NecroJoe
Stool Chef
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2005
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- San Francisco area, CA, USA
- Car(s)
- 2015 Mazda 3 S GT, 2015 VW e-Golf
PBS's Brief but Spectacular series is quite often so good.
Because the vaccines are so effective at preventing serious illness, COVID deaths are also showing a partisan pattern. COVID is still a national crisis, but the worst forms of it are increasingly concentrated in red America.
It's the only thing we actually wanted in this state, and I can truly say "we" as in the rare thing everyone here can actually agree on: fix our hooptie-ass electrical grid so we don't kill a bunch of folks again.Texas senators blast regulator for power grid winterization loophole lawmakers wrote into law
The law says the state's natural gas system won't be required to prepare for extreme weather until 2022 at the earliest and allows companies to opt out of weatherization requirements.www.texastribune.org
Let me sum this up. The Texas Legislature wrote a bad regulation, are now upset that the power companies and the gas companies are not ready for another big freeze because they are following the regulation. So will the state that hates regulations write more regulations to fix it?
Ugh, and yikes.
I really hope that stands, but I have zero faith left in the judiciary to adhere to precedent anymore after, well, everything else that's happened with this. The judge's written opinion is truly incredible, though. Absolutely rips this stupid move from Texas' idiot leadership to shreds.A U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial new abortion law
Known as SB 8, the law bans almost all abortions in the state after about six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape, sexual abuse and incest.www.npr.org
...yep. I can't find anywhere to take my stupid car for a basic bumper repair. Everywhere I'd potentially let touch a finicky bumper cover is backlogged waiting on parts. I've even started to ask friends in Houston (3ish? hours away) if they know anywhere trustworthy that'd take it on. It's ridiculous.America Is Running Out of Everything
The global supply chain is slowing down at the very moment when Americans are demanding that it go into overdrive.www.theatlantic.com
They told us that globalization was better for everyone...
You mean a trade war with China didn't help?...yep. I can't find anywhere to take my stupid car for a basic bumper repair. Everywhere I'd potentially let touch a finicky bumper cover is backlogged waiting on parts. I've even started to ask friends in Houston (3ish? hours away) if they know anywhere trustworthy that'd take it on. It's ridiculous.
I guess there's an upside to picking up presents as I see them before holidays roll around, and of also not having a huge list of folks to shop for. :/