https://youtu.be/oPD_zejZRew This is us. Observe the United States through the eyes of the governmental Irish. Oh my
#ICE #ConcentrationCamps #horrific #PutAForkInIt
#Irish
Ivana Bacik raises the case of ICE-detained Irishman Seamus Culleton in Dáil

YouTube
#PutAForkInIt. The #Pret is yesterday’s news and anything but friendly to those on a #PlantBasedDiet. Pret a Manger’s sales pass £1bn for first time as it expands overseas https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/pret-a-manger-sales-pass-1bn-expands-overseas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Pret a Manger’s sales pass £1bn for first time as it expands overseas

UK chain opens 81 new shops in 2023, more than half in markets such as the US, Canada, India, Greece and Spain

The Guardian
#AaronRodgers has much to apologize for. He should begin with his behavior as a #HumanBeing. The #NYJets death spiral will soon be complete under his #leadership on the field. #putaforkinit.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41201967/mistakes-plague-new-york-jets-aaron-rodgers-return
Mistakes plague New York Jets in Aaron Rodgers' return - ESPN

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who tore his left Achilles on the fourth snap of the 2023 season, saw his first extensive action in 20 months on Monday night, finishing with 167 yards through the air, in the New York Jets' loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

ESPN
Physicist MV Ramana on the problem with nuclear power

Nuclear is costly, risky and slow, Ramana says. Why then, he asks in his new book, do governments still champion it?

The Guardian
Drought Costs U.S. Hydropower Billions While Increasing Emissions, Study Finds

Low water levels in the United States caused significant economic losses for hydropower and increased emissions as natural gas plants fired up to fill the power supply gap, concludes a new study highlighting hydropower’s vulnerability to drought.

The Energy Mix
Calls grow for urgent talks to protect future of Grangemouth oil refinery

Governments in Westminster and Edinburgh urged to engage with Petroineos to save Scotland’s sole remaining oil refinery

The Guardian

More #HydroPowerBullshit. It's not coming back and it's well past time to #RemoveTheDams.

#PutAForkInIt. #HydroElectricity is a 19th century solution and an #ECOKiller. Besides, the #BaseLoadParadigm is dead (this includes #NuclearEnergy).

It's #RenewableEnergy or NOTHING going forward. #WindEnergy - #SolarEnergy - #OceanEnergy + #BESS.

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61883&src=email

U.S. hydropower generation expected to increase by 6% in 2024 following last year’s lows - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

#BatteryGrifters working the #BESS #grift.

We have seen this ‘#Innovation’ before. It is decades old and yet here we are trotting it out again as the ‘new savior’. #PutAForkInIt. We have what we need already. Focus on that.

#GriftersGonnaGrift.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/thermal-energy-storage-industry?CMP=share_btn_url

Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?

Start-ups turn to heat over batteries and are aiming to industrialise the practice

The Guardian

As with so so many of #DrStrangelove's misadventures.

#GriftersGonnaGrift. #PutAForkInIt

@morganrees

At one time the #NAO had both courage and sharp teeth. Not today however.
The #UKGov's #DigitalTransformation #ClusterFuck has been a #TrainWreck by all measures. There is no benefit to #sugarcoating this. #PutAForkInIt.

https://www.nao.org.uk/insights/digital-transformation-in-government-a-guide-for-senior-leaders-and-audit-and-risk-committees/

Digital transformation in government: a guide for senior leaders and audit and risk committees - NAO insight

The guide can support audit & risk committees and senior leaders tasked with overseeing large-scale digital change to understand core issues

National Audit Office (NAO)