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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 21m

I hope you're wrong about undermining support in Europe.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 24m

I suspect that was inserted to take account of the Zelenskyy Effect. 🤣

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 25m

Folks have always had trouble with large numbers. He's taking advantage of that. And your right. Against the worldwide consumption of diesel per day, it's a drop in the bucket.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 58m

They found another Stepford wife!

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 1h

What happened at 11:00?

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 1h

A committee of inquiry or, as I prefer to call it, a kangaroo court.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 7h

America has invented an entirely new economic phenomenon: Moronic Inflation. My ground-breaking discovery is here: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-expert...

thebulwark.com

The Experts Were Right: Trump’s an Economic Moron

Plus: The Triad Mailbag of your nightmares.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 1h

Okay Texans, do that thing you've been planning.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 1h

It only serves Trump’s belated recognition that he must look like he's doing something to lower prices before the midterms. I predict that not one drop of diesel will leave Russia and that no one will hear a word about this "deal" after 11/3.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 1h

There's a reason Trump is using tons here. 300K tons is only one VLCC tanker load. That is barely a drop in the bucket of diesel the world uses in a day. Also, the US *exports* diesel fuel. We produce roughly 147M bpm but consume only about 98M bpm. We won't hear another word about this after 11/3.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

So about one cask, right? 🙂

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

Is that meltdown showing up in the state-level races at all?

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

This "deal" is nothing but smoke & mirrors. Trump knows it. Putin knows it. I'm sure the Ukrainian government knows it. The numbers seem huge until you understand that a metric ton of diesel fuel is only about 7.4 barrels. 300K tons is one (1) VLCC tanker load. Ukraine should keep blowing stuff up.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

300 thousand tons sounds like a lot, right? In actuality, it's just a shade above the capacity of one (1) VLCC tanker load of diesel fuel. Even 3 million tons is only 11 tanker loads. Neither amount will do anything to change the price of diesel. After 11/3, we'll never hear about it again.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

EVERY SINGLE DAY. Both Trump and Putin must know that this "deal" won't make a bit of difference in the price of diesel fuel and won't last a day past 11/3.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

which won't be enough to help anybody. 3M tons would be about 11 VLCC loads. Before the war, about 20 VLCCs a DAY passed outbound from the Strait of Hormuz and that represented only 20% of the world's oil, meaning that there were roughly 100 loaded VLCCs leaving terminals

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 2h

Aside from the fact that Russia doesn't have diesel fuel sitting around to ship since most of its refineries have been damaged, this is all smoke and mirrors. There's a reason Trump is using tons here. People don't know how much a barrel of oil weighs. 300K metric tons is about one VLCC tanker load,

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 3h

"Sorry, Scott. You're the wrong sex, you don't have long blonde hair, the Boss doesn't like AAA boobs, and you'd look ridiculous wearing a dress, heels, and lipstick. Other than that, you would have been a shoe-in."

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 3h

Now we know who the video is for. Allegedly, Hegseth figured out a few months ago that Trump liked snuff films and started feeding him video of naval strikes on "drug boats" which some people say is how Hegseth has become Trump’s favorite cabinet member. Talk about a couple of sick fucks!

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 3h

I wonder if we'll see more of this what with all the old office buildings standing close to empty since the pandemic. I'll bet getting 33 Mw of power into it was a challenge, though.

bloomberg.com

Old Downtown Chicago Trading Hub Is Reborn as an AI Data Center

The floor of the Chicago options exchange has been empty for years. Now it’s becoming a data center.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 7h

used in refining are also toxic. Several data centers in Saudi Arabia and the Emirates have been attacked and I haven't seen anything specific to environmental hazards resulting from them. Good questions, by the way. Keep it up!

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h

would attack it if they didn't believe it had strategic value for the Russians. As far as hazardous substances, I can't imagine that it would release anywhere near as much toxic material as a hit on a refinery would. Oil is filled with heavy metals and toxic chemicals and the reagents

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h

Every plane is designed as a military transport aircraft, then seats and everything else is bolted on so that it can be removed if necessary. So it would not surprise me if the army or intelligence agencies or the FSB were using it. Ukraine is perpetually short on ammunition. I don't think the

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h

I'm just guessing here but I don't see why it would anymore than having a data center here would affect GPS.As far as Yandex goes, with most things in Russia it's difficult to separate the state and the civilian—if you ever get a chance to fly on a domestic carrier in Russia, you'll see what I mean.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 8h

I hope you're right. Except for Ukraine and the Baltics, Europe isn't anywhere near as prepared for even hybrid war as they should be.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 9h

I got an email from CARFAX last week telling me what my 2021 Rav4 is worth. We bought out the lease two years ago for $22K. According to them, it's now worth $24K and change. Never had a 5-year-old car appreciate in value before.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 9h

LOL! I could be one of those experts these days. I don't know a damned thing about AI but if you ever need a PC or PC AT resuscitated, I'm your guy.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 9h

Wired is once again standing tall, doing the hard investigative work that our mainstream media should and could be doing if their owners weren't so busy polishing Trump's turd. If you aren't a subscriber, you should be.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

"The only way to truly end the threat of authoritarianism is to address the white Christian elephant in the room." Interesting stuff in @hollybfletcher.bsky.social's new piece, including a nod to James Talarico's message of Christian pluralism: www.liberalcurrents.com/you-cant-run...

liberalcurrents.com

You Can't Run From Christian Nationalism

White evangelicals are the single most influential voting bloc in American politics. They cannot be ignored.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

Andrew Sullivan coined the term "Christianists" about 15 years to describe most of these people. Y'all Qaeda works for the activists.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

As Thom Tillis said recently, "they can't even spell it."

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

I'd prefer to see an announcement that he's retiring to spend more time with his family, but that's just me.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

Good. For those who don’t follow the Russian invasion of Ukraine closely, you should read this thread. You'll find it interesting. 🧵⤵️

Authorities in Montenegro have arrested Mikhail Zvinchuk, the founder of the influential pro-war Russian Telegram channel Rybar, in an operation targeting suspected Russian influence activities, officials confirmed Friday.

The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Zvinchuk, a former Russian Defense Ministry press officer, and other Rybar staff over their alleged involvement in election interference and malign influence operations.

Montenegro's police and National Security Agency (ANB) carried out the operation targeting "hybrid activities" by Russian information networks, security sources told the news outlet Vijesti.

Those detained include Zvinchuk's wife, Rybar creative director Valeria Zvinchuk and with three associates, the outlet reported.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

I agree with you about the beauty of the country. The Dinaric Alps, the Tara River Canyon, and the Bay of Kotor are sights that any traveler should have on their bucket list.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

The article says that he and the others who were arrested arrived a few days ago "to film material about the Balkan country’s alignment with EU visa policies."

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 11h

One of the biggest disadvantages in being the first to roll out a system like GPS is that when competitor nations launch their own systems, they're far more advanced than ours. It looks like some smart people decided it was time for an upgrade.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 12h

Europe is just beginning to wake up to the threat posed by the bear on their doorstep. We're so fortunate here in the Western Hemisphere that we don’t have to dust off those old civil defense manuals just yet.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 12h

Seems like those software engineering jobs might be safe for now.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 12h

Question: Do these coding agents not comment the code they write adequately? I remember programmers pulling their hair out while trying to unscramble uncommented spaghetti code in in the run up to Y2K.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 12h

This is a good article for anyone interested in data center power issues. "At the end of 2024, Texas’ grid operator had 63 GW of large new customers in its queue. By this June, that figure reached 474 GW, more than five times record peak demand, about 90% of it data centers "Then Texas hit pause."

x.com

Ryan McEntush (@rmcentush) on X

Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait

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