Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

The US has at least 34 bitcoin mining operations. They consume more than 3,900 megawatts of electricity. That is nearly the same amount of electricity as 3 million households. In Texas, where 10 of the 34 mines are connected to the state’s grid, it's estimated the increased demand has caused electric bills for power customers to rise nearly 5 percent. The additional power use across the country also causes as much carbon pollution as adding 3.5 million gas-powered cars. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html

I scheduled the next Meetup for our little local Mastodon instance https://theATL.social
This time at Rev Coffee in Smyrna on the edge of NW Atlanta

Thursday April 20th 6:30-8pm

It’s a great way to meet local folks on the instance and give @michael a great big high five and pat on the back for doing an awesome job running the server 🙏

theATL.social Mastodon Gathering Meet’n’Greet: https://meetu.ps/e/M2bm5/2ZcvS/i

#Smyrna #Atlanta #localverse
#Meetup #MastoMeet
#theATL #ATL #420
#gratitude

Remember when Jared said all the PPE in the national stockpile was for them, not us?

I wonder whether all these red states murdering pregnant people with their abortion bans will be collecting data on the jump in maternal mortality in their states.

"HI MOM, IT'S ME!"

The first conversation of the defender of Ukraine with his mother after returning from captivity. These are the most sincere emotions, and we really want everyone waiting for loved ones to receive such a call!
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland

She would love to eat some fingers...

🐈 Artist: #3230 / #3230One in City: #HongKong C47F+P8, #TaiMoShan Hongkong 🇭🇰 - Title: untitled - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Mural #3DArt #CatsofMastodon #Cats

#CryptoFraud&Grift & gross mismgt: FTX was tightly controlled by SBF +a small group of individuals who showed little interest in instituting an appropriate oversight or control framework. They stifled dissent, commingled & misused corp & customer funds, lied to 3rd parties about their bus -Joked internally about their tendency to lose track of MILLIONS$ assets🚨-Failure is novel in the unprecedented scale of harm it caused in a nascent IDU: hubris, incompetence, & GREED-: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65748821/1242/1/ftx-trading-ltd/

The Army Increasingly Allows Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes to Leave the Military Rather Than Face Trial — ProPublica

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/10/military-army-administrative-separation

Republicans don't say they hate gay people.
—They say groomers.
—They say pedophiles.

Republicans don't say they hate Jews.
—They say Soros.
—They say New World Order.

Republicans don't say they hate black people.
—They say thugs.
—They say looters.

Republicans don't say they hate Hispanic people.
—They say illegals.
—They say animals.

Republicans don't say they hate democracy.
—They say cancel woke.
—They say radical left.

Be very, very careful of any group deliberately using dehumanizing language. Because eventually, when they do finally come for you and everyone you've ever loved...
They won't say they hate you.
—They won't have to say anything at all.

The amazing @mmasnick :

“we went from Taibbi praising Elon Musk for supporting free speech and supposedly helping to expose the evil shadowbanning of the old regime, and refusing to criticize Musk on anything, to Taibbi leaving Twitter, and Musk not just unfollowing him but shadowbanning him and all his Twitter Files.

“In about 48 hours.”

#taibbi #birdsite #twitter #elonmusk

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/10/after-matt-taibbi-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-shadow-bans-all-of-taibbis-tweets-including-the-twitter-files/

And there's video.👇

Speed Edge Sports owner Mark Taylor goes on racist rant about Black people in Atlanta, uses racial slurs » The North Carolina Beat https://thencbeat.com/speed-edge-sports-owner-mark-taylor-goes-on-racist-rant-about-black-people-in-atlanta-uses-racial-slurs/

Sorry. Rough night. I’ll be better tomorrow. See you then. ♥️

What is #ICWA, you ask?

This act that was signed into law is now being brought into the supreme court by a Caucasian couple who are claiming reverse racism, and are being backed by the lawyers who represent the oil company who put the oil pipeline on the #StandingRockReservstion. #NoDAPL.

Yes, you read that right. The oil company who put an oil pipeline on Indigenous Americans reservation sent their lawyers to back the couple who wants to adopt an Indigenous child...

Meanwhile in America: #Indigenous Americans are about to become the next genocide with overturning of #ICWA in June.

And I'm asking everyone: ARE YOU GOING TO STAND BY AND LET THIS HAPPEN AND BE COMPLICIT? OR ARE YOU GOING ACTUALLY HELP US OUT??? WE NEED EVERYONE TO GET BEHIND US! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

#SaveICWA #WeAreStillHere #Indigenous #LandBack

@caseynewton Time to check in with this llama on the scene...

Ontario hospital medical personnel who operate heart & lung machines are leaving in high numbers. #Hamilton Health has funding for 200 cardiac surgeries but can't get them done due to an exodus of key personnel.
"Have the [cardiac teams] suddenly become plumbers? Or are they leaving to work for private clinics as Sylvia Jones promised would never happen? 🙄
Note: these are cardiac, NOT eye or hip/knee surgeries"
via 🐦​ @mikecousineau5
#Dofo #BILL60 #privatization #onpoli
https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ths/news/hamilton-region/2023/04/10/cardiac-surgery-in-crisis-at-hamilton-health-sciences-over-shortage-of-key-staff.html

I don't give a shit about the "End of Covid emergency". I will still mask cuz y'all nasty.