What is your source for this? Cryptocurrency is the only single source of computation that is significant on its own on a world scale (131 TWh per year for bitcoin alone which is most of it); AI's expected to become significant as it gets more and more popular, but the last I saw it wasn't there yet.
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How much money are you saying is going to oil and gas companies in this, under what specific provision(s)? Like as a number.
I'm beginning to believe the micro- plastics that coat paper cups are what make coffee so delicious.
That was my understanding, as well. I can only report to you what I observed.
I'm beginning to believe the micro- plastics that coat paper cups are what make coffee so delicious.
You know the little oily colorful sheen on the top of a cup of coffee?
At one point just at random I made a pot of coffee from a jug of distilled water I had, instead of the filtered tap water.
It had no little colorful sheen.
I have no idea if it's a big deal or not, but it made me legitimately concerned.
Did you read the article which explicitly debunked this exact short+quippy+wrong common talking point?
If so, and you still feel like his record is bad, do you wanna expand on that maybe with reference to some of the factual claims that are made in the article you're commenting on?
So let me get this straight... Biden is slowly moving away from his sponsoring of genocide, which you have acknowledged he is doing, in a moment of unprecedented public pressure against said genocide, and your only real defense of him is that he is marginally, strategically better than the other guy?
Did you read someone else's comment and mistakenly think it was mine? No. Biden is orders of magnitude better than Trump. If I didn't make that clear enough in what I said, then a quick recap:
- Biden: Student loan forgiveness, way-too-slow revision of our longstanding Israel policy, aid for Ukraine, climate bill, investment in infrastructure / working class, marijuana pardons
- Trump: Put political opponents in prison, "finish the problem" in Gaza, friends with dictators, murder of American CIA assets, project 2025, rapist, murdering Washington Post journalists is ok, 91 felonies, military seize the voting machines, IDK etc etc I can go on
No, he's not marginally better. I actually am irritated that the magnitude of absolutely bonkers attacks on Biden is making me come to his defense, because I don't really like the establishment Democrats all that much, but in case it wasn't clear, no the difference is fucking anything but marginal.
Argh, freaking paywalls piss me off so goddamn much, all the important information gets hidden away and we just get propaganda
Unpopular opinion: Paid-for-by-the-reader journalism is objectively about 10 times better (less propaganda) than subsidized-by-someone-else-in-order-to-produce-a-certain-type-of-story "journalism." If you don't like propaganda in your news then paywalls should be your friend and paying for the newspaper should be your solution.
What I'm talking about is Biden's climate legislation, which authorized all sorts of tax credits and spending, the largest single recipients of which have been oil and gas companies.
What on earth are you talking about? Can you give me more details on what you're claiming here? Here's a breakdown of what was in the climate bill. "It’s broken down to include $60bn for a clean energy manufacturing tax credit and $30bn for a production tax credit for wind and solar ... Democrats believe the strategy could put the country on a path to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030, and 'would represent the single biggest climate investment in US history, by far.'"
How much are you saying is going to oil and gas companies in this, under what provision(s)?
I agree that Biden is objectively better for the environment than Trump, but while he's addressing climate change
Imma stop you right there -- isn't this the opposite of what you said initially? That he was an evil shithead specifically because of the damage he did as regards the climate?
They're not mutually exclusive statements.
The thesis of the article is that Biden is objectively leaps and bounds better than Trump, and better than an average establishment candidate, as far as not killing the planet. Your point that we need to keep moving forward from there if we're going to be able to keep existing on the planet is also 100% true, yes.
(Better functioning link to a story on what gAlienLifeform is talking about)
Such a cynical take
I'm sure she's motivated purely by his 92-year-old dick and his beautiful soul
Revealing editing drafts, reporter notes or other confidential materials to outside media erodes trust and undermines our culture of collaboration
FWIW, the union says that the claim that unpublished materials were leaked is bullshit.
Also, I greatly enjoyed the juxtaposition of the freakout over talking with outside media alongside:
(Several former veteran Times journalists told NPR they were taken aback by the turn of events.)
Maybe you should sponsor more genocides, maybe that will finally make them like you.
Biden seems to be doing more to reign in Israel's 75-year project than any US president since the 1980s. I agree, it's nowhere near enough, and he should stop sending them aid, because that's accessory to mass murder. But I'm also pretty sure the war in Gaza was not his plan for what should happen in the middle east.
the guy whose supporters can only endorse as marginally, strategically better
This is so far off base I'm having trouble coming up with something.
Let's pick out just one issue: Gaza. Biden is giving aid, giving audiences to Netanyahu's political opponent, talking about "cease-fire," is slowly turning away from the US's default position of "yeah kill 'em all it's all good," all while sending weapons for some fuckin' reason. That's not ideal, no. Meanwhile Trump moved the embassy to Jerusalem and said of the recent war Israel has to "finish the problem." So you're fine with the guy who wants to finish the problem being in charge, because there's not much difference?
What? No it doesn't.