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  @statsguy@mas.to Transmission, distribution and various surcharges make up a large part of consumer bills. Some of those are going up while wholesale prices are dropping. Yes it sucks.

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  @randahl@mastodon.social People can now lie shamelessly total impunity while algorithmic media prioritises outrage to maintain engagement to sell ads. Then add in the Elons prioritising lies for their own financial ends, as well as spreading not a few of their own. Burn down the internet, at least the heavily commercial parts of it.

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  @PeterLG@theblower.au @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Unfortunately first past the post voting in the UK makes that a much harder thing to do.

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  RE: https://mastodon.au/@RenewEconomyRSSFeed/116485943090429335 “But renewables can’t power heavy industry like nuclear or fossil fuels.” is an argument I’ve encountered often. Meanwhile, a gold mine, which involves mining and crushing hard rocks, has managed to run on 93.8% renewables for a solid month, they are aiming to scale up to 100%. #solarpower #renewables

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  @dpiponi I just saw the BBC article you shared, seems quite the bloodbath at Epic. I thought they were doing quite well. I hope you find something soon.

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  RE: https://mastodon.energy/@TransitionShow/116290798322955589 The ever insightful @chrisnelder talks with oil analyst Rory Johnston about the clusterf*ck currently underway in the Gulf. It is depressing but well worth a listen. Global oil and gas supplies are screwed and will be for a long while to come, no matter what. To quote IEA director Fatih Birol it is “the greatest global energy security threat in history”. The markets are in the Wile-E-Coyote phase of having walked off a cliff but hav...

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  @ZachWeinersmith Just heard Kelly take apart space settlement fantasies on BBC Inside Science, she was excellent. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025l2n

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @StrangeNoises@mastodon.social @abstractcode@eigenmagic.net Dagon’s Den, where constants compete to be the first to summon and Old One.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @StarkRG@myside-yourside.net @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run My first encounter with the idea was reading Chomsky in the 1980s, in relation to media. The idea is likely way older.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @StarkRG@myside-yourside.net @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run Yep. Their paying customer is Google, not the people using Firefox.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @FediThing@social.chinwag.org @Illuminatus@mstdn.social Yep. Extra oil supplies from Venezuela entering the market once sanctions are dropped will only bring down oil prices, so not even good for US oil companies this is supposed to benefit. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump Oil becomes a thing and gets the rights to Venezuelan reserves.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @newsguyusa@flipboard.social The UK is in an invidious position when its prime ally and provider of key technologies goes evil. They have us by the short and curlies and any push back could be made very painful very quickly (eg: MS365 being turned off by presidential dictat). Yes this is a profoundly crap response and something better should be done. I’m not sure what the exact shape of that is though. Steps to reduce out dependency would be a good start.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @rgammans@dice.camp @AspiringLuddite@medievalist.masto.host @losttourist@social.chatty.monster @tek@freeradical.zone You put Bovril on toast???????

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  @cstross@wandering.shop @timnitGebru@dair-community.social @emilymbender@dair-community.social @alex@dair-community.social Also out to bamboozle the political class who seem only too happy to change laws and throw money at them.