15GW of new solar and wind in Saudi Arabia. Ask yourselves, why are they doing this? Has the woke mind virus infected the middle east? Or, perhaps it's the cheapest source of power they can get in one of the most oil-rich regions on the planet? renewablesnow.com/news/acwa-powe…

A university is so much more than its bricks and mortar facilities. It is also an eduroam network with intermittent access

something people don't understand about academia is modern professors are so hyper specialized that they're more like technicians than scholars they're no better at reflecting on life and society than your car mechanic

One neutral-budget way to moderate/reverse this trend: + Land value tax - Transfer/transaction taxes - Taxes on labor

So true.

can't believe economics would just put together a theory that only explains ~33% of total economic growth and just pretends they understand it. if econ was as rigorous as physics they wouldn't use made up ad-hoc conepts like "productivity", instead it'd be "dark technology"

L’éolien à 60% de facteur de charge aujourd’hui pendant le blizzard, autant que nos centrales à gaz. C’est beau. Conséquence : un prix spot relativement bas vu le contexte (~120€/MWh)