Sailors are sending pictures of almost empty food trays home to their families.

People are asking: Who is skimming the Pentagon food budget?

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-families-food-shortages-mail-disruptions-1792178

#uspol #war #iran

In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight!
They are holding out for, at a minimum,
the requirement of an actual probable cause warrant for FBI access to information collected under the mass spying program known as 702.

A reauthorization with virtually no changes was defeated because a core group of lawmakers held strong;
they know that people are hungry for real reform that protects the privacy of our communications. We now have a 10-day extension to continue to push Congress to pass a real reform bill. 

The Lawmakers rallied late Thursday night to reject a proposed amendment that made gestures at privacy protections, but it would not have improved on the status quo and would have reauthorized Section 702 for five more years to boot. 

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702

To conserve power and to extend the life of the mission, one more instrument on the venerable Voyager 1 probe is being shut down - the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment (LECP).

The shut-off command was sent on April 17; it will take 2 days to receive confirmation.

The table below shows the status of the major instruments on the two spacecraft.

The 49 year old probes could operate with at least one science instrument into the 2030s.

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/
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"Since many AI centers are built in economically vulnerable rural areas—like Bessemer, Alabama, a predominantly Black city—already disadvantaged communities are disproportionately affected by the resulting pollution and water scarcity. It is a continuation of a long history of marginalized communities becoming sacrifice zones that shoulder the environmental costs of economic progress. This is environmental racism."

https://uscatholic.org/articles/202604/ais-environmental-costs-fall-most-heavily-on-the-marginalized/

Trump’s Iran lies boil down to two possibilities:

1. A blatant pump-and-dump scheme to enrich his inner circle.
2. He’s completely lost his grip on reality.

Federal crime or mental collapse — take your pick. Both are a disaster.

First step on getting out of a Model 3 with no 12V power if you are in the rear seat, ie, if you are in an accident and the car is on fire and the door latches aren't working.

EDIT: Apparently this doc is only for service and maintenance, there is a different one for if you are trapped in a Tesla. WHY DO THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THIS?!?!?!

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-A7A60DC7-E476-4A86-9C9C-10F4A276AB8B.html

OLD POST: Per Tesla: (apparently just for servicing)

"...Remove the bolt that attaches the access panel to the underside of the armrest...."

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Model3/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-64796E6B-139E-41D5-B019-79A28D205E68.html

#tesla

hormuzie pokey

You pull the tankers in
you pull the tankers out
you call "ceasefire!"
then you break it all about
you do the hokeypokey
and you turn those ships around

that's what it's all about!

You put some money in
you take more money out
you spook the futures markets
and you make the traders shout
you do the hokeypokey
and you flip that script around

that's what it's all about!