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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 1d

The little aside at the end that the iron oxide must be pure makes this process useless for just about any ore being mined in the US. Now all we need is a cheap process to transform taconite pellets to magnetite.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 1d

Nuclear weapons will now be required to score higher on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment than the US president. Should be easy enough. The only problem is, since they always draw the clockface as 1 minute to midnight they have to make up their score elsewhere.

The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 1d

U.S. nuclear testing left a brutal legacy... radiation sickness, poisoned soil, displaced families, and cancer clusters across the Southwest and Pacific. Many “downwinders” are still fighting for compensation and recognition as the RECA program nears expiration.

Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 4d

He can't leave. His wealth is tied up in tesla stock, and tesla stock is held up by his fantastical promises. The day he actually leaves the stock goes to $50 and his billions in loans secured by his stock get called and he's bankrupt. He can bluster and make threats, but never follow through.

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Musk could leave Tesla if $1 trillion pay plan is rejected, chair warns reut.rs/3X3aeCx

Musk could leave Tesla if $1 trillion pay plan is rejected, chair warns

Elon Musk could leave Tesla as CEO if his proposed $1 trillion pay package was not approved, Chair Robyn Denholm warned in a letter to shareholders on Monday.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 4d

The battery management for small batteries is non-existent. A BMS in a car is measuring the temperature of each cell and adjusting current based on what the battery can take at that specific temperature. Small tool or bike battery chargers are for the most part simply on or off.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 4d

A foot is 1.0169 nanoseconds and that's the way god and Grace intended it.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 5d

Split at home sweep on the road is not how you're supposed to do it, but if it gets the job done who am I to complain.

Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 5d

I didn't know you could get a SNAP or EBT watch.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 6d

So you're going to sell out humanity to the machines; just not for love or money.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 6d

Which EV? Many allow you to turn off the motion sickness inducing one-pedal-driving.

Some refuse to use it.

Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 6d

If we're going western adjacent, I'd suggest Utu. A cycle of revenge set in motion by the British in 1870s New Zealand. If you can find it, it ran in some arthouse cinemas in the early 80s but never even got a DVD release in the US.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 7d

"What's wrong" he starts with because it's 11:00 on a Friday and why would we be calling him for anything short of a death in the family. I helpfully answered "Come on in, turn right and we'll buy you breakfast." I got to have breakfast with two of my kids today, so I've got that going for me.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 7d

My daughter and I were out for our customary post blood donation breakfast when a car pulls into the lot and she says "that looks like child 1's car." I thought not because child 1 is one of those essential enough to work but not get paid federal employees. Turns out it was though so I called him.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 8d

Has never been equaled.

The Official Ninja Homepage: REAL ULTIMATE POWER

www.realultimatepower.net

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 8d

I remember watching the very first episodes where they ad-libbed without preparing. They were rough to be sure, but as a fan of Laird Brooks Schmidt the concept seemed perfect to me.

Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 8d

Bricks? Ha, as if, it will be made of pre-fab concrete slabs.

Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 9d

At first it seems counterintuitive, but it makes sense if you come to understand that demand growth requires new generation and that new generation (likely solar or wind) is going to be cheaper per megawatt hour than existing old coal or gas plants.

Michael Thomas @michael-thomas.bsky.social · 9d

This was surprising to me:

In states with the highest electricity demand growth—from sources like data centers—electricity prices actually fell over the last 5 years.

Totally opposite of the prevailing narrative that data centers raise electricity prices.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 11d

Tesla is not the industry leader; they are an also ran on the way to being a has been. They haven't delivered anything new in 10+ years.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Pete Hegseth conducted a live fire exercise over I-5 as part of a made-for-Fox stunt for him and Vance which had a misfire that struck a Highway Patrol vehicle and could have killed people?

Who could have foreseen this?

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 12d

Just like with a gas car where you need to "blow the carbon out of the cylinders" by revving the engine while accelerating hard, with EVs you need to occasionally blow the dendrites off the anode.

Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 12d

Peer-reviewed study finds that hard accelerations/decelerations (which EVs excel at) like those in real-world city traffic can extend Electrical-Vehicle battery life by 195K miles (+38%). Zoom zoom!!

www.autoblog.com/news/stop-ba...

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 12d

NYPD says 100,000 protesters and no arrests. Here in Duluth MN, 5000 people and no arrests. Meanwhile in Fairhope Alabama the police literally trample the American flag when officer picodick gets offended by a 53-year-old woman with bigger balls than him.

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 13d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 13d

Had this been properly referenced in the initial post "just 105 tons" would have been "fuck all."

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 16d

EVs are new enough that every EV driver still vividly remembers that first time experience. Most are willing to help out a new owner.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 16d

The article is correct. Model 3 and model Y sales were up, but cybertruck sales were down 63% YOY.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 16d

CS gas, AKA tear gas is an abortifacient. Using on the pregnant will cause the uterine lining to shed causing the pregnancy to abort. Think about this the next time a "pro life right winger" applauds gassing crowds like this.

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Doug Frisk @douglassfrisk.bsky.social · 16d

Nah, I live in Duluth MN, we had temps down to -22F last winter and the range drop simply isn't a problem. Did a couple of trips to Minneapolis and one to the iron range in those temps. In fact, DC fast charging at -20 is much nicer than fueling a gas car at -20.

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