Trump admin keeping these plants open could cost #US #utility customers $3-6 billion by the end of 2028, the #Grid Strategies report found.
Some are literally broken: 2 #coal power plant units in #Colorado & #Indiana were not operational when Wright ordered them out of retirement, meaning they will need costly repairs & maintenance before they can even hope to be turned back on.
#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law
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The #Trump admin has so far prevented 5 aging #coal-fired #power plants from shutting down at their planned retirement dates. The admin says this is a cost-saving solution for Americans at a time when rising #energy bills are causing concern around the country. But experts say it’s likely to increase energy prices, instead. In fact, new analysis shows the move could cost #US ratepayers billions over the next 2 years.
#idiocracy #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #law
#Trump is using “emergency powers” to keep aging #coal plants open. It could increase your #electricity bill.
A #Michigan #power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months on the orders of the Trump admin.
And it’s not the only one.
#affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #EnvironmentalLaw #law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/climate/trump-aging-coal-plants-electricity-bills
The #Trump admin has so far prevented 5 aging #coal-fired #power plants from shutting down at their planned retirement dates. The admin says this is a cost-saving solution for Americans at a time when rising #energy bills are causing concern around the country. But experts say it’s likely to increase energy prices, instead. In fact, new analysis shows the move could cost #US ratepayers billions over the next 2 years.
#idiocracy #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #law
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WTAF? I’m just going to assume that they don’t know that #PuertoRico unfairly doesn’t get to vote in presidential #elections — idiots
Reuters Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for #Trump's spy chief, #TulsiGabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's #VotingMachines, said Gabbard's office & 3 sources familiar with the previously unreported events.
#law #ElectionLaw #BigLie #propaganda #idiocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-spy-chiefs-office-investigated-voting-machines-puerto-rico-2026-02-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
WTAF? I’m just going to assume that they don’t know that #PuertoRico unfairly doesn’t get to vote in presidential #elections — idiots
Reuters Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for #Trump's spy chief, #TulsiGabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's #VotingMachines, said Gabbard's office & 3 sources familiar with the previously unreported events.
#law #ElectionLaw #BigLie #propaganda #idiocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-spy-chiefs-office-investigated-voting-machines-puerto-rico-2026-02-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
“That’s never been done before,” Leon, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, told a government lawyer during a hearing in D.C. federal court on #MarkKelly’s request for an injunction to halt the disciplinary proceedings. “You’re asking me to do something the #SupremeCourt’s never done.”
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #military #Trump #Hegseth #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
#Hegseth issued a formal letter of censure last month reprimanding #MarkKelly for comments in a social media video from several Democratic lawmakers in which they said members of the #military weren’t always obligated to follow commands from superiors.
“Like us, you all swore an oath,” Kelly says in the video. “Our laws are clear. You can refuse #illegal orders.”
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #Trump #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
A federal judge on Tuesday sharply questioned the legality of the #Defense Department’s efforts to censure & possibly demote Sen. #MarkKelly, a retired #Navy captain, over his public criticism of the #Trump admin.
#US District Judge Richard J. Leon said Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth appeared to be expanding restrictions on #FreeSpeech that have applied only to active-duty service members, not #military retirees.
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
“That’s never been done before,” Leon, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, told a government lawyer during a hearing in D.C. federal court on #MarkKelly’s request for an injunction to halt the disciplinary proceedings. “You’re asking me to do something the #SupremeCourt’s never done.”
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #military #Trump #Hegseth #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
#Defense Dept. effort to punish #MarkKelly draws skepticism from judge
A federal judge in DC said the restrictions being used against Kelly, a retired #Navy captain, have only applied to active-duty service members.
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #military #Trump #Hegseth #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/03/mark-kelly-hegseth-censure-court/
A federal judge on Tuesday sharply questioned the legality of the #Defense Department’s efforts to censure & possibly demote Sen. #MarkKelly, a retired #Navy captain, over his public criticism of the #Trump admin.
#US District Judge Richard J. Leon said Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth appeared to be expanding restrictions on #FreeSpeech that have applied only to active-duty service members, not #military retirees.
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
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#Defense Dept. effort to punish #MarkKelly draws skepticism from judge
A federal judge in DC said the restrictions being used against Kelly, a retired #Navy captain, have only applied to active-duty service members.
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #military #Trump #Hegseth #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/03/mark-kelly-hegseth-censure-court/
#Defense Dept. effort to punish #MarkKelly draws skepticism from judge
A federal judge in DC said the restrictions being used against Kelly, a retired #Navy captain, have only applied to active-duty service members.
#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #military #Trump #Hegseth #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/03/mark-kelly-hegseth-censure-court/
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From Jan 7
Faculty at #TexasAM #University were told this week that roughly 200 courses in the #College of Arts & Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of #race & #gender, the implementation of which has already led administrators to direct a #philosophy professor to remove #Plato readings from a core course.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #BrainDrain #education #FarRight #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/texas-am-race-gender-courses/
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#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender
[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]
New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]
#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The #TexasAM system’s regents — all of them appointed by Gov #GregAbbott, a #Republican — approved the restrictive policies late last year, & officials have been scrambling since then to interpret & enforce them. Supporters contend that the rules are appropriate measures to prevent political ideologies, especially those often associated with the left, from entering classrooms. Opponents say the approach encourages self- #censorship & is itself ideological.
From Jan 7
Faculty at #TexasAM #University were told this week that roughly 200 courses in the #College of Arts & Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of #race & #gender, the implementation of which has already led administrators to direct a #philosophy professor to remove #Plato readings from a core course.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #BrainDrain #education #FarRight #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/texas-am-race-gender-courses/
#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender
[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]
New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]
#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#TexasAM #University said Friday that it would end its #women’s & #gender studies program, & that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how #race & gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.
The university said that 6 courses had been canceled entirely because of the new rules, out of the ~5,400 that were planned for this semester at one of the nation’s largest #public #universities.
#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender
[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]
New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]
#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#Trump Again Threatens #Canada This Time Over A #Business Jet Dispute 🙄
Trump said he would restrict the use of Canadian-built #aircraft & impose a 50% #tariff on them until the dispute was resolved.
Trump said on social media that he would decertify “all aircraft made in Canada,” a move that would #ground thousands of #planes & upend #AirTravel in the #US.
#idiocracy #RevengePolitics #economy #inflation #affordability #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/trump-canada-aircraft-decertify.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
