Notices by Walt Baldwin (waltbaldwin@mastodon.energy)

At 24 years of age, Leopold Aschenbrenner aka "Nostradamus of AI", managed to lose nearly four times as much as the former champion of trading failure, Howie Hubler, lost on his $9 billion bet on mortgage backed securities.

"His spectacular failure reveals how eager Silicon Valley is to invest its billions in the dubious hands of a kid who confidently proclaims what he doesn’t actually know."

#AI #DataCenters #Climate #Finance #EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/aschenbrenner-ai-future/688493/?gift=E5UsohH5cXhQKgZXw-rY1R0zdHuv5IN5OSluh_Ywi_U

@dansup
where to?

Environmental enforcement against large polluters has plunged under the second Trump administration. Just days after inauguration, the administration reassigned top career environmental lawyers at the DOJ, including those overseeing the Southern Coal case, to work on the president’s immigration crackdown.

#Corruption #EnergyMastodon #Coal #Climate #EnergyTransition

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-jim-justice-doj-southern-coal-investigation-west-virginia

Ladybird is a new browser engine built from scratch. Not a fork. No user monetization.

Ladybird is in a pre-alpha state, and only suitable for use by developers

https://ladybird.org/

@mastodonmigration @Dr_Bombay

ublock origin will sort the commercials

@bluegreenandfree

my daughter did the same a year or so back. on recommedation from @skinnylatte switched to pimsleur and loves it.

https://www.pimsleur.com/

@skinnylatte @darkuncle @ai6yr

oh no! i can't order the chongqing chicken and spicy fish chunks at the same meal?!?!

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so.

#EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition #Climate #EPA

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.rLAK.gcgZyOqtdx-I&smid=url-share

@skinnylatte

thanks for the pimsleur shout out. duolingo isn't cutting it for my daughters japanese aspirations and finding a local tutor in kentucky is daunting.

Brazilian stocks are closing in on their best first quarter since 2022 as investors retreating from a volatile US market seek cheap equities elsewhere.

gift link:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-31/value-seeking-traders-boost-brazil-stocks-in-flight-from-us?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MzQzNDk5NywiZXhwIjoxNzQ0MDM5Nzk3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVFNFNFVEV1JHRzEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyMTIwMjYyN0QyQTg0OTEwOEVEODZDMkE0OUZGRDcyQiJ9.EAjv2mdiuzh4etOYCUfKBD-Inwx6AY1SPNpQ2VXDbWo

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#EnergyMastodon #Climate #EnergyTransition

Kentucky companies set up Bitcoin mining facilities. Chinese partners mined Bitcoin for a few months, then suddenly disappeared, taking the Bitcoin with them and leaving behind a massive electric bill and unpaid rent for the space.

#Crypto #Bitcoin #Kentucky #EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition #ClimateChange #Climate

https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/11/25/crypto-miners-gain-a-friend-in-the-white-house-but-may-be-losing-friends-in-kentucky/

@derek

i'm making my first chess board. needed a full size portable so i made one that separates into 4 4x4 sections that connect via magnets and moulded edges. fwiw - i got pretty good results getting the squares to align by gluing the long strips alternating between light and dark. then once that set cutting more strips from the alternating color panel. flip every other one and glue up the strips into the final panel.

i would glue the 1/4" board to a backer.

@AbandonedAmerica

in advanced ui, if you use back instead notifications button, it has the behavior you are looking for.