narF 🎲 @narF@mstdn.fr

There's 500 millions iPads on the planet, half of them sold before 2015, 22 different models. That's a lot of computers that need/will need repurposing at some point. Given the explosion in production in this kind of electronics this past decade, it might be interesting to target this kind of system :) Also includes old android tablets and phones!

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As we watch events in Texas unfold, bear in mind that Texas "seceded" from the US national electrical grid in order to avoid federal regulation. They privatized their grid into the hands of a few wealthy people. As a result there are only two limited interconnects making it impossible for surrounding states to share power to keep Texas afloat in terms of electric power.

All this suffering in Texas should not be happening. The grid in Texas is intact, they just don't have generation capacity. If Texas had remained part of the US grid, power from as far away as California, Washington, West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, could be routed to Texas. Looking at the real-time data here, the US grid is running at more than 200 GW below capacity. There's enough power to hold up two states of Texas even if Texas had no generation at all. But we can't send them power.

Keep this in mind when rich people trick the public and politicians about privatization, and spout garbage like "going it alone, in keeping with the pioneering spirit of the USA". No. Organized cooperation is power. Going it alone is weakness.

Don't believe in cooperation? Study how the Roman army was organized. It was all about very tightly organized cooperation, starting with an individual soldier and those to his immediate left and right. This is how 8,000 Romans could take on 80,000 and methodically slaughter the 80,000 with zero losses.

On est jeudi! Il y a eu un Nintendo Direct hier, le premier depuis vraiment longtemps!
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"I have some news," he announced as casually as possible, "That you may find alarming."

I lowered the scroll I'd been scrutinizing.

"Er..." he fidgeted a bit and coughed, "There's a dragon parked in the stables."

I raised an eyebrow.

"And a princess with an ultimatum."

I blinked.

"Teach her magic or her dragon eats your favorite horse."

"Did you tell her she could just pay the tuition," I sighed.

"Oh! I'll do that right away, ma'am!"

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The city awoke to a strange kind of vandalism - greenery had sprouted everywhere. Vines coiled around lamp posts, flowers bloomed from every crack in the pavement and trees towered, creating canopies that dappled the sunlight, their substantial roots creating shelters, seats and sleeping nooks.

The council decided it was too expensive to deal with and simply urged citizens to adapt to this new environment, and many did so with gusto.

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Au début de l'automne, un écureuil m'a bouffé et fait perdre la moitié de mes feuilles. (En plus il n'a rien mangé vraiment, le petit criss. Je ne goûtait pas assez bon pour lui!)
Cette branche là a été laissée pour morte, avec aucune feuilles. Mais depuis 2 jours, j'ai un petit bourgeon qui commence à grandir. L'espoir renaît!!

Des fois la vie c'est de la marde pendant longtemps avant que les belles choses reviennent.

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Learning that people suffering from the storm and blackout in Texas were using the guide in our book Recipes for Disaster to build a rocketstove with which to heat food and water, we've put the directions online here in their entirety:

https://cwc.im/rocketstove

Please circulate.