we need to mandate that any AC unit also be a heat pump to sell it here, it's like one valve difference just mandate it 5 years out. also ban gas lines to new buildings
the real problem is in 2008 there was no work so tradesmen left the industry and never came back. the government should have included public housing in the bailout spending so they'd have work and we'd have less of a housing crisis
The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, prosecutors told a federal judge on Tuesday....
Next school year, my son will be left home after school for a few hours while my wife and I are at work. I’m looking for a way to detect when he’s home and have the front door unlock (among other automation scripts that are in place)....
Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....
if base food prices really make the old fast food economics nonviable, I expect the space to die off and be replaced by fast causal. otherwise I expect a lot of them to die on their own greed and the rest to get with it. it seems the fast food space is going all in on drive-thrus so maybe that's their future niche?
As police cracked down on anti-war protests on college campuses across the US in recent weeks, among those arrested were a pair of silver-haired 65-year-old professors armed only with their cell phones....
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from...
The Wakayama Prefectural Police revealed on May 8, 2024 that Your Name. movie producer Koichiro Itou has been referred to prosecutors for additional violation of Child Prostitution & Pornography law in Japan, after it came to light that he had paid an underage girl for sexual intercourse....
A call to replace air conditioners with heat pumps in California (www.canarymedia.com)
Louisiana Moves to Classify Abortion Pills as “Controlled Dangerous Substances” (truthout.org)
A person found with the pills without a prescription could be convicted of a felony, facing up to 10 years in prison....
Credit card delinquencies surge, almost 1 in 5 users maxed-out: Research (www.thehill.com)
Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs (arstechnica.com)
Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes (apnews.com)
The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, prosecutors told a federal judge on Tuesday....
GPT4 is about 1/10th as useful as it was at release
It’s so frustrating....
Ben Carson calls for making divorce harder (www.nbcnews.com)
The Surprising Force Stalling Climate Progress: California Restaurants [funded by the gas industry] (www.bloomberg.com)
The gas industry funded the whole thing:...
Presence Detection for a Child with no Phone.
Next school year, my son will be left home after school for a few hours while my wife and I are at work. I’m looking for a way to detect when he’s home and have the front door unlock (among other automation scripts that are in place)....
How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion (www.arktrek.shop)
Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says (www.cbsnews.com)
Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....
Dozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
As police cracked down on anti-war protests on college campuses across the US in recent weeks, among those arrested were a pair of silver-haired 65-year-old professors armed only with their cell phones....
Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs (www.theverge.com)
Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ (www.theguardian.com)
Analysis Finds Nearly 100% of Campus Gaza Protests Have Been Peaceful (www.commondreams.org)
How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel (www.nytimes.com)
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from...
Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply (www.theguardian.com)
FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole (arstechnica.com)
'Your Name' Movie Producer Confesses To Have Paid Over 20 Underage Girls For Sexual Favors - Animehunch (animehunch.com)
The Wakayama Prefectural Police revealed on May 8, 2024 that Your Name. movie producer Koichiro Itou has been referred to prosecutors for additional violation of Child Prostitution & Pornography law in Japan, after it came to light that he had paid an underage girl for sexual intercourse....